Someone has come to stay.....

We have a little visitor and his name is Billy.He has come for about 7 weeks in all to have a holiday with us while Mums Neice is in Europe.

Molly is not so pleased but now it is day 4 and they seem to be playing well and at last Molly is sharing her precious Mum with Bill.He is in the dark coat.

 

 

 The first night, Billy's Mum said he sleeps at the foot of her bed and so Mum got ready to go to bed ,alas to find he had really made himself at home! It took some doing but at last he went to the bottom of the bed.We think that perhaps Mums sister who died recently and was Billy's owner actually slept with him in the bed and that when he first came to visit he was very confused we think he thinks Mum is Aunty Pat as they look very much alike.
As you can see he was not going to leave much room for Mum lol.Now they are in a routine and he goes to the foot of the bed, we will not want to give him back he is loved already.
Molly has not been turfed out,quite some months ago she decided to come sleep in our room so Mum is happy to have company.Dogs are so intelegent and such fun,life would be boring without these two.

           A long time coming.........

I have not blogged for a long time,mainly because I promised myself no more blogging doom and gloom...
So lets just say that the last 18 or more months,there has been a couple of little sad old people in this home hiding it from everyone.
Easter came around and a break away and for most people the joy of the easter bunny coming and bringing lots of chocolate..well you know what he bought me...complete happiness and healing and on Easter Sunday he gave me this....
We did not think we would see all our lovely grandchildren together again.Thank you God for forgivness,love and absolute joy,it was unexpected and I cannot thank my daughter enough for the gift she gave us by being unselfish and willing to step forward and open her arms.Thank you sweetie you made Mum and Dad whole again.Our son walked into those arms and all was forgiven.

As I remember the Soldiers past with pain in my heart,my occupation and passion is of those still serving.




                                                      Beacause We Care.
We have a wonderful old fellow in our town 92 years old who still has the wrapping from his care packages in the 1st and 2nd wars.
This inspired me to send Care Packages to our troops.I am the founder of Aberdeen care packages.We are now in our second year ,last year 179 were sent, this year so far 90,all raised by our own people,donations of all kinds.Brayden is 10 years old and my helper,we get more excited everytime we get a batch of names and find that a young lad learning about our troops and helping community has now spread to the whole school waiting in anticipation for promised visits from soldiers on their safe return.My personal joy is so immence I find it hard to put in words, the feelings of joy and pride as every package I do it is as if it was for our son or daughter,a letter of praise,love and hope is placed in every box,giving thanks for the job they are doing.I tell them our town is praying for their safe return to their families.When we get a name that needs extra TLC, we shed a few tears as we put these boxes together.
I am so grateful to be able to do these care packages,every one not thrown together but placed lovingly and on every box are the words "Because We Care". and it is simply because we do.
CJ

                                                      Me and My Gals......



Our park is finished,the Mayor of the Shire came and some other lovely people ,so now the park is officially open and the town can all get fit.....

 Some of my lovely girls that volunteer at our little op shop,which has raised the money to complete our park.

 Di who is the clown of the group having a go at one of the exercise pieces.The childrens section is in the background.

Helen helping 81 year old Barb on another.
I am so proud of these girls,they are wonderful to work with,if one of them is ill and cannot get to work they replace themselves for me,knowing I work full time and co ordinate the shop,they try to make my load easier.I simply love them all.
The park is now complete,well there is one other thing I would like to do.In the childrens section we have a baby swing and normal swing,but I notice many families have 3 children so someone is always waiting for a swing,I want  one large swing big enough to hold an adult too,so that big kids can have a swing I see many adults in other parks enjoying a swing.So I did talk to to Mayor about it and he said go ahead,so we will see after our next meeting and get to that.Now on we go looking for another project to do.
Thanks girls you are wonderful.

                                                     Update and New Happenings.
Our lovely tania had her surgery on Friday,7 1/2 hours,much more invasive than was first thought so we have to wait now for her to feel well enough to talk to see what  they needed to do and what is next as they took biopsy's from other areas..we are concerned for her but praying that it is all gone.The girls from our little shop will send flowers tomorrow,she is a much loved volunteer.

Remember long ago I told you of the little park that our little op shop started ,well part two has started and we are so excited, here is the progress so far....

   These downloaded out of order but you will get my drift lol...this was day 2

This was day 3

 This is day 4 the equipment is in place,now needs to be secured and soft fall rubber will be pured for the soft landings.

This was day 1 ,I drove by and could not believe that our adult exercise equipment area was being prepared!
We are so excited we worked so hard to raise the money to make this park a nice place to be and itis happening at last!

Our roses have been gloriuos this year so I have been making my own poi pouri? and when i shook the sheet they naturally fell into a heart shape,made my day.

