tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136845342580173052024-03-13T23:05:16.780+08:00Jigsaw's Thoughts.... on life ...Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.comBlogger750125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-34698524370478436812017-07-07T09:42:00.000+08:002017-07-07T09:46:30.855+08:00Outback ...Headed up to <a href="http://www.gabyon.com.au/" target="_blank">Gabyon </a>station for a couple of days.<br />
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The weather was perfect - well a touch cold, but that just meant we could build a large fire each night to cook on and to keep warm. <br />
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Shooting Buddy cooked some delicious dinners using the dutch oven and the coals from the fire. We had some steaks the first night with vegies, and lamb legs & vegies the second night.<br />
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The girls also did bananas and apples in foil for desert.<br />
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Hubby was on breakfast duty and the eggs & bacon for breakfast was delicious (but not cooked over the open fire :) ).<br />
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One of the things that's really hard on these types of holidays is that you don't want rain, but know that the station owners - and farmers in the district really, really, really need the rain. Unfortunately it didn't rain while we were there.<br />
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This is our second trip to Gabyon, and we stayed in the quarters near the main house again. These have REALLY comfortable beds and all the mod-cons, like power and hot water (well when you get the donkey going anyway).<br />
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Was surprised to see a microwave now in the kitchen - and no, we didn't use it :)<br />
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The owners are lovely - and it was great catching up with them, and doing some clay target shooting together. <br />
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We also did a bit of driving around one of the break-aways - Miss 13 decided she was on the hunt for skulls, so lots of dead animals were investigated.<br />
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Here are some photos of the trip:<br />
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Maija, our Finnish Exchange Student - at the Outback sign on the Morowa -> Yalgoo Road</div>
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Maija and Miss 13 climbing the hill (yes, they are in the photo)</div>
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And off for a horse ride - they had fun, even with the unexpected canter :)</div>
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If you want more photos, check out the last year's visit <a href="http://jigsawsthoughts.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/a-visit-to-outback.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Here's some recent random photos of Miss 15's japanese adventure -<br />
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Out and about in a yukata for a day (the shoes didn't fit)</div>
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Doing her Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy impression</div>
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HAIR CUT - better for the humidity and for the daily swimming club -</div>
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Police Car - First one she's seen in Japan</div>
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Thank you to all who have served and do serve. Thank you to those who sacrificed their lives in service.<br />
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Special memory of Neil Munslow-Davies who passed away recently. Thank you Neil for your service to the Country, and your friendship, leadership, care and concern for the children in Scouts.<br />
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With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, </div>
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England mourns for her dead across the sea. </div>
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Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, </div>
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Fallen in the cause of the free.</div>
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Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal </div>
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Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, </div>
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There is music in the midst of desolation </div>
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And a glory that shines upon our tears.</div>
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They went with songs to the battle, they were young, </div>
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Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. </div>
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They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; </div>
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They fell with their faces to the foe.</div>
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: </div>
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Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. </div>
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning </div>
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We will remember them.</div>
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They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; </div>
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They sit no more at familiar tables of home; </div>
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They have no lot in our labour of the day-time; </div>
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They sleep beyond England's foam.</div>
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But where our desires are and our hopes profound, </div>
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Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, </div>
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To the innermost heart of their own land they are known </div>
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As the stars are known to the Night;</div>
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As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, </div>
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Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain; </div>
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As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, </div>
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To the end, to the end, they remain.<br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-9778540767403866432017-04-22T19:04:00.000+08:002017-04-22T19:04:03.319+08:00Adventures with a Thermomix #2So today we had Chili Con Carne from Mrs D plus 3's blog - original recipe from <a href="http://www.mrsdplus3.com/thermomix-recipes/thermomix-chilli-con-carne-recipe/" target="_blank">here </a>.<br />
