A Busy Life

Lifestyle?  What lifestyle?

We have been rather busy settling in to the motel, learning all the little bits and pieces that we need to know.  Well some of it is written down and we take notes where we can, but such a lot of it is in Esther and Kristian's heads.  They have told us loads of stuff we need to know so I just hope we can remember it all.  We were so tired last night that when some guests asked where they could get food, we forgot we had a Chinese Takeaway in town.

We had to learn how to cook all the items on the menu, so one lunchtime we worked our way through it by Esther showing us what she does for each item. We ate well that day!

I have been trying for 3 days to upload pictures to show you of the motel and of us cooking, but with no success.

Suffice to say I have now given up, so no pictures today.

It is now Sunday afternoon, I have had a little nap and we have one more person to check in.  We have started calling them chickins as Esther was so enraptured with our kiwi accents she would repeat everything we said with an exaggeration! So Check in becomes chickin.

I am getting really good at breakfasts and the 3 men on a fishing trip were very pleased with my scrambled eggs and stayed another night and had the same breakfast again.  'Fabulous' was the way one of them described my scrambled eggs!!

R and I walked over to the markets this morning. They are just across the road in the park so no parking problems for us.  We bought some nice fresh corn on the cob which we enjoyed for lunch.

Esther and Kristian have gone now. They fly out to Singapore tonight from Brisbane and then on to Heathrow.  Esther is going to Wales and Kristian to his home in Norway.  They are both excited to be seeing their parents for Christmas and very pleased that we have made it possible for them.  The motel is still not settled, so we are just managing it for now until the bank and the landlord get their s... sorted!  In other words they are the ones holding it up, not us.

Thank you for reading my blog with no pics today.

I hope to have some pics available again soon.

For Loretta

Our friends were recently in New Zealand and left the car briefly to walk to a lookout at Opononi (Northland).  When they returned to their car, it had been broken into and Loretta's handbag had been stolen. 

For you Loretta and I hope your headache gets better soon.

"The rain it raineth on the just,
And also on the unjust fella.
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust hath the just's umbrella.

I loved this quote I found on a friend's Facebook page.  Thanks Ian.

My headache is just beginning when I survey the mess we have created with moving stuff.  Not to mention the fact that we are leaving tomorrow, but the motel won't settle for another couple of weeks and we will be lucky if it settles before Christmas at this rate.  The motel is full according to Esther and Christian and they asked if we were ready.  Is anyone ever ready?

Well I am not ready to shift.  Look at this mess in the garage...

And I can't even lie down on my bed...

Tomorrow is the day.  It is also Mark's birthday.  Well actually his birthday is today the 26 November, but because he lives in the USA, it is still Friday there, so he has to wait another day.  Happy birthday Mark.

I loved one of the blogs I have on my sidebar. "Getting Stitched on the Farm". I love sunflowers and I think she is so clever.

Thanks for stopping by.  When I write next it should be from Gayndah.

Bye for now