THE WEEK THAT WAS!

This week has been a loooooooooooong one, to say the least! Today is Friday, my very fave day of the week (cause we dont have to do homework or worry about the time for 2 whole days!) and Im reflecting on the week that was, with a cold drink and thinking about my body! 

This poor old body - all 34 years and 10 months of it - has had an absolute hammering this week. First this fluey wog, now Im getting the flu on top of that and Ive just had a completely crapola week, bodywise! I feel like Ive well and truly been through the wringer and am only just on the way back out the other side. For which I am very grateful. 

Also this week, the kids got their Farm Grandma (thats what they call her!) home from her Simpson Desert trip, tanned, happy and healthy, but a bit puffed from the time changes. 

Jude had an amazing time and came home with some awesome stories and some great photos too. Jude, her young brother Wayne and his wife Chris, left 4 weeks ago. They drove up through the Connie Sue Highway to Alice Springs, where they met up with Rob, my brother in law. They camped at Alice for a week and took in the sights, especially the obvious - Uluru (Ayres Rock). Then after the week was up, they headed across the Simpson Desert, to end up in Birdsville just in time for the famous Birdsville Races (& the 10,000 or so tourists that flock to the races each year!) They hung around there for 2 races and then baled out, headed to Poemmel Corner, where 3 states meet up and then down to Port Lincoln in SA, where Rob waved them goodbye and headed home. From there they headed back west through a couple of Ranges and down to Smokey Bay to pick up some oysters. The teoopers were going to head down to the coast from Smokey Bay, but the weather turned to crap so they headed home.

Whenever Jude comes home from holiday, we invite her to our place for tea, so she doesnt have to worry about it, and so she can tell us all the thrills and spills of the trip. Wedenesday night, it happened to be roast lamb rump and all the vegies, so score for Grandma! She had all her trip photos on her ipad and showed them off to us through a slideshow, while explaining where they were at and what we were looking at (and for an amateur, she had some great pics!)  

 The kids enjoying roast lamb with Grandma while she recounts tales of her Simpson Desert trip. (And Tyler shows us his seafood and eat it pose - lovely!)

Tomorrow we are all off to town for the weekly food shop and a few other bits and pieces we have to do, and then home to watch my mighty Sydney Swans, take on and hopefully defeat Freo Dockers, in the AFL grand final decider match, while Tyler's Hawthorn Hawks take on Geelong (Uncle Rob's team) tonight! Should be a good couple of matches and since the weather is meant to turn to crap yet again, it will be a good one to hang out inside watching footy! 

So on that note I'll say "UP THE MIGHTY SWANS" and goodbye =)

Have a great weekend and I'll be back on the flipside!