an assortment of photos - randoms

Updates

Well the Harry Potter Knit/Crochet House Cup is finished for this term....and SLYTHERIN won!!! Great news for me, as I am a Slytherin. We won by a landslide. I still have a few projects to complete (so I am now in detention to finish them).

Master Two, will be one in a few weeks. Already he is walking some, he can manage about a metre before he falls or sits down. It wont be to long now before he is walking and getting himself into more trouble. He also has 5 teeth, the sixth one is starting to come through. I still dont know what I am going to be doing for his birthday, but it will be a small gathering of family and friends, some cake and that is about it for the moment.

Master One, is so ready for Prep. We will have an open day next week, and he is looking forward to that so much. I still have to explain that it will be next year before he can go to school. It is great to see that he is really excited about it. I cant wait for him to start, I am sure that he is going to excel there.

Hubby has been sick with the flu, he is so unlucky, as he has the one that lasts anywhere from 2-3 weeks. We are currently in week 2, and he is getting better but a fever ever now and then at night. I hope that it ends this week and he is back to normal. :) He is a good patient though.

Me, I have a lovely case of hayfever from my conifers as they have a lot of little flowers. I am also got a bug, the cleaning bug, so I have been doing a bit of cleaning and removing of items I dont need or use. It is great fun. I still have the lounge and spare rooms to do, as well as the kitchen, then I can hit the bedrooms. The boys room is in serious need of being clutter free.

Also, now my chances of having another baby has increased from "maybe not yet" to "damn it, got to go shopping and pick up a few things" and "this explains those pimples". Hubby is happy about having another set of feet about the place. So I am thinking it is going to be something like within the next 6 months....lol If so, I so want a baby girl. Just to make it clear, I am not pregs at the moment!!!

Tonight, I have cut out 42 little apples for Kindy. I did it all cos I am nice...lol and I asked if there was anything that needed to be done. Tomorrow I might help out a bit at kindy before coming home and doing some work. I cant go anywhere as my car has a bit of a leak. The water heating hose has a crack in it. So I am going to have to get that fixed before I can go anywhere! Its not fair!!!

Latte and Chino (our two kittens) are so cute! I will get some photos of them soon and put them up on here, they are just so much fun and the kids love them.

We also got 4 hens, fresh eggs everyday and they dont do to much damage to the gardens....what I am saying, they have uprooted my plants. I will have to go and replant them again tomorrow. The little shits, but they do give good eggs. So that just about makes up for their short comings. They are also very friendly and dont attack the kids, the cats are another story, as they kind of hunt after them.

Making a Greek / Roman Amphora vase on the potters wheel demo how to clay throwing ingleton pottery

This is so great. I have to try this out once I am more comfortable with the wheel. I want one of those. lol

Police station excursion

Today, the kids from the kindy room, where Miles goes, went on a little excursion to the local police station.

They met Constable Gavin. He is very friendly and was kind enough to put on the siren for the kids, not once but three times. They loved it so much. He let them have a look around and inside the police car. He even got dispatch to give a big Hello out to them, and the kids were so happy.

They even got to try on some of Constable Gavin's uniform, like his hats and jackets. They asked a few questions, some of them quite funny. The kids had a really good time and so did us (parents and teachers). I am sure that Constable Gavin did as well. :)

Allora celebrates 150th birthday

Allora celebrates 150th birthday
Madeleine Logan 1st July 2009

A crowd gathered for the opening of the Commercial Banking

Company of Sydney Ltd in 1910.

A MAN named Samuel Gordon was likely sitting in his shepherds hut on the southern slope of Allora Mountain when he unwittingly made history.
It was July 1, 1859 - 150 years ago to the day - and George Pratten had just completed the survey of a new town.
Established on one square mile (259 hectares) of the Goomburra Station, the crosshatch of streets was to be known as Allora.
Mr Gordon was its first resident.
A small display in the town’s chemist shop is the only marker of today’s historical significance.
Mr Pratten’s survey led to the first sale of town lots at the Warwick Police Office on March 5, 1860.
Blacksmiths arrived. Hotels and supply stores grew. James Gwynne and his wife, Rhoda, started a school in a tent. And in 1869, the town became a municipality and held its first council elections.
History lover Ray Tippett said Allora anticipated becoming “the central hub” of the Darling Downs.
But that was thwarted when the rail line between Toowoomba and Warwick bypassed the town. Electricity was connected in 1933. But sewerage has never been introduced - stifling development in later years.
Today Allora boasts it is “The Best Little Town on the Downs” and remains a picturesque community of 1200, best known for its heritage weekend, held in January, which attracts vintage vehicle lovers from across the country.

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2009/07/01/allora-celebrates-150th-birthday/

Thinking about Frenchboro

Well we think we might be coming over there for a holiday in the near future. Happyplace has made it look so wonderful, and the quaint little school and town is charming...lol I think it was the kitchen that sold me... :) So we are going to have to start saving up for a little trip to Frenchboro. I guess we have to planes, cars, and boats...but it sounds like it would be a great time.

broken....

My washing machine decided to kick the bucket and not tell me. After doing a few loads and noticing that they looked dirty still, and then mum coming over to do a load, as her machine died, I noticed it wasnt washing. Damn thing. I had to hand wash for 2 hours, and didnt make a dent in the pile. SO hubby says lets go to the laundry mat to do the washing. We did that, and it was horrible...lol
First didnt know what kind of change was needed for the machine. Got some, and started the wash. The first machine didnt do a good job on it, so I did it again. Then the first dryer I try, didnt work at all, and I wasted 10 minutes waiting for it to start...lol Even when I removed them and placed the clothes in another dryer, and after it completed its cycle, they werent dry. I dont get it. I thought the purpose of a dryer is to dry clothes, not make them warm and damp.
So this morning, I went and hung the clothes out on the line. I am just lucky that it is a nice sunny day outside and that they will be dry soon.

Willy is happy eating some rockmelon and cheese. Miles is at kindy, playing with his friends, and probably telling everyone about his day at the circus yesterday. Hubby is at work, skinning and cleaning cattle...lol Im sitting here, and wishing it was nice and warm, instead of cool and windy.

Crocheting is something I dont have time for at the moment...lol I wish there was more time in the day to do all that has to be done.
I have a few times that I am working on at the moment, as there is a lot of things that have to be done.