Which Bank?

Well after my big rant about Mizz Gillard I was surprised by a call from Westpac on Friday arvo offering all customers in flood affected regions the opportunity of no credit card or mortgage payments for three months with no fees or interest charges.  Err yes please - after Al not working for 8 weeks due to rain it is a very welcome and appreciated offer - thanks Westpac!

Floods & Craftivism

I seriously don't even know what to write about the devastation we have seen happening here in QLD.  Even though we have seen it with our own eyes it's just too hard to comprehend what has happened. 75% of QLD affected by floods and now we are seeing NSW and Vic having to deal with it all.

To donate - http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

To help - http://emergencyvolunteering.com.au/

and the crafting community stepped up bigtime with these girls organizing other crafters to make awesome items to auction or raffle and last I heard they had raised an incredible $45,000 !!!!

Rubes

My sweet, funny, eccentric Grandma Ruby passed away on 11.1.11

We love and miss you Rubes.

Visitors

We have had some furry friends visiting over Xmas - they are super cute, very well behaved and eat all our scraps - our favourite sort of guest!!

Al's Birthday

Happy Birthday Ali !!!

A very spotty new year!

 We had a pretty quiet (but nice) New Year - I was sick all over the Xmas period so we just hung out here and made some nice fresh salt and pepper calamari and some fruit and vege dip.  A few glasses of wine and I was asleep on the couch by 11pm!

I was up at four this morning watching this beautiful sunrise and scratching my suspected measles!!!

At least when it starts like this it can only get better - happy 2011!!

December Roundup!

Arrhh December - so busy with all the usual end of year / Xmas stuff but we also squeezed in:

a repaint of our $15 dump table (I'm going to sew a table runner for up the middle - sometime!)

 Got all my goodies in the mail ready for lucky recipients!

 Made a couple of pencil rolls for teachers.

 Dug up our potato barrel for a disappointing five potato's

 Screenprinted Star Wars inspired shirts for Xmas gifts.

 Got our pressies wrapped up with Al's painting paper, string and doilies.

 Pop came round to install a splitter so Jar gets tv in her room - Lachie bought her a big flat screen tv!!

 Our Xmas table before it got covered in food.

 Christmas Eve, technically christmas cause I didn't get to bed til 1am!

 For some reason around midnight I decided it would be a good idea to take photos of my Christmas dec's - clearly I was overtired and slightly manic!!  I won't bore you with them all but this little tin angel Nic gave me is still my most favourite!

 We got our cement slab laid - yay!

 I got this years advent calenders ready just in time.

 We did rockclimbing...

 and found treasure!

Ned and Al had a swim - I had a really long strapless dress on so I had to sit on the shore and watch!!!

 I finally finished my first quilt - made with vintage (old!!) sheets and machine quilted in very crooked lines!!  It just needs a spin in the washer and dryer to get that wrinkly old look (which would have been done but our washing machine is out of action.  It gave Jar and I a few little shocks and when we googled it there is currently a recall for that reason!!)

 We went to Neds Xmas carols and to see their years work in the classroom.

Riley and Ned!