Rest

​this week has been a busy one 

I’ve left the house every day. It’s typical. I have nothing for weeks then all of a suddenly it’s appointments and meet ups all one after the other. 

Thankfully I was able to stay home today. 

I had too, after waiting for six weeks, my sofa beds were delivered 

They’re very well wrapped so I just asked the delivery men to leave them out here. 

Hubby will come over with the truck and load them straight in. 

When we get a few days without any errands, we can take them up to the farm. 

Today the weather has been quite a bit cooler. I’ve spent the day catching up with housework and washing. 

All the while crocheting. 

It’s growing quickly.

I’ve kinda stopped organising the top of the cupboard, not only because I’ve not spent much time at home, but also because I really need to finish these WIP’s before discovering more 

I’m afraid of how many more I have hidden up there 

Girls room

​the girls room needed to be organised and vacuumed 

Now school is back I won’t have four girls all the same time as often 

I was waiting on a delivery from Timu to arrive before I proceeded 

I’m sure you have all seen the soft toy cylinder storage tower. 

It takes up so little room, yet holds lots of soft toys 

As you can see there is lots more floor space now. Meaning the girls might stay  here rather than setting up camp in the craft room 

I’m still tweaking my granny chair area. 

I’ve one more item to get and I should be all set up. 

It’s only by sitting here that you realise what it is you need and what doesn’t work 

Stay tuned 

Routine

​this week was a much happier one. We are starting to get into a routine. 

I got up early to get things sorted 

As you can tell. It was still dark outside. 

I was up very early 

This was the only way I could look after Georgia and play with Ana. 

Eventually Georgia had a bottle and went to sleep 

I helped Ana colour the last of the wooden animals. She was very proud of this one.  I had to take a photo and send it to mummy 

Georgia woke after about an hour and was grumpy. It didn’t help that Ana was hanging onto my arm while I was dealing with the baby. 

Today she really tried to keep my attention on her. 

Obviously I can’t do that. I messaged grandpa and asked home to come and keep Ana happy while i deal with the baby. 

Ana was happy with grandpa. And he took her to the shed where they had adventures with him and her daddy 

Apparently she learnt to ride a buggy. She apparently liked to go really fast! 

Meanwhile I fed Georgia almost a whole pouch of apricot and pear mash. 

And then a full bottle of milk. 

She went to bed and slept for almost four hours 

She’s learned to roll. I had her on her back. By the time she woke up she was sleeping on her belly. 

By the time I put her down, Ana was back and wanted cuddles with grandma 

She then fell asleep 

She slept for just under three hours. 

Her mummy said she was coming down with something so a sleep was probably the best thing for her. 

After clearing up. I was able to sit quietly and crochet 

This is slowly getting bigger. 

When Georgia woke, she was so happy. 

I changed her and gave her to grandpa to hold while I got her bottle ready 

He was happy to feed her giving me a longer rest 

By the time she had finished her parents were here to pick them up. 

Ana woke when she heard her parents and looked very refreshed 

Now I’m home all alone.

I started watching Poldark last night and I’m now watching episode four  

It’s definitely grabbed my attention 

On today’s menu

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Banana bread, I had four very ripe bananas. I’m sure the boys at the shed will appreciate them 

Chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce. 

The mushrooms were bought not harvested from the wild. 

If you know. You know haha 

Roasted veggies 

Potatoes 

Pumpkin 

Carrots 

And a large onion. 

Hubby loves them 

Another very warm day. 

A good day to stay inside and crochet 

Busy day out

​this morning I set the alarm to 6.30. 

This gave me enough time to get things done and to get ready to leave the house 

First stop was meeting the girls at eight for a coffee at the shopping centre 

After coffee the other two went off to do their grocery shopping, while I left to go and see my mother. It’s her birthday today 83. I think   

Thankfully the traffic was light and I had a stress free drive. 

I got there to see her sitting with her new best friend, watching a man singing popular songs from the fifties and sixties 

Three times she told me that they knew it was her birthday and asked how did they know. 

I just gave the same answer and I didn’t tell her I already told her. 

We looked at photos of the girls. Four times. She kept asking if I had any photos 

And twice I had to tell her about the saga of hubby and the rooster 

After having a little of her birthday cake, thankfully we didn’t have to sing. I left to come home. 

I stopped at Aldi to check out the specials isle. 

They had packs of two pillows for $15 dollars. 

I needed eight pillows for the farm house   I got four pairs. I think it was a good price. I don’t know how great they are but since you’re only going to sleep one or two nights at a time I’m sure they’re fine. 

Otherwise they can bring their own from home 

This is the, all these have to go into the car to take to the farm next time we go, pile 

The spotted bag has quilts I made using the tea towels from my travels and 

The blanket I just finished from my WIP pile 

One down three to go. 

For now anyway. 

This is the second WIP I’m doing now 

The box has three fluffy rugs for the floors 

In the corner there’s a bag of excess plates and the black bag has another quilt and a crochet blanket 

The box in the back is a coffee table like the one I now use by my seat 

In years gone past. I never used paper towels or napkins. I used towels that I washed and reused. 

For some reason for the last few years we have been buying paper towels 

Aldi had packs of four cloth napkins for $5.99. 

I  got a few packs,  I’ll soak and wash these as they get  used. 

Ive washed them all and once dry I’ll iron them and put them away 

I’m now sitting and thinking about what to make for dinner. 

It will definitely be something easy 

Resolutions

​Because you have inspired me to clean and organise, I decided to work on a specific spot in the craft room 

It’s where bags of stuff get thrown and then forgotten about 

As you can see. It’s bedlam up there 

I’ve  only just begun, and I’ve found four WIP’s. 

My resolution this year is to finish them all. 

These are two what  I found yesterday 

Today’s two are a simple granny square blanket, which Leanne started and said I had to finish after she passes  

This year it will be 12 years since she left  

Yeah well she didn’t give me a  time frame lol  I’m sure she’s  is looking at me shaking her head and laughing  

The other is a crochet tartan blanket

I started to practice the technique  

That will be easy to finish and I’ll put it in the the girls room for a dolls blanket 

I’m a tad worried about continuing  

Who knows how many more I’ll find

Oh well  it needs to be done and I’ll deal with the consequences what ever they are  

Winter is shaping up to be a busy crafting one 

Quiet

​Ana had a great sleep with grandma, grandpa and Trixie lol 

Yup four in the bed!

She fell asleep cuddling into me while watching monsters inc. 

I carried her to bed and got in myself. Hubby and Trixie a little while later 

Waking up at 7.30. A very civilised time in my opinion, our day began 

Annie is very talkative in the morning. She was chatting away, following me as I fed the menagerie 

I asked her what she wanted for breakfast and chose on of the cereals I had. Pretty much the quietest she was all morning

While out back she decided to sweat for grandma 

All the mulching was swept back clearing the path 

Once we had brushed our teeth she asked if we could make trixie cookies. 

I have a cookie cutter in the shape of a poodle 

I measured and she added to the bowl mixing ever time we added another ingredient. Until it got to hard. Grandma took over then 

She wanted to roll the dough 

Cookies before going into the oven 

While they cooked. And grandma cleaned she sat with grandpa and watched paw patrol. 

Daddy arrived to pick  her up. She took her cookies home with her. 

Now grandma is resting ready to do it all again next week