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
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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
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