Who remembers these??

Little bottles of milk given to you at morning tea time. Often they were warm by then - I lived in Qld!!!





















Wooden desks attached to the floor, room for two little people to sit at them, flip top lids - had to get your stuff out at the same time as the kid next to you!! Also had to watch out for fingers getting caught if the kid next to you didn't like you!!





















Teacher's neat writing of the alphabet along the top of the blackboard!



Ahh those wonderful old days!! I couldn't believe that I went to school long enough ago to qualify for my school days to be on show at Old Tailem Town. I also found a butcher's shop with the lino on the bench and the big green cash register exactly the same as the butcher's in little old Inglewood, Queensland where I grew up! Very freaky feeling!! Nah not the being old bit - the remembering the colour of the lino and the cash register from 35+ years ago!! What a weird piece of memory to have??

Now where was I?

oh yeah that's right busy doing I don't know what?? Where has the last 2 weeks gone - certainly not on housework!! My house is desperate for a clean, maybe later today. Have I been in my vege patch --nope!! Hope to dig some dirt tomorrow! Have I been immersed in my scrapbooking? Again nope! And my poor mother is still waiting for her birthday present!

Well......... last week I spent in the kitchen. Every year, I get involved with The Biggest Morning Tea for the Cancer Council. I am the secretary for the local branch as well. I do it for my Dad, who died from Cancer nearly 5 years ago - and damn it I still miss him. I hope the little bit of money I raise will help someone else not lose their father, mother, husband, wife, child etc at a younger age than anyone has a right to die!

Anyway I made morning tea for 12 bank johnnies at $5 each and then for the local scrapboking shop. I raised over $100 for the day then fronted up the next day to help run the branch do at the local bowls club where we took $500 on the door, $750 for the raffle and $650 on the trading table. So even though I didn't feel like baking again for a while- it was worth it.

It must have been a drain on my emotions, thinking about Dad all week as this week I have been BLAH!! Not sick but not feeling my usual chirpy self. I felt a little let down by a couple of people so that didn't help! So I stayed home for the 3 nights in a row that I should have been out and today I am feeling a bit better!

Nice quiet weekend coming up! Andrew and I and a couple of friends are off out to dinner at a very posh restaurant on Saturday night. We treat ourselves once a year to blow the budget and spend way too much on way too little food!! Woohoo!!

Righto better get my self into gear - off to Homeschool group today. We are meeting in Penola today - love that little town! Great park for the kids, great coffee for the Mums and great lolly shop for treats to eat on the way home!!

It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain


Ciao for now.

No Photos

How the heck am I supposed to improve on photography skills when I don't take any photos, not one, nada, none for over 3 weeks!! Gees Louise! That is soooo long!!

Well I did take a couple a few weeks ago - here they are!

Sad I know... photos of a box and its contents. The box was from Donna Downey and it did contain her newest books, signed by her no less!! Highlight of my week - Susy and I went a little silly when we opened the box - our boys thought we had gone slightly mad. Well madder than usual!

We held the books to our heart and said things like - Donna touched this book!!

Told you it was sad!! Susy understands don't you Susy??















The second photo is of some Kim Archer flowers I made for Tanya for her birthday! Aren't they the cutest things? Tan loved them so much she has them sitting on the main desk at the shop - I love it when I give a homemade gift and it is so appreciated.

I am hoping to make some more for family and friends but time is a bit tight at the moment - hoping to find some spare on the weekend!

Well folks, I will leave you with a quote:



The best way to prepare for any moment in the future is to be fully conscious in the present.
- Deepak Chopra

And with that it is time to feed the family some healthy warming lunch on this cold rainy day in beautiful South East, South Australia.

Ciao!

Over 1000 views??

My goodness when did that happen?? People must actually look at my blog and read my ramblings??

I really want to get back to my quote a day. If you have a good one then share it with me!

Here is 5 beauties to get me started again.


People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

If you cannot find happiness along the road, you will not find it at the end of the road.

Take care of your body, it’s the only place you have to live.

Enthusiasm is contagious – start an epidemic.

Success is a journey, not a destination.


With those thoughts I bid you goodnight.

I've been tagged.....

Thank you Stephanie!! I have to say 5 things.....

What was I doing ten years ago?
1. Loving my 4 year old and 6 month old sons
2. Living in the only town ( out of the 12 I have lived in) that I didn’t like!
3. Being a stay at home Mum all year
4. Subjecting my first born to the icky world of Kindergarten
5. Enjoying playgroup friendships

Five things currently on my to-do list
1. Save money for an overseas trip
2. Continue to enjoy my scrapbooking
3. Get the vege patch under control again.
4. Join the gym
5. Lose more weight

Five things I would do if I was a billionaire
1. Buy investments
2. Take my family on a long around the world trip
3. Have a house in the country,
4. Have an apartment in the city
5. Have a house on the headland of a beautiful beach


Five of my bad habits
1. Take on too much
2. Eat when bored
3. Not listening intently all the time
4. Forgetting to blog5
. Not backing up my precious photos

Five places I have lived
1. Toowoomba, Qld
2. Townsville, Qld
3. Quilpie, Qld
4. St George, Qld
5. Biloela, Qld

Five jobs that I have
1. Primary School Teacher
2. Bookkeeper
3. Family Day Care Co-Ordinator
4. Petrol Pump Attendant
5. Mother

Now I tag Susy, Mish, Pip, Donna, Susan C.

I've been tagged....

An award...

for little ole me!! Goodness gracious me! Can you tell I am a little overwhelmed?? Here it is.....

It is the Arte Y Pico Award. The idea is now that you have been awarded it - you have to pass it on to 5 other bloggers that inspire you. The website it comes from www.arteypico.blogspot is in Spanish, but it is to mean creativity and art.

So here's to my 5 choices -

http://susanscrapnsew.blogspot.com/ Unreal lady with 7 sons and so creative

http://leewoodside.typepad.com/a_little_bit_of_this_and_/ inspiring everyday

http://pipprosser.typepad.com/ someone I knew awhile ago and so creative

http://www.kimarcher.typepad.com/ love her workshops

http://www.helenwilliams.typepad.com/ love her ideas and artistic ability

Congratulations ladies!