Hi...
I have been really busy not doing much. Have you ever done that? I am busy doing my everyday getting up, going to work, trying to get my course assessments off on time. Coming home, more course work, whatever needs to be done here, getting ready for the next working week. Doing so much then again, doing so little. And time goes by so fast! People say that you know when you are getting old, because time goes so quick. But it's not just old people! It's me! Last time I looked, I was 15! Now I am 17, working really hard, and in about 1 year and a half, I am going to be a dispensary technician in a little country pharmacy, if the Lord wills. Maybe living on my own, in my own house. Totally independant from Mum and Dad. I really can't believe it has all gone so quick.
Vanity, all is vanity!
Anyways, gotta go get back to the grind stone! (Not that I mind. It's better than being bored!)
Love you all,
Sarah
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Rememberance Day (11/11/2009)
Remembrance Day is the day we commemorate the sacrifices of the armed forces and civillians in times of war. It falls on the 11th day of the 11th month, the anniversary of the end of World War I. At 11 O'Clock in the morning we have a minutes silence to remember those who have died protecting our country and us. The Last Post is played.
Ode Of Remembrance
"They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them." LEST WE FORGET.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Ode Of Remembrance
"They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them." LEST WE FORGET.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Hey Hey...
Hey.............
I am 17. I am very tired. I don't like blood tests. I wish I never had to go back to the doctor again. I am sick of shallow people. I am sick of people who call you their friend one year, then the next year will ignore you and talk about you behind your back. I hate gossip. I like people who will stick by you during anything. Who don't care what other people say and find out what you are like inside by themselves. Will love you for yourself. Thank you, Lord, for those people.
Forgive me for mixing my stories a bit.
I'll write more another day :)
Sarah
I am 17. I am very tired. I don't like blood tests. I wish I never had to go back to the doctor again. I am sick of shallow people. I am sick of people who call you their friend one year, then the next year will ignore you and talk about you behind your back. I hate gossip. I like people who will stick by you during anything. Who don't care what other people say and find out what you are like inside by themselves. Will love you for yourself. Thank you, Lord, for those people.
Forgive me for mixing my stories a bit.
I'll write more another day :)
Sarah
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Hey.
Hi Everybody!
It's raining again! I hope it keeps up for a while, so the grass gets watered. On the 1st of August we are going to lock up all the paddocks we will need for silage. We are aiming for over 1000 bales this year, which is a big ask (I think) seeing as we only got 300 last year. But we will see.
It has been lovely lately, all sunny and warm. Just like spring. The trees are starting to bud and the grass is starting to grow faster. Springtime's comin'!
I haven't had a lot of time to write in the last month or so, work has been a bit hectic, with Paula, a lady who used to work in the pharmacy, starting again as manager and some 3rd year uni students coming for work experience to put all the theory they have learned to practice. They are really good, a bit of a change. And school started again last week, so I have been catching the bus in and out which is really great, but it takes another 1/2 an hour each way out of the day. It's probably good 'cos I can sit and think and study and pray, and to slow down and quit stressing! For the start of this term, there is a student tacher in the class I work in. It is a bit weird having someone else watching what you do and all the mistakes you make.
The day after tomorrow is Mum's birthday. She is turning 36. I remember her 24th birthday. Even a few memories from when she was 21. It's amazing to think that I can remember when I was 2. And that Mum was so young! This year, I will be the same age as she was when she married Dad. Wow!!!
I'd better go and start tidying up a bit. Grandma is coming up tomorrow!
Bye, God bless
Sarah
It's raining again! I hope it keeps up for a while, so the grass gets watered. On the 1st of August we are going to lock up all the paddocks we will need for silage. We are aiming for over 1000 bales this year, which is a big ask (I think) seeing as we only got 300 last year. But we will see.
It has been lovely lately, all sunny and warm. Just like spring. The trees are starting to bud and the grass is starting to grow faster. Springtime's comin'!
I haven't had a lot of time to write in the last month or so, work has been a bit hectic, with Paula, a lady who used to work in the pharmacy, starting again as manager and some 3rd year uni students coming for work experience to put all the theory they have learned to practice. They are really good, a bit of a change. And school started again last week, so I have been catching the bus in and out which is really great, but it takes another 1/2 an hour each way out of the day. It's probably good 'cos I can sit and think and study and pray, and to slow down and quit stressing! For the start of this term, there is a student tacher in the class I work in. It is a bit weird having someone else watching what you do and all the mistakes you make.
The day after tomorrow is Mum's birthday. She is turning 36. I remember her 24th birthday. Even a few memories from when she was 21. It's amazing to think that I can remember when I was 2. And that Mum was so young! This year, I will be the same age as she was when she married Dad. Wow!!!
I'd better go and start tidying up a bit. Grandma is coming up tomorrow!
Bye, God bless
Sarah
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Rainy Days :)
I love the rain... When I was little, I used to hate it. I had to stay inside, and there was nothing to do but school work and looking at the rain. But then we bought a farm... and things changed. We had one good year then we were in drought. It hasn't really broken since. So I have learned to love it. It helps if you don't mind getting wet or love reading!
Last week, I had my first paid day at the school! It was so great! It made me want to be an aide, as in for a career. I love working in the school, taking care of kids. But if I was to do that, I would want to go through uni. I don't know. I don't know what I want to do for a career. I wanted to be a chef, a pastry cook. I really love that. But if I get married, the hours are really bad. I couldn't be with my family. I have to pray about it, but having patience waiting for doors to open is really hard. I can't see myself being a pharmacy assistant for ever. But I don't feel right about leaving yet. I think I have some lessons that God wants me to learn there. Like loving someone unconditionally even when they are shouting at you and "everything is your fault" when in fact it is the other way round. That is a tough one to learn. This probably isn't making any sense. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, I love the people. But it has it's moments.
Ok, it is bed time!
In Christ,
Sarah
Last week, I had my first paid day at the school! It was so great! It made me want to be an aide, as in for a career. I love working in the school, taking care of kids. But if I was to do that, I would want to go through uni. I don't know. I don't know what I want to do for a career. I wanted to be a chef, a pastry cook. I really love that. But if I get married, the hours are really bad. I couldn't be with my family. I have to pray about it, but having patience waiting for doors to open is really hard. I can't see myself being a pharmacy assistant for ever. But I don't feel right about leaving yet. I think I have some lessons that God wants me to learn there. Like loving someone unconditionally even when they are shouting at you and "everything is your fault" when in fact it is the other way round. That is a tough one to learn. This probably isn't making any sense. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, I love the people. But it has it's moments.
Ok, it is bed time!
