Around here

Hope everyone is staying safe.  I haven't really got too much to say as hour by hour we are all facing unimaginable times ahead.  I made a good call on cancelling my trip to Perth last week and as it turns out over the weekend the WA borders are now shut now and as of last night my niece had to cancel her wedding until further notice.  So close, yet so far.  As sad and disappointing it is, imagine getting married and not being able to hug the bride or sit next to someone at the reception.  It's for the best however I know how this is difficult for all brides having to cancel their big days.

This week our school is getting ready for the kids to go on-line which I'm sure will happen after the school holidays.  We have two more weeks of school here in Queensland however we will see if how things escalate as they may end up finishing prior to end of the term.  Regardless of whether your kids stay home or not, school assessments and assignments still need to get done and as I have one in Grade 11 and one in Grade 9 the Grade 11 work is so important to make sure it gets done.  I am so glad he is not in Grade 12 this year along with the new grading/assessments I'm thankful he will be the second year through this new process without adding this on top of it.

I haven't been to the shops for a week however today I had to venture to Bunnings, Aldi & Woolworths.  I always wipe my trolley handle at Woolworths and have done this for a long time with the wipes they provide however currently there aren't any and Aldi I just use their trolleys.  Today as things seemed more heightened I wore gloves to Bunnings and then bought the 2nd last box of gloves at Bunnings.  When I got to the supermarket I opened the pack and used a new set.  I have three people in my family who are in the high risk category so I am staying away from them.

Last night my 3 sisters and I did a video conference call on Whats App which was fun.  My sister in Perth and the 3 of us here in Brisbane.  I told them that's what we will be doing at Easter instead of getting together for Hot Cross Buns which is our family tradition...we can eat them together on the video conference.  Actually it was a lot of fun and lots of jokes.

This week I was so excited to get a delivery of "spray free" fruit and veggies from Spray-Free Farmacy.   I found the family owned business about 3 weeks ago and was wanting to give them a try.  I will be ordering them every 2nd week as that would suit my family needs and was very impressed with their service and communication given they had a huge amount of home delivery orders this week instead of the usual "drop of point locations".  My drop off point location is ten minutes from here however this week I opted for the home delivery as they had reduced the delivery cost given the current climate.

It is a husband and wife team and one of their Dad's does the deliveries on Saturday.  Orders open Monday midday and close Wednesday then you can collect your box from the pick location on Saturday or in my case I paid extra for the home delivery.  Last week they had the 450 boxes get snapped up in 24 hours and I can only imagine this week it will be quicker.  Regardless of the Coronavirus I was going to give them a try and I was very happy to support a Mum and Dad home based business and in turn supporting the local farmers and growers where they source the produce.   Look how beautiful these fruit and veggies look.

Here's some old photos of mine with love hearts for you as I think we all need a bit of love at the moment...from our family to your family.

I thought the following photo will make you laugh, Circa 1992 [28 years ago] when I was Office Manager in the city for a Chartered Accounting firm where I worked for 12.5 years.  A time when shoulder pads and big glasses were in and yes, I had red hair back then, dyed of course.   The baby in this photo is 8 weeks old and is this is my first born niece and the one that was getting married in 4 weeks time.  My sister flew over to Brisbane with Cassandra and we were so excited to meet her.   

And something pretty for you to view in country Australia is the Silo Art Trail in country towns in Australia and this is the IG page.

Hope you all have a good week as best you can and stay safe.