Slow Progress or No Progress?

The inclement weather of the last week has meant very little in the way of pool construction. The box and steel boys returned Friday and did a little more form work, this will be the back wall of the pool... sadly that is all we have to show for the week just gone.

Progress from last week.

Last Sunday was Rosie's seventh birthday so in lieu of a party we headed to Seaworld for the day. Later in the day it poured with rain and we got a bit wet, that aside we had a great day. Emily, Karren and I particularly enjoyed the SeaViper roller coaster ride. Rosie is dirty that she is 8cm too short for the  exciting rides.

Not sure of the relevance of Dinosaurs at Seaworld but anyway...

Beachball bounce not as good as Frog Hopper but it was OK

Rosie had a great day and when we got home we had a Birthday cake for her. She is obsessed with Monster High at the moment so only one cake theme would suffice.

Monster High Cake

Last Saturday Charlie the wonder dog also happened to cut his ear (full thickness) by shaking his head and ripping it on my toolbox. Stopping the bleeding was a test of time and patience, a test I failed miserably! Eventually we had the bleeding controlled so we were able to wait until Monday morning until we headed off to the Vets. The Vet insisted on taping his ear to his neck to help recovery and by Wednesday this has caused a weeping sore on his neck. This could only repair itself if he didn't keep scratching and rubbing it on what ever he could find - it was time for an Elizabethan collar!

Poor old fella.

The collar is now off and he is healing well and making a swift recovery, same cannot be said of the wallet which took and absolute belting, antibiotics, creams and drops for ear infections cost a bloody fortune, not helped when the Vet over charges by a lazy $700 and you fail to check the POS machine when you enter your PIN... the money was refunded, but only after mistakingly charging another $700 before finally refunding $1400. Funny thing is the initial overcharge and the extra $700 appear on my account at the moment but not the two refunds, even though the latter occured on the same day at the same time??

Sunday we went for a little bush walk to Simpson Falls in the Mt Coot-tha Forest, I had done a quick reccy the day before when I completed a 8.7k round trip walk from The Gap Creek picnic ground to the Simpson Falls and back. We drove to the Grey Gum picnic ground and did a short stroll to the falls, where upon arrival Rosie took her shoes off and pretended to slip into the cool water of the rock pools.

Simpson Falls

It was a lovely day and we all had a great time, it was particularly amusing when Rosie insisted on leading the way along the path, stating "watch and learn" as she pick her way over and around rocks, fallen trees and tree roots. It was hilarious when she again shouted "watch and learn" as she picked her way across a creek crossing, slipped and went up to her knees in water. Watch and learn indeed!

Moments before the "slip"

The uphill climb to the car park was tedious given the energy reserves of the little ones had been severely diminished, a quick race was called hoping the competitive urge would get them up the hill to the car. It worked a treat, in fact it worked so well that Rosie, Emily and Karren failed to see the three foot Lace Monitor (Varanus Varius) that was scavaging around the bin, designated as a make shift finish line for the aforementioned race to the top.

He couldn't have cared less.

We are hoping the weather forecast isn't particularly accurate and we can get some more construction work completed on our pool. It was already supposed to be concrete sprayed so we are at least a week to 10 days behind schedule... hopefully more progress this week.