In Christ,
Sarah
Monday, June 15, 2009
.....
Today was very sad for me... Last week one of our friends had a terrible loss. Her husband, who was suffering from MS, died. So everyone around town has been a bit down since then, but today I found out that it wasn't from the MS that he died. He commited suicide. That nearly broke my heart. He had been saying for years that he wasn't going to just waste away. I think it was incredibly selfish of him. He doesn't know the pain it has caused his wife and the boys. All he was worried about was not being a vegetable. Although maybe he thought it would be easier on his family not to see him wasting away. I don't know and probably never will, but I feel terribly for his wife and sons.
But on a brighter note, I'm gong to get a little bit of paid time at the school! Tina, the other aide, won't be there for a day so she got the school to give me her hours. And as I'm only a relief aide... I get paid heaps more.
Ayala got sick with a cold/flu yesterday. We asked her if she had started "oink-ing" yet (!). But when she went to the doctor, they said that, no,it was only a cold. Phew!
My baby sister is goin to turn 15 on Thursday!!! I can't believe it! She is old enough to get a job... to be considered nearly grown up. Wow! I never even thought this would make me feel OLD. And what makes me feel older is that my baby brother is about to turn 13. And I'm old enough to move out of home (not that I'm going to!), to get a car, to be totally independant. Well, nearly totally independant. Sort of... lol.
Well, I have to go. It's tea time...
God bless,
SARAH PATRICE MCFARLAND
But on a brighter note, I'm gong to get a little bit of paid time at the school! Tina, the other aide, won't be there for a day so she got the school to give me her hours. And as I'm only a relief aide... I get paid heaps more.
Ayala got sick with a cold/flu yesterday. We asked her if she had started "oink-ing" yet (!). But when she went to the doctor, they said that, no,it was only a cold. Phew!
My baby sister is goin to turn 15 on Thursday!!! I can't believe it! She is old enough to get a job... to be considered nearly grown up. Wow! I never even thought this would make me feel OLD. And what makes me feel older is that my baby brother is about to turn 13. And I'm old enough to move out of home (not that I'm going to!), to get a car, to be totally independant. Well, nearly totally independant. Sort of... lol.
Well, I have to go. It's tea time...
God bless,
SARAH PATRICE MCFARLAND
Friday, June 12, 2009
Are you a fool?
Ok I know that people think "Me? A fool? No way!!!" But stop and think about it for a minute... Have you put away childish things? Not totally. Do I get a but carried away at times? Hmmm... Well, I found this quiz on another blog and it really makes you think. 
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I haven't been writing a lot lately because I haven't had anything worth writing about and what I have been up to is so gloomy you will all be depressed! Sorry. A few people I have come to know or I know their families have recently passed away and I have been a bit preoccupied.
Well, I am a bit more cheerful now, things are starting to happen around here. Like I just signed everything to start my traineeship!!! I have been waiting for it and praying about it for over 6 months now and my boss hasn't got around to it, but finally it has come to fruition and I'll be starting in about a month. :D
It has been really cold here... Today it was only 2 degrees Celsius at 1:30 in the afternoon. And the fog didn't leave all day, so it was very gloomy feeling. Most days I get on the school bus and at the next stop a girl gets on wearing a mini dress (then I start shivering!) and I think "Silly girl!"
Cold and I don't get along so well... Except when I'm skiing!
I have started getting back into crocheting. Kath found a thing called scrumbling. What you do is basically do what you want, you don't follow a pattern and you can make the most amazing things! You can go out one way, the go a different direction and then do something completely opposite... It's fun.
Anyways, I have been basically talking about nothing, and I have to go :)
Talk next time...
Sarah
"><">Are you a fool? Quiz.
I haven't been writing a lot lately because I haven't had anything worth writing about and what I have been up to is so gloomy you will all be depressed! Sorry. A few people I have come to know or I know their families have recently passed away and I have been a bit preoccupied.
Well, I am a bit more cheerful now, things are starting to happen around here. Like I just signed everything to start my traineeship!!! I have been waiting for it and praying about it for over 6 months now and my boss hasn't got around to it, but finally it has come to fruition and I'll be starting in about a month. :D
It has been really cold here... Today it was only 2 degrees Celsius at 1:30 in the afternoon. And the fog didn't leave all day, so it was very gloomy feeling. Most days I get on the school bus and at the next stop a girl gets on wearing a mini dress (then I start shivering!) and I think "Silly girl!"
Cold and I don't get along so well... Except when I'm skiing!
I have started getting back into crocheting. Kath found a thing called scrumbling. What you do is basically do what you want, you don't follow a pattern and you can make the most amazing things! You can go out one way, the go a different direction and then do something completely opposite... It's fun.
Anyways, I have been basically talking about nothing, and I have to go :)
Talk next time...
Sarah
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
I need a holiday!!!
Ahhh! I don't know what it is about work that gets to me... I love it, but at the moment my boss isn't being very smart. She won't turn the heater on, she will go for a bike ride in the middle of the day to who knows where (which is highy illegal because a pharmacist isn't allowed to leave the premises during working hours if there isn't another pharmacist on duty.) she gives us an impossible amount of work to do in a busy day the wonders why it isn't all done at the end of the day, and when it isn't busy she wants us to be doing something all the time. And the other thing that bothers me is customers getting cranky when you don't meet their expectations (or in other words: that you aren't perfect.) I think it is time for a holiday... Like to the top of Queensland for the rest of the winter! Where it is nice and warm. :D
Does anyone have any brilliant ideas for a short story topic? I might be entering a competition called "Haywire". You have to live in a rural Australian community and be between the ages of 16 and 20. At the moment I am about all topic-ed out!
I have to go, I'm just about falling asleep on my computer!
God Bless
Sarah
"Some throught the water,
Some through the flood,
Some through the fire
But all throught the blood.
Some through great sorrow,
But God gives a song
In the night season
And all the day long."
Does anyone have any brilliant ideas for a short story topic? I might be entering a competition called "Haywire". You have to live in a rural Australian community and be between the ages of 16 and 20. At the moment I am about all topic-ed out!
I have to go, I'm just about falling asleep on my computer!
God Bless
Sarah
"Some throught the water,
Some through the flood,
Some through the fire
But all throught the blood.
Some through great sorrow,
But God gives a song
In the night season
And all the day long."
Friday, May 22, 2009
I hope this encourages you...
"In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed: deliver me in Thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortres therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me. Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth." (Psm 31:1-5)
"O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully awardeth the proud doer. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord." (Psm 31:23-24)
I read this last night, and at the moment it seems to suit my position at the minute, not just these few verses, but the whole Psalm. And I just wanted to share it with you today... It made me feel like jumping for joy! I don't know how many times I have read this one, but last night it realy touched me.
