bye bye year

we are in holiday bliss land. i hope you are too. lets hope the new year is a wonder-full one.. ..
see you on the flipside x

magic

me and my mum :l:o:v:e:

my beautiful ballerina girl

the night glowed with fire, the moon, colour and firework explosions

lovely lazy monday

the skies cant make up their mind

the kids are so quiet im not sure if they are here

their happily tired bodies are in beds, on couches,

angus and julia stone are singing me their beautiful melodies

the colourful mess from our family christmas party reminds me of the fun we had on the weekend

a sadness hovers as someone had a car crash and died on our corner road this morning

magnifying how lucky we are here and now and how precious life is

christmas feels like it has come already. ive definitely eaten all the chrsitmas food....trifle and pudding and i still have a whole cheesecake in my fridge. its my favourite. the kids have eaten way to many lollies....im hoping their christmas stocking gets filled with fruit but i doubt it.

the next few days will be slow ones before father christmas visits

theres been so much magic in the last few weeks

we are exhausted and daily i mention the word beach to my farmer boy

hopefully in january we'll get there for some sea splashing

time now to make some parcels for great nannas and friends and maybe eat some dessert for lunch

manda xx

happy

it was Kate's happy idea and now

heres a list of my happy.

my biggest fattest happy is my three kids. three healthy cool sweet hearted funny interesting delightful and gorgeous kids. and my farmer boy muzz. biggest sweetheart ever.

without that happy all other happys wouldnt be so happy, i dont think. i cant imagine.

my mum living 2 minutes down my driveway.

going outside tonight and pulling a carrot out of the earth to eat with tea.

hearing my veda say she wants to have a garden just like ours when she has her own house.

the beautiful sunflowers smiling at me in that garden.

tonight, eating rice makes me happy. and garlic. love it. and even happier mums friend john grew some whopper garlic for them and us. yum.

when my kids are lost in their own world together makes me really really happy.

the beach makes me happy.

my sisters make me happy. i love them.

so does my little brother.

hmmm chocolate makes me happy and so does perfect watermelon and pineapple and mango. fruit actually. and potatoes.

old people make me happy. they remind me of my dad. their hands. the way they walk. their voices.

old things too. i love old things...way nicer than new things (most of the time)

birds singing,

planting seeds,

sleeping,

quiet,

funny people,

people being nice to each other,

being at home all together, ohh school holidays make me soooo happy.

zip over to Kates for some more happiness .

sweetness

do you grow your own strawberries? for smell and taste i highly recommend it. oh my gosh. is it possible to overdose on berries? if it is... im on my way there.

i also recommend visiting op shops to find the cutest old christmas decorations, if you're lucky- which i was. amelie also scored a madeline christmas book. lucky lucky.

today

here is where i am, filled with the love and colour and happiness of my beautiful little family whilst in awe of nature. and the resilience of farmers. and the heartbreak they endure, over and over.

the locusts arrived. landed. laid eggs. dont know how much they ate. at least they didnt eat the cows ;-) now we are going to have to spray the land. i cant bare the thought of toxic sprays. hoping there will be an alternative.

my biggest girl has gone off to her new high school today. most of the kids were there with their groups, my girl on her own. i was so nervous for her i almost felt sick. a horse riding friend came up to her and offered to stay with her, because i had to take my other two honeys to school. this morning i needed two of me.

i called into mums and smelled her christmas cake in progress. mmmmmmm

im trying not to spend my day cleaning, but im thinking i need to go bake something for the kids. the ballerinas have concert rehearsal tonight right through tea time. last night rosie graduated from puppy school. she really should have been expelled. she is a juvenile delinquent and only wanted to sniff and run. not sit and stay. she is a farm dog after all. just a cheeky, pretty one.

one by one im mentally crossing things off the have to do list. it will be nice to throw that list in the recycling.

ohh i hope my kids are having a good day at their schools.

i wish it would be cold and pour rain today. instead its grey, warm and windy.

oh i could babble on. but i really should get off the couch, do something. cook something. make something.

today i gave a man at the petrol station 5 cents as he was rummaging madly through his pockets for it, and god knows my purse is full of them. as he left he said ..thanks, i hope you win tattslotto.

i'd better get a ticket just in case.

see ya x

edited to add....what a silly wish-that it would pour rain ! what was i thinking? it did in fact just pour rain and the thunder sounded like the earth exploded. it actually needs to stop raining for awhile because it is flooding all over the place and making a big mess for farmers and families.

so please. no rain for awhile :-)

lovely december

sticky saturday morning

it feels like im living in tropical queensland, without the beach

the house is looking very sparkly and smelling of pine after yesterdays christmas decorating

reindeer games are being played

the kids are waiting for their friends to come play

and amelie is waiting to go to her friends birthday party

i have slowed down into holiday mode before the holidays have begun and i love it

christmas is in the air

speaking of things in the air, locusts locusts everywhere. driving becomes like you are playing mario cart dodging flying things

oh...someones here....off i go ....