Getting Ready

Tomorrow is the day of John's knee operation so we have been busy getting the kids lounge room ready. We have set him up in this room as I think he will have quite a lot of trouble getting out of the water bed with a sore knee. I'm hoping that he doesn't have to stay in here too long, but we will just have to wait and see how he recovers.

Dam Tour

As most people would know, South East Queensland has been experiencing it's worst drought in years. I think it's been about 8 years in some places around the region. Our dams have been dropping steadily since March 2003. At that time, the percentage of water in storage across our three major dams (Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine)was 65.92% but in August 2007, they hit a low of just 17.25%. Most of the region has been at Level 6 water restrictions for quite some time now too which has meant some very strict guidelines to the water that can be used in the home. Basically they where trying to get each household to use only 140l of water per person per day. Along with absolutely no watering of gardens or washing of cars/houses etc, you could only have 4min showers! The Government has been offering rebates to households which could be used to install water saving devices like rain water tanks and front loading washing machines.

Mia and Rylie

Sunday was a very special day for My Nephews Twins Mia and Rylie. They were Baptised at a lovely church in Petrie and then we all celebrated with them at the Norths Services and Leagues Club. It was a really lovely day and the twins were wonderful.
We had a beautiful roast for lunch at the club complete with vegetables and as Arlie is a member there it only cost $45 for six of us, which is fantastic value!! For desert we got to eat this beautiful cake!!!
I think this is a great photo of Mum and Dad with Sandra and her brood!! She is a very proud grandmother!!

Dinner Treats

For two nights in a row we have been treated to some beautiful dinners!! It is certainly paying off to have both Lacey and Sarah doing hospitality courses at school. Lacey cooked Chicken, Potato and Watercress salad on Thursday night and Sarah cooked Chicken in Bacon with honey carrots and potato on Friday night and they were both delicious!!!!
I could certainly get used to having these restaurant quality meals every night!LOL

Morgan's Latest Art Craze

Morgan has started to draw these cute little characters and I just love them! She is really into Anime at the moment and these little guys are her version of it. She is talking about wanting to do a Bachelor of Animation at Griffith School of Art when she finishes school, and going by these drawings, I think she would do very well! I hope you like them as much as I do!!
Please excuse the poor quality of these pictures but my scanner is slowly dying!
To me, the most amazing things about these drawings is that it literally only takes her a few minutes to complete each character!! She just sits and draws one after the other and makes it look sooo easy!!
These two pictures below show the original drawing she did and then what it looked like after she used Adobe Photoshop to edit it. I think they would make great images for cards or somthing like that and that she could make herself some money out of them!!LOL

Poor John!

For those of you that don't know, John has been off work for the past two weeks with a sore knee. He couldn't remember doing anything in particular to hurt it, it just seemed to get sore over the past few months until it got to a point where he could no longer crouch or even walk up the stairs with out pain. Well, we went to see the Orthopedic Specialist today (the same one that did the operation to correct Lacey's wrist) and it turns out that he has torn the cartilage in the knee and will need surgery to correct it. Poor thing, he is a bit stressed about it all, but I'm sure he will be much happier when it is all fixed and he is out of pain!
He will have the surgery next Friday (22/2/08) and will be off work for another two weeks after that, but then things should return to normal.

Time for a catch-up!

Wow, I can't believe it's been over six weeks since I posted last!! Time sure does fly!LOL
A lot has happened since the last update so it may take me a few days to catch up with it all. I think it will be easier to start with the most recent news first and work my way backwards!
Firstly, we got a call from Arlie earlier this evening to let us know that the Navy have finally been in touch with her to let her know that her enlistment day will be the 1st of May this year!!! She has been waiting for this news for so long now I think she was beginning to think it wasn't going to happen. She doesn't have all the details as yet, she will need to wait for a call from her recruiting officer, but will keep you posted when we know more.