Well as you can imagine with small children this time of year seems to become even busier - if that is possible. We survived bull sale season with Jeff tripping off to who knows where - Rocky to Goondi to Boonah and everywhere in between. The kids have had end of year school concerts, trip to the cinema and maccas at Roma, Pony Club break up, making of costumes for school concert etc etc.
We have had a the new cabin arrive and Jeff has been busy extending the deck and the roof area. Then we had a pony club day here with kids mustering - oooh did I have a migraine after that - they were great but me being the worry wort and being on the horse and mustering 2 paddocks, organising stuff and helping brand and vaccinate all on the one day and hoping no one fell off - I was exhausted the next day - BUT the kids had a ball!
Then we have had workshops in between of course, clover clubs at the shop, shop visits, branding a few calves in between the rain. AND
We went to the coast - and somehow we fluked the most beautiful weather - it was sooooo nice - I love the sunshine coast! But apparently it was quiet when we went there - I thought it was busy. I don't think there is any financial pressure down there as we went to Sunshine Plaza and unless they are only there for the air con - the place was PACKED!
We have had some rain but could do with some more - not as much as many parts further west of hear.
My father as we speak (who has sort of retired) gets pulled out of retirement by an old friend who has trucks to do the most obscure carting trips. The last time was to pull a road train (3 trailers in this case) out of the Northern Territory to Caboolture in South East Qld. Carting CAMELS!! Yes camels - we took the kids in to see them when he came through and of course they are on single decks not double.
Not his was a few months ago but he got a call the other day to go again - this time via the Territory but into South Australia - so off he went again all keen. HOWEVER he is at present in the Alice Springs Hospital. On Friday he had a bit of an accident - we don't know whether the bull camel busted the gate and that smashed his hand or whether the camel bit it - apparently they Bull camels bite each other's family jewels - now bet you didn't know that bit of useless trivia!
Anyway one came back off the truck very angry hit a gate etc etc - 500km from Alice Springs dad's hand is not great. So they got him back to Alice on Friday but they couldn't clean it up until Saturday afternoon as he is a diabetic and his sugar went sky high. So cleaned up etc, but between it not being overly good, sugar etc and looking rather gross he is not allowed to leave before Wednesday (tomorrow) Now of course the camels had to leave and so Dad has been left in Alice by himself since then. Apparently he will be flown home all being well tomorrow - Dad being the story teller he is no doubt will have another tale to tell now! It includes at least 20 stitches in the hand!
Luckily mum is pretty used to this sort of thing and doesn't phase her much. As kids it was always dad in the panic if we got hurt!
So now we are looking at motorbikes, wondering what on earth to get people for christmas presents, visiting family, mustering and branding more calves, updating blogs, trying to set up a proper internet newsletter system, creating my own website on my own with a shopping cart for you lovely people (so time consuming) and organising a portable EFTPOS/Credit Card Facility - Yay!!!! AND starting to get sorted for the Toomba Ladies Day - oh and I cooked 4 xmas cakes so far!
So must go and hang out washing, and start packing to go to Injune this weekend.
Hopefully by now everyone on my email list would have received their Xmas newsletter from us.
Thankyou again for your support and we look forward to bigger and brighter things in 2012 with much creativity!
Great to hear from u on the blog again but no I did not receive your Xmas newsletter by email.
Cheers...Arlie
Posted by: Arlie Wormwell | December 15, 2011 at 03:39 PM