Mum has a new friend. Her first ever dog. ‘Trav’ – the travelling dog 🙂
Isn’t he just adorable!
Have a lovable month yourself, dear Reader!
- KRidwyn
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36/52
Spring has well and truly sprung! Behold, my annual indicator:
And here’s wishing you a week full of new-life yourself, dear Reader!
– KRidwyn
Well it’s been a while… sorry about that!!! So over the last little while I’ve been rather busy. On the work front, I’ve added a client and lost another with Bloxham Marketing; I’ve taught Preppies, Year 1’s and Year 4’s. On a personal note, Hubby and I have flown to Gladstone and looked at property (LOL!) and we’ve taken the family to Fraser Island in the first week of the school holidays. It was absolutely beautiful, and exactly what I needed after the exhausted state I was in. I mean – check out this view that I woke to each morning!!!
Plus, both Misses 7 and 4 caught their first ever beach fish, so they were pretty stoked.
Miss 7 is holding her second Tailor (she also hooked into a heap of Dart); Miss 4 with a (very yummy!) Whiting. They were so extremely proud of themselves – as were their Mummy and Daddy! Even Mr 4 joined in on the fun, ecstatic that he’d also managed to catch one. And nobody had the heart to tell him that he was looking at his lure!!!
But the week went quickly, and views of the beach were all too quickly replaced by the view out the window of the drive home. But home was a welcome sight, and the washing / unpacking was out of the way within a day.
Which was good, because I had a proposal to complete for Uni. I submitted a claim for Advanced Standing, on the basis of Professional / Work Experience… so hopefully that’ll be granted, and there’s another 12 credit points done towards this Masters in IT. Yay!
And now it’s Term time again. Back into routine. Back into school lunches, ECDP for Mr 4, SpeechTherapy, and of course, work.
Maybe  it’ll also be back into routine for Hmmm… too! (Just had a look at my calendar of posts below, and I haven’t posted in over a month – whoops!!! Sorry, dear readers!!!)
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Warmth
Today I noticed how quickly it warmed up. This morning for an early meeting with a client, it was jacket weather, and Miss4 and Mr3, engrossed in ‘The Wild’ on the portable DVD player, were in jumpers and long pants. But roll on 8.45, and we were removing outer layers on the way to ‘Grandma playgroup’ and Mr 3’s last ever ECDP playgroup session. (The next two weeks I’m committed on Wednesday mornings. And no, I don’t mean the ‘mental health facility’. Although perhaps I should consider it, methinks…! But back to ‘the warmth’…)
By Speech therapy time, I was decidedly comfortable; almost ‘warm’. Man, how I love the warmer weather!
So tonight I’m out at a meeting, and I know that it’s going to be chilly again. But at least, for now, I’m warm. And I love that!!!
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Making memories
On the whole, today was a good day. I even squeezed in some playtime with Mr3 in the cubbyhouse! Now *that* was fun!
Mr3 LOVES the cubbyhouse. It’s high up, with a front and back verandah, and the front has a ladder to a ‘crows nest’. In the first photo, I was on the back verandah, Mr3 in the crows nest. In the second, he was making me a cup of tea. So cute!
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Taking it easy… kinda
Today marks the first Monday of Spring 2012. Weekdays for me are normally rush, rush, rush, go, go, go- but this #Springinyourstep concept is challenging me to take things slower and actually APPRECIATE the world, and the people, around me. It’s Spring! It’s not just another Monday, but it’s the first Monday in Spring!!!
So my first #Springinyourstep tweet today was about snuggling with Mr3 pre -6am. He was being very cute. Lucky, because last night was rather a sleep-deprived one, courtesy Miss 4. But the tweet got me thinking… although it was indeed a tweet showing positivity, showing appreciation, it wasn’t really a tweet about Spring!
That, and a tweet this morning from @DramaGirl suggesting that she was torn between gardening and working, and the beauty of the weather today, changed my plans today. Today, I gardened. (Well, until lunchtime.) and I enjoyed it! (This is normal for me though, I *do* enjoy gardening… One of the reasons why we’re on acreage in the first place!)
So I gardened, with the help of Mr3. It was wonderful. And later, when I sat outside with my laptop and worked, looking out was just SO heavenly!
It was still work, my muscles are definitely noticing it now, but it was a different kind of work, and all the more enjoyable for being outside on such a gorgeous day.
So now, I’m again outside. It’s 6.40pm and quite mild. And I’m heading out tonight. Not to a meeting (yay) but to catch up with one of my closest friends. SOOOOOO stoked!!!
So, have a lovely evening, dear readers, (I plan to!) and I shall see you all tomorrow!
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Father’s Day
Today I surprised my father. After church, we dropped in and took my parents out for lunch. His favourite: Club Kawana. It was great!
All photos taken by Miss 7 on my iPad… which she’d never used before. How proud does she look!!!
Happy Father’s Day, dear readers!
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#Springinyourstep
Yesterday afternoon, two online friends @fionawb and @jobeaz were discussing having ‘positivity in your PLN’, and they came up with the idea of sharing a daily “What made your day”, tweeting about it with the hashtag #Springinyourstep. And not to shy away from a blogging challenge, I asked to join in. So here ’tis! Day 1 of September, and what made my day today?
This morning, I snuggled with my three cherubs on my new lounge.
Hubby and I have been married since November 1995, and this Wednesday just gone, we finally got our first lounge. LOL! New furniture (and snuggling three gorgeous little people) certainly puts a #Springinyourstep!!!
It was a beautiful day. Hubby had to study (CPA, third unit, poor love) so aforementioned kids and I spent the day outside. And for part of that time, I got to use my hammock YAY!!! Definitely a #Springinyourstep experience!
And finally, I cooked myself some mushrooms… a rare luxury for me. Omnomnomnomnomnom!
Overall, it was a wonderful first day of Spring. And I’m also very happy to be joining in this #Springinyourstep daily blogging challenge. I’ve been envying my friend Catherine Buntrock’s Facebook updates with her daily dose of gratitude, and my pathetic drawing ability unfortunately meant that I’m unable to join in with #drawmeSeptember starting today with another friend @bbeingcool, so this is a perfect fit, methinks. Join in, dear readers, if you’d like! And see you tomorrow!