Friday 27th June 2008
I can't believe it's almost a week since I blogged. I'm now sitting on the lounge at home, in Sydney and it feels pretty good. The girls almost ate us as they were so pleased to see us. Aalya's teacher told us that she was so excited all day because she knew she'd be here until Sunday night. They're so good, they had a good dinner and played until bedtime. They're all tucked up safe and sound, and I don't think it'll be long before I'm heading for bed either...hmmm... my own bed!!!
I worked 33 hours this week from Monday to Thursday, so that kept me pretty busy. I did 10 hours on Thursday!! There's a lot to do with the end of the financial year looming. I've been walking and doing other stuff and reading my book. We heading back to Wagga on Monday morning but I did the week's shopping before we left!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Sunday 22nd June 2008 at 8.52pm - IT IS FINISHED!!!
The lovebirds - Trish and Tony at the Botanical Gardens.
Tuesday 17th June to Sunday 22nd June
Well it's been a busy week.
Tuesday - I worked until 1.30pm, rushed home to have a sandwich and be at the station at 2pm to collect our very special visitors. It was sooooooooo exciting and they were so happy to be here. We went for walk up to the shopping centre and they got their bearings. Trish had bought with her a pumpkin so we bought some meat and had a BBQ with baked vegetables, yum.
Wednesday - I worked for 3 hours 7-10am (gotta keep things processed) and then came home to a kitchen that had been well used. Trisha had managed to walk to the shops AND have dinner cooked for Wednesday night!! We went for a walkabout town looking in lots of shops.
Thursday - I worked for 3 hours again and was greeted at the front door when I came home. I took them to the lovely Botanical Gardens and did a lot of walking around, when we got home my feet were ready to drop off, and they were ready to go for a walk around the lagoon!! I stayed inside, hee hee.
Well it's been a busy week.
Tuesday - I worked until 1.30pm, rushed home to have a sandwich and be at the station at 2pm to collect our very special visitors. It was sooooooooo exciting and they were so happy to be here. We went for walk up to the shopping centre and they got their bearings. Trish had bought with her a pumpkin so we bought some meat and had a BBQ with baked vegetables, yum.
Wednesday - I worked for 3 hours 7-10am (gotta keep things processed) and then came home to a kitchen that had been well used. Trisha had managed to walk to the shops AND have dinner cooked for Wednesday night!! We went for a walkabout town looking in lots of shops.
Thursday - I worked for 3 hours again and was greeted at the front door when I came home. I took them to the lovely Botanical Gardens and did a lot of walking around, when we got home my feet were ready to drop off, and they were ready to go for a walk around the lagoon!! I stayed inside, hee hee.
The lovebirds - Trish and Tony at the Botanical Gardens.Here's Tony checking out the Bamboo Garden.
Here's Trisha, she matches the Camelias nicely!!
Here a Hen who was wandering around with her little chick. She came across a piece of biscuit and pecked it into pieces and pushed it over to her baby.
The Tree Chapel - The Botanical Gardens also had a gorgeous Tree Chapel. It would be a very pretty spot for a wedding.
Friday - I did the 3 hour of work thing again, then came home and got changed and we visited the Museum of Riverina, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and the National Art Gallery and then came home to relax (phew). They went walkies again up to the shop, and I went with them!! They bought some luggage that was on special at Big W.
Saturday - off we went again on an adventure back to Tumbarumba and the Women's Pioneer Hut and then to the bakery. I knew their would be stuff at the Pioneer Hut that I didn't read last time, and yes, I did notice some different things this time. Trish and I unboxed some special items that have been put away but if you use the cotton gloves supplied, you're allowed to go looking. We looked at women's petticoats and corsets (yow!) and had a look at some baby blankets. All the stitching on the clothing was amazing. Most of the aprons had embroidery on them, how you would get them clean, especially being on cream/white fabric BUT some of the women wore two aprons. When someone should call at the house, she would take off the dirty one and have the 'good' one underneath. I'm thinking that maybe the collection that was kept were these good ones. Lots of home made high chairs and tables and the photographs still amaze me. The one taken in 1900 had young girls with big crocheted looking collars. Some big, some not so big. All the school photos had the children's names under them, along with their teacher. There would be 3 or 4 children in the same class with the same surname.
