blackout..........

It was looking so hot and desolate today..............very hazzy.........

But the day got worse just after I did my last post........as if I wasn't feeling like a big enough COW it got worse way worse..........

.........the power went off for 4.5 hours.........here is the culprit below...........dh said there was a bit of a fire where the wires hit the ground but it burnt itself out thankgoodness cause he wasn't home when it fell down - one advantage of NO feed in the paddocks......

...a pole fell down (just because it wanted too) we had no power last weekend too for 16

hours when some cross arms broke............but it was way cooler

then............36 deg when the power went off and 41.7deg when the power came back on and rising..........hassled Maree on the phone for a bit to take my mind off

it..........thanks Maree.........became even more of a

COW once I hung up.......probably got a bit sunburnt while I sulked in the pool for awhile.......(don't usually swim when it is this hot in the middle of the day)..........lol..........but my wonderful power men have fixed the pole and the air con is wiring away double time......

maybe I might have that sleep i was talking about earlier

.....Take Care til next time..............
Chookyblue

COW........

I am so tired..........I am sick of

• the million gazzillion blowflies hanging around my house trying to find a cool spot (i need a change in the weather to get rid of them)
• the bugs that turned up last night that were everywhere even thought all the doors and windows were shut
• the bugs that annoyed me all night during my sleep
• the smoke alarm that went off at 2am.....(maybe because one of those bugs set the alarm off cause there was no smoke or fire)
• moving hoses
• forcing myself to eat something (heat and food don't go well for me)
• kids and dh pestering me (well not really but because I am tired it feels like they are)
• the heat
• it's 9.30am is it to early to have a sleep??????

Nancy has an interesting post............go see what a COW is............seems she is not alone reading the comments.........

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

melting..........

With the temp nudging 43 (109F) there is nothing to do but sit in front of the air con.............not sure if it is going to get hotter or not......

.....but we have a couple more days of this CRAP beautiful weather to get thru..........will I survive?????

I am so sick of chasing hoses morning and night to try and keep things alive...............

to my Perth friends enjoy your day if my minimun gets to your maximun (20) I will be very happy.................

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

it's gunna be a stinker..........

Is that just an Aussie saying???.............it means it is going to be very hot...........the last four days have been mid to high 30's.............but the forecast tells me from now til Sat (6 days) we have nothing under 40deg (40-43C) (104-109F)...........not looking forward to it............hopefully the power won't go off like it did on Friday night for 16hours.........

you'll find me in the pool, chasing hoses morning and night to keep up with watering my garden and a bit of stitching in the air conditioner.............

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

PS enjoy your snow if you have some..........

6 sleeps.........

6 sleeps til you can start posting your parcels.....party party...........

......I am stitching away with my gift.............

I have been getting some photos of gifts and they are all beautiful..........it is so exciting........hope you're enjoying making your gifts.......how are you going....still stitching away or done????

don't forget one main gift and also the ornament..........(yes Fiona lucky you read that email)

don't forget to take a pic of your gifts and email to me......

wrap them seperately and mark the ornament so it can be opened when the recipient receives the parcel and they can hang their ornament on their tree.........then place there other gift under their christmas tree.......

by this time in the swap I am worrying madly stressing slightly that everyone will post parcels off into blogland on time but also very excited because everyone is gearing up for christmas...........

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nice quite weekend sewing and swimming (to cool down) here...........tired kids and a tired mumma require a restful weekend

whats happening at your place this weekend?????

Elf Chookyblue..........

postage rates.........

Australian girls if your posting a parcel overseas (or even domestically) you can work out the cost here for your parcel if you know what weight range your parcel will go into.............

you don't want the fun of the swap ruined by the cost of the postage...........

(I added this link to the last post too but put it here also incase you miss finding it)

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I often go with my parcel open ready to add to or remove something to take full advantage of costs incurred for the weigh range

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........

SSCS International Postage..........

Not that postage is happening yet (20th - 25th) but as people are preparing their parcels I have received a few questions.............hope this helps.............

If you are posting to Australia this info may be useful of goods not allowed..........also probably not a good idea to send chocolate to the southern hemisphere at this time of the year as it could be quite hot and melt while under the christmas tree...........

If you an Aussie girl posting to another country look at this Australia Post site as they give country specific information..............

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If there is an issue for your own country leave a comment with the country and problem here and others can then read it.

I have quite a few people who need to reply to the email I sent out a few days ago............

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue........ EDIT:  Australian girls you can even calculate how much your parcel with cost to send here

Patience and persistence..........

Patience and persistence is severely lacking this afternoon.................stress levels are too high I HATE dumb new computer programs that I have to use...............

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Hope everyone in the Secret Santa Christmas Swap SSCS 09 got their email this morning.

Posting is 20th -25th November

so many excited Elf emails back already

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off for some stress relief.....kids to bed......me off sewing.............nothing better go wrong there..................

very hot here again.........

......harvest has begun today.........lets hope for dry weather until it is finished.

.........take care til next time.....Chookyblue.........