Candid Country Life

New drawer...

My drawer in the bathroom has this amazing way of having things appear in it. Keeping freebies that don't end up being freebies... Keeping things 'just in case'. Well no more...

I either totally love it and it's very useful or it leaves the house. And that doesn't apply to just my bathroom drawer... And yes, humans and animals are excluded from that too bahaha.

Blessings,

Before...

After...

Graduating...

My nephew may have only just begun his last year at high school but already he's had his formal...

My sister Tina is very radiant in this photo with Sami... So beautiful...

Blessings,

Reminiscing...

My nephew Matthias asked me last Sunday, if I had photos from around the time when my family and I came to Australia... He needed it for a school project!

'Twas lovely to go down memory lane... Soooo long ago, nearly 32 years. We left Austria on 12 March 1983 and arrived in Brisbane, Queensland on 18 March 1983... We journeyed to Vienna, London, Paris, Singapore and Sydney...

Thought I'd share some photos...

Blessings,

Formal portrait we sat for, just before leaving Austria...

Tina, Lis and I on the day of having portraits done...

Lis and my Mum...

Always happy, Lis...

And cheeky, Lis...

The ladies in my family in our traditional clothes from Austria...

Me, Markus, Lis, Christian and Tina...

Lis and my Dad...

Lis kissing Mum ;)

The whole family...

Love my brothers and sisters...

I did it!!!

I finished last May really but Saturday we had a graduation ceremony for finishing TAFE!

I graduated with:

Certificate IV in Community Services Work

Diploma in Community Services Work

Diploma of Management...

There were 111 of us that attended the graduation and a total audience of about 500-700! It was sooooo wonderful. I also happened to be the only one graduating with three certificates, which felt strange but was a little bit nice ;)

Russell, Timothy and Joshua all attended with pride. It was their moment too as I couldn't have done any of it without them. They were the reason I got them in the first place...

We went to our favourite Chinese restaurant afterwards to celebrate :)

Blessings,

Timothy, Myself and Joshua...

Myself and Russell...

The whole family...

Accepting my papers from Trevor Schwenke, General Manager, TAFE South West...

Angela and David from DavAnge, they fast tracked my Cert IV and Diplomas ;)

On its way out...

Last Wednesday, again, my main cycle on my washing machine has been making horrid noises... This time it wouldn't budge past 39mins... I think that cycle is broken...

I changed to another and that one worked fine. So glad I have allot of different cycles to choose from! We've had this machine for 16 years... Done soooo well! Glad we've started to save up for a new machine... Think I'll be going for the same again :)

Blessings,