In the last couple of months, I have been having some problems with my health. I don't know what is in store for me, or how serious it could turn out, but I know I have to place a whole lot more trust in the Lord. Please pray for me.
I love you guys,
God bless,
Sarah
"O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully awardeth the proud doer. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord." (Psm 31:23-24)
I read this last night, and at the moment it seems to suit my position at the minute, not just these few verses, but the whole Psalm. And I just wanted to share it with you today... It made me feel like jumping for joy! I don't know how many times I have read this one, but last night it realy touched me.
In the last couple of months, I have been having some problems with my health. I don't know what is in store for me, or how serious it could turn out, but I know I have to place a whole lot more trust in the Lord. Please pray for me.
I love you guys,
God bless,
Sarah
Thursday, May 14, 2009
back again :)
Hey people,
I have been kind of steering clear of the computer for a while (like since the computer blew up and we only had one laptop with internet on it) and I haven't had a lot of spare time on my hands anyway.
At least I have someone else at work to share the load a bit. She is great. As well as being one of my mate's mums, she used to be the school dentist and I have known her for years. On Saturday, Ingrid and I (Ayala tagged along too) went to Albury to look for pharmacy uniforms. We went to the uniforms shop and it was like $250 for 4 shirts (2 for each of us) so we had a look in Rockmans and they had a really nice jacket/vest so we decided on that for our base colour and it ended up being about $350 for about 4 shirts, the vest and 2 pairs of pants each. Much better value :). Now Kate wants a uniform like it too. That is a really great compliment when your boss likes the uniform so much, that she decides to get the same thing.
"Come thou fount of ev'ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me ever to adore thee
May I still Thy goodness prove.
While the hope of endless glory
fills my hear with joy and love.
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Hither by thy help I've come.
And I hope by thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought my when a stanger
Wandering from the fold of God
He to rescue me from danger
Interposed his precious blood
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let thy goodness like a fetter
Bind my wandering soul to thee.
Prone to wander Lord I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart
O take and seal it
Seal it for thy courts above." -Robert Robinson
That has to be one of my favourite hymns. But the writer commited suicide 10 years later. That is really sad.
I'll write more another day.
God bless,
Sar
I have been kind of steering clear of the computer for a while (like since the computer blew up and we only had one laptop with internet on it) and I haven't had a lot of spare time on my hands anyway.
At least I have someone else at work to share the load a bit. She is great. As well as being one of my mate's mums, she used to be the school dentist and I have known her for years. On Saturday, Ingrid and I (Ayala tagged along too) went to Albury to look for pharmacy uniforms. We went to the uniforms shop and it was like $250 for 4 shirts (2 for each of us) so we had a look in Rockmans and they had a really nice jacket/vest so we decided on that for our base colour and it ended up being about $350 for about 4 shirts, the vest and 2 pairs of pants each. Much better value :). Now Kate wants a uniform like it too. That is a really great compliment when your boss likes the uniform so much, that she decides to get the same thing.
"Come thou fount of ev'ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me ever to adore thee
May I still Thy goodness prove.
While the hope of endless glory
fills my hear with joy and love.
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Hither by thy help I've come.
And I hope by thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought my when a stanger
Wandering from the fold of God
He to rescue me from danger
Interposed his precious blood
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let thy goodness like a fetter
Bind my wandering soul to thee.
Prone to wander Lord I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart
O take and seal it
Seal it for thy courts above." -Robert Robinson
That has to be one of my favourite hymns. But the writer commited suicide 10 years later. That is really sad.
I'll write more another day.
God bless,
Sar
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hmmm...
Hey Everybody,
I'm really sorry that I haven't written in so long. I can't believe how busy I have been! One of my mates mums started a job at the chemist. She is really great, I hope she will be able to put up with Kate...
I can't believe that in a couple of weeks, Ayala will be 18! It seems like yesterday she was 5 and I was 4, being the bossy older sister. I know everyone says that, but it is so true. Life flies.
I've been reading "The British Josiah" which is about Edward VI. From such a young age, he was the most mature christian I have ever heard of. I haven't read all of it, but it gives a really good account of his life, and I would recommend reading it. :)
I have to go,
Sarah
I'm really sorry that I haven't written in so long. I can't believe how busy I have been! One of my mates mums started a job at the chemist. She is really great, I hope she will be able to put up with Kate...
I can't believe that in a couple of weeks, Ayala will be 18! It seems like yesterday she was 5 and I was 4, being the bossy older sister. I know everyone says that, but it is so true. Life flies.
I've been reading "The British Josiah" which is about Edward VI. From such a young age, he was the most mature christian I have ever heard of. I haven't read all of it, but it gives a really good account of his life, and I would recommend reading it. :)
I have to go,
Sarah
Monday, April 20, 2009
Just saying "HI"
G'day Guys,
Just saying "Hi, how's it going?" 'cos I don't have a lot to write today... Except that Dan and I went with Dad to Mama's and Pop's on Saturday. Mama took Dan and I shopping. Dan didn't think it was too fun following his sister and grandmother through all the clothing shops in the plaza! But we bought him a pair of jeans and a nice shirt, so he did well out of it.
OK, gotta go and make Mum and Dad their cuppas!
God Bless, have a great week!
Sarah
Just saying "Hi, how's it going?" 'cos I don't have a lot to write today... Except that Dan and I went with Dad to Mama's and Pop's on Saturday. Mama took Dan and I shopping. Dan didn't think it was too fun following his sister and grandmother through all the clothing shops in the plaza! But we bought him a pair of jeans and a nice shirt, so he did well out of it.
OK, gotta go and make Mum and Dad their cuppas!
God Bless, have a great week!
Sarah
Friday, April 17, 2009
hi :)
hey Everybody...
Wow, busy week! Today is Friday, and tomorrow, hopefully, I will be sleeping in. It has been hard this week with Lyndal leaving and working by myself for a few days. I don't want that to happen again! Especially when it is one of the busiest times of year. Anyway, Carl came back today, so he was able to train the new girl who is going to work after school and on Saturdays. I love having someone else do the traing side of things, because I'm not very good at it! :) It's easy as to do the things yourself, but teaching someone else to do it is a totally different story... But I know Kia and she is really good. There is supposed to be another lady starting sometime in the next week too. She is the school dentist, and she will be great to be the expert in the dental area. I've known her for years, but I don't know what working with her will be like. She and Kate won't get on very well I don't think. Time will tell...
