Winter Sun

through the gum trees. Beauty on a sad day when we had a funeral for a young friend who was taken way too young. RIP Breanna.

Fiskars Garage Sale

Movie Night

This weekend we had a movie marathon over two nights. Loved them all. Julie and Julia was a little slow to begin with but still a good feel good movie. Charlie and Boots was entertaining and My Sister's Keeper was a little sad.

Busy Week

It's been such a busy week. Tuesday the girls went back to school. Giulia will also be attending their school for two weeks. She will be in three of Kady's classes.

Mum, Debby and I stayed home for the day whilst I tried to work out my timetable and classes for Uni.

Wednesday we headed to Ballarat for a bit of retail therapy.

Thursday morning Dessirea and I did the food shopping for our karate christmas in July party. After we had finished shopping Mum, Debby and I caught the train into Melbourne. We went to the Victoria Markets and passed all the Melbourne Court Houses and Melbourne Mint. I got some lovely cuts of meat and some fruit and vegetable marked down on closing.

We had lunch at a lovely cafe near the market.

After the market with caught the city circle free tram around Melbourne.

Around Melbourne

Monday we took Mum, Debby and Giulia into Melbourne for the day. We caught the tram into Southern Cross Station and then walked and walked and walked some more.

We left Southern Cross Station (where lots of work for the Miki was being done) and walked up Collins Street. Kady introduced Giulia to Krispy Kreme Donuts. We walked through Australia Arcade and The Block Arcade and saw Gog and MaGog. The mosaci work in the arcades is amazing. Through the Bourke Street Mall, through Myers and into Melbourne Central with the shot tower.

We then walked to Melbourne Gaol. We went on the watch house tour. It was so funny. The prison warden officer treated us like a prisoner and called us names and locked us in the cell for a minute. All the kids under 15 weren't allowed to be locked up. Instead they were the wardens helpers.

We walked down through China Town and had lunch in a little food court and had the most amazing chinese buffet for $9 a plate. You could chose what and how much you wanted. It was very yummy. We continued walking down Swanston Street, past St Paul's Cathedral, Flinders Street Station and Federation Square. Onto Hosier Lane were the most amazing graffiti and stencils decorate the laneways. We got talking to one of the artists who had helped paint the living wall. It's bright and colourful and the more you look the more you see in each image. We walked through Federation Square and across the bridge to Southgate. Along Southgate and passed the Polly Woodside and Jeff's shed and after a long long walked we arrived at South Wharf DFO.

Kady and Giulia got some great bargains at DFO. We walked back to Southern Cross. It was nice to sit on the train home and rest after a great day out in Melbourne.

Happy 40th Birthday

Jason turned 40 this week. We had a party with family and friends. For J's party I went with a pasta theme and made the following



lasagne

canneloni

napoli sauce with olives

creamy mushroom and bacon

creamy mushroom

spagetti bolognaise

marinara



and



tortollini

spagetti

and penne pasta.



Thanks to all our lovely family and friends that bought a long a yummy dessert. J had a great night even if it did involve 40 pushups.


Earlier in the day I picked Mum and her friend Debby up from the airport. They have come down to spend a week with us.

Frosty Cold Morning

A frosty cold morning with an overnight low of minus 4.5 on the Trentham Weather Station.

She's Licenced To Drive

After a busy school term Kady finally had time to take her learners during the school holidays. She was a little nervous but did just fine.

Here's a quick pic taken with her learner receipt. Her licence will come in the mail in a few weeks.

Well done Kady.