Awful Dream

I had a horrible dream about Emily last night.  So bad I can't recount it to anyone but Phill and wasn't going to tell him but he caught me crying.  Luckily because he put it into perspective and reminded me that it was just a dream and she is fine.  I wonder if it means I can't always protect her and sometimes she will go through hard times that I cannot prevent.  Pretty rotten way of giving myself THAT message though.  I'm slowly getting it out of my head.

I got bits and pieces out of our crowded freezers for a bbq tonight.  It's freezing again but bbqs were our Saturday night routine for years, Winter and Summer.  I have some great shots of us sitting on decks or in backyards all rugged up, often with a fire going.  I loved our old washing tub fire in Junee, might see if Phill can go up to the tip and get one for tonight.  He's been cutting wood all morning so I have enough for the fire while he's gone.  I went out and bought a fan heater for the loungeroom and when I gave up fighting with the wood fire just before Phill got home, that, as well as the little gas heater in the kitchen, kept us warm as long as we closed the door to the hall and bedrooms.

The kittens are growing fast and fat.  The tabby is a girl and the other three are boys.  They will be four weeks old on Monday and don't they love to play rough!

They have all learned how to get out of the nest.  I got up this morning and their bed was empty.  I found them snuggled in a pile of clean washing that had toppled out of the basket.  Fun times ahead until they are ready to go to good homes.  We still haven't decided which one we will keep.  The tabby, Nigella, is the prettiest one but we really didn't want another female.  The black one, Thug, the one who came out last (and backwards!) is turning out to have a really sweet nature and is quite attractive now he's bigger.  But the grey and white one, Evan, is so spirited and the ginger one, Richard Marx, is just so cute.  Tough decision.

Josh did well in his half yearly exams, Em not so well in most subjects, they both did extremely well in Art, Josh got top marks for his test in that subject, the only one who did.  For him at least, the four months I homeschooled them has not affected his education.  Emily will never be an academic, her talents lie elsewhere and that is fine with me. 

We went up to watch her play basketball at school last week and she's very good, she scored a goal while we were there.  My three younger kids were never sporty but Emily has found she really enjoys it now.

I don't think anyone has found this new url yet, I'm still getting it out there but when you do read, please visit Rosemary's blog (she's on the sidebar there) and read her account of her recent heart attack, it's essential reading for anyone, because heart attacks can happen to anyone.  Her readers are glad she's out of hospital and got treatment in time.  She's a great blogger and a lovely lady.