We get the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets where we live. They were great back at Cudgewa, but here, it is just really beautiful :)
"My God will always be enough for the longings of my soul, He alone can fill my cup 'til my spirit overflows, from a well of living water, He renews me with his love. My god will always be enough." - Karen Peck and New River
Have to go,
xoxox
God Bless
Sarah
Wow, busy week! Today is Friday, and tomorrow, hopefully, I will be sleeping in. It has been hard this week with Lyndal leaving and working by myself for a few days. I don't want that to happen again! Especially when it is one of the busiest times of year. Anyway, Carl came back today, so he was able to train the new girl who is going to work after school and on Saturdays. I love having someone else do the traing side of things, because I'm not very good at it! :) It's easy as to do the things yourself, but teaching someone else to do it is a totally different story... But I know Kia and she is really good. There is supposed to be another lady starting sometime in the next week too. She is the school dentist, and she will be great to be the expert in the dental area. I've known her for years, but I don't know what working with her will be like. She and Kate won't get on very well I don't think. Time will tell...
We get the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets where we live. They were great back at Cudgewa, but here, it is just really beautiful :)
"My God will always be enough for the longings of my soul, He alone can fill my cup 'til my spirit overflows, from a well of living water, He renews me with his love. My god will always be enough." - Karen Peck and New River
Have to go,
xoxox
God Bless
Sarah
Monday, April 13, 2009
Hey hey!
Hey every body!
Isn't it great that Easter is over with and we are free to get on with the rest of the year?! I don't know why, but between New Year's and Easter, I feel like I'm holding my breath. It feels like Easter is when the year really begins, as normal. Weird!!!
So, since my last post, a few interesting things happened... like one of our friends, Rachel, who is about to turn 12 came out for a 'girlie' day. We conned her dad into letting her stay for the night and the next day. It was really good, and it gave her a break from a houseful of boys! I taught her to ride the 4-wheeler (motorbike) and we sewed most of a skirt for her. But most of all we just had fun... and of course, the kittens got extremely spoiled :)
And on Thursday night, Mum and Dad had to go to a meeting with the other 6 farmers in our group to decide if we are going to stay with this milk company, or move to another one.
That day, I was working and it didn't seem to have much point for Mum to come pick me up at 3 pm and then go back in at 6:30. So I worked the full day, then went to my workmate's house and had a great talk with her and her husband, listening to their stories about living at Ayers rock and Alice Springs. Then Mum and Dad picked me up and we went to the meeting.
From what everyone was saying, it sounds like the milk company we are with at the moment don't want to keep us on as suppliers... and the group don't particularly want to go back to Murray Golbourn (one of the main companies). It is a pain being with a company with only 7 suppliers in this area, and being so far away from anywhere, 'cos the freight charge is getting ridiculous: we are getting 28 cents a litre for milk and they are taking out 9 1/2 cents for freight. It is not really worth milking anymore... Mum and Dad are getting less than $500 a week between them. :P The only answer is to keep praying.
It's the last week of the holidays! I can't wait 'til it's over :)then I'll be able to see the kids again, and we won't be spending so much money on fuel...
Tomorrow is my work mate's last day, and she will be replaced by my boss's boyfriend... He's not bad, but he's not the same as Lyndal.
It's really great, now. After the rain in the last week, everything is getting green and growing again :) green grass has to be one of my favourite things. And soon we will have feed for the cows... wonderful.
Gotta go,
God bless,
Sarah M.
Isn't it great that Easter is over with and we are free to get on with the rest of the year?! I don't know why, but between New Year's and Easter, I feel like I'm holding my breath. It feels like Easter is when the year really begins, as normal. Weird!!!
So, since my last post, a few interesting things happened... like one of our friends, Rachel, who is about to turn 12 came out for a 'girlie' day. We conned her dad into letting her stay for the night and the next day. It was really good, and it gave her a break from a houseful of boys! I taught her to ride the 4-wheeler (motorbike) and we sewed most of a skirt for her. But most of all we just had fun... and of course, the kittens got extremely spoiled :)
And on Thursday night, Mum and Dad had to go to a meeting with the other 6 farmers in our group to decide if we are going to stay with this milk company, or move to another one.
That day, I was working and it didn't seem to have much point for Mum to come pick me up at 3 pm and then go back in at 6:30. So I worked the full day, then went to my workmate's house and had a great talk with her and her husband, listening to their stories about living at Ayers rock and Alice Springs. Then Mum and Dad picked me up and we went to the meeting.
From what everyone was saying, it sounds like the milk company we are with at the moment don't want to keep us on as suppliers... and the group don't particularly want to go back to Murray Golbourn (one of the main companies). It is a pain being with a company with only 7 suppliers in this area, and being so far away from anywhere, 'cos the freight charge is getting ridiculous: we are getting 28 cents a litre for milk and they are taking out 9 1/2 cents for freight. It is not really worth milking anymore... Mum and Dad are getting less than $500 a week between them. :P The only answer is to keep praying.
It's the last week of the holidays! I can't wait 'til it's over :)then I'll be able to see the kids again, and we won't be spending so much money on fuel...
Tomorrow is my work mate's last day, and she will be replaced by my boss's boyfriend... He's not bad, but he's not the same as Lyndal.
It's really great, now. After the rain in the last week, everything is getting green and growing again :) green grass has to be one of my favourite things. And soon we will have feed for the cows... wonderful.
Gotta go,
God bless,
Sarah M.
Monday, April 6, 2009
back to work!
Hey everybody!
Today is the first monday of the school holidays. I don't like holidays anymore 'cos it means I can't catch the bus in (mum has to drive me in and it gets hugely expensive...) and I have to miss out on my Fridays at the school. I don't know what I'd do without my Fridays... I love 'em! All day spent with the kids, on the best day of the week.
Our oats have really started growing since the rain and the paddock is no longer bare :) but has a fine green tinge to it. Soon we will be able to put the cows on it, and hopefully it will last us the winter. :D
I'm sitting in the library at the minute... listening to all the people coming and going. The library is in the same building as the council offices. It is a really good system most of the time. It also means that the library is never completely silent!
I got a text from one of my old work mates the other day... she told me that she and her husband were expecting a baby in October. It made me so happy! I was absolutely thrilled. So I have to think of something really good to give them when the baby is born... :S lol! I was thinking maybe ordering something from 'Baby Cupcakes', which is a handmade baby clothing company that folds and arranges the clothes to resemble a bunch of flowers. It is really cute...
