A little hiccup

Just a little newsy bit about me. For those who know I had a hiccup recently after my trip for a regular mammogram. Well although the end result is good there is no "C" word involved I am now scheduled for surgery on Dec 7th. So there is a very wise saying from a very wise Jesus that reminds us that all things work together for good. There were no meltdowns this time. Yes there was a time before. But instead while awaiting the results I resolved to remain stoic and discover the good in the middle of the difficult situation .
Yes I realized first and foremost that this time it was different because of Will. See before it was all about me but this time it was all about him. I found spending time with him brought me peace and kept me so busy choosing which little car to play with there was no time to reflect. My daughter who gave me her peace and God's encouragement. Thank you Kara for letting us keep busy doing your fence. I really can't imagine what else we could have done with our time.!!!! Your ability to keep us fully focused on your place is amazing. You have a true gift of finding the right people for the right job. Beware however the handover of our place you won't see us for a long long time, unless your cooking.
Relationships sometimes get pushed to once side so I took a long look at mine and thought to myself now what would "he" do without me. Well one thing is for sure I realized it wouldn't be good nor exciting so better not leave him without me hey. More hand holding and the occasional hug have also been in order, much to his delight.
Work had already slowed down I wonder now if that had been in HIS plan already and can only assume it was. Slowing down and smelling the roses (if I could find any) is on the agenda now.
In hindsight I told the people I love who I knew would pray for me and give me words of encouragement. I waited and felt peaceful. It might not be a perfect result but as far as I am concerned it is in deed a good result.

The house

here are some of the latest photos. Although the roof structure is up now and the feature wall is being built tomorrow.
The first one of the front of the house including the garages. The sticky out bit is the spare bedroom














this is another one from the end of the house with most of the roof on. Now I have worked out how to change the sizes of the photo's more will follow

Fishing

Now this is serene on a darling lake in Brunnen Germany. Why would they care if they caught a fish it was just devine. I want to be there right now this very minute. This was my most favourite place

To Much time

This is how you know that your not making enough mess in your cabin. Back from dinner on most nights and mum and dads cabin stewart had been busy creating a variety of treats for the guests with a sense of humour. Some didn't so they never got to play the game of where the heck are my towels tonight. One made in honor of mums birthday consisted of several towels made to look like a 3 tier cake complete with heart shape chocolates and red ribbons. It was lovely

No parking please

this is how we found this car parked on the street in Budapest. Bit slack don't you think

Some places we went

Here we are in some places we visited on the cruise. In Vienna I think the second shot and who know and it doesn't matter in the first. We were having fun.

A day on the deck and a drink on the balcony it was all a little to much and on the odd occasion demanded a nana nap. The boat being rather long had plenty of room to loll around when the top deck wasn't a no go zone due to low flying bridges. So to show all who care that the suntan wasn't out of a bottle here are some of the sunny days

Can't help it these are yummy

I couldnt decide which ones to blog so I will just keep going with the William theme. These are some more added to the ones that follow. Confusing isn't it that the last ones on the blog are the first that I posted. i will point out that we all had several goes on the flying fox that day. What a laugh

Love the scary rides

Williams new house is very very near a great new park with a
super flying fox. So while the bog boys were running cable through
the new house the girls plus Will went to play. This is another of the
delightful shots on the day

This is my Will. The love I came home to. Is he a delight or what. Love him.

Crossing the Alps

After we picked up our motorhome we drove in a very tentative manner on the wrong side of the road on the wrong side of the car to a safety house. Well you know it was really a van park within a short distance of everything including Aldi, petrol etc. It was almost the start of our first holiday row. You know the drill. Watch out....don't tell me how to drive etc etc. Anyway we sighed with relief to get parked and work out the technical difficulties. Believe me when you know it is going to be zero at night and the doona supplied is about as thick as a kleenex working out the heater is right up there with working out the toilet.
We left rainy Germany the next day and after one more night in some unmentionable place also raining we found ourselves climbing up the Alps into the snow and some of the most unbelievably beautiful mountain scenes we have ever been privileged to witness. there was such variety from greener than lime green valleys to snow capped mountain to the skinny rocky passes. We came out on the best camp ground ever. Just a little way out of St moritz we found bliss and didn't go any further. Camping overlooking the snow capped mountains with the sun shinning. We set up our little spot took out the chairs and table and stared at it all. We even ate dinner outside just looking. Well I was a little more emotional about it than Martyn but I guess that's women and men. No i couldn't live there for one reason only. I got heart palpitations due the altitude. Could hardly walk up the hill actually but I am sure it is easily acclimatised to.

London Eye

Bet you never saw London Eye from this angle.
Love those legs. Notice shaved!!!

