#1743 Wednesday 10 January

It's 6:45am.... I can hear the taps running in the bath downstairs..... it's a new habit for Kaylia.... she just gets herself up and goes for a bath.  I'll go down and give her some bubbles.

#1742 Tuesday 9 January

On Sunday afternoon we met Harry and Ellie ..... Kaylia immediately "claimed" them .... and they are joining us tomorrow as our new aupair couple.  They are from Bedford in UK and have family in Perth.



Today has been therapy from 10 till 12 .....

.......   and now she is in the bath again!

#1741 Sunday 7 January

I'm quite intrigued by the CVT gearbox that is in Naomi's Honda Jazz and I was researching it.  One of the reader comments about it was that he was having trouble with the CVT in his car ..... he said it would only work during the daytime.  He said he was selecting the right settings.... D for day and N for night......

Kaylia's looping has now progressed to "school on Wednesday... 3 weeks"

#1740 Saturday 6 January

Life continues in "school next Wednesday... 4 weeks" mode.... she is so loopy on this that she now says the whole thing herself.... she doesn't wait for our response... she adds it herself.

The gap in blog posting has been due to a new medication that I'm trying.... it makes me very dopey.... (no stating the obvious there).... and I've been struggling to do much.  No project work apart from a minor bit of lifting.

It's now 11am and Kaylia and I are waiting while Naomi visits op shops..... we've found a spot where there are 3 big shops side by side.... Naomi is excited.

5:30pm  We experimented with a smoked meat BBQ tonight... the result was good and it's worth repeating.  The smoker is a very simple affair from Bunnings.  It's quite small but it cost ($15) so little that I bought two!  An bag of wood chips cost $9 and this will last many cookings!

This evening we're interviewing a prospective aupair..... fingers crossed.

#1739 Tuesday 2 January 2018

Today?  Morning shopping and drive ..... Kaylia and I went out along Great Eastern Highway till we reached Wundowie .... then we turned up the road that was the access to the Alandale Methodist Boys Home that was our home 1955 to 1958 (approx) ..... Mum & Dad were employed there..... we drove past the pipe line  ... I remember being along there with Peter while we watched Dad working .... Pete was bitten by a bull ant.  The property is now a university research station.

Then we drove back toward Perth along the back roads ..... through Wooroloo, Chidlow, Mt Helena and back to Mundaring.  The roads are full of old memories for me.

In the afternoon, Naomi took Kaylia off for a "mummy drive" ..... doing the curcuit round the weir and back through Kalamunda.

When cooking tea tonight, Naomi was day-dreaming .... it was meant to be spaghetti bolognaise .... but she kept adding ingredients .... and before she realised, it became "Spaghetti Mexicana" instead!  But we ate it from bowls ... so it became "Spaghetti Bowlanaise".

Kaylia is still focused on school .... counting the days till she can go back to her much loved school.  I never cease to be thankful that she loves school so much.

#1738 Monday 1 January 2018

Happy Noo Year!!

This year will probably continue to be one of delight in our gorgeous Kaylia ....  she is still looping on 'school on Wednesday' ..... and we respond by holding up 4 fingers .... "4 weeks" she says.

This morning we drove to York and back ....  little traffic and a beaut time.  Then it was 'flop time', story time ... and general pleasant time with her till tea time.

I began the day by getting up at 6am to work on the project .... A - because it is cool .... and B - because I can get some work done before the weariness and lassitude sets in ..... and C - because I can have some "play time" before Kaylia and Naomi get up.

This morning I was lifting the west end of the room and sliding a length of channel through to sit on the stumps.  When this step has been completed for 4 of  the beams, the rollers can be inserted so that the sideways move can begin.

#1737 Sunday 31 December

Last day of the year.... and she puts on a show!  Last night she seemed determined to stay awake.  Naomi went down to settle her at midnight and it took three and a half hours!  It's fortunate that we can sleep in this morning. 

It's 9am and she has just woken up and gone for "bubble bath" .......

Despite the fact that we live in a city short of water, we let her have many baths .... we turned off the garden reticulation years ago so we save water in other areas and it sort of evens out.