Thankful for Phill: 30 Days of Thankful

Sitting at my new study desk with my new shelves behind me, hearing the coffee maker running, reminds me of how much Phill does for me every single day. I love you! I’m posting a quick thankful thought each night as part of Cathy Zielske’s 30 days of thankful project

Daddy is an Engineer

Phill headed down to Kwinana today for some testing and Emily was intrigued as to what he was doing. I explained that Daddy was helping them check to see if the big machines worked.“What are they for?”“For digging up things out of the ground, like metal, to make things out of.”“I know they can dig… Continue reading Daddy is an Engineer

New 52–Souvenirs

Only about two months ago (how time flies!?!) Phill brought us a back a couple of souvenirs From Argentina and Chile. Mine was a small, tooled-leather box from Mendoza, a city nearby to the Gold mine. I also got an alpaca wool scarf, in PINK of course. Emily’s gifts were a giraffe puzzle with a… Continue reading New 52–Souvenirs

14 December 2010–Phill’s birthday

I’m still not quite used to the Christmas/birthday season around here. It makes for some busy days!We celebrated Phill’s birthday with the traditional steak diane thanks to Mum S and I made the ever popular strawberry hazelnut gateau. In the afternoon I’d had the brilliant idea to made dinner rolls using the breadmaker and they… Continue reading 14 December 2010–Phill’s birthday