Woo Hoot Wednesday

I thought I would play this today - Woo hoot Wednesday

1. There are about 3 weeks until the school holidays - I love the school holidays, I love having the kids around (as long as they are not fighting), I love that there is no routine.
2. I heard that my sister might come and visit in the school holidays (another reason for loving the school holidays lol)
   
3. Mum and Dad are here in the BOP for another week.
4. James has been asking for lots of cuddles lately - very nice!
   

Well off to get the kids up and get ready to roll the day.

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday!
Nicki

Some trivia for you today!

I read this this morning:

A person uses approximately 57 sheets of toilet paper each day.

Ok - so we have 5 people in this house - 5 x 57 = 285 sheets - Toilet rolls have 200 sheets per roll so that is approximately 1.5 rolls of toilet paper a day - NOW I KNOW WHY WE USE SO MANY ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER IN THIS HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so I got that off my chest but it has been something that has bugged me for a while as we seem to use an awful lot of rolls of toilet paper.

Who wants a laugh?!!??

Karen you will love this one!!!!

This morning I went to the washing machine and thinking it had stopped because of it unbalancing, opened and closed it and waited it for it to go. No luck and looked inside it an it was full of water. It was quite early and Phil was still in bed. So I go down to Phil -
"Phil the washing machine has broken - its stopped" -
" mmm ok" was the answer.

Soooooo I carried on with something else thinking ooo I just don't need this - I rely on my washing machine as we all do, Phil gets up, checks out the washing machine, comes out to me and says,
"Nic, what was wrong with the washing machine"
"It's broken, it won't go"
He gives me his Nic, Nic, Nic your a fruitcake look
"I fixed it"
"Oh - how"
"I pulled the button out"
"Oh - whoops"
loling - what a ning nong - I had had a shower yesterday and the washing machine was on so I had pulled out the button so that it wouldn't affect the water - but I hadn't turned it back on lol.

I had a bad day yesterday. Heres hoping today is going to be better!

A bit more about the bracelet

When I first saw the bracelets I thought ok they are interesting and unusual and didn't really think any more of it until I saw the lady at the stall knitting - being me I said -
" What are you knitting?" with a confused look on my face - she was knitting with jewellery wire - thats weird -
"I'm knitting the bracelets"
"What?"
"The bracelets their knitted"
Well ... she got me I had a good study and being a crafter myself, then appreciated the work she had put into them. She uses a fine silver wire (can't remember the count) and as she is knitting she threads the beads and stones on to them.
She then sells them for AU$20. I thought she was really clever. Mmm yes I have thought about giving it a go but I'm still studying the end to see how shes finished and started it. lol. She said she had seen it in a book and gave it a go and now sells them.

ITS KNITTED!!!

Well just to put you out of your misery - the bracelet has been knitted - Cool aye. Never thought of doing that. I bet Lani could do that Heather.!
Nicki

Mothers Day Bracelet

Phil and the kids brought me this bracelet for Mothers Day from a market at the Town of 1770. It's unusual and the lady was making more of them while we were there. Anybody wana guess how she was doing it????
Nicki

What happened to my photos!

.Well Mr Blogger what happened to my photos!!!
I had just loaded some more photos and wrote a little about them and they have disappeared!! I was doing it while doing a few jobs and when I had come back it had all gone. Bugger. Well sorry folks but you gotta wait now as can't stop any longer ... rubgy this morning, then I'm off to a crop, busy again in the morning ... does it ever stop??? No wonder I never get any housework done ...

A Fish Called Honda
These photos are fromUnderwater World, Mooloolaba where when you walk in there is a car that has been converted into an aquarium. They first gutted the whole car, made it water proof then filled it up and put fish in it. Where the motor would normally be they have put in a water filter. It was really neat.

MMMMMM Yum!





































Phil waiting for his bit of egg to land in his mouth.













Outside in the Japanese Garden - it had got a bit cooler at night.

Tempenaki - Japanese Resturant

Phil took us out to a Japanese Resturant in Surfers Paradise. It was a Tempenaki dinner and we all throughly enjoyed it. It was a show as well with the Chef cooking our meal in front of us and then he did a show with their knives and salt and pepper shakers. He also threw his eggs into bowl that he had on his head lol. He then threw the cooked egg at us to catch in our mouth. Rebecca was not keen for this so didn't try that. When he had cooked us the rice he then packed it into a bowl and threw it at us loling - James
thought it was great and caught his rice and quickly devoured it. Then at the end of the show he cleaned his cooking tray and wrote backwards with the salt shaker the words 'Thank you very much!! We had such a great night - we had had a busy day that day as well with another visit to Infinity, Ten Pin Bowling, having old time photos taken (this was a wish of Callums - we dressed up as gangsters) and timeout then the dinner at Shogun. What a great day is was. Hope I'm not boring you with my burbling.
Nicki

Cuddling a Koala at Australia Zoo

Cows at the farm we visited.

















Billabong pond at caravan park in Murgon















Fresh fruit! This was something we enjoyed on our travels with our Chilli Bin on wheels - we found a stall on the side of the road on our journey from 1770 to Murgon - the kids tried Pawpaw but weren't keen. The watermelons were devine but we paid for one and left it behind .... lol

Wondai Hotel














Peanut Van at Kingaroy
















The milking pit at the farm we visited

At Lady Musgrave Island just before going snorkling.


















We brought this sign at the Auckland Airport and rode around the country with it on the back of the camper van. James also brought a smaller rugby one and we put that on the front window.













Kookabura sits in the old gum tree ...











James not happy at having to do some writing lol