We also went to Wagga Beach for a look. We've seen a few people not with metal detectors!!
Saturday - off we went again on an adventure back to Tumbarumba and the Women's Pioneer Hut and then to the bakery. I knew their would be stuff at the Pioneer Hut that I didn't read last time, and yes, I did notice some different things this time. Trish and I unboxed some special items that have been put away but if you use the cotton gloves supplied, you're allowed to go looking. We looked at women's petticoats and corsets (yow!) and had a look at some baby blankets. All the stitching on the clothing was amazing. Most of the aprons had embroidery on them, how you would get them clean, especially being on cream/white fabric BUT some of the women wore two aprons. When someone should call at the house, she would take off the dirty one and have the 'good' one underneath. I'm thinking that maybe the collection that was kept were these good ones. Lots of home made high chairs and tables and the photographs still amaze me. The one taken in 1900 had young girls with big crocheted looking collars. Some big, some not so big. All the school photos had the children's names under them, along with their teacher. There would be 3 or 4 children in the same class with the same surname.
We came home through Adelong/Adelong Falls (not much happening in the falls department. Here are some interesting photos....
We also went to Wagga Beach for a look. We've seen a few people not with metal detectors!! Sunday - We went to our respective churches and came back for lunch. The train was meant to go at 1.09pm but ended up coming at 1.45pm so lots of time to chatter. Bruce and I did our week's shop and came home to a quiet house!! We still have a 1,000 piece jigsaw to finish that we started when Trish and Tony arrived. All the trees and sky is left. We were thinking of making them stay until it was finished, hee hee.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Monday 16th June, 2008
It was lovely and sunny today even though the car had ice on it at 7am. It was a lovely sunny day and walking around was fabulous. If you look back at my autumn photo on 18th May, this photo is what the street and trees look like now. Quite different, and not as pretty!! Trish and Tony arrived tomorrow - yippee
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!!!Sunday, June 15, 2008
Sunday 15th June, 2008
We decided to leave Sydney this afternoon as we were not sure what to do with ourselves!! It's hard going to work after being in the car for 5 hours so we're already here. We left home at 1.50pm and arrived in Wagga at 6.30pm. In there was a 15 minute hot chocolate stop at Gunning, so we did very good time. It was a good day to be in the car. Here's a photo I took on the way here, the sky looked very pretty at sunset.
We decided to leave Sydney this afternoon as we were not sure what to do with ourselves!! It's hard going to work after being in the car for 5 hours so we're already here. We left home at 1.50pm and arrived in Wagga at 6.30pm. In there was a 15 minute hot chocolate stop at Gunning, so we did very good time. It was a good day to be in the car. Here's a photo I took on the way here, the sky looked very pretty at sunset.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Saturday 14th June, 2008
Here I am sitting in my lounge room on the lap top. It's getting way too comfortable here. We cooked a cake in the oven!! It's funny how you miss your own stuff. I'm sitting in my old comfortable dressing gown. This is the one that ends up at the pet shop when we are home for good. Dressing gowns take up a lot of room when you're going anywhere, but it was time for a new one. Pet shops love old dressing gowns (washed, of course) for their baby animals.
Today I ended up at the dentist to have 'that' tooth dealt with. It ended up being no big deal. He drilled a bit to tidy it up and patched it. The tooth has no nerve and I didn't feel a thing. Half an hour in the chair and it was all done! So, we managed to have lunch with Grandpa after all (Bruce's Dad). Hi Grandpa, I know you're reading this, and I do love our time at lunch together. xx
I can't believe how cold it is today, had to put on another layer of clothes. I wonder if it will be cold in Wagga as well?? We'll soon see. Two more sleeps. We're on the door at church tomorrow, and being there every fortnight confuses people as they think we haven't really been anywhere, lol. Little do they know. We're not quite sure whether to go back tomorrow afternoon or early early Monday morning. The boys sure like having us home, I've caught up on lots of hugs which is lovely.
Here I am sitting in my lounge room on the lap top. It's getting way too comfortable here. We cooked a cake in the oven!! It's funny how you miss your own stuff. I'm sitting in my old comfortable dressing gown. This is the one that ends up at the pet shop when we are home for good. Dressing gowns take up a lot of room when you're going anywhere, but it was time for a new one. Pet shops love old dressing gowns (washed, of course) for their baby animals.