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<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 red capsicum</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">2 carrots</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 onion</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">2 cloves of garlic</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">2 sticks of celery</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">10g olive oil</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">500g mince</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 tsp cumin</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 tsp cinnamon</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 tsp chilli powder/flakes (or fresh)</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 tin kidney beans</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 tin chick peas</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 tin chopped tomatoes</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 tbs veggie stock paste</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">1 tbs balsamic vinegar</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">50g tomato paste</li>
<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients">black pepper</li>
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<li class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Chop the onion and garlic for 5 seconds on speed 5.</li>
<li class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Add the oil and saute for 3 mins on 100 degrees, speed 1.</li>
<li class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Add the carrots, capsicum and celery and chop for 3 seconds on speed 5.</li>
<li class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Add the cumin, chilli flakes, cinnamon and black pepper and cook on reverse speed soft for 5 mins at 100 degrees.</li>
<li class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Add the kidney beans, tomatoes, tomato paste, chickpeas, balsamic vinegar and stock and mix on reverse speed 1 for 30 seconds.</li>
<li class="instruction" itemprop="recipeInstructions">Add the mince and cook for 25 mins on reverse speed soft at 100 degrees.</li>
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Couple of notes, couldn't get the speed dial to turn initially, had to take the bowl out, lid off and start from scratch again.<br />
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Also need to break up meat before putting in the bowl, the mixing doesn't break it up enough. I think next time I'll add a step 4b in to break up the mince before putting the other items in.<br />
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But definitely a delicious dish and will be on the regular menu.<br />
<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-47237559948428417042017-04-22T15:10:00.000+08:002017-04-22T15:25:05.453+08:00Adventures with a Thermomix #1I've finally did it. I bought a Thermomix TM31 second hand from a lady who likes cooking the "old fashioned way". My hubby and a dear friend contributed to the cost, so it's actually an early birthday present.<br />
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So today I decided to give it a go.<br />
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Now, when you buy one new, I believe, that the lovely Thermomix Consultants deliver it and help you get started. This, of course, doesn't happen when you buy one second hand. So I'm relying on the books that came with it, and the internet to get going :)<br />
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Fitting it all together wasn't that hard - especially after reading the bit about putting the sealing ring in the lid.<br />
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The first thing I tried it in was milling some cardamon seeds as I was going to cook Biryani Rice from the Meat on the Menu cookbook.<br />
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However, I quickly discovered that this wasn't appropriate for a complete beginner as it had instructions like "Cover with lid and Varoma dish containing half cooked potatoes and eggs".<br />
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Neither potatoes and eggs were in the ingredient list, and I didn't actually want potatoes, and I wasn't sure if the "half cooked" referred to the eggs as well as the potatoes, and if I didn't want to do this, what lid was I supposed to use? You can see my problem - remember, complete beginner.<br />
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So I flicked through the other books that I received with the machine and found the Everyday Cookbook, which seems to be more targeted at my level.<br />
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On page 22 it told you how to make Cooked Rice, so I used those instructions with the spices recommended by the Biryani recipe and I'm now waiting for it to cook.<br />
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My only complaint so far, is that it is pretty noisy :(<br />
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UPDATE: When it finishes it yells at you until you turn the speed off :) Rice tastes yummy, but 400gm of rice was a bit too much. Next time I'll stick to 300gm. <br />
<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-70158078283857457642017-04-20T18:53:00.001+08:002017-04-20T19:18:35.976+08:00Miss 15 - Out and AboutSome photos from Miss 15's last weekend at Mount Takao:<br />
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-16135220188207394122017-04-10T18:48:00.001+08:002017-04-10T19:11:11.990+08:00Miss 15 - Day 20 in JapanAnother 1/2 day of school today:<br />
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-14876993078016896942017-04-07T19:53:00.000+08:002017-04-07T19:55:03.066+08:00Miss 15 - Day 17 in JapanShe went to see the cherry blossoms today
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<span style="color: purple;">"im presenting a speech in japanese infront of the whole school tomorrow morning"</span><br />
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She also met some of her teachers today and spoke with some other students - in Japanese :)<br />
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It was only a half day. They start full-time on Monday.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-10042870363099982592017-04-05T21:24:00.001+08:002017-04-07T20:18:14.032+08:00Miss 15 - Day 15 in JapanMiss 15 went on Monday to the school to get fitted for her uniform, apparently they don't make Japanese people in her size.<br />
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SO the school can provide a skirt for her (wonder how short it is), but she needed to go to a normal department shop to find school shirts and she's getting a blazer made for her.<br />
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So today she went shopping for the shirts. <br />
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"[Shopping was] difficult because my arms were so long and my shoulders are wide - but I found my size in mens, so yay"<br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-84140685379371640832017-04-04T22:58:00.000+08:002017-04-05T21:29:35.919+08:00Miss 15's - 14th Day in JapanLook what she got up to ... She visited Yomiuri Land - and yes, she did go on the roller coaster and ferris wheel<br />
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Day 12 in JapanWe had the AFS chapter picnic today and it was lots of fun, we went on the train and it took forever, when we got off the station was quite crowded, we walked outside to a massive park and i took a photo of the shrine entrance.
