The Final Countdown

Only 3 weeks to go and Year 12 will be over and boy am I counting! Final assessments started this week and they are coming thick and fast over the next three weeks, including 3 oral presentations! I think I will just have to chant a mantra like- "It is nearly over, just one day at a time"! Then it will be over and who knows what will unfold for next year, but I will worry about that more after these next three weeks are over! Can't even think about Christmas till all this is over!

Science Experiement or Lazy Daughter????

I was at Amy this week to retrieve the sandwich containers from her room and issued and ultimatum- no computer until the room is tidied and the sandwich containers returned- this is what was found growing in one of them! Revolting isn't it-she offered to clean it out and that request was accepted!

Amy has also been driving herself to school this week, driving over to visit her aunt and another time to her friends place for dinner, she is developing quite and attachment to the car!

We minded Charlie and Mia this week and played Mousetrap, which went well tell I landed on the "Turn the Crank" square and managed to capture Charlie and Amy's mouse. Charlie decided he no longer liked Mousetrap and was never going to play it again and it was all Auntie Sue's fault. Charlie and Mia where then playing Star Wars Chess, I was helping Charlie and he wanted to know how to "attack" being a non chess player I called in the reinforcements- Amy and she ended up giving the kids a chess lesson, but of course I forgot to take photos of all of this!

Jack Frost- Three Dog Family

We have acquired a third dog- well maybe a 1/4 dog- Jack weighs 5kg and Clancy 20kg and Benji about 35kg so he is a 1/4 th size of Clancy. We had minded Jack once, and then he escaped from his owners and ended up at our house(maybe 5km from his house) we had offered to keep him, but he was returned then escaped again. He ended up at the pound this time and he wasn't going to be collected so we couldn't stand the thought of him being euthanized so he is now a full time resident of the Frost family and has settled in beautifully. He thinks he is one of the big boys, and has been no trouble at all. Well he did try to steal an egg when Bill was cleaning them, carried one off, but couldn't figure out how to crack it, and when he gets hot he just sits in the water bowl and has a bath!

Mum's House

Had a weekend down in Melbourne last weekend catching up with mum and doing some jobs for her, thought it would be a good idea to take some photos of the house I spent my teenage years in to have on record and put on my blog.

Macarons from Cacao

Went down to Melbourne for the weekend to visit my mum, my brother and sister in law dropped in to Cacao- a chocolate and patisserie store in Melbourne, they were the winner of the best Melbourne macaron in 2010- so just had to get a box to bring home, they were such beautiful colours and the lemon and the passion fruit were my favourite!

Mia, Charlie and Amy

Amy and I caught up with Bindi, Charlie and Mia this week. We got to visit their new place in Melba and get the grand tour, and then headed out to Ruby's (formerly Gooseberry's) and had a lovely time catching up with them!

Australian Diamonds Versus England

Amy and I went to the AIS Arena on Wednesday night with a friend and saw the Australian Diamonds play against the England Netball team. It was a good match and we had an enjoyable night.