Okay, you know the drill….dogs out, kettle on, tea made, blogs read :-). For some strange reason Bailey has taken to lying out for a bit first thing in the morning…

I was up around 6am this morning, Amy came down not long after.

I went to wake up Christy just on 7am…

then ironed her sports uniform ready for after her shower.

About 20 past 7 Amy headed out. Kay was picking her up today.

I had my shower and got ready for the day. No hair or make-up done today as I’m having a facial after lunch.

I made Christy her toast…

Kevin had to hang around so I got him to work blowing up the Halloween cauldron…

Then a HUGE police rescue truck turned up…

with 2 cute police officers to check Kevin’s target shooting guns (this is done every 4 years).

Then he headed off to work, and not longer after Christy and Shantel left on their bikes.

Ah, peace and quiet, and a tidy kitchen…makes for a happy Mum :-).

I reheated some of last nights dinner leftovers – Santa Fe Casserole (definitely a keeper recipe) – made a great breakfast too (and Amy said it was nice cold for lunch)

I then hung out the washing – under cover as the weather looked unpredictable…

And got to work sorting through papers on my desk and doing some uniform orders.  Mum came over to say goodbye as they are going away for the weekend. Then the plumbers arrived to look at our water tank plumbing.

After they left I tidied up my scrapbooking desk.

It probably took me only 20mins….

I created a new place for sets of photos waiting to be scrapbooked…

and a place to hang class information…

Then it was time for a quick lunch – mexi-bean & salad wrap.

Some treats for the dogs before I left.

I made a quick stop at the pet shop where I got the dogs some new toys then had a facial. Unfortunately Fran had been trying to contact me as she wasn’t feel well but Kevin had done a ungrade on my phone that morning and I wasn’t logged in or something.. so missed lots of calls. Here I am post mini-facial – all glowing and shiny with oily hair :-).

Since I had a quicker than planned facial I had time to kill so went to the shops….yes, looking like that…and amazingly didn’t run into anyone I knew :-). This was our main shopping center for many years but had a big upgrade a few years back.

I went to Katies and bought a few tops (yes, I know it’s no spend month)…

and Susan’s…where I didn’t buy anything…

I did, however, buy an Iced Chocolate from Gloria Jeans…

and a few magazines at the Newsagents.

Then it was time to go pick up Amy (and Emerson who was on crutches) from the bus stop. Christy had just arrived home when we got back. Shantel came over to hang out shortly afterwards and the girls cut up some mangos (you’ll notice Bailey waiting for the mango skin), then disappeared upstairs…

I gave the pups their new toy…

and 10mins later one looked like this :-(. It’s now been put away until Nan can sew it back up.

Time for another cup of tea… but the container was empty…

I made a bit of a mess filling it back up.

Current favourite tea is Dilmah as I can get at the supermarket and it’s an ethical tea.

I gave the birds a treat stick and Charlie managed to sneak out for a mad fly around the house – he’s so hard to catch.

I then did a bit of scrapbooking, and had to deal with a rude, cheeky Christy who ended up in a time-out.

Eventually she went back to play and I went to visit the chooks…

whose eggs I had to collect in my t-shirt…

Kevin got home around 5pm and gave Amy her new phone…

The dogs had their heartworm tablet and flea/tick treatment.

and I got to making dinner – tonight was a new reciepe from Peas and Thank You – Black bean burgers…

Good messy fun….

Don’t they look delicious? They were 🙂

Christy had potato and grated cheese.

Amy had her burger on a bun, Kevin and I just had ours with some sweet potato fries.

I got the kitchen cleaned up, changed into my PJs and put my feet up to watch Great British Menu (I watched this last year – by fluke – and really enjoyed it).

Afterwards we watch How to Look Good Naked and Christy had an apple slinky for a snack.

Bailey is waiting patiently for the skin :-).

Then it was to bed around 9pm for some reading. I finished my book which means I get to pick a new one tomorrow night :-).