I'll write more another day :)
God bless,
Sarah
Today is the first monday of the school holidays. I don't like holidays anymore 'cos it means I can't catch the bus in (mum has to drive me in and it gets hugely expensive...) and I have to miss out on my Fridays at the school. I don't know what I'd do without my Fridays... I love 'em! All day spent with the kids, on the best day of the week.
Our oats have really started growing since the rain and the paddock is no longer bare :) but has a fine green tinge to it. Soon we will be able to put the cows on it, and hopefully it will last us the winter. :D
I'm sitting in the library at the minute... listening to all the people coming and going. The library is in the same building as the council offices. It is a really good system most of the time. It also means that the library is never completely silent!
I got a text from one of my old work mates the other day... she told me that she and her husband were expecting a baby in October. It made me so happy! I was absolutely thrilled. So I have to think of something really good to give them when the baby is born... :S lol! I was thinking maybe ordering something from 'Baby Cupcakes', which is a handmade baby clothing company that folds and arranges the clothes to resemble a bunch of flowers. It is really cute...
I'll write more another day :)
God bless,
Sarah
Saturday, April 4, 2009
lately... lots has been happening.
Sorry I haven't posted in so long, we used up all our months supply of internet a couple of days early and there were a few more hiccups with it as well. But it's back now (sort of!) so here goes...
The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival (or just "the festival" as it's known to locals) has come again. It celebrates the life and death of Jack Riley, who the famous poem by A. B. "Banjo" Patterson was patterned after. So lots of horse events like campdrafting, cross country, etc. And don't forget poetry and singing! It is really famous; people come from other counties and states to see it. It goes for 3 days. Usually the locals go a couple of times then learn to time their holidays for this time of year. I don't blame them, last year 18 thousand people passed through the gates. :) Thank God when it's over!
Anyway, onto more important things. It's now school holidays! That means I have to work 5 days a week at the chemist. And I can't catch the bus in. So I can't wait 'til they are over!
Work has been really busy. And terrible too. Kate went away for a week and got back last Wednesday. While she was away, I was in charge of everything. I was so stressed out. And when Kate got back, everything was wrong and I couldn't do anything right. (one of the aides at the school said "She is probably just trying to reassert her authority") But this week she's been pretty good :)
In the last week, something hasn't been right with my stomach. I went to the doctor yesterday and he said that I have most likely got an inflammatory bowel disease, I don't know exactly what it means, but I was told that I have to have further investigaton to be sure what it is... so everyone please pray!
And I'm saving the good news til last... drum roll, please! It rained!!!! Wow! Our oat crop has just started really growing, and the stress is off a little. It looks like we will have feed for the cows this winter. (We just ran out of silage) So praise the Lord!!! We got 17 ml I think. For Americans, that is just over 3/5's of an inch. Beautiful...
Until next time I write... lol.
God bless,
Sarah
The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival (or just "the festival" as it's known to locals) has come again. It celebrates the life and death of Jack Riley, who the famous poem by A. B. "Banjo" Patterson was patterned after. So lots of horse events like campdrafting, cross country, etc. And don't forget poetry and singing! It is really famous; people come from other counties and states to see it. It goes for 3 days. Usually the locals go a couple of times then learn to time their holidays for this time of year. I don't blame them, last year 18 thousand people passed through the gates. :) Thank God when it's over!
Anyway, onto more important things. It's now school holidays! That means I have to work 5 days a week at the chemist. And I can't catch the bus in. So I can't wait 'til they are over!
Work has been really busy. And terrible too. Kate went away for a week and got back last Wednesday. While she was away, I was in charge of everything. I was so stressed out. And when Kate got back, everything was wrong and I couldn't do anything right. (one of the aides at the school said "She is probably just trying to reassert her authority") But this week she's been pretty good :)
In the last week, something hasn't been right with my stomach. I went to the doctor yesterday and he said that I have most likely got an inflammatory bowel disease, I don't know exactly what it means, but I was told that I have to have further investigaton to be sure what it is... so everyone please pray!
And I'm saving the good news til last... drum roll, please! It rained!!!! Wow! Our oat crop has just started really growing, and the stress is off a little. It looks like we will have feed for the cows this winter. (We just ran out of silage) So praise the Lord!!! We got 17 ml I think. For Americans, that is just over 3/5's of an inch. Beautiful...
Until next time I write... lol.
God bless,
Sarah
Thursday, March 19, 2009
*sgh*... again lol
Have you ever stopped and thought about how far you walk in day? I do. I'm on my feet all day. Make what feels like hundreds of trips to the front counter and back. And about 15 trips around the shop. I must cover a lot of miles... But today, I did more than usual. Today, I walked from the house to the bus stop (300m). Got off the bus at the high school. Walked to work (1 km). Did a few trips to the counter and back (around about 200 m all up, I don't know exactly). Walked to my boss's house (which is way back past the high school... It is probably about 1 1/2 km or more from work) couldn't find what I was looking for walked most of the way back, about 1 km (a friend offered to drive me the rest of the way) did more trips to the counter. Walked about 750 m or so to get lunch. Walked back again. Walked about 800 m to the bank. It was shut for lunch so I walked back to work. When it opened I walked back up there. And back again. Then I walked the 1km back to the school. Got on the bus. Walked home. Then I milked, and I don't know how many trips I make up and down the 30 m or so pit. More than 14... And I walked up and back from the house a couple of times, that's about 200 m. So that gives you an idea how my feet are treated! At the moment they feel flat...
But that (very basically) was my day. I did a few other time consuming jobs, but I spent my whole day tripping around. Lol. :D
Paula (the other senior pharmacy assistant) told me that she was very proud of me yesterday with the packs. That I had a go and worked everything out. She showed me how to do them properly today. It was really good.
She also told me that we did things that are totally illegal, because someone (not naming names...) can't be bothered to do things right. And it is really bad 'cos someone might die because of it. It's that serious. I don't know if I can justify being a part of that. I guess it's not my fault if my boss won't do the legal thing, I can't do anything about it. Except pray. And I hope that's all it takes. I hope it doesn't take someone getting killed.
Any way, on to a more cheerful note. The oats are starting to come up, Dad says. I am praying that we get some nice soaking rain soon to keep it growing :). And tomorrow, we might be milking 200 or so cows. We are getting rid of some friesians and getting Jerseys and crossbreds. So they will give us the same fat and protien (or more) for less feed. It's all about saving money.
Anyway, I have to go.
Sorry about the gloomy sounding post...
xoxox
Sarah Patrice
But that (very basically) was my day. I did a few other time consuming jobs, but I spent my whole day tripping around. Lol. :D
Paula (the other senior pharmacy assistant) told me that she was very proud of me yesterday with the packs. That I had a go and worked everything out. She showed me how to do them properly today. It was really good.
