Clook Crazy

Well about 6 weeks ago now my parents came down to visit just as we moved to our new house.
Parents are great at helping, mum is great with cleaning, curtains and general helping out. Dad well he likes to potter and found my massive chicken coop in the 6 foot nettles!!
Well the only thing todo was to get some chickens.
However 5 has now turned into 18 and 2 ducks and loving my new hobby. They all have their own little personalities which make them a pleasure to watch. 5 hens I rescued and are loving been here and earning there keep, we've had five eggs in just a day which is great! There's going to be a lot more eggs to come, so watch out friends when my others start laying eggs will be coming your way!

Easter Bonnets

So poor Mike spent the last week of term making Easter Bonnet for the girls for school.
I helped with the painting but all credit to mike.

My first 10k fun run

So today I ran my first 10k fun run in 1 hour 4 mins a personal best for me.
Considering I woke up feel crap and full of cold!!
So I was thinking about how far I had come from been this unfit fat person to where am I'm now, I'm not slim but I'm fitter and love that I can run, it's been a long journey and still a long way to go!
I started out at 120kg and now down to 89kg which is massive for me!
And now it's not about the weight it's about Been fit and healthy.
And the friends I've made through www.dailymile.com have thought me this.
Happy running guys!!

Snow day

Well just a quick snow day! No sooner was it here it was gone again!

For Hamarnie it was the first time she has seen snow so we headed out for a walk. Bumping into neighbours around the village, busy chatting away and the girls playing with friends, made a quick walk into a couple of hours!
Now the snow has gone! Will we see it again?

Ya gotta love grandad

If you have read any of my blogs you will know about my grandad and the journey of the search for his sister.
So grandad Went and was reunited with his sister after 70 years, I really couldn't imagine how that would feel like!
I went to surprise him at Gatwick airport, well we stood there at the international arrivals for him to come through, we waited and waited and hadn't come through, we had no idea if he was on the flight or if he was assisted or even stopped by immigration, so of to information we go! They told us not to worry just yet he could be another hour or so, so we could breathe again and not worry!
So after our long worrying wait he comes through, off I go to greet him.
Got to laugh he looked at me and said 'what was I doing here' bless him lots to explain.
But he got to meet hamarnie finally, and I got to see my grandad after 6 years. And achieved so much for him,
He got the chance to go home and say his goodbyes to his mum after going to the grave, he didn't get the chance to visit his dads, he was killed in action and very long time ago.
Anastasia ( grandad sister) still live on the same land they grew up on and met so many relatives, think it was all a bit over whelming.
So here's a few pictures of him with family and his sister. And grandad can be at peace now!!

My work

Loving my work.

Guess it time to show my face

Well what can I say, it been a while since I blogged so I thought I'd best drop by!
So work is great and is keeping me very busy, and I love the fact that I just fitted into the village life, it's like I've always been here. My neighbours are great and the surrounding countryside is stunning.
I feel I'm back where I belong with the cows and in the country, the girls have settled and mike had made friends everyones happy!
But i am surprise I seem settled and anyone that knows me would probably say the same!
Well bye for now I'm up at 4

TINA

KINGLAKE

So I'm heading down memory lane today, as we prepare ourselves for  the last week in this house! Scary I know!
So one of my awesome achievements was when I got the opportunity to be able to go to King lake and do some volunteering with the rotary club! Now for those who don't know King lake got destroyed in the black Saturday bush fires in 2009 and Volunteers are helping rebuild there town.
I jumped on the bus not knowing a soul on there, but we are all there for the same reason to help those that need it! I joined the gardening Group and we got our house to do and it was this beautiful old lady Dorothy, what an amazing lady, lives alone with her dog lake, and she would bake for the community! So it was time for Us to give something back to her.
This Garden was massive over grown and burnt trees that well they were massive!
We spent hours doing Dorothy's garden and she loved having us around and listening to her stories! To this day she still doesn't quite understand how she got to keep her house when her neighbours around her lost everything ! I think someone must have been watching over her!
We gave her, her garden back and what a pleasure it was doing it!
And the team of people I worked with was awesome and we went back to revisit Dorothy and finish off what we started. Grace, Hamarnie and Michael came up with us the second time!
Was awesome!!

Tina

The team! Michelle taking the pic

This amazing Angel we found in  the rubble

Barbra and Chris

Rotary coach and other volunteers

Grace fell in love with lake

and that's the front

There she is Michelle

the revisiting crowd! Michael taking the photo