Ouch, mother nature is angry tonight. Storms like nothing else all around. Here is hoping the causeway stays put with the additional 30 tonne of rock!!! There will be mud bats galore tomorrow Debs *lol*.

Do you ever have the days where you just want somebody to GIVE YOU A BREAK!!! One day so good and the next day just bloody bad news or hurdles to test you!

I learnt something new today. Did you know that if you grow your own lettuce and it tastes very bitter when you pick it, it has had too much heat, ie gotten too hot? I didn't, thank you David and Connie. Now I shall start again:). This year is my second attempt at a veggie garden. The carrots are thriving, the lettuce - well, I'll start fresh with those. The roma tomatoes are going to be fantastic. Now I just have to plant sweet potatos and spring onions and I'll be happy. At least Bella has stopped using the veggie garden beds as a landing pad onto the verandah!!! You have to give it to her, if there is a quicker way up, she will find it. I couldn't understand why there were these holes in the veggie bed all the time - until Phil pointed out it was Bella's trampoline!

Ah, weekend again, bloody marvellous. How life can change for you in just 5min. Do you ever think of that fact? Sometimes it takes something for us to hear about or see to realise how things can change but we forget at how quickly it can all occur. That happened yesterday but cannot elaborate on that now, have to process in my mind before I can think of putting it down in words:) but it has certainly taken me by surprise, that is for sure.

And something else dawned on me today (as it does from time to time when I'm brush cutting). My father once said to me that you are lucky if you get to my age and you can count 5 really good friends on the one hand. How true that is. Thankfully Karel, I can fill one hand:). You meet people for a reason in life, I firmly believe that. Sometimes it doesn't make sense at the time but things do happen for a reason. Just like the ferals that are out there, what goes around will come around eventually my dear bogans:). I won't go there, I'll offend people. 

Wombat time has come around again. Will be an active night as a lot of the burrows are flooded out now from the rain last night and today. That usually means a night of attack anything that protrudes higher than 2cm on the verandah and then continue under the house, in particular under the master bedroom!!

I am very very scared for when our daughter asks to have her own car!!! Watching her in her stroller, she is a danger, even with the biggest L on the back *lol*. Maybe we will get her a Morris Minor, that cannot go faster than what 60km per hour, that should do.

Fantastic day business wise BUT remember remember, you are who you are and you need to be proud of that. Not everybody can look like a toothpick on the catwalk and why would you want to!!! So frightening meeting people who want to be 'stick thin' again. Not healthy folks. Be proud of your shape, its just the fat we need to reduce, not who you are:).

Ever heard of Tang Kuei? It is the most amazing stuff for a person.

Rain rain and more rain which means......you got it, mud:)

Did 3 hours of brush cutting today, looks great now that its raining but its going to make it grow faster again!!!!!! I started looking for ride on mowers, that blew my mind so will just brush cut for now:). Unplug and play, that is the website I was thinking of. Its motivation is getting kids out and about, AWAY from the television and computer. What happened to playing outside where your parents had to beg you to come inside for the night? Madam J loves being outside, hope that never changes. What I just don't get is how parents allow their kids to become overweight and have the habits they now have, its sad I think but only my opinion.

What I don't understand is why people let themselves get overweight in the first place. I know sometimes its circumstances but.....I just don't get it. And when it is people's children as well and they just don't do anything about it - what about the poor kids!!! Ah, to be prime minister for a day, would be so good.

Still no sign of Barney, that does worry me. Forrest is doing brilliantly (now this is a wombat that was dumped at the traffic lights and promptly walked in the offices of Mission Australia and went to sleep) so was an illegal pet at some point. Also saw a female we released about 5 years ago, must be about 35kg and not a mark on her - makes it all worthwhile to do the work we do with them. Feeding time shortly, in the rain, yay:). 

Still no Barney, starting to worry a bit as its out of character for him. Hopefully he will turn up soon.

Calling all pole vaulters, hurdle racers and commandos in training....

