Yet another shocking night with Tally. Even the kids woke up and complained about her making so much noise and Katharine got quite upset listening to her dry retch. We decided to stay in Canberra another day to make sure she didn't need another vet visit and after breakfast cleaned the van from top to bottom, bleaching every surface and opening every window to blow away all the bugs. Nick spent the morning baking while I carried on working and then he took t...

Coffee couldn't come soon enough this morning, as sleep wasn't happening! After breakfast we put on a couple of loads of washing and then I took Tally to the vet - antibiotics and painkillers for the next two weeks!! I spent the rest of the day working and looking after Tally while Nick took the kids to the leisure centre for a swim. They went out for donuts afterwards and did a bit of a food shop before coming home around 5 ish. Nick made dinner and got th...

I had an absolutely shocking sleep as the poor dog either has a cold or terrible hay fever. She was up through the night sneezing constantly and green snot was flying everywhere!! It felt like we'd only just got back to sleep when we were woken by a loud microphone at 7am and then 70s disco music. It turned out to be a Miss Muddy day and women in exercise gear where pouring in by the dozen. I had a look online and it was scheduled for the entire day so we d...

We all woke up early this morning keen to explore so we decided to skip school for the day and packed a picnic to take into the city. The first stop was the War Memorial, a fantastic building with great views to Capitol Hill. Nick took the boys inside with Katharine while Annie and I looked after Tally and explored the gardens and then we swapped over. We found great grandmas Rita's brother on the Roll of Honours, as he died on HMAS Sydney, and it seemed to ...

I woke up this morning thinking it was 8.55 am and we had all had a great sleep in then I discovered I'd set the microwave clock incorrectly and hadn't used a 24 hour clock so it was actually 6.55 as the clock was reading 18.55 - I really need my eye sight checking!! Instead of feeling well rested I suddenly felt exhausted and climbed back into bed with the dog who was ready to play and that meant no more sleep! It was still freezing outside because of the wi...