She also told me that we did things that are totally illegal, because someone (not naming names...) can't be bothered to do things right. And it is really bad 'cos someone might die because of it. It's that serious. I don't know if I can justify being a part of that. I guess it's not my fault if my boss won't do the legal thing, I can't do anything about it. Except pray. And I hope that's all it takes. I hope it doesn't take someone getting killed.
Any way, on to a more cheerful note. The oats are starting to come up, Dad says. I am praying that we get some nice soaking rain soon to keep it growing :). And tomorrow, we might be milking 200 or so cows. We are getting rid of some friesians and getting Jerseys and crossbreds. So they will give us the same fat and protien (or more) for less feed. It's all about saving money.
Anyway, I have to go.
Sorry about the gloomy sounding post...
xoxox
Sarah Patrice
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
:)
OK, it's only the second day Kate has been away and I'm so hadit already... Today the nursing home rang up and said, "Sarah, we need you to make changes to 4 patient's meds." These patients have a pack, so I have to make the changes on the computer and make new packs for them... Now I have only watched 1 pack made before, and have never tried it. So I fiddled around and finally worked out how to do everything. But one lady was put on a totally new medication and the doctor didn't give me a script for it, and another man was put on a med that we didn't have in. And to top it off, I had to leave at 3:OO. So I had about 3 hours to try bodge together some Webster Packs that I had no idea about. So I did the two that I could, and when I get everything tomorrow, I can do everything properly. And I was still late!
I've got a mansion
Just over the hill top,
In that bright land where
We'll never grow old.
And some day yonder
We'll never more wonder
But walk on streets
That are purest gold.
That song is one of my childhood memories. Labreska Hemphill sing it, or Vestal Goodman. I still love it :) Another one is "Looking for a city, where we'll never die. There the sainted millions never say good bye..." and so on. And "I'm gonna take a trip in the old gospel ship, sailin far beyond the sky. I'm gonna shout and sing til all heavens ring and I'm bidding this world goodbye!" I LOVED those songs!!! All the old timers on the Gaithers were the best! <3 There are many more old songs sung by people who have now passed on. And those memories can never be repaced. I think I'll always remember the songs, and they will be there when I need them. There is so much great theology in them, and if you know them when you are little, you won't forget them when you are old.
I'd better go,
:)
Sarah
I've got a mansion
Just over the hill top,
In that bright land where
We'll never grow old.
And some day yonder
We'll never more wonder
But walk on streets
That are purest gold.
That song is one of my childhood memories. Labreska Hemphill sing it, or Vestal Goodman. I still love it :) Another one is "Looking for a city, where we'll never die. There the sainted millions never say good bye..." and so on. And "I'm gonna take a trip in the old gospel ship, sailin far beyond the sky. I'm gonna shout and sing til all heavens ring and I'm bidding this world goodbye!" I LOVED those songs!!! All the old timers on the Gaithers were the best! <3 There are many more old songs sung by people who have now passed on. And those memories can never be repaced. I think I'll always remember the songs, and they will be there when I need them. There is so much great theology in them, and if you know them when you are little, you won't forget them when you are old.
I'd better go,
:)
Sarah
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
"blonde" moments... *sigh*
Recently I have been doing some really dumb things. More "blonde" moments... Maybe it's 'cos the cold I have is affecting my brain, maybe I'm too tired, or maybe I should start looking at the things that are sitting right under my nose. That would probably be a good idea!
Thank the Lord that He doesn't love us for how sensible we are... I guess that's why he called us sheep; you can't get a much dumber animal than sheep! "We all like sheep have gone astray". Sheep don't 'go' astray, they bolt in the opposite direction.
Our cows have started calving again. The calves are beautiful! I love seeing them and feeding them. Tonight, I saw one that Dad and Ayala bought in today, it is a black bull ( :P heifers are a bit more usefull to us...) with white belly and legs. To look at a new calf, it is one of the closest things to pefection you can get. It isn't quite so perfect when the calf decides that it isn't hungry and doesn't want to learn to drink! I'll try upload some photos soon. I have to upload lots of photos that I've said I would...
Do you know what 'God Bless' really means? The literal meaning of 'bless' is "to save" or "to cover with blood". So 'God Bless' means "God save you".
I'd better go; I get up early on weekday mornings, lol.
Love you all lots! God Bless :)
Sarah M.
Thank the Lord that He doesn't love us for how sensible we are... I guess that's why he called us sheep; you can't get a much dumber animal than sheep! "We all like sheep have gone astray". Sheep don't 'go' astray, they bolt in the opposite direction.
Our cows have started calving again. The calves are beautiful! I love seeing them and feeding them. Tonight, I saw one that Dad and Ayala bought in today, it is a black bull ( :P heifers are a bit more usefull to us...) with white belly and legs. To look at a new calf, it is one of the closest things to pefection you can get. It isn't quite so perfect when the calf decides that it isn't hungry and doesn't want to learn to drink! I'll try upload some photos soon. I have to upload lots of photos that I've said I would...
Do you know what 'God Bless' really means? The literal meaning of 'bless' is "to save" or "to cover with blood". So 'God Bless' means "God save you".
I'd better go; I get up early on weekday mornings, lol.
Love you all lots! God Bless :)
Sarah M.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
IT RAINED!!!
It did finally rain here!! Thank you, Lord. Yesterday, the Paul came out because it was Hannah's birthday (she turned 7) and one of the things she wanted to do was ride the horses. But every time the went to catch the horses, the rain would bucket down. And then it really rained last night. We got about 21 1/2 ml.
Last night, my work mate, Lyndal, and her husband, Steve, came out for dinner. I had invited them out so they were my guests and I was the hostess. It was really great.
This morning, my cold came back worse than it was a couple of days ago... but I'll survive. :)
And, btw, Kath tagged me (thank you, Katherine!) so I have to write 25 things about my self. I don't know if I can think of 25 things worth writing, but I'll try! Here goes:
1. I was born in Corryong Hospital
2. My name means "princess"
3. My middle name is Patrice
4. I love trivia
5. I am a bookworm
6. I hate English! (as a subject)
7. My favorite subjects are History and Geography
8. I want to live in Europe for a while
9. I can't stand banana. Not even the smell of it...
10. I love little kids
11. I seem to have a little kid magnet on me
12. I am the 2nd oldest child, grandchild and niece on both sides of my family
13. I love racing 4 wheelers around in the bush
14. I love making beautiful things
15. I love beautiful things full stop!
16. I am very short (only 5'1", or 157 cm)
17. I love animals, especially baby animals
18. I get extremely excited about rain!
19. I am fascinated with lightening
20. I make friends easier with older people than with people my own age (I know that must sound a bit weird!)
21. I love making friends!!!
22. I own at least 3 cows
23. I am a pharmacy assistant
24. I love green grass...
25. I am currently sick
YAY!! I'm done! ok ok, so the last one was clutching at straws, but I had to write something!
