George - 9-03-09

This is George almost 2 weeks after I first got him - he's doing so much now - and is getting around really well ...

Had Xray's on my back

I seen our local GP yesterday and was sent for xrays - it was such a long day just sitting and waiting and by the time we got home i was exhausted ..

The results from the xray are:

No crush fracture present. Degenerative spurring of the lower vertebral bodies noted. Mild disc degeneration present at the L4/5 level. The pedicles are intact and no pars defect present. Normal SI joints.

I am on panadene forte' - the less expensive brand is Codalgin Forte - 30mg-500mg (codeine phosphate with paracetamol) and also Brufen (Ibuprofen) 400mg 3 times a day ..

I think I am safe to continue the codalgin-forte, but I think I have to stop the brufen on Monday because I'm not supposed to take anything with asprin 2wks prior to my surgery ..

I am still in dreadful pain and can barely move - here's hoping it's gone by the 23rd ..

OMG I'm in pain - so so tired of it !

On saturday i had to shift the dog's bed's .. just 2 small little beds made out of that shade cloth stuff and a thin tubular piping .. that wasn't the problem .. i had to crawl in under a lean 2 we had made for them cause the shits REFUSED to go into their shed .. so we quickly made something so they wouldn't get wet .. when I climbed back out and stood up - BANG my back went and it's been like it ever since ..

I'm on neurofen plus - well that's like water off a duck's back .. and i also brought a heating plaster from the chemist - OMFG i thought i had a hot iron sitting on my back so had to take it off and you should have seen the red patch that was left after about 1/2 an hour !

I am flat out walking, to walk my arms have to hang down and if my arms were longer my finger tips would scrape the ground .. I can't shower myself - and to wipe my bum - OMG don't even go there :( ..

I have an appointment with our Dr tomorrow at 11.20am so I hope he can do or give me something .. I'm hoping not a needle like they did last time because I have George (my 3wk old baby quaker parrot) to feed every 3 hours ..

I've been resting most of today - altho had to go to woolies this morning and the chemist and it almost killed me .. even just sitting here it hurts .. getting in and out of bed is a real killer also - flat out turning over ...

Hope i'm better soon - 3 days now and I'm going mental ...............

Things disappeared ? lol

Hmmmm .. well I can say is WTF ? .. lol .. in my list of Blogs I visit - half my blogs I visit were gone ! .. I have no idea what happend, but I only just noticed it ! ..

Actually lots of strange things have been happening lately - yahoo wouldn't start - no matter how damn hard I tried - i changed cookies, cache's ... everything .. and then all of sudden WOSH it logged on ..

After doing some searching I found the problem ! AH-HA PC Tools Internet Security ! .. YEP ! .. I normaly use Window's LiveOne Care, but couldn't afford the $ 100 to renew this year so I cancelled that and downloaded PC Tools Internet Security .. what a headache ! for the past 2wks I've even had troubles with MSN messenger - logging in, logging out .. It even took away HIYO in MSN ! ..

but it's all sorted now and everything is back where it should be - I kicked PC Tools in the pants and sent it packing, and I now have AVG .. and all is good :)

Jamie and the magic torch - Opening intro (1976-79)

OMG - I'd completely forgotten about this show ! .. my brother's name is Jamie and he was born in 1977 - so I used to wonder as a baby if he too had a magic torch ... lol

Worzel Gummidge

OMG .. does anyone remember this TV show ? .. hmmmm maybe I'm showing my age now ? ... lol ....

Australia's blackest weekend - Victorian Bushfires ..

On Saturday 7th Feb, 09 I had heard about the bushfires in Victoria, but really didn't take much notice .. after all it's a common thing in Australia in the middle of summer to get bushfires .. It wasn't until saturday night that I realised the enormitity of the situtation ..

At 9.30pm saturday night 14 people were confirmed dead .. found in their cars trying to escape, or in their houses ... by Sunday 8th Feb 09 morning the number had climbed to 49 .. by Sunday night to 84 .. by Monday morning 9th Feb 09 the number now stands at 108 and climbing ..

I just sat here and cried and cried .. the stories that are coming out on how they survived and escaped .. normally I would pictures up, but the pictures are just too destressing ..

They are saying now that the number could climb to 200 - 300 .. this is just tragic .. over 750 houses lost, and 2 towns Marysville and Kinglake just wiped out - not a building left standing .. they found 1 lady in her car with her belongings .. she tried to escape but just didn't make it ..

