Little house on the prairie

​remember that show. I loved it. I’d wish that Charles was my dad. 

Which brings me to, today 

We have purchased our own little house 

It starts off looking like a shipping container. Which it actually is but 

The walls fold out. 

So does the roof 

It’s like a Lego house! 

The same on the other side 

It’s on a trailer which is road registered. 

So completely movable 

Finished on the outside 

And the inside 

Bedroom 1

Kitchen living area

Bedroom 2

See that frosted door. That the bathroom 

It all has to be connected to our water tank. And the biggest thrill for me 

A flushing toilet 

And look at the shower. Way bigger than the one in the van

This is the view of the two bedroom doors 

It really is a tiny house. But perfect for coming up to relax 

I still have to bring my van in the meantime 

It needs to be connected to solar 

Again plumed into the water tank 

Good thing I know a great plumber 

We also need furniture 

I’ve got all four kids on the look out for two double beds 

And at lest two, two sitter sofa beds 

That will sleep four adults in the beds 

Three little girl would probably share a sofa bed. If they’re too big for one. Melody can use the second sofa bed 

It’s a good thing i have so many quilts 

It’s taken the tradies 8 hours to get it to here 

The rest is up to us 

So what do you think about my prairie home? 

We even have a hill in the front if it if the girls want to roll down 

Just like the  girls do in the opening credits 

Visiting

​this morning I headed down to visit my mother in her nursing home 

She really is living her best life 

Every time I get there? They’re doing something 

Today it was choir performance 

I arrived just they were going off to have one last practice before their debut 

So I sat through the practice. I was just going to wait but the lovely Shani asked me to come along. 

After practice, we decked them out in their shirts and head gear and off they went 

Even though the words were on a huge screen and big enough for me to see without my glasses, they went kinda soft in the songs they didn’t know

Then Santa was wheeled in. 

Everyone was having their pictures taken with him 

Mum and Santa. 

He had a bag of gifts but I didn’t stick around. By this time I’d been there for a couple of hours 

They did make me have a picture with Santa and mother. I haven’t got that one. They used another phone

Now for putting on my political hat

The staff at the nursing home are wonderful, caring and compassionate 

They are lucky as they seem to have enough staff and no one gets neglected or left out. 

They really are amazing humans who do a much needed and vital service 

All the carers and staff are from all around the globe 

They’re all multicultural and I bet there is even at least one who is LGBT 

Their worth is priceless and we should celebrate them. 

We all come from somewhere else. We all have different stories 

But we are human beings, who love, laugh, hurt and cry. 

We all bleed red 

So to all who say immigrants and asylum seekers have to go back to “ where they came from”

I’d like to remind you. That in the future if you need consent care, will you reject anyone who doesn’t look like you?

Because if you do. I can almost guarantee you that there will be no one. 

Open your hearts and your minds to the wonderful differences we all bring to the table. It’s the spice that flavours our world. 

Learning

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I promised a post on my EPP project 

I watched a video on how to create the individual pieces to be sown together 

BUT

I didn’t go back to see how to join them

My bad

I started stitching them together like I do knitted or crochet squares. 

This is hard to explain but you kinda make stitches along the side of the pieces to be joined. You then pull it like a zipper and you get a seamless join that sits flat. 

This wasn’t working with this project. 

When quilting, the top will be stretched so that there are no puckers. 

I gently stretched it and you could see every stitch and it probably just pull apart if I didn’t fix it. 

I when back and watched the video on HOW to joint all the hexies 

They used a simple whip stitch 

I knew this. I had seen it before but obviously I was channeling a man and just went off doing my own thing 

So to prevent disaster I re stitched all seams. 

Thankfully it wasn’t so big that I would feel overwhelmed and probably give up on the whole thing. 

Once I had “fixed” it all. I started adding hexis, using the whip stitch. 

It’s now slowly growing again 

I plan to make it slight bigger than I need, then trim it into a square or rectangle. I will then add a boarder so once again it won’t pull apart when it’s stretched. 

I am planning on getting it professionally quilted so the boarder will be vital to the prevention of it just pulling apart 

So there you go 

Do not just assume you know what you’re doing. Do a quick check. It will save you lots of time in the end 

Spring cleaning

​I hesitated calling it “ spring” cleaning as we have definitely NOT had spring weather 

But needs must 

I’ve started in the laundry. 

It was desperate for a clean and organise 

I have been seeing these Everywhere!

I needed to organise supplies in a much easier way to access them 

 Buy in bulk. Saves having to go out again week after week. 

I buy my milk in boxes of ten

I had one box here but forgot I had two more in the spare room!

Needless to say. I’m good for milk for a while. 

This was one problem of not having things in one easy to look at place 

Storage space is not in abundant supply in this house. 

I measured and knew this storage centre would fit in the space I had 

Our freezer is also in the laundry room 

So it’s pretty crowded 

I ordered online and it arrived yesterday 

It took time to put together. Each pair of doors is one storage block 

They come in three’s 

I needed two sets. Each box is also stand alone if you need. Which is great if I need to move stuff around 

I then collected all the boxes of stock and spent another hour putting it all in

Between the cleaning, assembling and packing I was definitely done 

I had a long soak to try and stop the spasms in my back and legs 

When I over do and I get that bad I literally end up with bruising from the cramping 

This is one leg. 