TTYL,
Sarah
Last night, my work mate, Lyndal, and her husband, Steve, came out for dinner. I had invited them out so they were my guests and I was the hostess. It was really great.
This morning, my cold came back worse than it was a couple of days ago... but I'll survive. :)
And, btw, Kath tagged me (thank you, Katherine!) so I have to write 25 things about my self. I don't know if I can think of 25 things worth writing, but I'll try! Here goes:
1. I was born in Corryong Hospital
2. My name means "princess"
3. My middle name is Patrice
4. I love trivia
5. I am a bookworm
6. I hate English! (as a subject)
7. My favorite subjects are History and Geography
8. I want to live in Europe for a while
9. I can't stand banana. Not even the smell of it...
10. I love little kids
11. I seem to have a little kid magnet on me
12. I am the 2nd oldest child, grandchild and niece on both sides of my family
13. I love racing 4 wheelers around in the bush
14. I love making beautiful things
15. I love beautiful things full stop!
16. I am very short (only 5'1", or 157 cm)
17. I love animals, especially baby animals
18. I get extremely excited about rain!
19. I am fascinated with lightening
20. I make friends easier with older people than with people my own age (I know that must sound a bit weird!)
21. I love making friends!!!
22. I own at least 3 cows
23. I am a pharmacy assistant
24. I love green grass...
25. I am currently sick
YAY!! I'm done! ok ok, so the last one was clutching at straws, but I had to write something!
TTYL,
Sarah
Friday, March 13, 2009
<3
hey,
don't you love the days when everyone is being great? I do! And today was almost one of those days... lol. At least Murray was a lot better than last week, thankfully. But mostly everything went smoothly. Except for two young men who shall remain un-named, who thought that "art" should have been called "how-to-shoot-each-other-with-pretend-weapons".
I love Fridays...
This arvy, it started raining when we got on the bus, but just past Murray Golbourn, it stopped and didn't come any further this way, but everyone has been telling me on FB that it's been raining everywhere but here. I hope it rains, 'cos if it doesn't our winter crops will fail... and we desperatly need that feed.
I guess all we can do is keep praying.
Gruss Got,
Sarah
don't you love the days when everyone is being great? I do! And today was almost one of those days... lol. At least Murray was a lot better than last week, thankfully. But mostly everything went smoothly. Except for two young men who shall remain un-named, who thought that "art" should have been called "how-to-shoot-each-other-with-pretend-weapons".
I love Fridays...
This arvy, it started raining when we got on the bus, but just past Murray Golbourn, it stopped and didn't come any further this way, but everyone has been telling me on FB that it's been raining everywhere but here. I hope it rains, 'cos if it doesn't our winter crops will fail... and we desperatly need that feed.
I guess all we can do is keep praying.
Gruss Got,
Sarah
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
In sickness and in health, I will praise Him!
Ok, so the title explains everything. Well, so not quite everything... I got that bit slightly wrong. I came down with a really bad cold this morning, I felt like I was going to pass out all day. I didn't. Anyway the point is I feel terrible. :P I'm praying that I don't get worse and that it will be mostly gone tomorrow. Please, Lord?
When I got off the bus this arvo, my little brother, Dan, told me that he had sprained his ankle (and btw it just happened to be his clutch foot). As a result I got roped into feeding the cows. "Good practice for driving a manual." I was told... I know how to drive a manual. I have a feeling that he momentarily forgot that I raked a lot during haying this year, lol. (It was even the same tractor that I had to drive tonight) But it was good.
It gave me a chance to look at the sunset and thank God that he had made it soo beautiful, and to think that each day He makes it different to any other He has ever made. It made me very joyful, and thankful. Although they don't begin to describe how I felt. It made me feel filled with love. For everything...
Isn't it funny that just the smallest things in life can make you so so so thankful, that He cares for each and every one of us even if some of us won't accept it. It must hurt Him so much that his love is rejected, and by so many people. I mean, He loved us so much He sent His son to die for us, that we might have life. Wouldn't you feel terribly hurt if you did that and people turned their noses up at it?
I haven't had the best days lately, but what has most overshadowed everything is that my Father loves me more than anything, and that's all that matters. No matter what has gone wrong in my life and all around me... that is all that will ever matter. If only everyone could feel the tremendous joy and love and hope inside me now.
With all that hope joy and love,
Sarah
When I got off the bus this arvo, my little brother, Dan, told me that he had sprained his ankle (and btw it just happened to be his clutch foot). As a result I got roped into feeding the cows. "Good practice for driving a manual." I was told... I know how to drive a manual. I have a feeling that he momentarily forgot that I raked a lot during haying this year, lol. (It was even the same tractor that I had to drive tonight) But it was good.
It gave me a chance to look at the sunset and thank God that he had made it soo beautiful, and to think that each day He makes it different to any other He has ever made. It made me very joyful, and thankful. Although they don't begin to describe how I felt. It made me feel filled with love. For everything...
Isn't it funny that just the smallest things in life can make you so so so thankful, that He cares for each and every one of us even if some of us won't accept it. It must hurt Him so much that his love is rejected, and by so many people. I mean, He loved us so much He sent His son to die for us, that we might have life. Wouldn't you feel terribly hurt if you did that and people turned their noses up at it?
I haven't had the best days lately, but what has most overshadowed everything is that my Father loves me more than anything, and that's all that matters. No matter what has gone wrong in my life and all around me... that is all that will ever matter. If only everyone could feel the tremendous joy and love and hope inside me now.
With all that hope joy and love,
Sarah
Monday, March 9, 2009
Monday, Labor day
Well, today nothing much happened except for me doing some tiding up. And people getting cranky at me, and I don't know why.
I really won't feel like going back to work tomorrow! It'll be Mondayitis on a Tuesday, lol. There isn't anything wrong with work, just that having days off spoils me.
We were going to go to the Stephens' place for a craft day today, but there was to much to do here without putting it off another day.
Our boss, or the man we are share-farming with, and Dad have come up with an idea that might help us get through the financial crisis. It is to set up a processing plant along with the dairy, so we can sell our own milk at a decent price and that will still be cheap for everyone to buy. Hopefully everything works out :) cos it's a great idea. And it would provide jobs for all us kids and maybe someone else. So we would be cutting costs to a minimum...
