A day in my Life – 14th November, 2011

Sorry this post is so late. It’s been a busy week, yet I don’t seem to have done much!!!

Monday the 14th was another normal day..except this was what greeted me when I walked into the kitchen (the aftermath of a weekend away).

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The sun was well and truly up when I got up around 7am, and let the dogs out.

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And yes, that’s Rosie wearing the “cone of shame” – she’s made a big sore on her tail.

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Spent some time with a  cup of tea, my laptop and my couch buddy.

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Amy & Kevin headed off. Christy came down dressed for school and sat to write out her lunch order (due to no fresh bread).

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I started the first of 3 loads of washing (another fun aftermath of a weekend away).

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I did my normal routine of toast for Christy, feeding all the animals and then watering the veggie garden.

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It was getting warm and when I checked the forecast saw we’re in for a hot one today. I decided to put the air con on already as I’ve got quite a bit to get done and really don’t feel like being hot and sweaty.

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After Christy left for school I made a juice…

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which I enjoyed before doing a load of washing up.

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I then showered, got dressed, made the bed, put an another load of washing. I tidied the kitchen and then my desk.

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and put some new photos onto the disk for our photo frame.

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Then I hung out some more washing – both lines were needed today.

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For lunch I made a wrap with mexibeans, cheese and salad.

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Afterwards I put on some music – yep, it’s time for Christmas music….

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and made some Coconut Banana Bread in my new bowls. I’m gradually replacing all my plastic stuff and it’s so nice cooking with glass and ceramics.

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Around 2pm I headed out to run a few errands (and get that bread we needed). First stop was the ATM to get some cash..the girls left me with $10.

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I got my groceries and bread and had a few spare minutes before I had to be at the bus stop. So I limped up to Gloria Jeans and got myself an Iced Chocolate.

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Then to pick up the girls from the bus stop.

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Being so hot the girls wanted some watermelon after school. Christy likes her diced like this. Amy prefers large triangles.

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The girls then spent time in the pool cooling off. I put my feet up for a bit then bought in the washing, did some ironing and made some mashed potatoes for dinner.

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I had the idea to put a sock around Rosie’s tail to stop her chewing on. That way I could take the cone off for a bit. And it doesn’t bother her at all.

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When Kevin got home I got dinner served up. Amy had been good enough to shell all the peas while watching TV earlier. Nothing like fresh peas. Yum!

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As I cleaned up the kitchen Kevin got the dogs their dinner.

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Then I did a bit of work on my blanket.

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and spotted a lovely sunset out the back.

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We watched the last Mentalist and had some pies we had bought at the cafe yesterday. They looked so lovely.

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And tasted so good with some fresh whipped cream. We shared 2 betwee

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At 8.30pm I took Christy up to bed and read a chapter of our current book…

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before putting my feet up and watching some more TV.

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Around 9.30 I headed to bed. I made the mistake of starting a new book, Vengence In Death and then couldn’t stop reading. It was after 11pm before I put the kindle down.

The Week that Was

Sorry I’m a bit behind. Had trouble updating photos to flickr yesterday but all is fixed now. It just means you’ll have two posts today- this one and a day in my life (which I’ll get up later today).

It was a bit of a funny week. We had hot weather with a couple of good storms.

It was the week I tried really hard to keep up with my routines – still trying to fine tune it so things don’t get missed.

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It was the week I finally started another crochet project – a striped lap blanket. Really happy with it so far.

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It was the week I finally rang up and made an appointment to have a treatment on my heal spur. It’s not always successful so here’s hoping it will work.

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It was the week Christy got a new outfit for the upcoming dance concert…

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and enjoyed playing in the pool.

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It was the week of photographing Fudgie….

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and Charlie as they enjoyed time outdoors….

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It was also the week the pups got new toys… and amazing didn’t destroy them yet…

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It was the week I treated myself to this cute stuff (mostly Jamie Oliver) from Target…

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and baked a delicious Chocolate Zucchini Bread.

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It was also the week I packed up a tub of lollies…

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and we made an impromptu trip (only decided on Tuesday night) to Dubbo Zoo.

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Gaol and the long road home

We got up reluctantly (both Kevin & I hadn’t slept well), packed and checked out. We headed to Old Dubbo Gaol.

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It’s so weird to see all these buildings all around it. Sad in a way.

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We spent a hour exploring the gaol.

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It’s quite small but the girls really enjoyed it.

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Then it was time to hit the road for the long drive home, stopping to get a box of cherries  and then later a box of mangos.

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Once again we stopped at Lithgow  but this time for lunch.

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We enjoyed Veggie Burgers, but were impressed to find the real burgers were made with Organic Beef.

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The trip through the Blue Mountains was a little slow, with lots of road works going on.

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Then the sat. nav. decided to take us a strange way through Sydney. Once we realized, we ignored what it said and went home the normal way.

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Then finally we were home. Tired and sick of being in the car.

A day at the Zoo

As usual I was first up. The girls set an alarm for 7am and everyone got up and ready for the day. We arrived at the gates before opening and were able to secure ourselves a buggy in which to explore the zoo.

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There were lots of animals to be seen – most of these photos were taken by Kevin.

This baby Rhino was one years old. How cute is he?

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The giraffes were are favourite and we were lucky they came down really close.

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There was time for an elephant ride :-).

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Though we hadn’t had lunch yet Kevin decided it was time for ice-cream. I guess it is a mini-holiday :-).

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By this time we were nearly half way round the zoo, though we found the second half to be missing lots of exhibits.

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Back at the entrance we had some lunch, while watching some monkeys and lemur’s. Then it was time to visit the play park. The girls spent almost an hour playing on the flying fox.

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We then did another lap of the park, allowing the girls to have a drive – which they loved,

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and stopping the see a few animals again.

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I took a whole lot of video, which I’ll put together when we get home.

It was a very hot day so we’d had enough by 2pm and headed back to the apartment, where we were quick to jump into the pool.

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We spent the remainder of the afternoon relaxing and most us had a nap – even I did – which I NEVER do.

While debating purchasing this Iditarod hat I had to laugh at the cart…

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Dinner tonight was tacos. Love that the place supplied a tablecloth.

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We watch America’s Got Talent and some animal documentaries (CHristy had another swim) and we gradually went off to bed.