Category Archives: Family News

No longer silent

Guess I really should update here.  Graham thought it was time 🙂  He spent 7.5 weeks in hospital and has been home now for nearly 6 weeks. The house is no longer lonely and silent. He has his music playing, … Continue reading

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Australia and its floods

I want to say thank you to all those who have been contacting me from interstate and overseas, concerned for our welfare, and that of our daughters. We are all safe and not in flood’s way, thankfully.  I know that … Continue reading

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Update on my garden

Well, my tomatoes are growing and changing colour.  woo hoo!  I’ve staked one of the bushes with a small branch that’s fallen off a tree nearby. Hubby thinks he might have some stakes somewhere but since this is only a … Continue reading

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Another year draws to a close…

Well, it’s been an interesting year.  We’ve settled into our new home and been here almost 14 months. We love it here. We feel like we’ve come home, after all this time.  The evenings are beautiful and Graham and I … Continue reading

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3 generational birthday

I don’t know how rare this is but I do believe it’s very special. Today, 1st December, is my husband Graham’s birthday. It’s also my son-in-law Ryan’s birthday. It’s also his son (our grandson) Oliver’s first birthday. Three generation of … Continue reading

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Disorganised Fire Evacuation

Took Mel and Oliver to Fountaingate to pick up her machine and we planned to look at a couple other shops first. When we arrived we could see black smoke coming from other side of shopping centre but couldn’t tell … Continue reading

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What are the odds?

Graham and I got married in December 1991.  My eldest daughter was all of 11 at the time and elected not to take on his surname but my other two daughters did.  When we married we had 5 daughters between … Continue reading

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It’s official! We’re grandparents

As of 2.36pm 1st December Oliver Thomas came into the world and made Graham and I grandparents for the first time.  He’s gorgeous and he and his mum are doing well.  I expect our lives are going to change forever … Continue reading

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A year of changes

This past year has been one of tremendous upheaval and change.  A year ago if someone would have told us we would lose a daughter, make plans to shift to the country, our family was going to increase and different … Continue reading

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Our new Christmas Tree

After years of having a pine tree Graham thought it would be nice to get one of those fibre optic trees which light up of its own.  We hunted all over the local shopping centre and he checked in town … Continue reading

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