Addicted...again

I have been reading some really amazing blogs lately and I just love how some people have been able to turn their blogs into their work... being published these days is just so different, so immediate, so doable for everyone! I have found an amazing blog/website called "bakerella"... she is a cake decorator who has invented little cake balls on sticks, decorated with melted chocolate... haven't tried the cake pops yet but today I made oreo truffles following the same idea...just not on sticks. Will have to try to get some lollipop sticks while I am away over the holidays. The oreo truffles are GOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!

Hannah is having a card making workshop for some friends this afternoon and she has not pulled up that well after a friend's sleepover party last night. (a bit cranky.....:( ) I'm looking forward to the workshop, but won't be participating. I will be off in a corner trying to decide if I'm sharing my oreo truffles!!!! No, I will be trying to finish my final assignment which is due next weekend. Don't like the sound of it when you put it that way...next weekend.... aaaaaah!!!
Actually, I don't really have that much to do, will ace it!

We had a couple of gorgeous little visitors here for a sleepover last night: B (who is nearly 3) has been coming to visit us for a while and she is a funny little thing. Her little brother came too and they were both so good! Slept all night and didn't hear a peep from the little man from 6:30 pm until almost 6 this morning. B looked at Bruce when he came in last night and said "You're filthy!" and of course she was right. He was filthy and very tired. I seriously do not know how he works from 5 am until after 7 pm. Crazy.

Anyway, better go and count out some truffles on to a plate.... maybe half a one each????


This is what we've been up to this afternoon.... not much really!

A very kind friend suggested yesterday that I may have swapped my facebook addiction to a blog reading addiction???? He may have a point.....

Five down, eight to go!!!!

Music Fest is over for another year. This weekend always has a distinct deja vu feel about it... we were reminiscing (Robyn and I) about how, four years ago (the last time it was in Gundy) we were waiting for the call from Andrea and Will to say that Julia had arrived. Another mum and I met up at exactly the same corner four years ago as we did today, to go down to where the kids were marching from... we both said"Wow how strange..." I am beginning to love the sense of community we get from Instrumental Music and the way in which we meet up with people from all over who share a common bond. (Part of that bond is sometimes the drudgery of traipsing around after kids... but I had no sense of that this time.) Our kids are starting to feel that too, as they get to know musos from all over. I love being able to see all "my kids", from the schools where I visit as chappy, and to catch up with and chat to parents I don't often see. Loved it...

Have you ever seen a groovier bassoon player?

I want to express appreciation for our instrumental music teacher... a dedicated and hard working teacher who tries very hard to draw the best out of all of our kids with great results. The bands sounded excellent this year and they should all be proud. There are so many awesome stories of the great things that happen through the Instrumental Music program that I won't publish here... I can only say that for myself, I was able to learn a new instrument at the age of about 38, and can now play something that gives me great joy, is an avenue for worship and has helped me to help lots of kids.

Thank you Alex!

The cool clarinetist!
How's that freaky shadow??? Oh and that's Hannah on the flute!

Anyway, the weekend seems to have just started and is rapidly drawing to a close. Bruce is home a bit early, the sky is threatening big rain and it is the afternoon of St. Pat's fete... it always seems threatening for their fete... we know what that feels like!

Off to play my flute for worship practice!

It's been a while of course... and a lot has happened since my last entry.

Our family is once again on a break from tv, ds's, computer and internet and movies (except Bruce and I!! We can do whatever we want!) I have deactivated facebook again and it is liberating. I do have a lot more time on my hands and I'm going to need it!

Because.... I have resigned as Chaplain and am going back to teaching. I finish up at the end of this year and start back in the classroom next year. I am very excited to have finally made the decision, feel like it's the right one and ready to take on the next challenge. Most people are very understanding and even excited for me, however you get the occasional person (like a couple I spoke to today) who expressed real disappointment and ..."what a shame etc" That makes me feel momentarily bad, but I am not doing this to impress anyone, only following what I believe God is directing me to. I intend to continue my ministry, just in a slightly different way. EXCITING!

Tomorrow Hannah and I are heading to Goondi to see the dentist and it's probably a good thing that the ATM ate my card today so that I have no way of getting any money and spending more than we have to spend! It will be a quick trip with not much to spend! Hopefully Hannah will have some success.... her teeth are a mess!

We are also heading to Goondi on the weekend for Music Fest. Robyn and I will go with a tribe of kids. Fun times!

Better go... P&C tonight... weeks are flying away...