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Allo allo. Well another great week has just passed us by.
Olly has been at school two mornings this week on school visits and he is just loving it. On Tuesday I stayed with him (he is only there for an hour and a half) and I made a retreat to the staff room and had a cuppa. Oliver decided that he should be staying for morning tea, so we made a pact. If he went on the school bus he could take his lunch box and have morning tea there. (for some reason he didn't want to go on the bus). This really pleased him and and I can tell you that those three nights before he went back to school were extemely long. He would harp and harp wanting to go every hour of everyday. LOL. We went out to the bus and Jake was schooling him up on what to say etc when the teacher asked him if he was here. It was so cute listening to it all. The bus pulled up and he was out of the car and and into the bus that quick. Any way I turned up at school about quarter to eleven and Olly did a runner LOL. He shot into his class room and came running out with his new book bag and he was so excited as he had a reading book LOL. Apparently he even read it to everyone in the class. That night when Gran rang he was telling her about this book but couldn't find it so what did Olly do "I will read it to you Gran, but I don't have it so I will just read it cause I can remember it". Will have to scrap that one ;).
On Thursday we had Jakes cross country. It was only about quarter of an hour away which was great. After about half an hour of being there the weather turned and it got quite wet. Luckily we could go after the kids raced and with Jake only being 6, his race was second so we were out of there pretty quick smart. Poor kids though, they were wet through to their skin. Wee Abby just looked like a drowned rat, I didn't get a photo of her like that though unfortunately (I didn't want to get the camera wet)LOL. I did get a photo of Jake with his new wee friend though, and unfortunately blogger won't let me upload it at the moment. I will when it lets me.
We are still busy shearing and I have to admit, my muscles are feeling a whole lot better. (Donna, I hope your legs are feeling better).We are just doing the two runs though, so that takes the pressure off completely. Scanning on Tuesday afternoon so that will be another busy busy afternoon for us (starting about 3.30) and have 1200 odd to do, lets hope they run well.
Well take care and hopefully I am able to upload photos next time.

I have been scrapping :)

Yes I have been scrapping. Can you believe it? I know a few of you will be surprised. (you can pick yourself up off the floor now Sharee).

Had another busy week here. Still mucking around getting rooms sorted out. Been working on the sleep out. There is still stuff left by the previous owners who are coming to get it all soon (hopefully). The carpets are an absolute disgrace and I am going to rip them out. It looks like there has been moths in there and they have laid their eggs and they have hatched into lava. They have been eating the carpet ewwwwwwwww. So my plan is to rip them paint the floor (it is concrete and has underfloor heating) and get a nice rug. Good plan?

Started shearing yesterday and boy it is hard getting back into it. It is the first time that we have done full wool for probably 7 years. This morning by legs felt it I tell you. Felt like a wound up rubber band and if I bent over the muscles would break LOL. But by the end of it I will be fine. So two days down and 7 more to go, ahhhh. Luckily we are just doing two runs (four hours) a day so that we can get animals fed and other things done on the farm, also doing it that way the kids don't get sick of it, well that is the plan.

Tomorrow we have playgroup, then on Thursday Jake has his first cross country down here. Must remember to take my camera, it has had very little use.

I will get a copy of my layout up for next time after I have scanned it.
Well take care everyone. Till next time

First day at Playgroup.