There are notes on the wall at the crisis centre at Whittlesea, "Phill and Pam where are you, please call us" .. and many hundreds more .. 1 girl on the news last night was saying she was talking to her mum on the phone and screaming at her to get out .. her mother said it was alright that she had the spa bath full of water and blankets were wet then the phone dropped out .. she hasn't heard from her mother since ... Channel 9 lost Brian Naylor and his wife Moiree ..

Our Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ordered Centrelink open on a Sunday afternoon so people could claim their $1,000 for each adult and $ 400 for each child so those who nothing left could go and buy clothes .. the Government has also offered $ 5,000 for each family to help with funerals ..

I pray to god that he sends them the rain they need as the fires are still burning and many as still out of control ..... they say it could be weeks before they have a final number of deaths .. just so so tragic ....

I am praying for them all ..

Mayes Cottage

Welcome to Mayes Cottage ... Located at Woodridge, Logan



It was orignally known at "Pleasant Place" .. because it's on a high hill - even tho is a terribly hot
day here in Logan yesterday the breeze just beautiful - we could have sat there all day !

The Family Tree

The Mayes used to grow alot of fruit - well they did anything they could to make money .. so they found good money in Honey - the picture below is a Honey Spinner .. they put the honeycomb into special slots inside the round tub and then using the handle - they spun the honey from the comb and it came out of the spout down the bottom ..

This piano is roughly around 120 - 150 yrs old the tour guide was telling us .. the panels on the front of the piano - you can't see it in the photo but there are 3 screw holes in the left and right panels - that indicates to the historians that this piano at one stage in it's early life had candelabra's attached to it ..

Now this one I couldn't work out - I thought it was a mixmaster .. lol .. but NO it's a butter churner - imagine having to stand there with the cream fresh from the cow's and using this to make butter ! ...

This one I knew - it's a MEAT SAFE .. water was poured into the top and it would run down the hessian bag's keeping the meat inside cool - this HAD to placed in a position where it was getting a breeze all day otherwise the meat would go off .. the breeze would cool the water on the bag's hence keeping the food cool .. amazing huh ?

A baby's cot ! ..

Their original wood stove



The entrance to the house as you come up the front steps ..



This was a stool made by 1 of the Maye's sons .. he worked at Waterford which is quite a walk from where the house is .. he worked on this at work and carried it home every night .. it would be about 10 klms or more ..



These are the floor boards on the verandah .. you can definately tell the difference to which are the "original" boards and which ones have been replaced ..



The view towards Mt Stapylton - Beenleigh area .. you can actually see Mt Tamborine and on a clear day you can also see some houses up there as well ..



The building you can see in the distance - is the ORIGINAL slab hut they lived in .. they lived in this for 16 yrs while they cleared the land .. they then built the house when they had enough timber ..



The milking shed which is just about to fall over ...

Australia & ODI's #2

OK ! .. so we bowled tightly and fought back very very hard - but at the end of the day it just wasn't good enough 1 run from 1 ball - bang they hit a 4 ..

I really would have hated to have been in the australian locker room last night - they need to do some serious re-thinking if we're going to come out on top !

Australia and ODI's ...

Oh my fucking god - what the hell is wrong with Australia ? .. this is ridiculous .. blind freddy could do better I'm telling you !

We only won 1 game againist RSA - and now we're playing NZ and we're no fucking better - in fact we're worse ! .. 4-50 .. how disgusting is that ! - with mind you 2 RUN OUTS ! .. Clarke and Ponting - captain and vice captain - just great huh ?!

The team has gone down hill since Gilly left .. I don't care what anyone says .. they better pull their finger out and do something or we are going to be the laughing stock of the world !

Fish bones, throats and hospitals !

I had been waiting for dinner all day - FISH and vegies .. my brother is an avid fisherman and loves being out on the water .. anyway phyliss took out some fish yesterday morning ..

She brought our dinner up about 3pm i think i was and all i could do was drool over it - love fish ! .. anyway dinner time came and wouldn't ya know it - yep i got a bloody fish bone stuck in my throat .. phyliss felt awful as she thought she'd got it all - but obviously didn't ..

Peter, Phyliss and I all had the same fish - but it was unlucky me who had to swallow the bloody thing .. we tried everything - bread, vinegar and water (apparently that helps to dissolve the bone), sultana's, swallowing fish oil tablets (they were big hoping they would dislodge it), bread and peanut paste, nutrigrain - you name it we tried it ..