In about another 2 months, Ayala will be turning 18. I have no idea what to buy her :P but tomorrow, i'm gonna do a big look around town and try find some ideas. If anyone has any suggestions, please leave a comment and tell me!
Ok, it's bout 9 at night, so i'd better go,
Nighty night
Sar:)
I really won't feel like going back to work tomorrow! It'll be Mondayitis on a Tuesday, lol. There isn't anything wrong with work, just that having days off spoils me.
We were going to go to the Stephens' place for a craft day today, but there was to much to do here without putting it off another day.
Our boss, or the man we are share-farming with, and Dad have come up with an idea that might help us get through the financial crisis. It is to set up a processing plant along with the dairy, so we can sell our own milk at a decent price and that will still be cheap for everyone to buy. Hopefully everything works out :) cos it's a great idea. And it would provide jobs for all us kids and maybe someone else. So we would be cutting costs to a minimum...
In about another 2 months, Ayala will be turning 18. I have no idea what to buy her :P but tomorrow, i'm gonna do a big look around town and try find some ideas. If anyone has any suggestions, please leave a comment and tell me!
Ok, it's bout 9 at night, so i'd better go,
Nighty night
Sar:)
Sunday, March 8, 2009
friends, sewing and uploading photos
well, today we were at the Reynolds place and met up with a lot of my friends. It was so great. I don't get to see the 'teenage' group of the fellowship group very often, but today we all spent the afternoon playing games and laughing. Lots of laughing, lol.
I finished sewing my regency dress this morning so I wore that. It was so beautiful. I'll try upload some photos. It's a light blue colour with white sleeve binding. You feel like you have just stepped out of a Jane Austen film, but it's just as beautiful in a modern setting too, amazingly!
I'll also have to upload a video of the little kids singing in macaton (sign language). It is really good.
I have a lot of photos that I want to upload!
GTG, bedtime,
gruss Got,
Sarah
I finished sewing my regency dress this morning so I wore that. It was so beautiful. I'll try upload some photos. It's a light blue colour with white sleeve binding. You feel like you have just stepped out of a Jane Austen film, but it's just as beautiful in a modern setting too, amazingly!
I'll also have to upload a video of the little kids singing in macaton (sign language). It is really good.
I have a lot of photos that I want to upload!
GTG, bedtime,
gruss Got,
Sarah
Saturday, March 7, 2009
hmmmmm....
some confusing things have happened recently. i've been questioning whether i should stay at my job, or move to something else. there have been some things happening at work that i don't agree with and even some things i'm not sure are totally legal, though i stay out of them as much as i can... so i've been thinking maybe it's time to try different career option; not that there are a lot of those in Corryong! So I was thinking that maybe I could be a child care worker, it runs in the family and kids seem to be magnetized to me. And if I was paid to work at the school, i'd go straight up there. One of the other aides suggested putting an application into the hospital. They always need workers. So there are plenty of options, but I'm not sure that that's what is in store for me yet.
There have been other confusing things, but I can't really talk about them.
The main question in the last couple of weeks has been "What to do???"
TTYL,
xxx
~Sarah~
There have been other confusing things, but I can't really talk about them.
The main question in the last couple of weeks has been "What to do???"
TTYL,
xxx
~Sarah~
Friday, March 6, 2009
...
Ok, wow... i haven't written in a long time! sorry bout that, everybody. nearly a year..
A lot has happened since then, like i have finished my year at the school, started a traineeship at work (the chemist) and have been volunteering as an aide at the junior campus of Corryong College. Also we have moved to the dairy farm, can't remember if i told you bout that. ok here goes...
About january last year (2008) we started looking at moving from beef farming because it was no longer viable for us to keep going, to dairy farming as it was the best time to enter the market with the price between 43-45 cents a litre. There was a diary farm just across the other side of the river in NSW that was up for auction, great land. A bit run down, but fixable. But the owner wanted more money than anyone would pay for it, so my dad asked if he would be interested in share farming. So after months of working everything out, we moved here. Then of course came the credit crunch and that quickly dropped into recession, and all the milk prices dropped through the floor, first Murray Golbourn and all the other companies followed suit, as they do. But our company was the exception, they were in a contract to us that their prices wouldn't drop below 43 cents for two years. But in the end they had to drop too.
So here we are.
Tomorrow marks one month since the fires. They were worse than Ash Wednesday. Mum said that it would probs be called "Scorching Saturday"... it's actually "Black Saturday". It was devestating, I think that everyone will have someone who was effected by the fires.
Today I was helping at the school, and I love it so much! I'm in one of the Grade 1/2 classes, and there are 2 kids in particular who I just wish I could spend all my time with, 'cos at the moment, they aren't learning anything. One of them just needs to be really pushed, he's just bored now. And the other little girl needs to be pulled out of her dream world and yanked back to earth. You look at her and her eyes are empty; no one is home.
I get so much stuff given to me by the kids that I have to take home! It's so beutiful...
Ah, well, gtg.
xxx
Sarah
A lot has happened since then, like i have finished my year at the school, started a traineeship at work (the chemist) and have been volunteering as an aide at the junior campus of Corryong College. Also we have moved to the dairy farm, can't remember if i told you bout that. ok here goes...
About january last year (2008) we started looking at moving from beef farming because it was no longer viable for us to keep going, to dairy farming as it was the best time to enter the market with the price between 43-45 cents a litre. There was a diary farm just across the other side of the river in NSW that was up for auction, great land. A bit run down, but fixable. But the owner wanted more money than anyone would pay for it, so my dad asked if he would be interested in share farming. So after months of working everything out, we moved here. Then of course came the credit crunch and that quickly dropped into recession, and all the milk prices dropped through the floor, first Murray Golbourn and all the other companies followed suit, as they do. But our company was the exception, they were in a contract to us that their prices wouldn't drop below 43 cents for two years. But in the end they had to drop too.
So here we are.
Tomorrow marks one month since the fires. They were worse than Ash Wednesday. Mum said that it would probs be called "Scorching Saturday"... it's actually "Black Saturday". It was devestating, I think that everyone will have someone who was effected by the fires.
Today I was helping at the school, and I love it so much! I'm in one of the Grade 1/2 classes, and there are 2 kids in particular who I just wish I could spend all my time with, 'cos at the moment, they aren't learning anything. One of them just needs to be really pushed, he's just bored now. And the other little girl needs to be pulled out of her dream world and yanked back to earth. You look at her and her eyes are empty; no one is home.
I get so much stuff given to me by the kids that I have to take home! It's so beutiful...
Ah, well, gtg.
xxx
Sarah
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