In my hoop this Week....Abbey 12mths...Nathan...

I have been busy stitching this week....

I started this stitchery a few months ago and thought I need to get it finished. I started this at a Stitching Day held at Gum Valley Patchwork back in Sept 2011.... I must say I love the threads Garden Threads and the thread is China Doll...just love it...I need to do the alphabet and the edge should finish it over the weekend
I'll be home for Christmas.......

I also started a stitchery by Rosalie at the same time I am pleased to say I have finished.... a few nights not watching T V.....
Today marks 12 months since abbey's accident...alot has happened...since 4:20pm on the 11th of Feb 2011....Abbey has mad a remarkable recovery..we have had many visits to Melb since she has come home last June... Abbey has been discharged from the Neuro Team at RMH and last week was discharged from the Ortho team...our next goal is to see Prof Olver at Epworth and get discharged but they like to see all patients at 12mths 18mths, 3yrs and sometimes 10yrs just to see what the brain is capable of..Abbey will more than likely at some stage this year resume work...not sure if it will be in the hospitality or her ultimate dream to finish her Apprenticeship...
I will just be chillaxing today not doing to much as I have had the 1st full week at school.
Nathan has also had his 1st full week as a Graduate Teacher in Casterton, I have rang him a few times and each time he has said how he is enjoying the job...like hios 1st pay cheque also...I think he will frame that one..
Yesterday saw Ben compete in the local Tech school swimming sports....3 1st places in Swimming, Backstroke and The Relay... he was however disqualified for swimming the whole length of the 33mtr pool underwater when he should have been doing Butterfly...he could see the funny side as he won the race and the others were still coming down the pool... he has a weird sense of humour that one Yr12 does strange things to them...he is off to Cricket in Mortlake...then tomorrow morning at the local Bakery as Cake Decorator.....
Enjoy your weekend with your loved ones
Andrea
xoxox

Abbey and School

Hi Guys,
I have had a busy week thus far...I went to Melbourne with DH and Abbey. We had to be at Royal Melbourne Hospital Emergency department X Ray at 9am... so I/we had a sleepover at my twin sister house... having family in Melb when Abbey was in hossy was good. So we had the X ray then went up to the outpatient consulting rooms waiting to see the Ortho Registra a nice Dr called Dr Sam, he was on his last week as a registra and is now off to Northern Health.... got into the Dr relatively quick chatted and decided that X ray didn't show if the pelvic circle was fully formed...so off for a CT Scan....came back and got the all clear from Dr Sam that it is now fully formed...yipppeeeeeee NO plating or surgery....one relived mother and Father and Abbey....Abbey needs to manage her pain and in about 18months she should be right......So after that I went to my favorite shop COSTCO.....what a shop......I got some good bargains...Ben was very delighted with the food purchases for school lunches....lol.... I missed the 1st day back at work as I was in melb so yesterday was the 1st day children were at school...I managed to make it through to hometime...came home made some scalloped Potatoes for the neighbours Birthday Dinner...Wedding Anniversary on Saturday so might plan a nice tea for their Family minus 1 son (Nathan)...he will be in Ballarat.
Nathan has also started school as a Teacher...I have called him few times asking how he is settling in...all good...he also had his 1st fulll teaching day yesterday...
I am stitching a Rosalie Quinlan Stitchery...so pics soon..
Andrea

Busy Times

Well it is nearly that time of the year again....school....this past week I have hardly been able to scratch myself with Drs appt and life in general...Nathan has been the one that I have had to do the most for as we do as parents this last week.....so my journey began early last Friday morning 7am to be precise off I went in my SIL VW Van and DH in the 1986 Nissan Navara a fine piece of motoring history his words not mine...lol....to pick up his belongings from Bunninyong Ballarat and then the drive to Casterton where he will now live for the next 12mths.......640km round trip to our home in Cobden...then today on Australia Day we again went in the ute to Bunninyong to collect the last of the possessions a fridge... I now call myself Clarke and Clarke Couriers...lol or the Freight Liner Queen....I think I have a possibility of a new job if I ever leave school.....
School starts next Wed and I will miss the 1st Day as Abbey is having a review for her pelvis at RMH (Royal Melb Hosp).... hoping for a good result as this is nearly 12 months since the accident... the Drs wanted to wait 12 months to see if it healed naturally...will keep you posted on that... I am still in the midst of finishing the Grinch Quilt....tonight we had Lamb Roast which was made famous by Tom Cruise... I still giggle at that add on T V.
I hope you all have had a great Australia Day
Hoo Roo
Andrea

Bright Holiday

We have had just the best holiday ..... Bright was just what the Dr ordered we have seen so many places...to name a few Mt Buffalo, Beechworth...Yackandandah and Harrietville...the kids have had a blast trying out many new activities...Ben was game and went on a Microlight flight which took on many scenic views...I myself have just chillaxed and gone with the flow...
Hope you are enjoying the break with you families...back to reality tomorrow and to do some stitching and maybe make a quilt....
Will be back here again next year to do more of the same :)

Ben in the Aqua Ball

'The Clarkes' Mt Buffalo

Beechworth Goal

Abbey on the Rotary Slide @ Bright

Abbey and myself in the Ovens River....water comes straight from the snowfields

Bright Holiday

We are having a great time in Bright....the weather the 1st day and yesterday was very muggy and hot.
Today we have had a very different day, the weather has turned to rain. Today we went to the Harrietville Market only 14 of the 54 stall holders were their... I tasted some lovely dutch pancakes with syrup and lemon dressing with a little bit of icing sugar...then we headed back into Bright and went to the Bright Berry Farm were Abbey had a very delicious Berry Ice Cream...Darren sample some of the local jams they had on offer.
Tomorrow we may or may not head to Wangaratta or Beechworth, depends on the weather.
Hope you are all having a great time what ever it is you are doing.
Andrea

I was trying to post pics of holiday and blogger was not uploading them so maybe in a few days

Bright 2012

Having a ball in Bright... arrived here around Lunchtime....BBQ for tea and off to the carnival....lots of walking in Bright....
Enjoying a bit of well deserved R&R
Hugs
Andrea

NYE and Weather

New Years Eve saw myself and home with my family and some of my extended family...had a lovely BBQ on the decking.
Cobden has a wonderful NYE Fireworks Display....I was at home with our latest addition to the family Daisy Mae who is only 13 weeks old...Daisy Mae is a Pure Bred Black Cocker Spaniel...the animals don't like the fireworks so home I went from my friends house to check on them...verdict Daisy Mae shaking and sitting on Abbey's bedroom floor...Miss Poppy barking and not that impressed...Mr Jingles(cat)meowing and hissing at me and scampering around the house....


The Animals

Mr Jingles

Miss Poppy

Daisy Mae

The weather has certainly turned up a notch these last few days today we hit 41.3deg at 3pm...
We are off to Bright in a few days for some realxation....I love Bright we have been going there for 10yrs...I hope to do A BOM this year from Gum Vally Patchwork
1.Love BOM
2.Sampler Quilt
Not sure which one to sign up too they are both beautiful....
off to cook a BBQ for tea waiting for DS(Nathan) and DD(Abbey) to come home from Port Campbell DS2(Ben) at local swimming pool