Ah the Serenity...

A weekend in Kangaroo Valley. Just what we all needed!!
A very special weekend.

So I have spent the last couple of days writing reports for children I have taught for 6 weeks!!!!!! I actually wrote my own and then had a look at the comments from the previous teacher - just to make sure parents wouldn't think their child had morphed into another being in the space of 6 months!!

I have been teaching this class for 6 weeks now and so far things have been going really well. I can honestly say I like ALL of the kids in my class as individuals - when mixed together it can be a little tough - given the various behaviours and diagnoses! I have had other teachers in the school tell me that I have the most stressful class in the school! For once it is good to have age on my side as I don't look like the "Fresh out of Uni" teacher that I am. The parents of my students don't know this either - no one has lied about my experience - the parents just haven't asked.

I know I am teaching the kids things - but in actual fact they are teaching me many many things and for this I am really grateful!

Thank You Mr Hooker!!

I shouldn't have been so stressed!!! The Auction lasted about 6 minutes. There were 11 bidders and before the Auctioneer could launch into his spiel about our house a female bidder said "I have to be somewhere soon I will open the bidding with $alot,00" - wiping out all other bidders who had shown interest. Except one other guy (who it was rumoured did not want to spend much) - and so a quick bidding game happened between the two and our house was sold to the other guy for $morethanwethought,00

Yes we are happy!!!

A visitor

Last week Marcel walked the kids to school and this little fellow was lying on the footpath. His nest was very high above him with two siblings still there. Marcel left Weddin (as he is now fondly known) for the day and checked up on him to see if the parents would somehow care for him. By the afternoon it was clear Weddin had been abandoned and he is now being cared for by us. He is noisy and his poo can really smell but he is well loved. He has been very brave as the subject of news for three children and their classmates were very gentle with him. Today it was so wonderful to discover the wonder of the natural world when another Magpie (probably a parent) came onto our deck and fed Weddin. We will wait until he is a little stronger and able to fly and then release him to his family.

house update

Third weekend of open houses. Numerous people looking through the week. We all escape out of the house carrying baskets of washing that I don't want to leave around. Beds are patted flat and I feel like I am always backing out the door covering our tracks!! Auction day next weekend which is quite scary....do we really want to sell our little house?

Well we have bought another one in Queensland so we really should sell this one. I can't wait to sell this and bring all our 'clutter' back - we don't live all clean and tidy...it is boring for us!! And as there isn't much around I end up cleaning - for something to do. Now that is just plain wrong!!!!

For sale

I am currently 'holed up' in the kitchen!! We have jsut had the carpets cleaned and silly me forgot (well how would I know since Carpet Cleaning people and I are not really aquainted) that you can't walk on the lovely clean and wet carpets for 4 hours ....and today is Saturday. Have sent husband to indoor pool with 3 eager kiddies. I have been sorting out and straightening my pantry!! Why?? for the nosey people who will dare to open my cupboards next week at our first open house!!! I have 'decluttered' and sent loads of boxes to a storage unit down the road. Even the kids say "Our house is really boring now!".
I even swapped my 6 odd dining chairs for 6 matching ones from my sister!! I am trying to appeal to the masses not the odd one like myself!! We still have lots to do in the garden and the weather has been ghastly today. All that lovely red dust has landed and made everything well Dirty!!! Then there is rain storm after rainstorm and it is freezing!! Oh well someone will buy our home - I mean we bought it and it looked far worse then than it does now!!!

It has been some time.....

I have been very busy though!!

**I have a fulltime job!! I picked up a teaching contract until the end of the year. I am teaching a Year 1 class and so far all is going well. I have a class of characters (some diagnosed and some not) and the school considers them G&T. So far the hardest lesson to run is Sport!!!!

**I wanted to see how I and the family cope with me teaching fulltime. We will cope until the end of the year but fulltime is not for me yet! I miss my kids too.

**We are busy getting the house ready to sell. Thought we would go with an Auction as it means only having it 'open' for 4 weeks. I have therefore paid for some storage space to house the decluttered stuff!!

**My husband has put two offers on houses with the conditions stating "subject to the approval of my wife" - the first one I saw enough photos to say No. The second I will see more photos tomorrow. I have told the realestate agent that I do not want any staged photos or that the house be in "vogue" condition.