The Final Countdown

There is only one exam and one assignment to go before the battle to get Amy through school will finally end! No doubt there will be other challenges but it will certainly be good to close the book on this one! I have been slack with my blogging the last few weeks, I just have not had the energy. However time has not been completely wasted I have become quite well informed in history and English. I have been listening to the practice runs on Amy's 3 oral presentations that were done last week, I could now inform you about the role that religion played in day to day Roman life, I could tell you how the prison system changed during Victorian Britain times, and I could tell you all about the little life lessons that the author of the Little Prince conveyed in his book!

Off to the Ballet

Amy and I took Mia to see the ballet last week, it was Cinderella by the West Australian Ballet Company. It was a lovely ballet, lots of kids there to see it. Mia really enjoyed it, there were a few bits where the dancing did seem a bit long winded so I did understand when afterwards she commented " There was a bit too much dancing!" Amy just cracked up!

First Raspberries

Most of the raspberries look like they are way off picking but there is a little patch that has some ripe raspberries so picked my first little bowl this morning, they taste delicious! Can't wait till the rest start to ripen, the loganberries are not too far off either!

Waterhouse National Art History Prize

Bill and I went in Saturday afternoon to the National Archives to have a look at some of the winners of the Waterhouse Natural Art History Prize, they had some great stuff there. Friends had told us about it and meant to go last year, finally got around to going this year- it is the last weekend, but must make it a must see each year. It is run in South Australia but they bring over the winners for a display in Canberra each year. They have painting and sculptures. The winner this year was made of silver and quite detailed- inspired by sea urchins from Kangaroo Island.

Dog Hair Everywhere

Just like the veggie garden is growing it seems dog hair is growing! Benji is malting and we are able to comb out oodles of hair every day- he just laps up the brushing and combing! Jack seems to get hot so decided it was time to take off the hair, we went halves in some dog clippers with a friend (who does not even own a dog!) so Amy and I had a practice on him yesterday!

Birthday Time

Had my birthday during the week, we had dinner out on Wednesday night to celebrate- went to the Australian Pizza Kitchen for a light dinner as we had things on afterwards and didn't want a heavy meal, it was nice to all get out together.

Then on Friday afternoon went out to afternoon tea with some of my cycling friends and enjoyed a lovely piece of birthday cake which was delicious and beautifully presented, had a lovely time and got to bring the rest of the cake home which disappeared pretty quickly!

Work Christmas Party

We had our work Christmas Party early this year, we had it out on a farm just east of Williamsdale, it was a lovely spot, set at the bottom of the hills and the area was looking very lovely with all the spring growth. They have alpacas on the farm and they were very curious as we were taking the photos for the annual Christmas card, they really must have wondered what we were up to. We had a lovely night, with a delicious lamb on the spit.

Halloween

We never do anything for Halloween, we never have anyone call at our door because we are a battle axe and have big scary dogs, it is great! It hadn't even entered on my radar to have anything to give out, so when the doorbell rang on Monday night and the dogs started barking was surprised we had visitors! It turned out to be the two young girls that live in the street behind us and have adopted us- or rather adopted our dogs- they love the dogs and often come around for a visit. Luckily I managed to find something to give them!

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!