Today was our first day at playgroup in the big smoke of Waitahuna and we all had a ball. Bit daunting going in there not knowing a single sole though, but came out feeling like I have been there all my life. Forgot to take my camera so must grab it next time and get a few photos. The day wasn't much so the kids spent most of their time inside at the tables and in the kids kitchen. At our last playgroup it was held at the school but here there is a building on the domain that is all thiers and it is wonderful. Everthing can be left set up and there is this fenced in piece outside with a sandpit and all these outside bikes. Even sat at the window and watched a rabbit come up to the building then hop away when 15 little faces went up to the window to watch it LOL. Must have been scared to death poor thing.
Tomorrow Olly starts his school visits for school. He is really looking forward to that. Jake is a bit annoyed about it as he wanted to go on the bus, but because Olly doesn't want to then we are going by car (all of about 7 or 8 ks LOL). Olly starts off with an hour each day for two days a week then builds it up by half an hour each week, so when he is five he is doing the whole day. It is a great concept and one I think I will enjoy more when he is going for the whole day LOL.
Haven't been doing much else around the house the last couple of days. Did manage to spend Monday baking while Lionel was back at our old place getting the last of our gear (that is another story). Did banana choc chip muffins, my big batch of biscuits (that does over 100 biscuits) double batch of ginger nuts, double batch afghans, and double batch of belgium square. The muffins have gone already though :(. And before you ask I only had one minni one RAFLMAO.
Now the story about Lionel going back. Well officially you have 30 days to get all your gear out which for us is another 10 days, but last week Lionel rang the dutchman and said that the truck couldn't come this week and it would be next week (just out of courtisy) and he said that is fine, take as long as you need (something he has always said from the start). We got a phone call from Lionels brother on Saturday to say that he was throwing all our trailers ect on a big scrap pile, so Lionel rang, he said everything was fine. So up on Monday Lionel goes to load the big transport truck and makes sure everthing goes on (like the old Mazda for the kids, trailers etc). He gets there and there is this pile of fencing stuff that he has pulled out and alot of our gear on it. He'd trown our motorbike trailer and crate out, three big half moon sheds, pig shed (all insulated), two large coppers and numerous other things on this pile that are unsalvageable. Stuff that could probably add up to alot of money. They managed to save the trailer, the crate is a bit worse for wear but we are going to have to get it straightened. Aparently he even had our no tramp woolpress on that costs about $8000 to replace. Gulp. So as you can imagine there were a few words said and the Dutchmans reply was "I from Holand, I not understand." Didn't go down well I tell you, but we got a bit of stuff back and alot that we couldn't salvage if we wanted. It is good to know that we don't have to go back for anything now. When we go back it is to see our friends.
Well I will leave you with that and hopefully I will be back soon. Take care and be careful :)

Back, I'm back online and the connection has stayed connected for more than 5 minutes :)

Well I have just sent emails out to all my belove'd friends and online friends. We were going to be canceling our internet as I have had so much trouble with it staying connected. But tonight it hasn't been too bad so I will probably be still in the cyber world :)
Things are going so well here and we are just absolutely loving it. My parents came down today (they have just been up north while we shifted and got back two days ago) since they have been here we have pulled out all the trees in the garden (the house would get no sun because of them) hope to get photos up next time I am on. Sorry won't be any of my gorgeous kitchen though, sorry to dissapoint some of you RAFLMAO. Kids are loving it too. Jake starts his new school on Monday which he is looking forward too and Olly will probably start school visits the week after. That will be good for Jake too.
Well till next time take care and make the most of your internet :) I know what you mean Donna, it isn't until you hear how bad someone elses connection is that you appreciate your own. I use to moan about my broadband sometimes when it slowed down, now I realise how lucky I was. Just have to win Lotto and get the wireless :)

Back on line

Well finally I am back into the cyber world. Sorry it has taken so long (for those of you complaining RAFLMAO, and you know who you are). We are getting organised slowly. I am really pleased that there is two lounges here as everything has been dumped into one and I am slowly working my way through it. To make it worse the people that had this place before hand still use the sleep out so I can't get the double bed and all the guff that belongs out there away. Hopefully it won't take long and I can get it all done. We are heading back up to the old farm to do a final clear out, probably monday. The last truckload will be out of there. That will be exciting. Nice thought not having to head back up to clean or get more gear and we can concentrate on this house and farm, getting it the way we want it.
As you can imagine I have done no scrapbooking at all. I hope to change that very soon, after seeing so many of my online friends work has really got the creative juices flowing and wanting to come out.
To make things worse I can't get broadband here and the thought of spending $700 on wireless does absolutely nothing for me IYKWIM so I have to put up with dial up so things are very slow here.
I am off to sort out more boxes. Till next time take care.