What the???

Russell was putting his new study chair together this morning and he was having trouble with one of the holes... Something was stuck in there!

After much banging and coaxing it fell out... What you ask??? A dried up pea!!!

Now the chair is made in China! Needless to say we now know what someone ate for lunch... On the assembly line lol

Gave us all a good laugh :) Luckily it didn't have to be quarantined lol

Cheers Damaris

Mother's Day... Early...

I'm working all day on the actual Mother's Day next Sunday, so it was decided that I get to celebrate my day a week early seeing this is my weekend off :)

Got woken up at a decent hour... Lovely not to be the crack of dawn seeing we had 2.2 degrees at 6am.

Russell and the boys wrote a lovely card for me :) I had asked Russell just for a poem as he is ever so talented in that area... I will bind all of my poems together one day! There are so many of them from over the years...

I did get another surprise... A four point bed massager :) Works wonders on my lower back and knee :) Has four settings and cycles if you want it to as well. And it's smart enough to turn itself off after half a hour, if you happen to fall asleep ;)

Had my first coffee ever made for myself today by Josh and it tasted perfectly :)

Solar oven is also busy right now baking muffins and cakes... Yummy!!!

Other than that it's a quiet day here, much the same as we like it on my weekends off as we only get one a month! I'm very blessed to have such a wonderful job and such a supportive family too... Couldn't do it without them :)

Cheers Damaris

It's a meal...

This squash came from Josh's garden yesterday afternoon :)

Going to scoop out the flesh from the middle, add herbs and some mince and bake it as part of dinner this week!

Can't wait to taste it! Well done Josh on your champion efforts in growing :) Well, it got lost under the leaves actually but well done anyway... Hehe

Cheers Damaris

New phone... No electricity usage :)

A lovely friend of mine, Lisa, gave me a phone a few years ago. It needs charging though...

Tried to get the batteries replaced and they aren't on the market anymore... Was going to try eBay but couldn't walk past this $4.95 cutie of a phone... Got the 8m long lead for $9.05 instead of $19.95 :)

$14 and I have a brand new phone. Means I can't lose it as it's attached. Also means if we lose power we still have a phone to make and get calls with.

Must say I was surprised at the decent quality. I know Dick Smith in Warwick were getting rid of the last three but there's no crackling or line dropping like with normal cheap phones :) I'm impressed :)

So with this phone I can hold it between my shoulder and neck and I won't be pressing any buttons ;) This is an old style retro phone too as it even has the lip on top of the base to balance your phone while you get the right person for the call... Very cool! Haven't seen that feature in years!

Sounds great too. You can't ignore it which is good as usually it rings when we are outside and couldn't even hear the other phones we used to have. Think I will be very, very happy with it... Especially seeing it doesn't use electricity hehe!

Cheers Damaris

Memories...

Couldn't help myself... I'm usually so good but this time I faulted...

Tutti Frutti hard boiled lollies... I had these occasionally as a child back in Austria... I've bought the bottle on occasion for my Dad as he remembers getting them as a treat from his own Mum...

Aldi had some bottles in yesterday... Yes, I couldn't resist... Tim said maybe would could have just one each, on a Friday, in case the boys react to the colours in the lollies... I didn't need much convincing...

My favourite are the mandarin flavoured or orange coloured ones... I've tried two today... Oh, I'm loving the memories... Those little treasures of sweetness in a little package...

Cheers Damaris

What a sunrise...

At work, I have such a honour during winter... I witness the most amazing sunrises... I am so blessed...

Here's one such morning this week :)

Cheers Damaris

Punch this...

Josh got one of his Birthday presents early...

He's wanted a punching bag for a while and here it is :) Off course guidelines come with the bag and he's going well. No, he won't be imagining anyone's face on the bag as he punches!

Hopefully it will help tone his upper body like he's after, as well as getting the odd occasion of frustration out of him :)

Love Russell's expression in this shot - pretending to be shocked by Josh's powerful shot lol.

Cheers Damaris