We ended up at the after hours GP at Logan Hospital - only to be told go home, it should dislodge over night - the dr couldnt even see it .. so we came home .. I fed the baby birds, and headed to bed ..

12.30am i woke up busting for the loo - too scared to swallow in case i felt the bloody thing - i did anyway - yep it was still there .. got back into bed starting gagging - it was horrible .. eventually fell asleep .. woke up this morning at 6.30am and couldn't feel it .. here it is 9.16am and i still can't feel it - so hopefully it's GONE ! and GONE FOR GOOD !!!!

a lesson to learned - I AM NOT EATING FISH EVER AGAIN !!!!

Heart attack

Mum's g/f's husband suffered a massive heart attack 1 week ago today .. that's about all i know for now .. she will ring if there's any news .. it just seems to be going from worse to worse ..

We are praying for them - as my family know all too well what they are going through ...

It doesn't look good for our family friend

After almost a week with no phone reception while on their travels around Oz - mum finally got a signal and rang her friend ..

The news unfortunately isn't good :( .. He suffered another brain haemerage (sp??) yesterday .. they are moving him from the Mater Private Hospital back to The Holy Spirit - which is closer to home for his wife ..

mum's g/f has spoken to the family because the Dr's wanted to perform another brain operation - but they all said NO because he wouldn't make it ..

He still know's them which is the devestating part .. when they took 1 of his grand-daughters up she said to them "that's not my da-da" .. now i'm crying again .. I can't beleive this happened ..

You know when I think about it it's quite strange - Phyliss's best friend Judy back in biloela - I grew up with her daughter - well anyway Faith - Judy's daughter owned a florist shop and when mum's g/f and her husband were moving to brisbane he said to Judy "this will be the last time you will see me" .. Saldy Judy passed away about 6 years ago I think from Cancer ..

All I can do now is pray for them - would you please also say a prayer for them ?

2012 The Movie Trailer

Hmmmmm - this one looks pretty good too !

"Wolverine" - May 1st 2009

I'm a Hugh Jackman junkie too ..

can't wait to see this one - I wonder if they will do a movie on Storm and the other's ???

"Knowing" - March 2009

I am a Nicolas Cage junkie - his films are brilliant and this one looks like a CRACKER !!! ..

Due for release in March 2009 - Can't wait to see this one !

I Would Die For That

Now I'm in tears .......

IVF # 4 is gonna work ...... I know it in my heart ... this song says it all - yep we've done it all ....

That's all Peter and I want is a family like our friends .. and we WON'T understand if it never happens .....

Dwight Yoakam, BuckWheat Zydeco

Hmmmmmmmm .. HEY GOOD LOOKIN' alright .. hubba hubba ..... lol

Dwight Yoakam - Close Up The Honky Tonks (Official)

OMG someone catch me cause I'm about to faint ................

Dwight Yoakam - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

HUBBA HUBBA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG - shake those legs !!!!

King Billy Cokebottle - Roadside Breath Test

LMFAO - this guy is great !

OMG - The A Team !

My brother so wanted to be like B A Barakus ... lol ...

BJ and the Bear

I had the biggest crush on Greg - and totally loved this show !!!

Now here's a TRUE classic ...

I remember watching this when Charles and Lady Di got married .. it was my favourite along with mum's ..

I am actually in the process of buying the whole season on DVD .. so far I have Seasons 1,2,3,4,5 and 7 .. so got a few more to get ....

OMG - talk about going back in time !

I was HOOKED on this show - and soooooo in love with BO (John Schneider) .. lol .. oh the days of being a teenager !

Brings back memories ....

I am still thinking of mum's friend and her husband .. I just can't get them out of my head .. I guess because what happend to mum's friend's husband is very similiar to what happend to my dad (he was my step-dad but that's another story - to me he raised me so he was my dad) .. but our story is different ...............

We lived on a farm about 20 mins drive outside of Biloela, Central Queensland .. Dad loved living there he helped Stan on the property where ever he could .. he would sometimes even sit on the tractor and roll the lucerne for Stan ..

My grandfather died in the April of that year and dad was due to have a hernia operation the day after my grandfather's funeral and I remember him saying to mum "don't let them cut me open dor (mum's name is Doreen) the air will get in and cancer will get me" .. he was so scared but he had to have the operation ..

