First Day & Night Cricket Match

Such excited little lads as they played their first cricket match! It's not about winning or losing I am told. It is about participating and helping your fellow team mates. Everyone is a winner.

I did a little adding (even though my knowledge of the game is a little rusty) and they did win! Let me have it.. I am the Mom....

Watching them work together as team and support each other throughout the whole match was just lovely.

Angie xxx

Thatchless

With all the rain that has been had over the last few weeks our little town almost flooded this weekend. Garren's school still  had huge puddles of water all over the field this morning when I dropped him off and the regale of how the Duzi river could have almost burst its banks seemed to be the highlight for our towns people.

But for the Pitouts well.. we are still in recovery from the last disaster. Thank the powers that be that our roof and Oumie's Cottage roof are in place. Ceiling boards still need to be put up and kitchen cupboards need to be replaced. It is still a long stroll until all comes right.

We decided that helping out the contractors would be a great idea this weekend. 

In our bedroom we had no ceiling boards but rather a rustic thatch held up pine borders. Although very pretty it did have its health hazards so we decided that it was time for it to go. Before we started we had no idea just how much thatch we would actually be pulling out. The dust and bugs that came down with the straw was enough to make any girl squeal and that I did to the boys disgust. By the time we had all the straw out and slowly burning away it was late in the afternoon and I did not think that we would get through it all. But we did! We finished off with a good clean. Rob was able to get some cabling and electrics done as well as poly filing holes so that the ceiling boards, sanding and cleaning of walls may commence.

Now for the fun part.... choosing a fresh new colour for our room - that's more my kind of job.

Angie xx

Book - Yarn - Cards

We should be celebrating!! 

We have finally heard word from our insurance company, but only after a call made to them from our lawyer. After almost three weeks in waiting and being accused of adding and building on to our home and stating that our home was under evaluated  (trust me we most certainly do not  have money for that!) the insurance company admitted to the fault being entirely theirs and they have put through our claim and will be covering everything!

I am elated yet at the same time utterly exhausted. It may be from the stress of the past two and a half weeks finally coming to an end?

The flu like symptoms, I was telling you all about at our last link-up with Ginny's Small Things Yarn Along, have seemed to improve. Well except for the exhaustion so I am pleased for that.  I'm sure as we start getting our home in order and unpack and repack when the construction work comes to an end I will start to finally catch up with myself. I cant wait!

I finished White Oleander over the weekend. What a book. If you havent read it you need to add it your list of books to read. Really!! I think I will leave it at that. 

I have started on Just Another Kid By Torey L Hayden. I am not that far into it, perhaps a few pages or a chapter at the least. I predict this one to be a goodie too. 

I will let you all know in the weeks to come *wink*.

I finally found (well actually Oumie found) a star knit pattern for the front of the hot water bottle cover. I will start working on that soon. In the meantime I have be clinking the needles together and finishing off a couple more "Dish Towels". So now I have one in natural, blue/natural and green/natural. There are still about 3 or 4 more balls of each colour. So hopefully by the time I have gone through them all the "Dish Towels" may turn into something else? I started a knit project in the beginning of the year and when I feel the need for a change from what I am working on I go and work a little on it. The needles are on the small side and the wool is a soft double knit so its best to knit when I have a sufficient amount of light. There is no rush to finish this one, when the urge arises then I will pick it up and knit up a few more rows.

Thank you for stopping by! 

I love reading all your comments and ~ well ~ just knowing that you there!

Angie xxx