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we met everyone else when we got there and we all sat down, we introduced ourselves and our families to the group, then we ate lunch and played games. Then we finished and micah's and my families walked together to look at the shrine and as we were walking out of the park it was jam packed.
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We walked to the shrine but it was under construction so I took a photo of the entryway
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then after we went to the shrine we walked to the train station and that was crazy, we waited in the entrance for about 20 mins before getting to the gate
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then once we got off the crowded train we had to cross the shibuya scramble, - im pretty sure its shibuya but idk
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then when we got off the train at our local stop it was finally less crowded, and we walked home and saw the cherry blossom festival.
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-14552656969352223022017-03-22T10:47:00.003+08:002017-03-22T10:47:47.673+08:00WOW Time Flies ...Hi to anyone still reading this blog :)
Quick update on life:
Miss 13 is now in Year 8, still enjoying horse riding, and school - she's now in both the Specialist Agricultural and Specialist Athletics programs and still making the world's best brownies. She's in the kitchen at the moment cooking up a batch. Which is both good (awesome brownies) and bad (I'm banned from kitchen for the duration and I need coffee).
Miss 15 flew out to Japan for a year's student exchange program. She will fly back in on Feb 4th, 2018!!! Awesome adventure for her and I hope she has a fantastic time.
We've got a Danish exchange volunteer staying with us for 3 months. She's working at a local native bird rescue.
Our business is going well, I've got a few contracts on the go at the moment, each with their own set of issues, but mostly enjoyable, and hubby is building up his client list too.
And that's about it.
Also, I am planning to do more regular updates, so stay tuned!Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-62816351491848468842016-08-28T18:26:00.002+08:002016-08-28T18:26:10.019+08:00Quick UpdateI know I've not posted here for awhile, but I just wanted to reach out to anyone still reading and let you know the best news this year .., Miss nearly-15 has been awarded a full scholarship to go to Japan next year as an exchange student. She is so excited.<br />
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On the 14th of April, the family, plus our Japanese Exchange Student and Shootin Buddy headed up to the Outback. Our destination was a Sheep Station at Gabyon. This is their <a href="http://gabyon.com.au/" target="_blank">webpage </a>and is worth checking out.</div>
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It's a 6 or so hour drive from Perth. And on the whole the roads are very good. There had been some recent rains and one of the bridges was half washed out, and there were a few bumpy creek crossings but it certainly was achievable and 4x4 wasn't needed.</div>
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Passed the sign and prior to the station there were a few creeks that ran down to the road which would be worth exploring in the future. This time however, we just went straight to the Station.</div>
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The turn off from the main road was well signposted, however when we got into the station itself we were a bit unsure of where we actually were to go. Luckily the station owners had seen us arrive (they had been out mustering but had returned earlier than expected) and were able to point us in the right direction.</div>
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The owners, Mike, Helen & their daughter Gemma, are wonderful and friendly people. Over the course of our stay they could not have done more to make us feel welcome.</div>
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They have two options for accommodation (and you can also camp / park a caravan), and we chose the "homestead" option. This is a wing near the main house (separated by a fence), with three rooms each with a queen bed and a single bed, a kitchen, bathroom, outdoor dining table, outdoor fire pit, and BBQ all with power. As there were 6 of us, this worked out nicely.</div>
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The property is a working sheep station on 271, 500 hectares and we were able to see them mustering sheep from one of the paddocks using quads and a small plane. </div>
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During our time there, Miss 12 got to help out with the horses, our Japanese Exchange Student got to bottle feed kangaroos, Miss 14 learnt how to vacuum a pool and then got to enjoy the pool (except it was too cold to stay in the water for long) and we all got to go on a hike and do some exploring.</div>
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Here are some more of our photos</div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-61321765580487341762016-02-03T14:36:00.002+08:002016-02-03T14:36:12.841+08:00January WrapWow, another year flying by!!!<br />
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January was very quiet on the work front :( BUT very busy in every other way. Being school holidays meant that most of my time was taken up with the girls. <br />
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Miss 12 had an operation on her ingrowing toenail which meant that she couldn't spent all her time with horses so she was around pretty much full time for most of January.<br />
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Miss 14 had swimming lessons for her Bronze Medallion re-certification. Due to her illness last year she hasn't done much sport at all for a long time, but thankfully she was still fit enough to cope with the swimming requirement of the Bronze Medallion and still remembered all of her first aid and resuscitation information necessary to pass. (Well she did a Senior First Aid / CPR certificate in November so I would have been surprised if she hadn't of passed!).<br />