Today I ended up at the dentist to have 'that' tooth dealt with. It ended up being no big deal. He drilled a bit to tidy it up and patched it. The tooth has no nerve and I didn't feel a thing. Half an hour in the chair and it was all done! So, we managed to have lunch with Grandpa after all (Bruce's Dad). Hi Grandpa, I know you're reading this, and I do love our time at lunch together. xx
I can't believe how cold it is today, had to put on another layer of clothes. I wonder if it will be cold in Wagga as well?? We'll soon see. Two more sleeps. We're on the door at church tomorrow, and being there every fortnight confuses people as they think we haven't really been anywhere, lol. Little do they know. We're not quite sure whether to go back tomorrow afternoon or early early Monday morning. The boys sure like having us home, I've caught up on lots of hugs which is lovely.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Thursday (feels like Friday), 12th June, 2008.
Up out of bed and quickly organise what we need back in Sydney. Bring back the sheets to be washed as they can hang upstairs until our next trip, and pack a fresh set.
We would've left Wagga at 1pm only left work and went out to put my coat in the car and go and get some muffins for the trip and realised as I shut the boot that the one and only key we have was IN the boot. Duh!! Anyway a called told the Holden Lease Care Line and the NRMA guy appeared with his handy coathanger and screwdriver and we were on the road at 1.30pm. It was a lovely trip home, we managed to do a bible study in the car, I'm getting very brave, reading aloud in a car and not getting sick!!!! Have I finally become a traveller??? On the way out of Gunning (afternoon tea halfway stop) we were approaching Goulburn and the sky looked amazing. Out with the trusty mobile phone, and the result is below. Isn't technology grand???
Bruce has a meeting at Chatswood in the morning, and for the first time in 4 weeks, I won't be getting up at 6.30am for work!! I took over full control of the Foxtel remote tonight, but didn't find anything very interesting, just Jean and Lionel getting married in the series As Time Goes By. Must be time to get in the shower and get into a comfortable bed. Good night!!
Up out of bed and quickly organise what we need back in Sydney. Bring back the sheets to be washed as they can hang upstairs until our next trip, and pack a fresh set.
We would've left Wagga at 1pm only left work and went out to put my coat in the car and go and get some muffins for the trip and realised as I shut the boot that the one and only key we have was IN the boot. Duh!! Anyway a called told the Holden Lease Care Line and the NRMA guy appeared with his handy coathanger and screwdriver and we were on the road at 1.30pm. It was a lovely trip home, we managed to do a bible study in the car, I'm getting very brave, reading aloud in a car and not getting sick!!!! Have I finally become a traveller??? On the way out of Gunning (afternoon tea halfway stop) we were approaching Goulburn and the sky looked amazing. Out with the trusty mobile phone, and the result is below. Isn't technology grand???
Bruce has a meeting at Chatswood in the morning, and for the first time in 4 weeks, I won't be getting up at 6.30am for work!! I took over full control of the Foxtel remote tonight, but didn't find anything very interesting, just Jean and Lionel getting married in the series As Time Goes By. Must be time to get in the shower and get into a comfortable bed. Good night!!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Wednesday 11th June 2008
It's a lovely day even with the little bit of rain every now and again. It's still nice outside. I was sent for a walk today to deliver something for work to the RTA. No 'take a number' here, you just go up and speak to someone, very old fashioned! I discovered I could walk along the lagoon on the way back, as you could get on the path behind the RTA. They really encourage walking/riding here as there seem to be lots of spots. When you do drive, there are one way lanes so you can avoid going onto the main road to go home, very organised. Back to Sydney, leaving about lunchtime tomorrow.
It's a lovely day even with the little bit of rain every now and again. It's still nice outside. I was sent for a walk today to deliver something for work to the RTA. No 'take a number' here, you just go up and speak to someone, very old fashioned! I discovered I could walk along the lagoon on the way back, as you could get on the path behind the RTA. They really encourage walking/riding here as there seem to be lots of spots. When you do drive, there are one way lanes so you can avoid going onto the main road to go home, very organised. Back to Sydney, leaving about lunchtime tomorrow.
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