Months after the operation he started complaining about a sore back and from there it just went down hill .. mum noticed a small pea like lump on the side of his face which just got bigger and bigger .. He was falling over it was terrible .. gives you a terrible fright in the middle of the night when you hear a loud thump and someone calling for help ..

Mum even had to take him to hospital one day because he was bleeding from his you know what .. and the Dr said that's strangulation .. wtf ???? .. so they sent him home .. he was slowly getting worse - he wasn't eating and he even stopped his beer every afternoon ..

Dad's regular Dr was away so a locum was on duty when mum took him in for an appointment .. oh and he was loosing weight like you wouldn't believe he was almost a skeleton .. Dad's original Dr kept saying it's arthritis .. bullshit we all said it has to be something more ..

Anyway this locum took 1 look at dad and said "my god your 1 bloody sick man - your flying to rockhampton today via ariel ambulance" .. so it was all arranged and we all took off for Rockhampton .. we drove up in phyliss's car ..

He was in Rocky hospital for what seemed an eternity .. but it all reality it wasn't that long - we dind't have much money and had to stay in motels .. cost us a fortune .. thank god nanna and phyliss were there to help out .. They did all kinds of tests etc - but couldn't find anything - they suspected cancer but couldn't find it ..

Every time we left rocky for home - he would time us and the phone would be ringing as we walked in the door - crying his eyes out dad begged to come home .. 1 particular weekend we'd just got home - in the end we were driving 125klms to rocky and back every day as we couldn't afford a motel any more ..

Mum asked Sister Tucker if it was OK for him to come home and take him back early monday morning to which the sister replied yes .. so back we went the next morning to pick him up .. the whole way home he just stared out the window and never said a word .. the next day was saturday and it was the Matron's wedding from the bilo (biloela) hospital and mum and i wanted to go look ..

So we called up my cousin Wayne who was in bilo for the jambin B & S ball .. he went and sat with dad .. when we got home Wayne said to mum "dor, dave has been confused all afternoon he keeps calling me Wilf" .. Wayne left and mum and i decided to do some gardening .. next thing - dad hurled all the fuck's and bitches he could lay his tongue too and abused the hell out of me .. I was terrified he had never spoken to me like that ..

Mum walked over and turned his face towards her - and it was all twisted .. omg he's had a stroke she screamed ... We called out to Stan who was only a few metre's away and he kept saying "Dave it's me Stan" .. mean while my then teenage brother was watching all this and was very distraught ..

We rushed him into hospital - he couldn't talk - but he knew us .. when mum asked "if you know who i am love - squeeze my hand" .. and he did .. Jamie (my brother) said to mum "see mum he's getting better" .. mum and jamie sat most of the night at the hospital - i just couldn't the stress was too much ..

Mum got home around 5am on the sunday morning and the phone rang not long after - she rushed back up to the hospital but it was late .............................. he was gone ..

The Dr's ran tests etc - his blood pressure was normal - so they have no idea what caused the stroke .. they did suspect a brain tumor but it was never proven - mum didn't have an autopsy done because Jamie said to her "I don't want dad cut up" ..

Hearing mum's g/f talk about her husband yesterday brought all that flooding back like it was yesterday .. we still can't believe dad is gone - it just all happened so quickly ..

OMG .. what a shock !

This morning the mail man came as per normal - and phyliss came up stairs and handed me a letter - i looked at it and it was my own hand writing - it was a christmas card that had been returned - insufficent address it had on the back - return to sender ..

So I rang the person in question only be told some terrible news which has left me in total shock all day ..

The lady in question is a long time friend of my mum's .. anyway this lady's husband has had up's and downs over the past few years with cancer .. also in that time she lost her beloved Mum ...

We all thought her husband was doing ok .. Mum rang her just before they left to go on their trip around Australia and things were fine .. it wasn't until christmas time that mum said to me "I haven't heard from ....." .. which we all thought was odd .. but didn't think anything of it cause I said to mum "oh they've probably gone away for christmas" ..

When I rang her today to tell her that her christmas card was returned to me - I asked her how they were doing - and that's when she told me .. She found her husband on the lawn in the backyard after doing some gardening (which he loved) .. he had had a massive stroke and was wisked off to hospital ..

They ran all sorts of tests etc - only to be told it was a brain tumor .. well you could have floored me i'm telling ya .. I almost cried while saying "oh my god i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry - why didn't you ring us" ..

The tumor was benign - thank god !! - but had grown so much that the damage was done .. I won't go into details - as it's far too distressing for me atm and I'm on the verge of tears yet again ...

