Long weekend – noice

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I just redeemed some FlyBuys points (am I the only one who still uses this?) to get a range top grill plate. Our stove has a long gas burner for yummy grilling, but I’ve never had a grill plate. I’ve been eyeing one off for ages, but it was too expensive. However, now I have one and it didn’t cost me a thing! Gotta love that. And it is even better since I invested in a whole lamb recently and my freezer is chockers with lamb chops.

Our Tarago has been playing up a bit, it has a radiator leak. Everytime I stop to park, I leave a great puddle of radiator fluid behind, so I have to carry water with me and pop the bonnet and refill before I go anywhere. I’m getting pretty good at the pop and fill, but I am jack of it and
A) really want to get it fixed and B) want to win lotto and buy a newer model Tarago. Come on numbers!!

Rach and I went to Sydney yesterday. She had a few jobs to do and wanted some company, so I navigated and she drove. We boycotted all tolls on the principle that we are not from the city and therefore shouldn’t have to pay tolls (but really it was because we had no idea and no change!). We nattered all the way, had lunch with a very interesting lady then come home again. I was so exhausted that I fell into bed at 8.30pm and had to have a sleep this afternoon to catch up!

Holly took an art class this morning. Her school teacher recommended that we run with her natural ability and get her some classes, so I enrolled her in a holiday program which was actually just one session today. She learnt some drawing techniques and painted a canvas of a bird in a tree. She was thrilled with the result and is pestering to be able to go to a weekly lesson, but we’ll have to see. I’m so not into after-school-activities – with a baby and a few others it would be too hectic and I am all into making life as easy as possible while I can!

Mum and Dad are finally home from China and Meg was hoping to catch them speaking Chinese, but no luck there. They had a great time, saw lots of amazing things and got to go to a lot of places that they wouldn’t normally travel too (ie, Mongolia, Gobi Desert, Macau Casino’s).

I’m sure there is much more to tell but it has taken me an hour to write this, with 47 interruptions, and now I have to get the dinner ready. Such is life.

Have a wonderful week and get to Floriade if you can!