Ready to go

It has been amazing to me all the little things one has to do to travel...there have been many times I have felt quite overwhelmed....I cannot remember feeling like this when I was younger!!!! oh this age thing is not pleasant...But we are all packed and forms done etc...how things have changed though I had to pay to book our seat on our long flight..Tony wanted an aisle seat and our friend told us to take the chance and book for the middle section on the aisle and a few rows from the back.......sometimes you get lucky and you could get an extra seat to spread out on....so here's hoping.

Paula and Coni

I somehow lost my entry....but not the comments and thank you for them...I'm still playing around ...but this time I'm on my Main Computer....We went to see My cousin and Coni Yesterday Sunday.......but just 1 hour before we got there...Poor Coni was taken to Palative care by ambulance and so maybe it was the right time as Paula realized that he will never come back to their family home ....just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes.....She is amazingly strong...I with the knowledge I have may not have been so strong which just shows you how powerful a positive outlook and having accepted the outcome can be....not saying that she didn't break down several times....but soon pulled herself back......we talked about family things my Dutch family that is....she has such great knowledge of them.... she being 9 years older then me......and knows so much more specially what happened to our family during the war years..all that hse told me it was really tuff...she said that my Mother only had one pair of shoes and one of them had the heal broken off..so she always went around hobbling........ I know why didn't she break of the other heel !!! but can't ever judge I was not there.....but it certainly has built the respect I have for Family..
Paula asked if she can stay with me when I come back...I told her I would do anything for her anything.
I was so happy to have been able to drop of some meals for her....it's the least I could do.

We then went and had a wonderful lunch ...home made Pizza with Gayle and Reg....... We loved every bite.

I will probably be away when Coni passes on and I wish that I could be there for Paula to comfort her...but she has a marvelous Son and Daughter in Law and two marvelous Grandchildren.....who have been a great strength to her...we are the only family here in Australia...... hence all the emotion.....but I really don't need to make any excuse....thats how it is.

Hello

Playing around on blogger with my ipad

Still trying

Ok so far using my new ipad has been great every now and then it's been a little trying so here goes again

My wonderful granddaughter Jaz

Jaz has been helping me with all my new technology.
Isnt she wonderful.

Sunflowers and me

A dear friend dropped off some Sunflowers...knowing that they are one of my very favourite flower...to me it's a happy flower and I love what it does because of the Sun......It follows it and that is very symbolic to me....FOLLOW THE SON........ THE SON OF GOD

I had visualized my head in the middle of all the Sunflowers.....and my darling Photographer Tony just didn't see the same vision.... above is a wonderful photo of my nostril that I'm sure you all want to see !!!!! actually that one was my poor directions....

This one is when an ant was crawling down my blouse

And this one is about as close as we are going to get!!!!

Wide Angle Lens

One of my loves is my Camera...... My Christmas present this year was a wide angle lens..... I thought I would try it out, when was Tony cutting down our bush out front....I stood in the same spot and took the same photo...it sure is wider....and I'm happy girl !!

My Tony

I wrote this wonderful tribute to Tony......The power went off and I lost the lot....so here goes again and here's hoping that the power stays on..... it's gone off three times today so far !!!! grrr
Anyway it is Tony's Birthday today....... he is......well he is younger then me...but a whole lot wiser....and thinner!!!!!
He is the love of my life and I'm proud to call him mine.
I must admit though that me calling him My Tony rather then Tony comes from Gayle and Reg our friends they call each other My.......
and I really like it ....it becomes more personal.
He is a person who is calm and wise most of the time...although he becomes unstuck if he has to fix up a car...he hates the Auto Car mechanical side of things......and then he aint so purfick !!!
He is really intelligent, remembers things that he has read 40 odd years ago to the very detail..... he remembers numbers and dates and can tell you the population of almost all countries...I tell you he is smart.
He runs his own business with the utmost integrity...actually he can claim integrity because he has it, he is trustworthy, faithful and has an abundance of Charity......he does many a good deed but doesn't like anyone knowing about.
I'm going to come back to this as I fear the power might go off again and I will lose all this again.
I'm back and have done some shopping for a special tea tomorrow night for him, as he is coming home tomorrow from Port Hedland.
He would give up his life for his Family....I have no doubt of that. He is a born Leader in many aspects....one I thought of as his strength is that he was able to be compassionate and would do what he could...for those he needed to counsel but he left the responsability with whomever......when he was a Bishop I never saw him stressed nor did he ever bring problems home.....The only thing I ever saw, was when he was concerned, that he always seemed to stay on his knees longer and I would think ahhh he is praying about some soul.
He is one of the hardest workers I know, he loathes, absolutely detests laziness in any form.....He is a bit older now and it is my hope that he would slow down some...which I have to say he does at times...but not when he is away on a job, then a thirty year old would be hard pressed to keep up with him
He is not a romantic in the sense most women would want...but he does things like the old grey chair blog.
I Love him with all my heart..... and I know he loves me.....he is much better in telling me this now, although it took 5 years of married life for him to say it!!!!!!
He is a Man's Man...and comes from a household that that might not be perceived as Manly ....but I am training him well !!! and we have come a long way. Particularly when he has all our beautiful girls to soften his heart.xxx
As our Jack would say Tony is a no bull**** Man.
I sometimes tell him that he is sweet or beautiful and he would say " You don't say those things to blokes"
Who made those rules I would say!!!!!! and I pay no attention.
I wrote an email to one of his co workers up North and asked him to give Tony a kiss from me today...I am pleased to say he did ....in front of all the blokes as Tony put it in a email......and then they sang Happy Birthday to him....Marvelous I thought....at the bottom of his email he said " thanks Pal"
You see Pal is what he calls me.... or The One...or My Best Mate..... see what I mean about different.
GREAT isn't it....I'm a lucky girl.
I appreciate that even though we have gone through some hard times financially ...he has always provided for us.....we have never known want of any sort.......AND HE is totally optimistic ....... I throw in a curve ball every now and then......just to test him ..... not intentionally of course......but he remains placid.... and waits for me to catch up or he at times needs to catch up to me...... either way.....
Gosh I could go on.... as in writing this I can think of so much more but I think for now that will suffice.