This is a sign to slow down and rest. 

Which I will do today. 

I’m very just got to unload the dishwasher and clear up in the kitchen first 

I did wipe down benches, swept and mop the floors. I need to wait for them to dry 

I’ll be working in my EPP project 

I had a small setback that I had to correct and now I’m back to adding to it. 

But that’s another post. 

Enjoy your day and remember to rest and relax. It’s very important 

A little bit of everything

​yesterday we had a wonderfull morning catch up with most  of our swimming group. 

It was a much better catch up as we were in a home instead of the pub. 

We were actually able to have chats with each other and getting to everyone, instead of just those close to you on the table 

It went for four hours! And it really did fly by quickly 

We are all good at the chatting. We did a lot of that in the pool lol

When I left I headed over to Bunnings 

I needed to buy more vegetable seedlings 

The ones we planted must of been eaten or drowned by all the rain. Even the seeds I plant straight into the garden beds failed to sprout 

I also bought some dahlias for our front. I couldn’t help it. They wanted to come home with me 

You can just see them 

They should fill in those gaps nicely. 

Today I planted the vegetables 

Yellow sweet chillies. The large ones we ethnics love to grill or stuff and cook 

These are the cucumbers I planted earlier. I actually harvested one and ate it while planting. A nice snack 

I had to replace the corn   It all disappeared except for two 

You can’t see them. They’re out of camera shot on the left. They’re considerably taller 

A better view of the chillies 

I also planted in the small blue wicking containers. 

I didn’t get a shot of those. Pretty standard stuff. 

I planted these in the morning and had to go in as Ana was getting bored. 

She asked for a smoothie. 

Thanks Gabbys doll house 

I only had fresh nectarines and frozen plums and apricots 

I added a couple of spoonfuls of yogurt and milk. 

I thought it tasted nice but Ana didn’t 

I think it was the yogurt. You could really taste it. 

I normally would have frozen mixed berries to use, unfortunately I was out 

Ana made the executive decision and pronounced we needed to go shopping 

I really did so off we went 

Got home had lunch and totally forgot all about smoothies 

She asked if we could do some craft. I asked her if she wanted to do Christmas crafts. 

Oh yes! She was very excited 

We made some snow people. We, well me, made a couple of small wreaths to hand on the tree. But I forgot to take pictures 

Her daddy arrived and they went home. 

Grandma is now hardly able to walk. The gardening, getting Ana in and out of car seats and shopping trolleys and sitting on the floor has made my back spasm. Poor Annie was trying to help me up. I do always have a contingency plan when I get down. I am very close to something I can use to get back up!

I’m now outside listening to hubby mow  the back lawn and enjoying a lovely mild afternoon. No wind, for a change, and no bright sun. Perfect 

We are expecting storms with lots of rain 

You know. For a change I just hope it’s not too much. Just enough to water the plants in nicely 

I wonder what the weekend will bring 

Another change

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Today has been the total opposite to our lovely day yesterday 

It was grey, windy, and raining 

I did not want to go out. I needed to get some more pet food and I wasn’t looking forward to getting out 

Solution. Door dash. They will deliver your Aldi shopping

I ordered what I needed and it arrived here in an hour or so. 

Meanwhile I pottered about. Doing all those little jobs that no one notices but really needed doing 

A slow day, but a much needed one 

I wonder what the gods of weather will send tomorrow?

Sunshine

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We have had rain,  cold winds, and more rain. 

With very brief sunny moments every few days 

But, so far this week, we have managed to get two lovely days in a row 

I quickly got the washing done and hung out to dry in the sunshine. 

As you can see the rose garden has very long reeds growing again 

The battle continues and I won’t give up. 

I’ll attack them another day. When I have some energy again lol 

Yesterday I went to see my mum in her nursing home. 

When I got there they were going chair yoga. 

Then a musician was setting up to play and entertain them all 

I didn’t stay for the musical 

Just gave her the hankies she asked for. I don’t have name tags, and everything has to be named 

I remembered that it used to be posh to have monogram hankies 

I wrote her full name in heat disappearing inc, and stitched it in 

I have to say. It did work well. 

When I left I headed home stopping at the centre to get my nails done and pick up a few things 

I then headed off to get my meds. 

The pharmacy is in a little town about 10-15 minutes past my home. 

I picked up the meds. Them raced into the small supermarket to get some cottage cheese as I’d forgotten to get it earlier. 

Got home and made my cheese pies. I used up twenty eggs. 

Unfortunately ( well fortunately really )

Hubby collected another 7 or 8 eggs. 

The hens are doing a wonderful job keeping the supply up 

By the time I did all that I was exhausted 

Spent a few hours on the couch, listening to an audiobook, while working on my scrap hexi patchwork. 

Christmas preparations continue, with more lights now working. I had to buy batteries. 

Presents are under the trees with only a few more to get 

There the easy ones. Ugly Christmas socks and money for all four of my children. 

I’m so happy I purchased gifts throughout the year. Soon it will be much too crowded in the shopping centres. I’ll be avoiding them until the end of the festive season