I asked if the tumor was secondary cancer from his prior cancer but NO it was a seperate issue - that they suspect had been their for quite a few years .. he now has to live in a nursing home - which should be available in a few weeks time .. when he's all settled in nanna, phyliss and i are going over to visit with him ..

I just can't believe it .. he was a very active man .. loved his gardening .. I remember seeing him outside in his green house pottering around - plants and soil every where .. he just loved it ..

The thoughts of everyone in my family go out to them in this horrible time .. we're just a phone call away if there is anything that they need .....

I'm still around ..

Sorry I been MIA - been busy busy busy little bee's!

Not much happening this end atm - most of it is happening in our IVF blog and the birds blog as well ..

Looks like it's going to be another HOT day in brisbane today ...

Did you watch the Cricket yesterday ? .. I really thought RSA had us .. it came down to the wire .. funny how they brought Warner into the mix yesterday .. poor bugger will probably get a wrap around the knuckles now because he didn't last long and didn't make the big hits or runs like in his 1st 20.20 game .. oh well that's life .. I certainly don't hold that againist him .. Bring on FRIDAY's game I say ......

Nanna becomes a Great-Great Grandma !

Well it's finally happend .. my cousin's son Luke and his girlfriend had their baby yesterday - 9th January 2009 .. she weighed just over 8 pounds and has hairy arms (apparently my cousin Debra - the baby's nanna or grandma had the same thing as a baby)

Not sure if this is the right spelling or not but here goes anyway !

Maddison Kaye - welcome to the world sweetheart ... I can't WAIT to meet you and shower you with lots of hugs and kisses ...

Soon as I have pictures of Great Great Grandma with the baby I'll be sure to post them - hopefully that will happen in the next week or 2 .....

Never want another week like this !

This last week has been 1 that I would rather forget - they say things happen in 3 - well they sure did for us this week!

1.

We got our Citibank credit card statement in the mail - and to my horror we'd reached our limit and they charged us $ 795 over the limit fee along with the monthly fee of $ 201.00 !! .. all because "3" the phone company after we told them NOT to put any more bills onto that card put Dec's bill on there - which threw us over the limit !!

I sat down and cried and cried ... I was a nervous wreck all day - but many many thanks to mum and my step-dad for lending us some money .. without them we would have been up shit creek without a paddle ..

Brian - Thank you so very much for helping Peter and I - we will pay you back ASAP .. I am so lucky to have a wonderful step-dad like you .. we appreciate you more than you will ever know ...

2.

On Thursday I felt quite off - and had a raging temp ... I stripped and basically stayed in my undies all day - I couldn't even go down stairs without sweating .. anyway by Thursday night I was starting to feel worse ..

By the next morning OMG my stomach was churning - and the diahorrea was shooting and i mean shooting out of me like a tap .. half the time i wasn't even sure if i was going to make it the toilet ! .. I had to go put petrol in the car because Peter was going to a different library for a meeting (he's a 2IC Librarian) .. and I also had to go to Woolies to pick up a few things ..

Well i only just made it to the garage - and ran to the loo - i held on and held on as long as i could once i got to woolies - i just grabbed my stuff and ran .. I just made it inside .. then the sick feeling hit me .. I couldn't even lift my head off the chair .. I went from the recliner to the lounge, lounge back to the recliner ..

Nanna and Phyliss went shopping so I got her to pick me up some Bispictin - fantastic stuff ! .. so I hit myself with that and at 3.20pm I'd had enough and headed for the bed .. at 4.20pm the phone woke me up - it was phyliss down stairs checking to see if i was ok ..

I had a chicken leg and some salad for dinner and headed to bed around 7.30pm still feeling as sick as dog .. woke up at 4.10am for the loo and didn't get up till just after 7.15am .. I am feeling alot better this arvo thank god .. I never wanna feel that bilious again !

3.

Peter got his pay and OMG - we knew we'd down a little cause of the public holidays (Peter get's bonus pay for working the late shift on tuesday and thursday and working on saturday also) .. but we were down over $ 225 for the fortnight .. I said to Peter -that can't be right .. anyway we just gave up and worked with what we had ..

During the week Peter get's an email from his boss at the head office - sorry there's been a mistake in your pay - the saturday you were off sick ( he had a virus about 2 weeks ago ) they didn't pay you at all - where as you should have been paid - minus the bonus pay .. so now instead of giving it to us this week .. we have to wait till next pay which is 2 weeks away .. and by the time they give us the extra money we'll have paid most of it in tax - so we'll hardly see any of it anyway !