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After all of this was out of the way, we went down to <a href="http://www.margaretriver.com/towns/dunsborough/" target="_blank">Dunsborough</a> for a week. Really love it down there. We visited all of our favourite spots - <a href="http://www.millersicecream.com.au/" target="_blank">Millars Ice-Creamery</a>; the <a href="http://www.candycow.com.au/" target="_blank">Candy Cow</a> in Cowaramup; <a href="http://bootlegbrewery.com.au/" target="_blank">Bootleg Brewery</a>; and <a href="https://treetonestate.com.au/" target="_blank">Treeton Estate</a>. For those who know the area and haven't been to any of these, they're all highly recommended.<br />
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In addition we discovered a new bakery - mmm, can't find it on Google and Google Maps has an old photo when it was a fruit shop (it's at Boodjidup Rd if anyone is looking for it, right next to the second hand place); went to a <a href="http://www.margaretriver.com/members/margaret-river-distilling-company/" target="_blank">dis<span id="goog_962005769"></span><span id="goog_962005770"></span>tillery</a>, visited <a href="http://www.cafeboranup.com/" target="_blank">Boranup Cafe</a> and <a href="http://www.boranupgallery.com/" target="_blank">Gallery</a>, and drove through <a href="https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/boranup-drive" target="_blank">Boranup Forest</a>.<br />
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We returned to Perth on Friday the 29th, a couple of hours before our Exchange Student from Japan was to arrive. Her plane was late, so that gave us another hour to get sorted and pick her up.<br />
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The last couple of days of January were spent sorting out school uniforms, finding a Kangaroo and generally getting her and the other two ready for school on the Monday.<br />
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Miss 12 starts High School at a new school, Miss 14 goes into Year 9 and our Exchange Student is mainly doing the Year 9 classes with Miss 14, which a couple of changes.<br />
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I will let you know how they're all doing in my next post :)<br />
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I hope everyone else's years got off to a good start :)Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-81697880924814401622016-01-01T00:37:00.002+08:002016-01-01T00:37:52.546+08:00Happy New Year - Welcome to 2016Hi All<br />
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Thought I would get in early and say Happy New Year to all of you :)<br />
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This year promises to be challenging - we're going to have a Japanese Exchange Student live with us for a year; Miss 12 starts High School (a different High School to Miss 14); and I have my business to get off the ground. Along with the normal stuff that happens.<br />
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I am planning to write more in the blog this year. No promises, but I will try :)<br />
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Wishing you all a FANTASTIC 2016 - especially for you all who didn't have the best year last year.<br />
<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-13586506005119092432015-12-23T21:09:00.002+08:002015-12-23T21:09:59.587+08:00Posting for a friend<div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.6182px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
Dan Zimmerman, widely held to be a longtime intellectual property thief and, I am given to understand, founder of _Dead Hooker Magazine_, has stolen<a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=739304824" href="https://www.facebook.com/tamara.keel" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Tamara Keel</a>'s "Fun Show Song" and posted the lovely video made as a Christmas present for Tam by Ambulance Driver and Squeaky and posted it over at TTAG, the other sink of iniquity and inequity with which he is associated, utterly without attribution to anyone but himself.</div>
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Other than polite reminders (already issued) and the distant possibility of lawyering up -- Tam's a writer and her stock in trade is the unique groupings of words she creates -- there's not a whole lot that can be done.</div>
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But there is one thing. Cato famously ended every speech he made in the Roman Senate with "Carthage must be destroyed," even if all he was talking about was proclaiming Junior Vestal Day. The phrase I'd like you to remember and to post all over the Internet is "Dan Zimmerman. Intellectual property thief. Dead Hooker Magazine." And good morning, search engines!</div>
Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-51810417352932309582015-12-02T19:37:00.001+08:002015-12-02T19:37:03.880+08:00It's that time of year again ...When school starts to wind up and we have Awards Night.<br />
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Miss 14 has had a tough year, she's been sick since May - initial diagnosis was Glandular Fever but they're now in the "don't know" camp. Anyway it means that she has missed lots of school and really struggled to keep up.<br />
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However, she has worked hard (when she could) and kept up with assignments and tests and here she is reaping the rewards:<br />
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She got the Learning Area Award for Mathematics; Subject Awards in Japanese and Music Specialist. Three of these also means that she was one of two recipients for the Principal's List Award for her year (which has a prize of $25), and she also received the Community Service Award (also $25).<br />
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Very proud of her. She has worked hard and deserves this.<br />
<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-83109231270138943762015-11-02T14:10:00.001+08:002015-11-02T14:10:18.142+08:00It's only been a short time ...since I last wrote a blog post and things have changed.<br />
