Tuesday morning.......8am...

the bus will be here any minute to pick up the children.....Chris overslept this morning having stayed up late last night to watch a show.....and he was miserable too - which means he will NOT be staying up late to watch it next week....he wasted his chance! Silly boy!

We are all up and dressed and ready to leave for preschool....I have to be there at 8:30am.....I hate mornings..but despite being very groggy and sleepy earlier, I am quite awake and organized now.

Poor Lloyd though...Sam was awake when he left just after 6am.....and I woke a little - so he starts talking to me and I basically told him to stop talking at 6:10am so I could go back to sleep!!!! There should be a law to stop conversations before 7am!!!!!

Ah well he forgave me

(bus is here....bye yellow bus!)
yes, he forgave me and has phoned twice from work already to sya hi and make sure I wake up properly :)

No other news really.......have a great day everyone!

What Jane needs....

I saw this on Heathers blog (thanks Heather!!) and thought I'd give it a try. What you ahve to do is go to google.com and type in " 'your name' needs "


Here are the things Jane needs:


Jane needs a nap - uh no - I'm full of energy today for some strange reason - can I keep the nap for another day please????

Jane needs a shot of adrenaline: maybe adrenaline would help with all these mozzie bites? Or it might make me run like the wind ;)

Jane needs maintenance: hahahahaha - I'm WELL over due for my annual physical - like 3 years overdue hahahaha oops! As for the other kind of maintenance...well my ex has never paid the right amount so uh yeah that would be good!

Jane needs a break - In 45 minutes I will get my ten minutes of peace when I drive to the mailbox and then drive all around the golfcourse.....its my little break from the children....the afternoon is flying by and we haven't been for our walk yet so I think I will drive....

Jane needs help - I can't think of anything I need help with right now......a little help with dinner would be good - no idea what we are having yet!

Jane needs a male lead vocalist: - after listening to the children play on the singing star playsation game for the last week NO - I do NOT need a male vocalist........however, when I go for my drive a little later I will be listening to one of my favourite male vocalists, Josh Groban......

Tucking in.............

The children had fun cooking hotdogs and marshmallos on the fire last night.....Lloyd and I baked potatoes in the hot embers a little later on and had those with a lovely cheese salad.....potatoes always taste so much better when they are cooked in the fire......

Its like a zoo here........

Charlie and some chickens decided to join us for some food by the fire last night...Charlie was quick to eat anything that Sam dropped!

The sun going down on me....

last nights sunset for you! With the sun setting around 11pm I won't be taking too many sunset pictures for a while - I'm normally in bed at 10pm!!!!!

Making snowmen in May...

Abigail was busy making snowmen with the playdough this morning......Sam just wanted her to make balls for him to then squish.......

You dump - we pump........

Ardalta came out today to empty the septic tank......it doesn't take long...costs $140 a time and we get ours done about every 9 months....when you live out on an acreage it is a VERY important thing to have done regularly!!!!

Healthy houseplants......

A few of my houseplants that I fed and cleaned this morning.......including one of Dorothy's new leaf....and one of Dorothy showing how she is still flowering so beautifully....I have no idea why....Maybe its because I say goodnight to her every night.......I'm such a beginner when it comes to Orchids, so its sheer luck that she has survived.......isn't she beautiful?

Louise

Oh Louise I'm so sorry it rained for Olivers christening! What a shame! I hope you managed to have a good day and enjoyed the celebration anyway...

I'd love to see some pictures of you all!!!!!!!

A new week and the forecast is amazing :)

30c by Friday :) And they said today it would rain all day but so far it has been GORGEOUS...breezy but so warm and sunny...I have had all the doors open and the breeze is blowing through the house - and because its windy there are no mosquitoes around!

Welcome to a new week everyone! Anyone have exciting plans this week?

I have to work tomorrow and Thursday in the mornings.....the preschool teacher has had to travel to see her dying Father In Law, so I got a phone call late last night asking me to cover.....

I'm meeting Val for breakfast one morning.....not sure which yet as the car has to go in for a service one morning.....

Date night this week is hopefully the Wok Box which I still have not tried!!!! After that I'm not sure what we will do - maybe take a drive East some place.....take some photographs....