Snow

From the hot hot weather we are having to the snow in Seattle...that will be Tony and I in Feb..... Fancy being in a Tshirt I thought...maybe I can pack my summer cloths after all ....... Naomi tells me he is actually standing inside...
I am packed and ready to go....but each day I think of something else to put in my case and it sure is getting heavy !!!

Wonderful Evening

Sunday afternoon...feeling a bit lonely and a bit overwhelmed....
Katie, Jazmin and Rhys came over...Jaz was putting some links onto my iphone which took ever so long ..... poor Jazzy, but she never complained.
Rhys suggested to his Mum....Why don't you and Jaz sleep over at Grandma's tonight....bless him .....I never told them that I was feeling a bit down and that did it for me....We had a marvelous evening..... we sat in the Spa laughed and relaxed...ate some goodies that I had hidden in the freezer....you know the Chocolate kind !!!!( in the freezer for a reason).......don't come to mind so quickly...well that is what I tell myself.....
I am so grateful to them.......

The Old grey Chair

My Tony comes up with all sorts of little surprises for me ...ones that are NOT expected like jewellry or perfume but an old grey chair which he has put up in the Nature Reserve right near the gate .....as I feel it is a little to dangerous going right into the Reserve by myself.
When he is away, the dog's ( we have Reiko while Nic is in Tonga) need to still go out for their walks..... and because I have had my back problems he was kind enough to find this old chair in the bush and carry it to the front for me to sit on....little darling !!!!

I have had some smiles from passers by as I sit on my throne conducting and perusing all that go by.

Like.... run boys run.....Caleb and Kobi .....running hopefully with the dogs following....

Following the Cyclone Jan 2011

Yesterday afternoon I received an email from Tony saying that they were having to go into Cyclone Shelters because of Cyclone Heidi was heading there way....and that there would probably be no communication for a little while....I was a little disturbed and then as I was getting ready to go to the Temple that evening I became quite panicky......and really wondered if I should just stay home...but then what could I do here, but worry, so after a reassuring Blessing from Brendon my Son in Law....I went...but did feel anxious to get home..when it was time..
I found it really hard to sleep and at three am I checked the B.O.M. and found that the level of intensity had increased from number 1 to 2 and that it was heading straight for Tony...you see even though I say Tony is in Port Hedland ..he actually is 100 k's out of there and the Cyclone should arrive there this afternoon at 4 pm....one good thing though is that it has gone back to level 1.

Very frustrating when you cannot contact...but Tony left me an email while I was out last night saying that it was heading towards them and should arrive there at 4....so that is how I know.....I do feel calm and do know that he will be allright but....it's the heart side of me that will be the most calm when I can talk to him or hear from him via email........I am travelling with the darn thing ....as you can see 11am and then 2 pm

Update   Thursday 8 pm

Just spoke to Tone and he said the eye of the cyclone passed south of them....but all the trees are down and all the trenches are filled in....so much digging to be done....but my little heart is calm now....all is well.

