New tattoo

Yesturday I spontaniously went and had my tatto to mark getting my white star done. I had been planing on getting one done but the moment kind of just happened.
I had been heading to Penrith for a couple other things and thought I may as well go and find out about getting it done. Then when I got there ended up just booking it in for later that day.

Pretty pleased with it and shall be marking each star achievement in the same way going further up the arm.

Really has ti been that long

I have been reading others blogs but did not realise till now how slack I have been on my own blog.
Hmmmmmmm really need to change that.
Well there has been a lot happening. First up I have changed from Uni study to TAFE study to gain my diploma in Community Services. Sooooooo much better than the slog of Uni via distance education.
I have still being going hard on my Roller Derby training. I passed my white star this week. YAY for me. So I can now be known by my derby name of E Lecktrick Beat-Her.

Need to have my helmet sticker redone as it was spelt wrong

The league is growing strong we have just over 50 members now with about 40 regular skaters and our fresh meat intake is about to happen again.

Some of the girls who went in the parade for Winter Magic back in June

It's been a year since my split with my husband. WOW that went quick.
I will be more vigilant I swear on this blog.

Kids art

I love the art works my kids do. Especially the collage pieces. Lots more imagination goes into those. I always like to see what they can turn different objects into. Here are some of their lates work.

Jazynthe

Jaedyn

Jazynthe

Having fun in the sun

Sunday may have been an Autumn day of cold in the air but it was a good sunny day. One best spent outdoors having fun. So after the usual lazy Sunday morning breakfast and mucking about at home myself and the Chicken and the Monkey ventured of to lawson markets. I had been thinking of going to Ironfest but funds were limited and there was the want to go to Lawson and get seedlings from the mountain seed swapper stall.
Not only did I pick up some seedlings of kale, spinach and parsley to get ahead of the seeds about to go in the ground. I also picked up some plums for us to eat while we wandered about but Jazynthe got herself a pizza making kit in time for her pizza party this Friday. EEEESSSSSHHHH my girl is turning 6. Jaedyn got himself a toy train. He was on a mission from the time we got there to find a train.
after we ventured across to the little park nearby for fun.

The kids always love playing about there. Jazynthe especially takes the oportunity to turn it into a stage. See those metal looking circles around the edge of the wooden platform. You step on them and they play a musical note.

There should be more play areas like this one out there. Expecially would be a great thing in the infants areas of schools I think.

I promise to take photos of my seedlings in the ground tomorrow. The backyard is sure getting a complete work over. I pruned back the overgrown passionfruit vine very drastically to remove a fence and a number of other things and the yard looks so different already. Lots more to do. I want it to be fully functioning vegie, fruit supply destination with my chooks running about and to be able to start entertaining in it come summer.

New Vegie patch

I've been slowly working on a better vegie patch when weather allows or I am not busy doing something else.
The last one had gotten out of hand in weeds, grass and over growth. Took several hours to get to a point I could do anything close to what I wanted to end up with.

I used some old sleeprs I had about, nails and star pickets. Then netting to keep the pesky chooks from spoiling all my hard work.

Still a lot of work to do in the yard to get back to a fully working garden again.

New feathered friends

On Thursday I was given a new rooster and a hen where I buy my chook food from. I know they are bantams but not the actual breed. Anyone know?

As you can see they love to roost in the tree. I did not discover this trait till last night when I went to put the house ramp up......hmmm now I know why there was crowing at 4am.

I haved named them Gomez and Morticia Addams.

Loving to be training

I have to say despite the pain and the bruises from falls I am loving Derby training. Past all the physical pain I am in due to general lack of fitness and Derby being all about pain I sure am mentally feeling fantastic with it all.
It had been 15yrs since I last was in training for a sport. Back then it was water polo. I've always loved team sports that are hard going and can be a bit on the rough side. Before water polo I played field hockey since I was 5yrs old.
Derby training will make you feel muscles you didn't know you had and be prepared for falls onto hard surface but what you get out of it in the way of social and mental health far out weighs the physical pain.
This week was all about turning on your skates (which i could not master in the ten minutes given for that), skating as low as your body can curl, pushing other skaters in a line, weaving between skaters and jammer laps. I'm not that fast so for me to catch up to the pack took a few laps. I can say however I can skate pretty low. I'm glad I can master a plank for well past a minute but boy I need to work on my ability to do push ups in skates.
Looking forward to next week and learning booty whips.