Well, it's 2011 already! I'm sorry it has been so long between posts.
My New Year's Resolution was to keep my blog updated more often. Clearly, not going so well with that, as it's almost the end of January already and this is my first post of the year. Hmmm...
Not that it's really any excuse, but the last part of the year always seems to get rather hectic, so naturally a blog falls by the wayside. Surely though, I must have had something to write about in the last 6 months?
Let's see... Cheyenne turned 7 last September, then in October I turned 37 and Steve turned 39. Then we had the end of grade 1 for Cheyenne and Christmas holidays, and rain, rain and MORE rain.
We had a very soggy and muddy week away at Borumba Deer Park between Boxing Day and New Year. What should have been a pleasant week of fishing, swimming, watersports and trips in the boat became a week of squelching about in stinky mud, daily checking the waterlevel of the flooded creek against the powerpole on the lower campgrounds, and playing about on forestry roads. All because we were trapped between two flooded creek crossings and couldn't get up to the dam or back into town for fresh supplies. Did I mention NO SHOWERS ? That's right. As the creek was flooded, the pump had to be removed for safety, so the limited supply of tankwater had to be used for flushing the toilets, rather than on showers. Still, there was copious amounts of rainwater to be collected from our tarp, so no shortage of water for bucket washing, lol. When the floodwater receded, the bridges had been damaged, but at least we could get home.
Of course, that was still an adventure, compared to the flood devastation throughout the rest of the state. Emerald, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Chinchilla, Condamine and so many other areas in between. Then Toowoomba, the Lockyer Valley, Ipswich and Brisbane had their turn, before the floodwaters headed south into northern NSW. Now Victoria is also in the grip of flooding. So much devastation and it isn't the end of the wet season yet.
Today is Cheyenne's first day back at school for 2011. New teacher, new classroom block, a mix of old and new classmates and lots of new things to learn. I'm hoping she will enjoy grade 2 as much as the two previous years. I promise to keep you posted.
