Enough with the rain !!!!!

Well ... I am of the opinion that we have had enough rain ... enough to last a long while ... and so have my kids ...

you can see where the water was at their front door .... another inch and it would have been inside .... they didn't sleep at all .. however the water did start to drop at midnight ...

this is the front yard ... you can see the kids sandpit is an island ... the box is about 15inches high ... to give you some idea of how deep the water is ...

the backyard is higher ground ... however if she wants to hang the wash out .. she will get her feet pretty wet ... haha ...

this is looking out the side of the house ... the treeline is where the creek normally runs .... if it has any water in it .. which is not too often ... this year it has been full to this extent twice ... which is ... two times too many ....

I am just relieved that the sun is out and the water is falling ... here anyway ... not too sure about the rest of the country ... but we certainly have had our fair share of the wet stuff ...

I am on my own at present ... Marcos is off again harvesting ... finally got him out of here on Monday ... the roads were all closed and still are ... so Greg (his boss) could not get thru to pick Marcos up ...  and Greg was so desperate to get away that he sent a helicopter to get Marcos .... now my darling will think he is very special ... and really he is ... and i know i will hear about this episode for years to come ...

The harvest has been very poor so far this year ... on account of the rains ... the plants themselves are plentiful and very good ... it is just been impossible to get harvesters in to get the crops off ... the guys normally leave in early November and are home mid December ... all done ... but this year ... they left in mid October and ... have been back and forward since ... and they have never been away this late in the year ... but there are crops still in the ground down south .... so that is where they have gone ... and hopefully ... Greg will get some work done .. he has a young family ... 5 little ones and a very lovely wife ... and they all depend heavily on the income from the harvest each year to carry them thru ... not the way I would personally choose to live my life but it works for them and that is all that matters ...

But really ... I would not be a farmer for quids .... the man on the land truly does it tough .... they get little reward for their efforts ... and get even less thanks for it from the wider community ... I really admire the men and woman who spend their lives growing food for the country ... they are a very special breed of people and like everything else in this world are becoming more and more scarce as time goes by ...

I should also post that all went well with my operation …. The surgeon was very happy with what she saw when I was opened up …. No evidence of any cancer … and she got everything out that needed to be removed … I was very sore but very very pleased with her news …

I now just have to recover … which I am told could take anywhere from 3 to 6 months … but … for now I am going one day at a time …. I am walking very well now .. and can get in and out of bed without a drama … also I can get into the bath and out of it .. which was a bit of a problem when I first came home … but with Marcos gone I am finding I can do a lot more than I thought I was capable of … the kids were looking out for me … but they have enough dramas going on at their place .. they really don’t need to be worrying about me …

But all in all … I am doing real well … still can’t sit at the sewing machine or computer for any great length of time .. but little by little I am getting more and more done …

In next to no time I will be as fit as a fiddle ...

Time is getting away on me !!!

I am busy busy busy ..... and am NOT sewing ... I am trying to get my house tidied up ... sorting more than cleaning .. cos I hate cleaning and will avoid it at any cost .. lol

I have what is left of today and tomorrow to get organised for my trip to hospital ... I do hate going there but this is one of those 'have no choice' things .... It is an op that can't be avoided ... well that is not really true .. I could choose not to have it but that would only lead to further problems down the road .. so ... this Tuesday we head into Toowoomba and spend the night in accommodations and then at 06:45 I check into the surgical ward .... then onto theatre and then back to the ward .. hopefully ... they may send me to the ICU ... but no one knows just yet if that is going to happen or not ... depends on what they do to me and how I respond to what they do ....

Apparently my body does not play nice when under an anaesthetic … they tell me I stop breathing and cause the doctors no end of concern … heeheee … I just want to make sure they earn their pay for the day … lol

I am well past expecting to have a good bill of health … so whatever they find ..  as long as I walk out of the hospital at the end of it all .. with a fair bill of health  .. it will be worth the op and the 6 weeks ‘resting’ afterwards .. even tho we will be in the throws of moving house in the new year … ahhh …. Never a dull moment in the life and times of this old girl …

The one good thing about having this op so close to Christmas is … I am not doing anything for Christmas day … apart from sitting at my son and darling daughter in laws and having a wonderful day with their children ….

If I am not back in before hand … have a wonderful Christmas and may your homes be filled with much love .. laughter .. and peace …..

Hugest of hugs …

December .... Wow !!!!

Where did the year go ???

Here we are ... at the end of another year ... at the end of another decade ... or was that last year ?? oh who cares ???     all I know is ... Christmas is upon me again .... and I am totally unprepared ... but that is really nothing new ... lol ... I am never prepared and this year I doubt if I will get there ...

Over the next few days I will be making some FibreArt PostCards for Christmas .... and getting them in the mail before it is too late ...

and maybe ... just maybe I will get to town and get some things for the children before it is too late ....

But you know?? ...... Whether I am ready for it or not ........... Christmas IS going to happen !!!...

some editing done ....

I just edited one of my earlier posts by adding the following to it ... but I am going to add it here again .. cos I really like this website and what happens there ... it is just plain old fashion fun ... and I reckon we could all do with some of that ...

