Well today is the day that we have to go to the airport and pick up DJ. For he is coming to our house for a few weeks holiday. It has been a while since we seen him. Last October in fact, so it is great to have him come and visit with us again.

While he is here we intend to go to Port Arthur and hopefully have some fun filled days together. Learning is always an everyday part of our lives and as DJ is also home educated, it is part of his too.

I hope that DJ is looking forward to visiting as much as we are looking forward to having him come here….

We have only had our Bunnies for around a month now, but it is incredible to see how big they have grown. Also along with their growth, has come the development of their own very different and distinctive personalities.

Sooty is more curious than Fluffy, she is the first one up to the door, when you go to play with them or feed them. She is more jumpy and full of life. Where as Fluffy is more cuddly and happier to be held. She always tries to nibble the children’s shoes and loves to follow them around.

Fluffy is obviously ‘fluffier‘ than Sooty and also bigger in size, but still they are both small bunnies and a pleasure to have as members of our family.

Well the time has come for the children to make their journey home this week. I shall be flying out on Wednesday to Victoria to get the children before I turn right around and fly back into Tasmania with them.

It will be great to see them. I do however wonder at how they will settle in back home, were they have lots of learning to do and no time to waste. Regular bedtimes, routine and chores all await them

I guess only time will tell!

Czerwony dlatego że to idzie szybciej!- Red Because it goes faster

Last Saturday we went and traded in our old Ford Falcon for a more economical car. The distances we need to travel to get to work, means we needed something smaller and cheaper to run. This Kia Rio stood out above all the other cars we looked at. It is only a few years old and has low mileage, which is always a bonus!

Considering it is a manual car and I have got used to driving an automatic over the last few years, it is very nice to drive. Now we just have to update the seven seater Hyundai for something smaller and cheaper to run also – guess that will mean me having six kids will go out the window – not that it was likely anyway!

Well here I am. Finally after changing my role at work from full time employment to part time employment, I can now get a grip back on life and start doing all the things I missed while so busy. Monday was my first day of my new roster. This week I only work 15 hours instead of 40, so a marked difference for me personally and for us as a family.

In amongst everything we have continued to home educate the children while both working full time, but documenting it has been another challenge. We have been like ships in the night . One returning from work to look after the children while the other goes to work. Then swapping again as one arrives home and the other needs to leave. Thankfully with more time on my hands we should be able to better manage this aspect of their learning. We also hope to be able to capture on photos and in words those wonderful moments again where their learning just spontaneously blossoms into something unique and of interest to them.

So 2011, we may have been a little slow off the mark at times, but now we are firmly back on track!

Well our Rose Garden was way out of control, so we got stuck into cleaning it up with babcia’s guidance and hard work we transformed it from an overgrown area to a well managed space.

A job well done by all who helped out!

Well here we are another year almost over and a new one almost begun. 2010 has been a year of many ups and downs for us. It has seen us search for some where to call our own, only to find mountains that needed to be climbed prior to our triumph. Yet now we have permanently cemented ourselves in the Tasmanian Country side living the Australian dream of owning our own home – once again.

The journey has been long and hard the road full of twists and turns. The possibilities endless, yet the task at times daunting while also exhilarating.

Finally we have settled, made a mark on what is now ours and changed its look forever. Reflections now, are that of our dreams and aspirations, rather than echo’s of the past. The energy of our patch of soil is now changed forever, heightened by our enthusiasm, ready for any upcoming changes that lay ahead.

For me it has been a very strange journey - One that provides me with a sense of being connected and coming home. From the instant I shared breath with this corner of the world I felt at home. I had the need to fight for it, even though others at times were unable to see its beauty. I could feel the energy within and the beauty beyond one’s eyes.

Now as all reside in this corner of the world. I see a true contentment flourishing. A new dwelling has brought us many endings as well as many beginnings. Shifts in time and commitments that better reflect the family’s needs and desires at this point.

All who share and partake in this life here with me are more enthusiastic, more engaged and more involved now that one has the ability to mould and shape their world around them. We no longer live with the constraints of another, but rather with many possibilities that are only restrained by our own imaginations and the opportunities we take.

I foresee 2011 as a year were we each come into our own as we continue to build a life together that reflects our true spirits unleashed by our own patch of grass in rural Tasmania.

I say roll on 2011, we are willing and ready for your arrival.

Well we are all finally back on board and running as normal – if you can ever really say what normal is!

We have finally managed to renovate, paint, re carpet and unpack all our belongings into our new house and also clean and return the keys for the rental house we used to live in in Austins Ferry – ‘used to live in’ how great that sounds to our ears! Especially since now we only have one house to worry about!

We are excited that we managed to get everything under control before the 1st of December. For this is when we start our Christmas craft, cooking and celebrations. Tomorrow we start the tradition of decorating the house for Christmas, cooking Christmas foods, making Christmas crafts, sending Christmas cards and the list goes on and on and on!

So from now on in, we should be able to blog again on a regular basis! which will be so much fun.

I promise to come back soon and add in posts detailing our adventures renovating, painting etc our new home – along with some interesting pictures!

Well after having to wait almost an extra 5 weeks from our original settlement date of 27th of September until today, for the vendors to work out their issues, we finally have the keys to the house we were buying in Kempton. Unfortunately the excitement has been overshadowed by the issues surrounding our purchase.

Now we have the huge job of cleaning the place up and getting the garden under control, painting the inside, removing some walls and replacing the carpet, all before we even think of moving in.

Ah the fun begins….

Well here we are – still waiting for some kind of update on what is happening with our House purchase. We are hoping that this is not going to drag on too much longer. All we want is to be able to complete this purchase and get on with the packing, moving and our new life.

Fingers crossed that we get some kind of good news sometime today – and therefore can set a settlement date and time for next week…