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My last post started off with the search for a high school for Miss now-12. We are over the moon to report that she has been accepted into the Specialist Agricultural Program that she had applied for.<br />
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Then I mentioned that Miss now-14 had nearly fully recovered from her bout of Glandual Fever - well unfortunately she's had another three attacks since then. She is however working hard to keep up with her school work, cello and part-time job.<br />
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AND I mention that I was going well at work - um, well, I was made redundant at the beginning of October. As I said, short period of time lots of changes.<br />
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I have decided to build up my own business focusing on computer training and work. So far so good, but I do need a few more clients.<br />
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For those without Facebook here are some recent (Halloween) pictures of the girls:<br />
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-17457896011016023092015-08-13T09:27:00.002+08:002015-08-13T09:27:35.647+08:00Update on Life :)Just taking a few minutes out to update any of my readers who are still checking in here (thanks guys).<br />
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Things are going well, and busy. Always busy.<br />
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I thought they would get less busy as the girls got older, but I was wrong.<br />
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The big challenge this year is for Miss Nearly-12 who needs to find a High School for next year. For the past three years she has had her heart set on the Specialist Agricultural Program and a local (but "out of area") High School To get into the program she had to submit a A4 page HANDWRITTEN letter as to why she wanted to do the program along with copies of her school reports, references etc. Then on the basis of this, they chose children to interview. She had her interview yesterday. I do think it is a big ask for these children to go through and interview like this on their own at this age. (Parents waited outside). Anyway, by her account, the interview went well. So now we are just waiting for a letter (2-3 weeks) to let us know if she has been accepted or not.<br />
<br />The program itself sounds really good. The school has a mini-farm on the premise and a larger farm in the vicinity. In Year 7 they only get out to the big farm twice (apparently they only do this program twice a week in year 7, so they focus on the mini-farm), but as they go up through the years (4 year program) they spend more and more time out on the big one.<br />
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We do however, have a back up plan. The local High School (walking distance), offers a specialist Technical, Engineering and Maths program and she has also been accepted for this. But it's definitely her second choice (and the school is okay with that and are happy for her to put her offer on hold until she knows about the first program).<br />
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Meanwhile, Miss Nearly-14 (WHERE DID THE TIME GO) is almost fully recovered from her bout of Glandular Fever and is back into the swing of things. This term she has a couple of competition performances with the Band to add into the mix. Oh should mention that Miss Nearly-12 has a similar competition performance with the Choir she is in coming up soon too.<br />
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Other than that, she's focusing on her studies, Cello playing (did I tell you she started playing the Cello last year) and her part-time job (yep, she has one of those too - localish winery / cafe as waitress/general dogsbody).<br />
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Meanwhile, I'm still working at the same job (nearly 3.5years there now), although my role is supposed to change to focusing on Office 365 Adoptions rather than general training / consulting. I'm not sure how this will work out long term, but for now I will just wait and see.<br />
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Hubby is going well and working hard. No major news there to report.<br />
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I did manage to get up to the farm last weekend for a shoot. The first night out wasn't too bad, got a couple of rabbits but didn't see much else and unfortunately a storm came through which meant we didn't get out the second night. They have had a lot of rain up there over the last couple of weeks (which is good, the crops are loving it), however the ground is very boggy and you really have to be careful driving around. I am going up with some people from my gun club in a couple of weeks again, so hopefully the goats will be around.<br />
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So that's it for now. Hopefully catch you soon.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-89211589593594253062015-07-26T17:47:00.000+08:002015-07-26T17:47:01.395+08:00Cooking againHi All,<br />
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I know it's been awhile. But I wanted to post this here so I could find it again. It's my new favourite recipe.<br />
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If you have some lemons laying around and want to impress people I suggest you try this. Everyone who ate it today (I had a Postie Party) asked for the recipe.<br />
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I also did my impossible pie recipe (which I've posted <a href="http://jigsawsthoughts.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/impossible-pies-again.html" target="_blank">before</a>), along with my new favourite soup recipe (Leek, Potato, Corn & White Beans). All were hits.<br />
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All in all a fun day :)<br />
<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013684534258017305.post-20929447709646918212015-04-25T12:29:00.001+08:002015-04-25T12:29:55.430+08:00ANZAC Day 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Girls in their volunteer fire cadet uniforms (at 3.30am) getting ready for the ANZAC march.</div>
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