Wednesday, December 29, 2010

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 ...

Sunday, December 12, 2010

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 …


Friday, December 3, 2010

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 !!!...