So that's our week in a nut shell ! .. Hope yours was better !

In Memory of Sun Ce ....

A fellow blogger and friend who I knew when we were younger found me through a forum - it's been years since we spoke and it's great to be able to chat to her after all this time !

I was deeply saddened this morning when I read her blog and reduced to tears at their loss of their beautiful furkid Sun Ce to a kidney problem ..

It brought back many memories of when we lost our beautiful boy Koko to a brain tumor 2 year ago this coming August .. so I can understand her pain and anguish .. we don't have kids (yet but IV #4 is going to squash that !!!) .. and our animals our are furkids and to lose 1 of them is losing a member of the family ..

I am so sorry Megan and Bruce - Sun Ce is probably up there playing with our Koko - who know's ... the main thing is they are not suffering any more ... Thinking of you both ..

Like Megan and Bruce we too brought a new furkid into our lives (thank god we didn't get 2 - good luck with that Megan .. lol ) .. and he was named Little Koko (Koko) for short after old koko .. and OMG he's the biggest TERROR ... but god we love him to bits ..

Bub #2 and #3 arrive !

It certainly has been busy this week !! .. Wally and Charlie have welcomed 3 beautiful yellow fluffy babies ..

To see their pictures visit their blog .. yep even our birds get their own blog now .. lol ..

www.pkgjmgbirds.blogspot.com

I am going to hand raise this lot - so wish me luck !

6th Jan 09 - Bubba #1 arrives

This is Wally and Charlie's (I thought it was sook sook - but it's not) 3rd clutch of egg's and I'm pleased to announce the safe and wonderful arrival today of Bubba #1 who is bright yellow ..

There is another egg hatching atm and he/she should be out tomorrow - that leaves 4 egg's left to hatch - which should happen within the next week ..

It's so unfair !

Well there you have it .. another BFP ! .. how many more of these do I have to endure while waiting for our own little miracle ? ... I give up going into the forum any more - while it's good news for some - for us it's just heartbreaking ..

Out of the original girls I first met in a particular forum - I am the only one with hasn't had their BFP .. they say they know how I feel - but in all honesty they DON'T ... most of them were lucky to fall on their 1st go of clomid - other lucky on their 1st or 2nd round of OI/IUI or 1st full stim of IVF ... here we are going for IVF #4 and still trying ..

I know 2009 is going to be our and that we'll be shouting it from the roof tops .. but until then my heart continues to break watching other's announce their BFP's ..

I have been keeping myself busy waiting to see our new FS - Dr Dunphy at Monash on the 16th January 2009 - 1pm ...... and believe me the time is flying by ... I can't believe we're 10 days out ! .. HE will be our MIRACLE DR ! ....

New Blog for our IVF journey

On the right hand side you will see Peter and Jodes IVF Blog - that is a seperate blog where I will journal our IVF journey which begins in March 2009 !!!

Once again I will be doing injection and scan video's ! .. as well as an every day video journal ..

THIS IS OUR YEAR !

WE WILL BE A FAMILY !

Christmas 2008 - Photo overload

Well I finally got time to sort throught all the photo's that we took christmas week .. below are some of the photo's that we decided to keep ..



Shirley and Paul arrive on christmas morning - they stayed about 1 1/2 hours



The famous CATALINA swimming pool .. lol .. we didn't even get to use it ! .. somehow it got a hole in it as you can see by the top ring ....



Jamie looking at the hamper that Nanna, Phyliss, Peter and I put together for him and Jasmin



What was INSIDE the hamper .. lol .. OH and note the 2 while balls - they are citronella table candles that Peter and I got from Shirley and Paul



Jasmin opening the crotchet coat hangers and tea towels that nanna did for her

Jamie opening their pressie from Mum and Brian

Nanna and Phyliss opening their presents from Shirley and Paul and Dar, Janelle and Kerry (Paul's sisters)

All over red rover - the presents all opened !

Nanna and Phyliss sitting down to open the presents

Our christmas tree - OH LOOK SANTA HAS BEEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Santa left some presents at the front door (not really just me carrying them from inside to outside under our verandah) ... lol

Christmas Eve

Me playing with the dogs - that's Izzy-Bea laying down with her belly showing - she loves to have it scratched

Peter's Mum and Dad on the 21st December for christmas lunch at our place