I joined a most fantastic group .... Australian based and have many overseas members too ... we swap quilting blocks ... i pick the block and colour i want ... as do the other members .. and at the beginning of each month we get our partners ... then we make the block for our partner in their choice of colour and mail it off ... really simple and sooo much fun ... you don't just get lots of blocks .. you also get an opportunity to learn new skills and maybe make a block or two that you never thought you would ever attempt ... fun stuff ... here is a link if you are interested in having some fun ..... Quilting Block Swaps - Australia

My November blocks .....

Both of my November blocks have arrived ... one from Leanne in New South Wales and one from Pat in Oregon USA ... they are just lovely ... what beautiful colours my partners chose for me ... I love them both ... and they will go wonderfully well with the first one ... my collection is growing ... but still I have no idea what to do with them ... I am sure as time goes on they will speak to me and tell me what should happen ...

here is the one I recieved from Pat ...

and this is the one Leanne sent me ... 

you would have to agree that they are just lovely ..... wouldn't you ...

thank you sooooo much ladies ... i love them ...

its been a long time ..

i don't believe it has been this long since i post in here ... shocking ... but ... i do have a very good excuse for my absence ... my computer got sick and had to be fixed .... some viral infection .. but a few days of rest and restoration fixed her up and is almost as good as new ...

although i did lose a lot of really good things when i fixed her ... and it is funny how you don't realise just how many programmes you have or use for that matter until they are no longer there to be used ... so you have to go find them again .... and download and install ... what a pain ... and some programmes have been updated since you first got them .. years ago ... and have changed so much you hardly recognise them ... some for the better .. some not ... anyway .... life goes on and i am pleased and very thankful that this poor old thing could be restored and i didn't have to replace her ... cos that would have hurt soooo much more ... especially so close to Christmas ...

i will be back a little bit later to show you the wonderful swap block i recieved in yesterdays mail ... it is just lovely .. thanks Pat ...

My first block arrived ....

Teena's block arrived in today's mail ... I love the colours she chose ... just beautiful ..

thank you Teena ... I love it ....

I will put the one I have made for her in tomorrow's mail out ...

I joined a most fantastic group .... Australian based and have many overseas members too ... we swap quilting blocks ... i pick the block and colour i want ... as do the other members .. and at the beginning of each month we get our partners ... then we make the block for our partner in their choice of colour and mail it off ... really simple and sooo much fun ... you don't just get lots of blocks .. you also get an opportunity to learn new skills and maybe make a block or two that you never thought you would ever attempt ... fun stuff ... here is a link if you are interested in having some fun ..... Quilting Block Swaps - Australia

Licensed to Drive !!!!

lol ... I had my driving test for my bus license ... and passed with flying colours .... "perfect score" is what the instructor told the office clerk as she worked on putting all the data into the computer ..... I was soooo proud of myself .... a bit big headed I reckon ... but gee it took alot out of me ... I truly am getting too old for this sort of excitment ... haha .....

There is just one more thing I have to do before I can get in the school bus and drive the kiddies to school is to get a drivers acceditation ......  and that is by getting and passing a medical and federal police check .... the police check I will have no problem with ... the medical ... that is another thing ..... although I seem to be the only doubting that at this time ... maybe I look better than I feel ... and if that is the case ... me thinks I could be in serious trouble people ... lol

It takes a couple of weeks to get all the results back ... and when that happens ... it's look out kiddies ... here I come .....

it's been a very quiet week ...

on the quilting front .... I have been out all weekend having driving lessons ... for a school bus license .... the place where my DH works needs another driver and I thought I would apply for the job and I got it ... the boss knows I have to get the heavy vehicle endorsements for my license and he is willing to wait ..... so I have booked in for my driving test on the 20th of this month ... so that does not leave a lot of time to learn all the bits one needs to know ... but I am confident .. and so is my driving instructor ... (but me thinks he is a tad bias) ...

The only thing I have done that even resembles quilting or sewing is a bit of online shopping ... lol .... from a wonderful lady in northern queensland ... I just love her shop and one day I am going to pop in for a visit with her ......... she is about 10 hours drive from here ... but only 1 hour from my sons home ... so when I go visit him next I do think I should go see her and just run my fingers over all her wonderful fabrics .... yep .. that is the plan for ... one day .............

But for now I am going to head off to bed .... I am in for another big day tomorrow ..

so goodnight all ....

hugs ... Bobbie

Well here we go !!!

Ahhh!!! My first post on my new blog .... what to talk about ....

Well ... it shouldn't be too hard as I have never had a problem with chatting of any sort ... be it over a cuppa ... over the phone or over the net ... I am very rarely lost for words ... mind you not everything I say is worth listening to ... lol ...

I guess I should comment on the fact that I love to sew ... it is patchwork these days ... but in the past I did a lot of sewing of all sorts, mainly making clothes for myself and the kids ... but the kids have all grown ... and now they all want a quilt ... and so do their kids ... and I am not sure if I will have enough time left to do them all ... I have managed a couple or three over the last few years for grand kiddies and I have also made a few that I have given away ... oh and a couple that we have kept here ... and I also have a lot that I have just simply not finished ... but I am guessing I am not alone in that area ... I will get them done ... in time ... but really ... one cannot rush into these things ... haha ...

My most recent creation is a ring cushion I made for my neice for her wedding ...

 

She was married last Saturday and she loved it ... I was very pleased with the way it came out ...

Well that is it for my first post ... I have more stuff I could talk about ... but for now this will have to do ...

hugs ... Bobbie