Tagged... :D

I love tags. Just love 'em :)
Rightio, here we go!

1. How many toes do you have? Umm, last time I checked, I had eleven. Wait. No, I got that wrong, it was 10!

2. How many bones have you broken? None, officially. But I suspected I've broken at least one.

3. Name an epic thing that you have done. Epic? Hm. Well, an epic thing I want to do is going sky-diving :D I once jumped down a huge slide, and that was really great. You go about 40+ k's an hour.

4. If you had a pet lemming, what would you name him? Squidgy.

5. What color are the clothes you're wearing right now? Black business pants, white shirt with a blue and red collar, and Ayala's gray and white jacket. And Black high heels.

6. How awesome are orca whales on a scale of one to ten? Ten defs!

8. How old do you want to be when you die? Old enough to be able to see my grandkids.

9. Name a pet peeve and an addiction. When someone tells me about a subject that I know more than them about, and they use a really patronising tone. Addiction: Food. It's an addiction I can't seem to break, lol! And chocolate, and champagne (non-alcoholic of course!)

10. Write a paragraph detailing your life. 100 word minimum.Ok, I was born in the spring of '92. The second child of the family and the second grandchild on both sides and I have 2 sisters and a brother. Ayala, Katherine and Daniel. I was one of the last kids to be born in Corryong Hospital. Before I was born, Mum almost had a miscarraige. (long story) And the doctor that delivered me was named Dr. Hatch. At age 5, I started being homeschooled. Just before I turned 8, we moved to our farm at Cudgewa. We had a good year or two. Then the drought struck. It was really hard. About that stage, Dad started his own business as a spray contractor. We lived on that for quite a few years because the farm wasn't making enough money to support us. Then the drought got really bad, so every farmer saved money, tightened their belts and decided to not get the sprayers in. We were in need of money. We started share farming on a dairy farm about 1/2 an hour away. That lasted about 18 months, and we went through a bushfire, then the boss started getting really nasty. So we left and came back to our farm. That was about 3 months ago. We are now rather happily settled back home :) I am a pharmacy assistant, have been for nearly 3 years, and I want to make ice cream and cheese and stuff for the local food industry. I am 17, nearly 18 years old.

11. Name one thing that isn't really a secret, but that you haven't really gotten around to telling anyone. I'm getting my own car in about 2 or 3 weeks! Ma own car!

12. Name another pet peeve. Another one? Rightio. Let me think. People saying, "Sar...? Guess what? Oh, don't worry, It's ok." That is so annoying!

13. Sprechen Sie deutsch? "Do you speak German?"

14. Tell a joke. If a plane crashes on the border of Mexico and the US, where do you bury the survivors?

15. How many of the questions have you answered in a witty manner so far? Only a couple...

16. Compose a haiku. What on earth is that?!

17. Have you ever noticed how sour candies taste even more sour if you rub them on the side of your tongue? Yeah, I know! That's amazing! I always do that!

18. What book(s) are you reading at the moment? "Sovay", The Bible, and my course.


19. How many doors are there in your house? About 8. Or 9 if you count the door that counts as a manhole.

20. How would you solve a problem like Maria? It's easier to "catch a cloud and pin it down"

21. Think of something about yourself. Anything. Go on, think of it. I know quite a lot of people...

22. What's wrong with your legs? They need a shave. And they have lots of bruises...

24. What's your favorite show tune? I have a lot of 'em! Like JAG.

25. Okay, you can tell us what that first thing you thought of for number 21 was. We all want to know... No you don't! I'm not saying!

And I tag, Anyone who either:
#1 Loves the country :)
#2 Has held a live wombat.
#3 Sews
#4 Loves reading

Mum and Dad are back tomorrow :)

Wow, that ten days went so quick! I will be very glad to see my parents, but I have really enjoyed the time they have been away. I guess it has felt very independant. Maybe it's time to move out... :D No, just joking. Not time for that yet. We have been very busy while they were away, we had visitors, been different places (i.e. Mama's and Pop's, the Festival and the farmer's market) and it was really good.
And I cured my cow! She had mastitis, not the normal white spotty stuff, her milk was all watery and browny/yellow. Eeww! But we got soem antibiotics from the vet and jabbed her every day for 3 days. It's all cleared up now.
There isn't actually very much to write about, so when there is something interesting I'll write again.
Bye
Sarah

Nearly Easter... Mum and Dad are going away tomorrow :)

Hi...
Tomorrow is Good Friday. It is also the day Mum and Dad are going on their holiday. They are going on a cruise from Sydney up the East Coast, to a few Islands and Port Douglas and Cairns. Then they head back to Sydney, and back home. And while they are gone, we aren't going to be bored at all. Mama and Grandma got together and (like all good grandmothers do) planned our Easter for us. I knew nothing about it until about Tuesday. Grandma is going to pick us up on Saturday afternoon and take us to Mama and Pop's place. We are going to spend until Monday there with our cousins. We will come back home on Monday, Grandma leaves Tuesday. Wednesday we have a barbecue at my workmate's place. Thursday, we have friends coming up from Melbourne. Friday the Man from Snowy River Festival starts. I might be working that weekend (the festival generally means the town grows by a few thousand people). And on Monday Mum and Dad come back :) Busy busy busy!
Anyways I gotta go xoxox God Bless :)
Sarah

Tired... haven't posted in ages :P

Hey guys,
What's going on? I have had a busy few months. Lots of work and study (I'm still behind in the bookwork from my course) and my boss went on holiday a month ago, it is getting busier in the lead up to Easter and the Man From Snowy River Festival It shoulb be really good. But to top things off, the shop manager quit very suddenly on Monday and I now have her job. I don't know how she did it! Really hard. I'll write more about it another time, but I'm so tired!

hey for the first time in a month. where does time go?

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

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.

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

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

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

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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

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. "><">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

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."