Teeth..... hate them (at the moment!)

Not so much of an 'adventure' as an endurance event this one! The wisdom tooth on the top right hand side of my jaw decided that it would make an appearance after many years just happily sitting where it was. It was OK for the first 18 months or so but then decided to bully the molar next in line by trying to push it out of my jaw (the wisdom tooth was growing in at a 45degree angle against the next molar up there). I have put up with the pain for a few months, but knowing that it was not going to get any better and sick and tired of taking pain killers most days, had to admit defeat and make an appointment with the oral surgeon to have it (and the wisdom tooth at the bottom) removed.

Today was that day...... I went through all the hideous options of what could happen and was so near the edge of tears in the chair that I thought I was going to go over the edge into a full blown, runny nose kind of sobbing fest. However, the anaesthetist was very quick at getting me 'out of things' and next thing I knew they were waking me up from a great dream!

Granted I now have a mouth full of gauze, a face which is swelling nicely on one side and a couple of days of pain killers ahead of me but it's good to know that when it all settles down 'bully boy' has gone for ever!

We're at it again......

Remember this? Well we're doing it all over again!! Out come the packing boxes (I managed to keep hold of most of them when they arrived here which I am really glad about!) and I now get to pack up all our worldly goods ready for our new home......again!

We found out last week that the school need us to vacate the house we have been living in this year in a few weeks' time and because the time frame was so tight they did offer us another school house to live in for up to a year. However we found out that friends from church were looking to rent out a house only five minutes walk from school on a longer term basis. They weren't too sure if we would be interested because it was 'quite small' (in their words). Well how small is quite small in this here land of massive space and big houses? Apparently a three bedroomed cottage with two reception rooms, large kitchen, separate laundry, lovely garden and double garage is! I did explain that we came from the land of terraced housing and courtyard gardens so I very much doubted their house would match up to our 'quite small' expectations! Well, we went to see said house and it was lovely - a really pretty white weatherboard 'cottage' with a white picket fence, tin roof and lavender bordered gardens. What was there not to love?

So we've said 'no thanks' to the massive school house that we would probably have to move out of in 6-12 months, thus causing our youngest one lots of heartache (she doesn't do the moving thing very well!), and said 'yes' to the quaint 'little' cottage without a backward glance! Hopefully the boxes will stay in the big double garage for a long time to come after this move!

Look at another thing that's happening in our back yard.....

well, not officially our back yard but on the other side of our back gate. The school are building a new junior school sports hall and, to make access easier for community groups who may want to use it, they are putting down a new road.


We had this huge brute waking us up at 6.45am this morning and an even bigger digger did the same thing yesterday! Keep the noise down fellas, there's a lazy bones trying to keep her head on the pillow 20ft away!

A little bit of spring.....

Look what's happening in our back yard..... spring is springing! Actually it's happening all over the place - daffs, camillia, hellebores (though they've been at it for a while now!) I love spring with its promise of summer ..... it just feels odd for it to be happening at this time of year!

It also heralds the fact that we have been living in Australia for nearly a year ...... now that, I find hard to believe!

There's no place like home....

So nice to have both my babies back (they would be aghast if they knew I had just called them babies, but you know what I mean!) Isaac had a super-duper time on camp and came home as dirty and exhausted as Evie had...... so, a great time was had I presume!

He did some 'bush' stuff - bush walking, bush cooking (they made dampa & ate it with butter and jam - they cooked the dampa on a stick over the campfire) and some identification of native 'beasties' and animals. He also did shelter building, canoeing, high rope courses, archery, ate loads of yummy food, watched a couple of movies and generally had a great time - the Harry Potter tombe he took with him had hardly been touched when he got home - now that's saying something for Isaac!

As far as our next family adventure goes we have just booked a few nights in Canberra and a few nights in Sydney during the spring holidays (mid-end of September). We have been told that the science museum in Canberra, Questacon, is fantastic and Floriade will be in full bloom (we hope!) Then it's off to Sydney to do some of the iconic tourist things (got to have a photo of that Opera House and Bridge - though Brian has refused to do the bridge walk due to his dislike of heights!!) We're hoping to travel back via the south-east coast taking a few days so that we can stop at beaches and beauty spots.... sounds just lovely! Just 6 weeks to go......