A little bit of luck!

Week 12 of our Queensland adventure saw a little bit of good luck come our way!

Emily was awarded a Certificate of Recognition for her seamless transition to her new school, both socially and academically. The award was presented to her at the school assembly on Wednesday. We are very proud of the way that both of our beautiful young ladies have adapted to their new way of life and in particular the way they have embraced their new school.

Very proud of Emily

Karren also got some pleasant news, she was informed that she had won a Maggie Beer gift hamper from a raffle that she entered when we visited the Museum earlier this year. The hamper contained some tasty condiments and other assorted foodie stuff including a recipe book. She was well chuffed.

A bit of good fortune also came my way! I was successful at securing a conditional offer of employment, the condition being that I successfully pass a two day training and assessment course. I will provide all details when and if I am successful, but needless to say it is a good confidence boost to be given an offer after not hearing a single word from some 30 odd other job applications. Honestly, people working in Recruitment and HR need to work out a way to simply contact unsuccessful applicants. Surely it is not too much to ask?

The weather continues to dampen both literally and figuratively, our efforts to get some work done on the pool. Fortunately the weather broke long enough to get a day and a half of form work completed this week. It is still very frustrating and we are now a month behind the construction timetable. We have well and truly used up the eight day rain allowance in the contract. There is very little you can do about inclement weather and Stuart and the team at Rogers Pools are as frustrated with the progress as we are.

Some form work

A little more form work

A month ago I joined the Dollar Shave Club. I just got sick and tired of paying ridiculous amounts of money for razors, I was using once a week. Yes I am still being a slob and shaving only once a week! I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the blades. For something completely different I shaved three times in a week the first time I used the blades. I was very happy with how the blades performed and they seemed to maintain their edge at least as well as the expensive stuff I had been using prior. I wouldn't say that they gave a closer shave than the more expensive blades but they were certainly not worse, I would strongly recommend giving them a try.

Emily heads off to her grade five camp this week, to say she is excited about her three day adventure to Edmund Park is an understatement to say the least. The flying possum swing, flying fox, abseiling and ropes course are all activities she has been looking forward to having a crack at. I hope for her sake the weather is kind and the activities meet or exceed her expectations, just quietly the forecast looks horrible!

It is only two weeks to Easter and the end of first term, Emily and Rosie are excited about the school holidays for a couple of reasons. Obviously a couple of weeks off school is appealing, throw in some Easter chocolates and a visit from Nan and Pa, Aunty Lou-Lou and Noel and you have the recipe for two very eagre and excited girls.