A day trip and Happy New Year!

I have been suffering a bit from the "cant-be-botherds" over the past week or so...it is such a surreal time of year.....in a way it will be nice to get back to "normal"...(whatever that is)....following the Christmas/New Year holidays...I will still have a week or so left of my annual leave and hope to achieve some "finishes" in the sewing room.....because I spend most of my time working to timelines and having to be very organised at work when I have time off I tend to putter about here and there in what seems to be an aimless manner but I think it is just my mind and body taking time out from the usual routine...I just need to accept that and go with it...for a while..... time now to snap out of it....soon!....for now I will enjoy not having to be at the gym at 7am so I can be at work by 8.30...it's ok to go a bit later.....it's also ok to enjoy reading the paper cover to cover with a cup of tea and toast in bed.....listening to music....and deciding to get up whenever!....doing the jigsaw puzzle the Prince gave me for Christmas....and indulging in other "frivolous" activities....like doing absolutely nothing while watching the cricket on TV.....even having a little nanna nap now and then..LOL...so as you can see I have been enjoying my down time from work! The Prince is also on holidays but spends his time much more productively....gardening and trying to work out the watering system which it seems was installed with little or no plan...a bit here a bit there...still it has given the Prince something to work on!...and anyone who knows him also knows he has two speeds....full and stopped(which is when he sleeps!)....we have spent a bit of time over the past week playing Scrabble and UNO which has been fun.....and yesterday we set off on a day trip to the Yorke Peninsula a couple of hours drive from home......the Prince hardly ever takes the direct route anywhere and yesterday was no exception....there were lots of dirt roads involved and a bit of backtracking but we weren't on a tight schedule (actually we had no "schedule" at all....!)....and we had a really enjoyable day....! The only plan we had was to have fish and chips at the beach...and we accomplished that.....Here are a few pics ...............

Much of the Yorke Peninsula is devoted to grain growing and the large paddocks now devoid of their crops are quite different from the vineyards in the Barossa........

Silo storage at Ardrossan......this was taken from a lookout built on the top of a quarry......

...more of the wide open spaces.......

which way?????

I also "found" a patchwork shop in Moonta....and some great ice cream!

About ten km's from home the Prince informed me the fuel light had been on for a while and he was "hopeful" we would make it home....I was hopeful too as it would have been a bit of a walk for him if we didn't!

One of the jobs I would like to accomplish today is to de-Christmas the house and give it a good clean...I got into the sewing room the other day and found the floor which had previously been covered with bits and pieces from previous projects...I even "found" my ironing board and iron....LOL.....the room is now ready for some sewing activity!!....

2008 is almost gone.....and one of the best things I did this past year was start this blog.....the friendships I have formed and the people I have "met" have been inspiring, informative and most of all - fun! I wish everyone in blogland a Happy and Healthy New Year!

See you next year..........Lorraine