The moving house

One or two shots of the house that moved. Neat piece of machinery that served us well. Love this part of the holiday. 3 Weeks of moving from here to there at will. Rain no problem place in first gear, off with the hand brake and move to the sunny side. Martyn cooked water for the tea but that's about it. The rest of the culinary delights were cooked by yours truly. A meal out one day and the rest we sampled the local delights in our own little kitchen. The best, well clearly the winner was the delightfully fluffy gnocchi we bought in Italy and cooked with a yummy pesto we bought in Lucca. Don't ask it was just somewhere. There wasn't piles of room to kick back inside but our little van was just fine for us even if we both had to be very patient with the squishy bed and bathroom. There was just the
two of us no telly, no diversions so we talked and played cards and rummycub. The only thing we did fight with was the GPS. Self rightous piece of technology I wanted to throw out the window at times.

London is sunshine

Just to show the sunshines on the Pome. More of the flowers we
loved. We walked miles and miles literally. There was of course the
shows we had to see. Wicked and Lion King which were fab. But the
real stars of this part of our holiday are easy to see

A princess castle

We saw a lot of castles while on our hols but this one shot seems to
be filled with wonder and although I can't really say which castle or
old building it really is I like. We did in fact go visit a real cinderella castle in Germany
which was so amazing I sneaked illegal shots inside. Like I was ever going to
buy the compulsory postcards in the everpresent gift shop.
Although there was a lot of old history to be found I can't say that we
were really more amazed by one place more than another. Australia is the lucky
country but not exactly the history channel is it. I will try and find the most amazing shots I have in the
album. There were some very over the top places so it will be hard.

The flowers were lovely

London began our love affair with the colours of nature in Europe. It was without doubt the one thing that was able to take our breath away. At times we had to stop ourselves taking more shots of the flora. They were to compete with our rather bland gum trees and they won us over. If only we could bring them home. London it seems is more than gray skies and even grayer buildings. It's parks are devine in spring and a treat for me who unfortunately missed the flower show at Chelsea.

Beware the holiday photos

Having just returned the dreaded holiday dilemma of who really wants to see the dreaded 1000's of photos. Cos now that we are digital we really don't have to delete to many at all. Anyway in the coming days I plan to showcase the least interesting shots of the recent budget busting trip to everywhere.
For those who know the details it was fabulous, fun, sometimes relaxing, sometimes overindulgent and mostly a wonderful experience. Loving the old buildings and some overdone churches is a pre requisite to a good time in Europe. Coping with changeable weather is another. It requires a bag full of winter summer maybe spring clothing weighing not more than 24kg. I did it by the weigh (ha) in 21kg coming back to Australia with a bag weighing less than I took. Go figure that one.
Anyway photo's coming soon. Don't say you haven't been warned.
Thanks to our friends and family who stocked our fridge, bough chocolate and mowed the lawn. Muchly appreciated

Moving Mess

See this is what happens to OCD people who must pack months before they move. Guess that must be me. Yes tis true I started packing as soon as we went unconditional and the pile has grown by a box or two or three each day. Now there is so little around the house I couldn't even find the hairdryer today.
This is probably the most use the dining room has had since we moved in.


































My Pantry is awful with most of the shelves cleaned I'll be darned if I am going on a cleaning spree the day I move. My plan is to let the moving van out, shut the door and don't look back. Cleaned and sparkling.
Did I mention we have a distinct lack of food stuff in this home. Good job no-one is fussy about eating around here. Martyn is particularly enjoying his freedom to eat cheese and Vegemite sandwiches most every meal.
In a way I will be sad to leave this central location and no I am not looking forward to living in a place that is no my own. It has been a long time since we did that. But having said all that this house has been a blessing. I believe fully that we were led to this place to work hard enjoy and make a decent profit.We didn't go looking for a house to buy such as this but I knew our name was on it the minute I saw it's delightful dilapidated state. Our hard work and God's blessing has made us understand fully that all our plans our rubbish when there is another plan laid out to bless us if we wait.
It has bought us a piece of land which has a story. About 12 years ago we visited Greenwoods with my parents. We loved the estate and we wanted to live there but we couldn't afford it. Today we can and we can build our dreamhome. So who do we thank for that. I wonder!!!!?????

My loves

these are two of my loves in Perth. Trying out the new camera these shots were taken from quite a distance so I am relatively happy with the end results. It was a lovely sunset ending another lovely day in Perth

Not sad anymore

Just really maxed out with so much to think about and decisions to make. Anyway this is the block we thought we lost then weren't sure we wanted but now we have it.
Out in the semi-rural area of cashmere. I suppose only a city dweller could call cashmere rural.
So when our house settles on the 27th we move to our new landlords house the Mclean manor for a couple of weeks then over seas. Bad timing it seems because I am sure when we booked the overseas jaunt we hadn't considered selling our home and Kara and Dan hadn't sold their home and the biggest concern I had was finding a housesitter. Hah! That was smallfry considering what we have on our plates right now. Poor Alfie is going to get passed around like a homeless waif cos I have no clue how to work this our with depending on friends and familys. So depend we will have to do.
Although it will be nice in the end the process is driving me batty. If I hyperventilate put a bag over my head apparently that helps. Paper not plastic!!!!

Birthday Lunch

On tuesday we began celebrations at a lovely cafe on the river in Perth. William had a great time playing in the little park and then after lunch we all paddled in the river which was pristine clear water.















Here our just some of shots from the day. We had a ball
Thanks Mum and Dad