By Sunday afternoon we had all had enough of the weather so Janelle and Sarah resorted to childhood activities and blew some bubbles. They then went over to the shops and bought skipping ropes!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Weekend snapshot
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thriller
There are many of his songs that I like but I guess "Billie Jean" and "Man in the mirror" are my 2 standouts. I also loved watching him dance on the film clips. Thanks for the music !
Monday, June 22, 2009
Janelles first nine holes
She even managed to drive over the water at hole number 2.........
Some of her putts were very good.
She only lost one ball all day that went into the water, but had some trouble sometimes hitting from where her ball landed!
By the 8th hole she was very weary and was glad the clubhouse was in sight. She says she enjoyed herself despite saying she could have run a marathon in the time it took us and she was tired of all the "gardening" (raking all the bunkers she had been in!)
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Semester break
The room looked quite spacious with everything out......
The trip home was wet and windy. I captured some of natures beauty........
Janelle now has to spend a day unpacking and sorting things out. At least it will be mundane work after 3 weeks of intense study and exams.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Winner and back to work
My little prize was a digital photo frame and the photo will be published in an upcoming issue of the magazine.
Peter went back to work today after his 3 months off. Although it sounds like a long time it went by very quickly - here's what we achieved:
-Repainted the passageway to get rid of the two toned walls
-Repainted Nicole's old room and shifted Sarah into it (had a huge cleanout of Sarah's accumulated childhood junk)
-Made Sarah's old little bedroom into a study/craft room, repainted it and put vinyl on the floor. We fitted out the room with office furniture from Fullers.
-Had new carpets laid in Janelle and Sarahs's rooms.
-Arranged for a new skylight to go in the kitchen (which certainly makes a huge difference) and a new manhole in cupboard as the other one wasn't very accessible because of the airconditioning unit.
-We also had the whole house insulated (thanks to Mr Rudds generosity)
-Extended the existing vegie garden and also build a new one removing some of the back lawn.
-Removed the swimming pool
-Repaved the whole patio and old pool area (this project took longer than expected)
-Refitted our wardrobe with shelving, painted our room and changed all the linen and bedding
-Chose new carpet for the loungeroom and our bedroom
-Totally rearranged the spare bedroom and cleared out years of junk from the filing cabinet
-Peter cleaned out the shed
-Trimmed all the trees around in the yard and cleaned out all the gutters
-Got the winters supply of firewood
-Played heaps of golf
-Did quite a few trips to Perth picking up and dropping off Janelle and Dad
-Had a lovely mini break to Karri Valley
-Enjoyed the beach walking the dogs in the lovely warm unseasonal weather
We did achieve a lot but as always there is still plenty to do. So now I will go and and have my afternoon cuppa by myself as Bella continues to sulk without her best friend at home.
Today I start my part time roster at Woolies, I am no longer a casual and will work Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. So I wont have to wait around for a phone call each day.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Par Day!
Peter got the divet of the day with this big chunk of grass...........
After all that excitement I was able to add my golf charm to my Pandora bracelet. I got the charm for Mothers Day and it was my incentive to get a par.
Luckily it happened on Peters last day of his long service leave or I would have been waiting for a long time.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
More golf
This was at Sactuary yesterday at hole number 2. You have to drive over the water and between us we lost 3 balls in the water (Peter 2 and me 1).
Today we went out to Capel again to use the other voucher Janelle had bought us. Before you start you have to take one of these buckets of sand with you to fill in your divets around the course.
There seemed to be more kangaroos this time lazing in the lovely sun. Just had to get this shot of a mum feeding her joey, so cute.
This fellow was quite content to watch and nibble the grass.
When we arrived home there was a magpie drinking from my bird bath. This is the first time I have seen a magpie use it , the smaller birds are in it often.
Friday, June 5, 2009
New look wardrobe

After we totally emptied all the clothes and accumulated junk it was time for a fresh coat of paint. We actually painted the whole bedroom this colour called "Nearly White" to get rid of the pink.
The shelveing is all premade from measurements we provided and Peter fitted them.
Quite a few clothes and junk went into a pile for the Good Sammys. We are very happy with the end result and the wardrobe seems much more spacious.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Almost done
We are now having a break from it and waiting a while for the sand to settle and then spread some more over then keep sweeping.
We have piles of the old pavers which we hope to sell soon.
Janelle came home for the weekend to escape the city. Her exams start next week. She made 2 batches of mini muffins - Anzac and Jaffa to take back to nibble on while studying. The yummy recipes were from Nicole's new muffin bible book.
We took her back to Perth today. She had a doctors appointment to see if she needed any booster shots from previous immunisations, which she did - rubella. While we were waiting we wandered down to the Matilda Bay Cafe and enjoyed the view and a cuppa by the water. It was such a lovely day even though it was the first day of winter.