Leaving on a jet Plane

My Darling left this morning for Port Hedland for a couple of weeks...and I miss him terribly....I was lucky enough that Bec and Matt's, Sharli and Kobi came over, while Bec took Lacey to the Dr's...and it kept my mind occupied....They went in the Spa...it was about 11.15 am and I saw a plane go over...it's funny but when I know someone is flying..... I become so aware of what is happening in the air and as we live 15 minutes from the airport it is easy to be mindful....... a few minutes later I saw another go over and they were both Qantas....I knew Tony was flying with another company this time, and I thought I wonder if he soon will be over the same flight path he left at 11.30........so in I go and get my Camera and sure enough at about 11.35 or so A Virgin Plane comes over...I was standing on a step beside the Spa and cried and cried....it was so emotional for me...I thought I truly love this man and felt like half of me was up there..... the kids didn't notice as they were too busy playing and I had my back to them....... I keep having to remind myself be grateful for the work...... if it wasn't for this work we would not be able to visit Naomi and Luke in the U.S.A. in Feb....

Orange Creeper oh no !!

Oh yes it does look beautiful and each year it was a sight to behold...

But it killed everything underneath and took over everywhere......I asked My Tony to cut it back a little and as he got into it the truth be known....there were layers of dead growth underneath...so each year I would admire it and then the next year the same ...I never thought of what happened to last years beauty.....now we know it died as one whole layer.....thick and stringy and suffocating everything..... it took Tony 8 hours of hard labour trying to pull it away...the next day he was out in it again several more hours.

As much of this pile lies out here the same amount lay in a trailer and on the other side of the fence....So his little job turned out to be a huge job...poor darling and I did have a list of other jobs that needed to be done.......I'm not sure that he is excited about all that..... as he is nursing some cuts and blisters.........good analogy...not everything that looks so gorgeous on the outside is so gorgeous underneath !!

If you look beyond the fence you will see the other pile and in the trailer

Such a Dummy

I was trying to put Lolliepop on my list to follow and because I am a little retarded with the Comp.I ended up putting myself as a follower and had some weird not very good lolliepop on my blog as well......got rid of the not so good site and cannot get rid of myself as a follower...dah !!!!  So Lolliepop... Hello.... enjoyed your comment.....would love to add you as a blog to see....but don't know how..xx

Sissel - Auld Lang Syne

Oh I forgot another tradition!

Katie started this one years ago.....I had an awful wall hanging that I thought was just gorgeous years ago...... I had it on my walls for years...until one day I really looked at it and thought what is this thing doing on my wall....took it off and threw it away...Katie secretly absconded it...wrapped it up and gave it to me as a Christmas present........much laughter.......but that started an idea for me....... and since then we have wrapped it up many different ways, and have placed it in a pile of presents....let me explain.
It's a game we play...every person from 12 and up buys a $20 present something that they really want for themselves...wraps it and puts it in the middle of the room......we each get a number and according to that number you can pick up any present you want unwrap it to ahhhs or... oh no!!!!...then the numbers are handed out again and this time you can pick a opened present from ANYONE......it's great if you have the last number because then after seeing all the presents you have a choice of about 17 presents if we are all here......well Katie picked up this beautifully wrapped present ....feeling that she had really got a bargain...well it was the old wall hanging.....we rolled around in laughter and of course when the second numbers were given out NOBODY wanted hers...so she was stuck with it.......Jazmin was one with one of the highest number and thought now Grandma is always cheeky and the presents had to be worth $20 and this is not...... so unbelievably she took the present form her Mum  thinking that there had to be more then this....and guess what she was right, behind all the chairs I had hidden another present...the value of this one was far beyond the $20 limit....... it's such a fun tradition and there is always a present or two that you really don't want or for that matter do want......sometimes your lucky.... sometimes your not...but we all have such a good laugh. Next year as like the many previous years the old wall hanging will appear in some form again as a surprise.
Another little surprise we did this year...we do try to give a little something to our oldies ...last year I gave them each a Christmas Angel...from my own collection I went through my Angels and picked out the ones I thought suited each Family...things were a little tight money wise...but even if it wasn't...I did love the idea....as usual...I always try to do something out of the norm each year..the year before last I hid...a snowman and tinkerbell and Santa and other things amongst my Nativities and the little ones had to come in and find what was different...the year before we did the the whole of December where the children came in and found a clue which would lead them to somewhere in the house or just outside to a lolly or lollies....it was hard to find 24 clues that went with a hiding place. eg. In the olden days this was used to warm up beds...I have a old warming pan, hanging on the wall and if they lifted the lid there were the lollies....Not many knew this one without the help of their parents.....
Anyway this year we had a Christmas card for each of the 7 kids no 6 as Naomi and Luke are in America, I told them to pick out there own but not to open until I said..which was together...I told them that in one of the cards there was DOUBLE THE MONEY !!!!! Katie and Court got it...it's all about creating the memories that bind for us...things that will bring warmth and love to their hearts..things that keep them close to each other and us.

What A Wonderful World - Nature ( HD ) : Video Clips From The Coolest One

What A Wonderful World - Nature ( HD ) : Video Clips From The Coolest One

I love this and I feel the same way....May we always reach out for the positive and rejoice in what God has given to us.