someone dies

chris pearce died last night.. best friend of my mother. mother of 2 sons and some wonderful grandchildren, a force to be recconed with , leader in her family the memories of home legue at our home in boardman str ladies getting out the good ... cups and saucers just for the morning of fellowship that make there life and ours a happier place... these wonderful woman who could survive on the smell of an oil rag. make meal to feed kings on very little always had a tomato in the garden.. where did we lose this skill. in the busy rush of our days ... we are because they were.. they gave us girls and boys a wonderful start great role models so on wednesday we will come to say good bye how odd that will be... don't make a fuss... don't be too sad... i can hear it all.. but now i know that meg and chris are up organising god... he doesn't have a hope... it was a privilage to know you ... how blessed am i

oliver visited me today

baby oliver kirsberg visited today he is 8 weeks old, he came into the world loved, planned for and wanted his bed was ready and he has an extended family who will watch him grow to be a man .... all children should be this loved..and welcomed...

the holiday

yes we are back from the much planed holiday in europe with trev and mel. yes we have done europe just a quick over view of so many wonderful countries so many money changes so expensive.... paying to pee. paying for water and most of taken for granted luxuries we have here in australia....my senses have been stretched i have spent 6 weeks living out of a suitcase, 6 weeks with the 8th wonder not all bad.. but when we come home and we see our children and hear there voices how wonderful is that... that is what i live for what about you...

the night george nearly dies or so we thought...

easter 2008 what a year we thought we'd stay home. do abit of painting cleaning up..... went out to the coffee club with george and his lovely wife.... one bite in we have george clasping his chest and talking about the f.....ing pain..... hence 000 and off to the hospital... just when dinner arrived.too oh well he had a fish bone in his neck from the first mouthfull. which was dutifully regurgated..in the ambo.... good men those ambo's... don't nearly get enough praise.so that is our memoral easter,
good friday at alex headlands with john and the riverwalk crew
dinner sunday with mel and trev to keep planning the trip........... 12 sleeps... yah

a picnic

seems odd these days going with friends to all the places we used to take our kids too. like today, picnic at charlie morlans park the water was actually flowing in the mary river there was more flat stones to curl along the river than we had seen for a while but no kids to do it. time moves on and now we the 2 lots of parents go and eat with out kaos don't have to share the ice blocks and have a great time talking about all the wonderful times that we have done this when all the kids were young and at home ....the years fly by..

ezekiel john has arrived

hard to believe these kids grow up so fast and now are parents....... parents oh my goodness how wonderful i am off to see ezekiel.....can't wait to hold that little boy what a blessed gift... a new generation begins...

back to redcliffe

i don't think i can poke another thing in my brain.... it is dead and at some stage i am ment to verbally remember what i learnt it was a wonderful time and the other woman were just wonderful now i am going to sleep for a week... oh no i am working tomorrow....

lisa's last day

went to see lisa today it was her last day at ngh... so sad and she made me some hand splints for my thumbs, how odd it that.too much computer and writing i guess.. she still is going out with the wonderful matt o.m.g....... how wonderful

long day tired bones

what a great day, busy and tiring but have signed up for some training with the ab and torris straite islander group, can't wait to start, hope i can cope with it all.. have to get some zzzz'zs or the day will start again and i won't be ready...

cake at cindy's

it is always good to have friends that can cook, i have an unlimited supply of cook books but, a friend who can cook is a great treasure, i have a few treasures, what a great night at cindy's eating dinner and sewing... well not much of that these days.. it is a great blessing to have girl friends...

i am

have been reading the wonderful 2 lime leaves 'I AM " and would just like to take a few minutes to think what i could write, lee and i were talking over lunch about all the most wonderful people who write down such amazing things on these blogs for others to read, so have printed off the recipe for it all and am going to take it on the plane with me in april... now that is the plan it is a while away but for now that will have to do as it is all the time i have.
today we found the most wonderful material shop, yes i again have bought material... for what time i have to sew, very little at the moment..i love the feel of it colour smell touch , fabric i mean one day i will have time to sew again.... oh rave on...
it is still raining, we are averaging an inch a day usually more...
off to bed to dream about fabric..

oh not the birds

yep the snake got the birds, soooo sad i am in deep sadness.... yep we live close to town but i guess there is alot of bush around our home. it is a happy snake though. oh dear.... can't say any more lost for gulp words...will post again another day..... when words return...... gulp

rain rain go away.come back next year .....

yep we have had alot and i mean alot of rain, our tanks are full the garden has been watered for the next year and it is still coming down, there is mold growning everywhere oh rain in the tropics..... but better we have some than none..
s has gone to thursday island, what an adventure it was so wonderful having her for that time not that i saw much of her, but enough to have girl things around the house,infact all over the house.. and after having 3 sons it was nice..
the deck is going up work in progress, it should be lovely when it is finished..
to sit and hear the birds. and the neighbours dog bark bark bark but back to the birds. looking forward to the party on the deck.
there is always an other job waiting. but i love living here..it is a good life

30th jan.... the year continues

vb has bought a boat, that is it he will never come home now.. t,i, forever i am sure that they didn't mention that this would happen in the only have sons manual for mothers..no i don't think so.. it sometimes is too hard...
oh well 10 weeks now and we are off... off to the colswolds and betric potters cottage... and italy and coffee in st marks square..not a bad way to drown my sorrows.. now i will have another glass of red and put my feet up before i have to deal with another day..

judy's has left

yes the farewell dinner for jude today, off to the north of w.a. to be a bush nurse, what excitement, some go some stay.. here's to judy

2008 has arrived

there is never a famine or a feast. last year we stayed at home this year we had several invites i feel blessed. we were privileged to go to janette and william with our dear friends marg and bruce. we were sort of pleased to see this year out together, one we will never forget so the chance to be together to do it was a bonus, there are no new years resolutions i rather think that just making the most of each day to be true to your self and your beliefs, is a better option.it has been a giant of a year.so many people to thank and be grateful that they have shared your life, or that you have been invited into there lives......but that is life and we had the most wonderful new years eve after going to jen and dougs off to golden beach to a wonderful seafood feast and to see the new year in drinking moet and being with wonderful folk....
vb an sam are off to thursday island tomorrow or vb is... sam soon. tris is coming back from goldcoast. yah.. j bought a new girl for us to meet............ the circle continues, life goes on