Hope you had a lovely week,I pray that you think about our serving boys in Afghanistan this week as they are doing it tough ans some more than others,all of them are special and someones sons.

May your days be ful of joyful light,
May your smile be full,open and bright,
As you pass a stanger today.
Smile your smile and say G'Day.
I am sue you will make someone feel  special.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some Days are tough...

 

 

 

This is a pic of one of wrap and giggle days from a couple of years ago,the annual event where we treat all the seniors in town to a day of fun and gifts.

 

 

The one in the pink is Robbie a most gorgeous person,me and then the lovely Tania.She has had a shocker year and was alone at Christmas and told no one.

Tania also works for me at the op shop so does Robbi but Tania is my Monday girl and much loved.

Last Friday she had a colonoscopy and you know what I am going to say...yes she has Bowel Cancer,yesterday was more scans and tomorrow a visit to the surgeon.Another dear friend is going with her so she is not alone.

Lots o f hard times ahead but they have told her if you get Cancer this one is the one with the best chance  so many prayers are being said.

I wanted to talk about selfishness,selflesness and not selfrightious.When Tania sat down and told me what was happening I felt sick,what could I do? how could I help? buggar.....

Tania's sons marriage was in tatters at Christmas her other son in a mess himself and she gave them both everything she had to make things easier,leaving herself with nothing and alone and too proud to ask anyone for their company. so she spent Christmas alsone..that won't be happening again..one of the boys is now on his feet again and will help pay for the tests.

After Tania told me her news she then said she did not know how she was going to travel the 2 hours for all her visits etc she had $1 to her name......I cannot remember ever being like that since the kids were small when it happened often..I remembered that feeling add to the mix the horror of what is ahead and it is a wonder she was sane.

I came home and sat with Bob,we decided that this week the  Sealed POT misses out,I am obsessed with every coin going in there.So I went to see Tania and gave her some money for fuel,coffee and lunches for the next 2 visits.No it was not kind of me it was the right thing to do...I am shoving everything into my pot for my future and here is a gorgeous person who may not have a long one.

Before you place your money in the pot this week,have a little peep around and see if there is a Tania in your life,work out the rights of things and go from there,she was not embarassed.I was not selfrightious thinking I have an abundance as we have not,it was not a loan and only because none of my gilrs have a PC or would read this am I writing of it.

I just felt so humbled to know that we have the POT there and that we could decide without hesitation what to do.Tania will be paid tomorrow ( she is a pensioner) and she will be ok again.

Life is just too hard at times and we are so grateful for a life where we are usually on top of things these days,but next year we will be pensioners,I hope if we are in trouble someone notices...next time you ask "are you ok?" to someone dear listen to their answer but at the same time look at their eyes,if I had not done that I am not sure what would have happened for this dear friend this week.

praise God and keep her safe and a good healthy outcome after the dreaded C is removed.

 

 

                                                   More drawer bits and bobs....

The children have many of my "special "things already and most of these are just things I have found scrounging over the years.My daughter chose her 'want" things but she has them here  at home in my china cainet and our son has done the same..I will ask him again about some of these bits too.
 

These scissors are very old and I dug them up in the garden when we first moved here 2 years ago.

                                          Old post cards,specticles,even little pipes from Thialand,business cards from a B&B in UK near Chester one of them.

 Hand warmer,scales,shirt sleeve keepers,old lighters,silk thread, record needles,on and on.

 

 

 

Tiny scottie dogs,jewellery,shoe button gadget,hat pin,more shirt sleeve keepers.

 

 

Instruction for a very old lamp we have,more post cards from a past child generations back,she died at 8 and this was from a great Aunt of hers.The pic is of my great great grandfather on my fathers side.As I am from a divorced family we have no pics etc Dad kept everything.However on one of our family moves Bob was moved to Cobar and old gold mining but now copper town.Mum told me that my roots were from there so we went to the museum to find that Papa Cornish had owned 2 pubs and several gold mines...lost the entire lot at poker!!!!! The curate there photo copied pics of Papa for me and so here is one the others are in a safe place.

 Years ago someone gave me this full set of never used spoons.I think they are Bishops spoons.We lost them and have always been looking for them thinking they must have been thrown out.What was at the bck of this drawer neatly wrapped in and old flour bag..yaayyyy we found them.They have never been used.

This is a tiny little ladies razor,Bob placed a 5 cent near it so we could see the size.it must have been a travelling one.

 This one did not come out but may years ago at an op shop I found this mans handky,it has the name beautifully written  B Weidman 1897..our hospital wing is named after this man,so it is part of Muswellbrook the nearest large towns history,I think this should go the the museum.

              Old flour and salt bags and bird seed bag......

So that is my drawer,yes there was a little more but enough is enough.lol