Yes, it has been a while hence i still have not given out my blog address to anyone. If I can make a point of posting daily/weekly over the next month I will do it.

We moved house and town in April, and has taken me forever to get my act together. Not that I have completely now......

We are renting this great big old house that is on an acre (with several acres surrounding for adjistment). We have friendly bull and cows that follow Don round the yard when he mows the lawn.

Will post some pictures but Don has the camera at work. Really wish we owned this place - at least I hope we can stay for a long time..... I hate renting.

Oh and I cannot feel my fingers and feet it is so fleezin. We cannot afford firewood for the fire and it is a very cold house very cold - all day. Actually must go and wash up to get life back into these hands.

Talk to me Greg!

Never, got back on here to write about - you know - Life after Lawsey.

I know your dying to hear my opinion. They had a fellow on, and I am embarrassed to say that at this moment I have a brain freeze and forgotton his name. He was ok though.

Now it is Greg Carey? He is all QLD which is nice. Lawsey, well he cant be replaced and he does not cut callers off with 'Idiot' or 'Was that Chad Morgan' But he doesnt do too bad. Now, I have called 4BC regarding several subjects brought up by Greg through his program. (Was too nervous to speak to John) Well I get greeted by a pleasant lady who asks why I am calling, after I have answered her with my thoughts which I try to condense into one unrecognisable paragraph that only I can decipher, she nicely says, (kind of like a air hostess would regarding putting my bag not in the way of the emergency exit thank you) what is your contact details and thanks for your call - I mean she says it so nicely and eagerly I get giddy and nervous that she is at that moment motioning to Greg that 'He has to take this call, its an exclusive, I mean what a fantastic conversationalist the ratings will sky rocket!'

Normally around 10am this happens and for the next two hours I will carry the phone around with me, not able to concentrate at the jobs at hand, without talking to Abetha in a racing voice of 'Well Greg, In my "insert original opinion here" Chatter Chatter Chatter "Well thats just what Australia thinks Greg". Until midday strikes and funnily enough he has not called me back. Which is suprising really as I thought I had a very good point/idea/argument.

I did even take to emailing him, but due to the gauntlet of mainly loosing the email just as I have finished my point - I have given up on that one.

Now, when I hear some of the nutters that get through to Greg I wonder if I am doing something wrong (apart from perhaps confusing the lady who answered the phone to me point exactly)....Any Suggestions, come on Greg - Talk to me!

Did someone say W.A.L.K

Just popping in cute pick, I sit Abetha just outside the door in the pram sometimes, whilst I am doing other things in the kitchen (as most babies probably do, she loves being outside) so I can keep an eye on her. Well as usual I was talking out loud to myself "maybe I will take you for a walk". This is what I found on my doorstep. Buddy, ready and waiting!

Job? - What Job?

Well Hello,

I know I still have not given out my blog to anyone else as I feel I have not filled it up much or put anything I think anyone would be really interested in, so bare with me (talking to self) I will put something interesting on real soon......

In the meantime I will type what has been going on in my world for the past 3 weeks. Well I took on a sales phone from home jobby didnt I! Yes, genuis Sally no problem how easy is it!
I took it on thinking 2 hours per week ok, but the damn thing has taken up all my time. Besides the fact that I am absolute Crap at sales unless I genuinly believe in it and I really have yet to find something I want someone to buy, you know because it will save their lives or something. And although it was ringing businesses, not households I thought I could do it.

Mmmm no, ok here is how it kind of went for most of my calls (if I was not hung up on)

Me: Hi Hows it going?
Victim: Who is this?
Me: Good question, My name is Sally I am ringing on behalf of blah blah blah blah
Victim: Where?
Me: Blah Blah, keep talking very fast so they cannot get a word in PAUSE How bout it then?
Victim: No
Me: Fair enough! thanks for your time though......

Yes, suprised I lasted the 3 weeks really and even more of a suprise was that I did actually get 4 sales from which I should receive $140.00.

Anyway today I quit and it was the best feeling! I danced around the kitchen and Abetha was laughing and beaming like she was relieved! I have placed 2 posters advertising my new "Ironing Service".

http://www.aussieslivingsimply.com.au/readarticle.php?article_id=9

This is the recipe I used to make my lovely bread by Forest on this fantastic website!

Hoping to get round to other things soon, received climbing beans seeds and small black pumpkins? from uncle that I want to plant. (Thinking original pumkin patch days are numbered). (Don is on about it, but rain is holding him back). I love the rain and more importantly so does Abetha.

I have taken on a work from home jobbie. Dont know how it will all go, however dont know until you try and we need the extra dough at the moment. I have only done one day (yesterday) so early days yet. So in between that, keeping um...house and tickling Abby I hope to find time to do the other stuff. Will keep posting regularly hopefully. Well had 1/2 hour sleep since 3am, so on 31/2 hour sleep I may be talking nonsense. I am waiting for bread to bake then putting jam drops in oven, if they turn out ok I will post recipe.

(edited to say, I dont put Abby in the dryer just her nappies) just in case I needed to clear that up

Lets start with Bread

I finally made my own bread. Luckily Don loves it - he is a white bread eater. I have made several loaves since this one but this is my first attempt photographed.

I make a new loaf every second day, which is hard to do as you have to have 8-10 min to knead it without interuption which is a little difficult at times. But it feels good.

New adventures (at home)

Time has flown since my last post -well, wish I could post a little more often in 2008 . Now that Christmas is over and we seem to be at home more often (well thats the plan) hopefully at least once a week I will post - oh yeh and start giving out my blog soon as the only people that know it exists is my lovely sister.

Well I may have missed the start of 2008, but here are some of my new adventures for this year:

Making own bread
Making preserves
Tie dye
Plant more vegetables
Make herb box
Start sewing clothing for Abetha
Finish Dons Scarf and knit something a little more adventurous
Make own soaps
Make Abethas scrapbook
Attempt papermaking
Organise house.....

I will post when any of these have been done or attempted.