I want to buy a paddling pool for the children so they can cool off in the sun...and I'd like to find one for Charlie too.......it has to be very shallow though.....

This morning has been very productive......I was up early as Ardalta were coming to pump out the septic tank.....I did several loads of laundry, washed the floors, dusted the main floor, sorted clean laundry....washed some dishes, cleaned the kitchen and pantry (have to work on the fridge this afternoon)

Sam and Abigail spent ages playing playdough....oh and they also spent ages playinga game in Sams bedroom (while I washed the floors) - not sure what they were up to, but they were giggling a lot!

I let the chickens out of their coop for the day...they are so happy to see you in the mornings and happily follow you out of the coop...but they spend all day just walking around the coop - they don't wander off or anything.....

I fed the animals and gave them water.......let Charlie out.....

Oh and I also brought all of my indoor plants over to the kitchen sink and cleaned their leaves and watered them and gave them some feed.......Dorothy my Orchid is still flowering beautifully...wow how long do orchids normally flower????????? She's my gem :)

So this afternoon I plan to clean the fridge...then I want to clean the bathrooms upstairs and tidy my bedroom...we will walk down the lanes to the mailbox.....stop to say hi to the neighbours horse...and the other neighbours llamas and cows....maybe my CK magazine will finally arrive (gggrrrrr)

I have pictures to upload from yesterday AND from today.....

Thats my Monday!

Its still Sunday :)

Another Sunday post :)

Its been a really nice day...this afternoon we took the children to see Shrek the Third...GREAT movie :) I particularly liked how they showed Sleeping Beauty had Narcolepsy :)

And I liked the Kings funeral - he was pushed into the fountain in a shoebox :) it was quite emotional!!

When we got back from the movies, I went for a run with Laurie, Susie and Chris (well, actually CHris sprinted ahead so wasn't really with us)

Halfway up our Range Road, a young moose stepped out from the hedge into the road.....It stared at us for a while and then crossed the road and ran into the field opposite......It was about 15 metres ahead of us.....

We waited in case the Mother appeared but nothing else did so we ran on.........it took me a while to get going today but Laurence encouraged me to stick with it.....its soooo much easier running downhill lol! I got home and did some stretching and just now I ran the driveway and back with Abby too. My top right leg is hurting though despite warming up and stretching so I will have to watch that.

When we got back from the run, Lloyd had started a fire in the fire pit.....baked potatoes under the fire and the children had hotdogs and roasted marshmallows....

I have pictures but not sure if I will upload them tonight.

The children have been playing outside...baseball etc....and I got on the trampoline for a while too - until Sam got on as well and I had to stop bouncing because otherwise he gets bounced too high!

We have heard a few rumbles of thunder so maybe we will get a storm to cool things down....the car thermometer said 24c earlier......I think its about 19 at the moment......

I hope you had a great weekend! What were you all up to?

Sunday......

Its hot again today......gloriousy hot and sunny - tomorrow was supposed to be cooler but it doesn't look as though it is going to be much cooler after all......18c...and by the weekend it will be really HOT.....

I am sat here covered in dust and mud.....I have been out gardening...watering all the vegetables and fruits and planting more seeds....carrots and swede this time.......and some more tomatoes......well tomato plants, not seeds.....

Charlie was out in the mud again and the dogs were out running around and playing baseball with Chris........

Sam loves to help in the garden....he knows what is in each bed growing....he loves to water the 'warbees' which is what he calls the strawberries....

Now we are all inside again.....Sam and Abby are in the bath, Susie is in the shower.....I am about to jump in the shower....we are off to the movies to see Shrek 3 this afternoon. It will be fun going with all of us...In Universal Studios we saw Shrek 4d which is so much fun!

I hope your weekend is going well wherever you are!!!

Plant life.......

The first blossom from Abigails double cherry - she won two of these at Earth Day last year.....

My Honeysuckle is in the ground....and protected from Charlie....

Our Rhubarb is growing back fast...it will be ready for us to get our second crop soon!

The mud bath.......

This is what my back lawn is like now :( not attractive huh???? But Charlie pig loves th emud and Sam has had great fun running through it all!

The boys....

Chris and his friends cycle off for the evening........