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houseboat heaven on the murray......

 'morning chickadees.....we have returned from our L*O*N*G roadtrip to mannum in south australia.....where we met up with a group of south australian friends......

.......boarded this houseboat on the murray river.....

......and so began three days of bonding,drinking,eating,playing,sleeping,drinking,eating,gathering,fluffing,drinking,eating............

.......there was plenty of this...

....and plenty of this.....

.....which, when put together, leads to lots of male bonding standing around.....

....we had a variety of skippers...

....we enjoyed the onboard live entertainment..............

......we had some early morning visitors.......

....we played some card/spoon games.....

....some of us, who shall remain nameless, played some masochistic games.....something like how much pain can i endure by pegging pegs to my face.....or i think that is what it was called....i'm sure i could think of some more appropriate words to use......

....at night we sat around our very own campfire, eating of course and perhaps enjoying the odd port or two..

....some one of us did some fishing....and some canoing.....

....it seemed that the men spent a lot of time looking for suitable mooring objects......

......i will miss this view for a L*O*N*G time.....

...i will also miss the people until we meet up again....where to next?...perhaps the dandenongs....in S*U*M*M*E*R........

i left the barossa valley on a high note.....

....we travelled to mallala and stayed two more nights with our friends and got to catch up with some more of their family members who we haven't seen for too many years.....we then spent three days zig-zagging our way home......we were near cobar, narromine, warren, coonamble, quambone....and couldn't help wondering if i actually went past the front gates of some fellow bloggers.......

....before i sign off, i really must thank a couple of people for the wonderful trip.....firstly, barney, for turning 50.....

....hope you enjoyed the surprise factor of us turning up....we sure did!!!

.....lastly, but by no means least....i must thank sonia for all the organising and managing to keep it all a H*U*G*E birthday surprise for barney.......

......now it's back to the mundane day to day domestic stuff.....and planning my next getaway.....to launceston in tasmania to visit my sister and family.....next month....mr lzilulu says it will be far too cold for him to visit tasmania so guess that means that i will just HAVE to go alone...... ;>))

'til next time, look after yourselves and be kind to each other...

lotsofsloppystuff  lzilulu  xox

a visitor........

Had barely wiped the sleep from my eyes this morning when Mr lzilulu rang to tell me about the visitor we had! I had already seen her.....and VERY obviously the dogs also knew of her presence....the phone conversation ran something like this:-

me: so, you have rung to tell me about the visitor have you?

him: well, yes......I saw her this morning and shut the gate near the shed.....

me: well, I saw it too and shut the garden gate.....

him: ohhhh....forgot about the garden gate.....

me: hmm....thought so...it's the sort of blokey thing that you would do....forget MY garden gate....

him: back to the horse, she looks a bit hollow so can you fill the bathtub for her please....{my instant thought at this stage was....i really don't mind animals in my bathroom, like dogs and chooks, but a HORSE..NEVER}

me: ok.....will i ring the radio station and put an announcement over?

him: that's a good idea...tell them it's a dark brown mare with a star on the forehead and about 13hands high (yep mr lzilulu knows horsespeak!){my instant thought at this stage was...i'm a fabric fondler and KNOW my colours....right?...obviously not...i would SWEAR she is black....}

The phonecall ended at this stage and I did all the jobs....shut the gate into the bigger paddock, filled the bathtub (!!!), rang the local radio station, threatened Flo with DEATH if she didn't stop barking NOW, threatened Rae with a similar fate if she didn't do the same.....NOW!!

I guess it's just a waiting game now, until her owner collects her......she's lovely and quiet...I've had a pat and love that "horsey" smell! We both grew up on farms and pre-mistress days Mr lzilulu was a horsey type of person....was even a saddlebronc rider....any wonder I squirmed in my seat when I was watching Brokebank Mountain...but my growing up mustering methods were a little more "less horsey"....we hooned around the sheep in an old Landrover, clapped out motorbikes and relied HEAVILY on the expertise of our Kelpie dogs....and my mother is very grateful for not having had to do kitchen duty at Ponyclub!!!.....not like my Mother In Law!!!

Well, chickadees, must go...I have  a date with Bernie Bernina over in the shed....need to finish a little project before Saturday.....would give you a sneaky look but it is for my sister's birthday...and she has come out of the "blog lurking closet" and I would HATE to spoil the surprise!!

lotsofsloppystuff.....lzilulu xox

what a difference a day can make.....

On Wednesday, my dining room table looked like this........

.......paperwork for the BAS (tax).......yukky poo.............

Today my dining room table looks like this.........

.....isn't that sooo much better??! Am really looking forward to some serious fabric fondling and deciding what to make.......any ideas???

Have just returned home from a Quilt Exhibition in my local country town....such a nice way to spend Anzac Day......BUT.....it is raining (YIPPEE!) and the quilts were displayed OUTside.....and the quilts became REALLY wet :>( I had two quilts displayed and must admit that I was a little miffed and removed them early in the afternoon......am I wrong in thinking that the organisers were a little irresponsible in allowing the event to go ahead?

lotsofsloppystuff

lzi xox

we remember.......

Today, in Australia and New Zealand, is ANZAC Day.....a day when we remember our diggers......

They shall not grow old, As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn, At the going down of the Sun, And in the morning, We will remember them...

Lest We Forget.......

the mistress................

I have just waved Mr lzilulu off as he goes to spend a day with his mistress. He spends so much time with her and most days he is whistling as he leaves....they obviously have a happy relationship....most of the time. They have been together for so long and I think I am very tolerant. The weekend is looming and I just KNOW he will spend most of the time pandering to her every need. He will grease her nipples,and she has 62 of them,so he gloats, give her a shampoo, do a mini dermabrasion,polish her shoes, (and she has more of them than me!!)and fluff her inner realms. He just seems to be always in her or under her, is it any wonder that I call her Myrtle Mistress? I feel I need to tolerate her presence and their relationship, because after all, she DOES contribute well to the bank balance that keeps ME in a manner to which I have become accustomed. But occasionally frequently I feel compelled to remind Mr lzilulu that I am much lower maintenance and worthy of sharing just a little more quality time with him.....

aveagoodweekend ladies. I am looking forward to spending the weekend in The Shed (my sewing room) with several other fabric fondlers...we are doing a patchwork workshop using some yummy Moda charm squares...perhaps Mr lzilulu thinks that Mr Bernie Bernina is my gigolo.....hmmmm....

lotsofsloppystuff

lzi xox

at last.....

I have finally succumbed to the relentless pressure from my friends at Blueberry Lane and Amee's Blog and set up my very own place to air my rants and grievances keep in touch with the outside world...is there really a world outside the Blogosphere????....nervous?? you betcha.....

Every good post should have a photo and who would I be to disappoint?? I have been stalking seeing lots of ladies wearing these red shoes lately but for some reason none were wearing my size, so you can imagine my delight when I saw this pair in my local shoe shop yesterday! I'm already having panic attacks when I think about them becoming unwearable due to CONSTANT use....sooo....I've checked the pantry and if we can live on fresh air for the next week,then the grocery budget will be used to buy another pair.........;) I really don't think HWTHSBO (he who thinks he should be obeyed) will notice another week of cereal for dinner....