Agnes Water and 1770... a night away

Last Friday we headed up to Agnes Water and 1770 for the night.  It's a bit of a drive for just one night but lovely hubby needed to pick something up from a mate and it was the only time we had.

The kids were happy to get out of school for the day so that was a bonus. 

 

 

 

 It was a bit of a drive up, mainly because we ended up making a few extra stops and detours.  One was to hubby's mate from work who lives on a farm out of Gin Gin.  The kids loved that as they got to feed the cows and stretch their legs.

 

 

 

 We made it in time for the kids to have a swim at the resort pool then we headed up to 1770 to watch the sun set over the water which is quite a novelty here in Queensland.

 

 

 

 The kidlettes explored the rock pools while the sun slowly made it's way down (they weren't interested in the sunset at all).

 

 

 There it goes....

 

 

 The next morning after breakfast we went for a walk along the beach.

 

 

 It was an absolutely gorgeous day so the kids enjoyed chasing the waves and a little bit of sea foam.

 

 

 

 

 

After out walk it was back to the resort for a swim before we had to check out.  I wish I had taken my togs too because that pool looked so inviting and refreshing.

 

 

 I made do with sitting in the shade (once I worked out how to open the umbrella) and read some of my book for awhile.

 

 

 

 We then had a brief look around the area, heading back up to 1770 to do a few walks around the headland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 It was really beautiful up there.

 

 

 

 All too soon it was time to head home.  Next time we'll make sure we stay a bit longer so that we can get out and about and see a bit more of the place.

 

I hope you're all having a great week.

 

xx Susan

 



Crafty bits

It's been really busy around here over the months and I've let a few things slide.

 

Housework is one but I only get worried about that if I have a visitor all of a sudden, and blogging has been the other. 

 

 I don't know if this post will be the start of many but I hope so.  I hope I remember to take photographs and make the time to blog because I do enjoy recording a little of our lives.

 

 

 

As I said, I've been busy.  So much seems to have been happening and there's been a lot of stress involved so I've found myself trying to alleviate some of the stress by decluttering and sewing.

 

I've decluttered A LOT!  It's felt so good to have a good clean out and to get rid of so much that we really didn't need.

 

My fabric stash needed a good declutter too and even though I did pass a lot of it on, I also decided to get rid of a lot of it by turning it into bags.

 

Christmas is coming up and I usually give the kids female teachers a shopping bag or two for their gift.  This year I'm giving out a few extras to other staff at the school for the extra support and help that we have needed throughout the year.

 

Some of the fabric made 2 or sometimes even 4 bags when I had only planned to make one.  Some have different linings depending on how much fabric I had but my stash is slowly dwindling. 

 

 I didn't want to leave bits and pieces of fabric still sitting on the shelves which is why I've ended up making so many bags.

 

I am now getting quite a stash of shopping bags though but that's okay.  They make nice gifts or hubby suggested I sell them as I think I already have about 15 made and another 8 cut out and ready to sew up.

 

I love the fact that they're all so different.

 

Some days I don't get the chance to sew anything.  Other days I may only get the handles sewn.  Then on other days I complete two or three bags.  It all depends what's going on at the time and I'm making sure I enjoy the process as this is my current de-stresser!

 

Little Miss R has been asking me again to make her a new blanket like her brothers but all in blue (her favourite colour).

 

 

I've still got some yarn left over from when I finished Master M's blanket but I will have to order more of other colours.  I may have to do that very soon and then I can work on her blanket over the school holidays and the Christmas break.

 

I'll let you know how that's progressing too.

 

xx Susan