So, just to let you know, if you EVER want to train in any of the above activities, the best way to do so is to do wombat rehabilitation. Juvenile males, almost ready to be released make it 'fun' when you have to do poos and waters. You will scale heights that you never thought possible!!!!!

When I win lotto or have another awesome month with my home business, the first thing on the list is a RIDE ON MOWER!! Hours and hours of brushcutting has lost its spark:).

Where is Barney? That is the question N and I are asking at the moment. After beating up anything that stood higher than an ant for 2 nights, he has not come back here. Have made mental note to paste a link for parents with overweight children and how dangerous it is and do you think I can remember it!! Will find it and post it up. Thank goodness for the cooler weather. I encountered a brown snake yesterday and I could have sworn it was smiling at me. At this time of the year, every stick is a potential threat to stay clear of. Certainly gets the heart racing. I think I prefer winter, no snakes to dodge, no mosquitoes waiting outside to devour you.

One of the male wombats escaped out of his enclosure a few weeks ago. The philosophy here is if wombats are clever enough to escape, they are ready to go. I had left his enclosure open as he had a very good burrow and it gives them time to adjust if they aren't quite sure of themselves yet. Lo and behold, a few nights ago, he was seen leaving with a smaller female, both coming out of his burrow. I have been watching wombats for years in the wild and this is only the second time I have seen this occur. So Forrest has a lady friend which he is clearly protecting. You always learn something new with these incredible creatures. So much smarter than some humans I meet (yes yes, that is a personal opinion:).

Weekend flys by as normal

So having a sleep in with a 1 year old daughter is not possible so Madam J and I were up at 6:30am. Of course, then the wombats wake up too, the younger ones and everybody wants a play, bottle, etc. So after Jade it was wombats as normal. Then a bit of brush cutting followed by shopping. Before I left though, I got an email from N up the road which made me smile. The antics of wombats never cease to amaze me or make me laugh.

Barney goes between our property and N's property. Why, I am not sure but he just does. A wombat doesn't need a reason. But for N, this is how her night went. I got off lightly:)

Ok... what a night/early morning.

He's ventured down here and started systematically tearing the house apart from about 4am in a fair mood, and I mean mood!

Here I was excited to see him as started throwing himself against windows, tearing off flywire screens, deliberately up end bowls and shoes ... you name it!

To save the house, I managed to get him into his pen (i.e.... walked outside which caused him to go even more ape shit and chase me to his enclosure).   That worked all of about an hour, until he got out and I heard an almighty commotion around 5:30am and he's going nuts at Chop and the joey chasing them around the paddock before coming back to the house and starting to deliberately put out the fencing!  He's become a friggin madman.

Long story short, managed to limit the carnage and its now 6am and he's wondered off but not in your direction.  I'll give it another hour or so before I back outside to stocktake the damage but holy crap, when hurricane Barney comes to town he doesn't mess about.  Is he this outrageous at your place??

N

hmmm, so with all the rain, this now means more brushcutting, my nemesis! Have done 3 hours today and not even half way - I need a ride on mower don't I? I'm procrastinating here, I need to bake a cake for my daughters first birthday. I think the last time I baked a cake was in high school - with Miss Innes, my heavens, how do I remember things like that! But how hard can it be? The results will tell. All wombats are done, daughter is sleeping, puppy is exhausted, work is finished for the day, time to have dinner. Oneday I'm going to grab a carrot out of habit. I've already made my coffee one too many times with wombat milk:).

And I might add, only a virgo would try and vacumn on a day like this!!!

Rain, wind and mud. lots of MUD *lol*

About 70mls of rain and counting. We have had the most incredible storms up here over the last 3 days. Of course, this means unhappy wombats, lots of mud. Which I might add that some wombats revel in and dig to their hearts content. Add to that a german shepherd puppy going internally beserk at the thought of running through it all before she follows me inside!! Madam J observes this all and shrieks in delight while watching all the goings on.