Silver

After a very busy few days at the Uni games Janelle and her relay team won a silver medal. They won it in the medley relay, one runner doing 800m - next doing 400m and then 2 running 200m. Janelle ran the 800m leg...


Janelle thoroughly enjoyed the whole competition and was really happy with her times she ran - now its back to study!

Uni Games

The 2010 University Games are being held in Perth this year so Janelle thought it would be a good opportunity to compete. Yesterday we travelled to Perth to watch her run in the 1500m. Before we went to the track we called in at Trinity to drop off some stuff and be patients to her new "toy" to test our reflexes...

After registering and a warm up all the girls gathered to be put into heats. After the man had called out all the names and given them lane numbers, Janelle and 4 other girls were not called so after a chat they were put in the 2nd heat to make it a large heat with 14 runners...

She ran a great race against girls from all over Australia and was very happy with her time of 4min 51.63. She ended up being the 6th fastest out of the 22 runners and qualified for the final...

As she was representing UWA she finally got one of the little running uniforms she has eyed off for a few years (along with another pair of shorts, t-shirt and jacket)...

Today she ran in the final of the 1500m and came 9th with a new PB time of 4min 49.85. She was really pleased with the result as it is only the start of the season. She has also got the 800m and some relays to compete in.

It is also ball season and on Saturday night Janelle got all frocked up for the annual Medicine Ball...

Crocodile Hunter

Yesterday was a sad day for Australia with the accidental death of an Aussie bush legend and original crocodile hunter Malcolm Douglas. We were lucky enough to visit his crocodile park in Broome many years ago when we lived in Karratha. Nicole visited last year and even got a photo with the great man...


He was a wildlife pioneer and passionate conservationist who like Steve Irwin will be sadly missed.

Painting Day

This morning 2 painters turned up nice and early to give the kitchen/meals and family room ceiling a new coat of paint. After some heavy rain while we were away a water mark was left around one of the airconditioning vents where the roof had leaked from a tile which had moved. As the mark couldn't just be patched we have had to have the whole area painted which it definately needed, so thanks to the insurance company it is being done!
And that means no cooking or housework for me today!

Spotlight had a huge clearance of all their wool last week so at just over $1.00 a ball for pure wool I bought a few balls. I have been trying to make some "granny squares"...

Something simple to do while watching the TV.

Janelle asked us to find some old photos of her bunny "Snowy" to show a friend. He was such a beautiful boy and a big part of the family for the years we had him...

And he was happy to share his food with Pippy! So cute.

Birthdays

Another year rolls by and Peter and I turn 49 and 45. I turned on my Nintendo DS and that even reminded me!

I hada nice day and got some lovely gifts. Peter's parents called in for lunch on their way home from Carnarvon. Janelle came home from Uni and we got together with the Smiths for a pizza tea and a good laugh. Nicole was in charge of candles on the cake and it just so happened that we didn't have a number 5 or 9 so she came up some alternatives.

Some lovely flowers from Janelle...

Peter's parents came over again on Sunday for his birthday and we had Chinese for lunch. Janelle went back to Perth via Fremantle due to an accident which closed the freeway for a while. One more year then the big 50...

Footy and Fathers Day

Janelle was lucky enough to be offered a ticket to the Dockers Elimination final against Hawthorn at Subi oval with Lexi. She wasn't going to go but with the Dockers not playing in finals very often we told her to go and enjoy herself. Which she did ...

They had great seats and even better the Dockers won the game by 30 points!!!

Father's Day was very quiet this year. Dad W was in Albany and Dad J in Carnarvon. Nicole came for a cooked brekky then went to Perth for a concert with Ant.

We did a bit of tidying up around the yard and then went to Waldecks and got a few more vegie plants and a lime tree. We had a chat to Janelle on Skype which is a great way to communicate with the computers.

Happenings

An update on whats been going on lately...

- Janelle ran in her second City to Surf on Sunday 29th Aug. This year she registered under UWA and again ran the 12km race. She was very pleased with herself as she ran 4 minutes faster than last year in a time of 53min 35secs. She came 17th in the female 19-29 category and 452 out of everyone that ran the 12km. Well done Nelly!

-I got very spoilt with these lovely flowers from Peter for our 24th wedding anniversary...



-We had a wander in Bunnings and this tiny Blueberry plant came home with us. I am hoping I will be able to keep it alive so it will grow to produce some beautiful fruit one day...

Also got some fresh grass for the dogs...

-On Wednesday Sarah passed her practical driving test! She was very happy so now she just has to do her 25 hours driving, record it in her log book and wait 6 months until she can get her liscence.

-Nicole and Ant have been busy making a video to try and get on to the Australian series of Amazing Race. They had a lot of fun and have sent it off.