December 2007

There is plenty of wildlife about my place. Alot of you will remember me writing about the possum? Yes, well we ‘got rid of it’ and now we have a new possum hanging about. This one seems a bit less destructive, so I think we can cope until my brother can come and stay again.

But that isn’t what this post is about.

No, last night Nathan and I were standing outside talking as Nathan had a smoke (ick) and we noticed a funny chirruping noise. It was bats! There were bats swooping above our heads, just inside the light from the window. Oh man, it was so awesome to watch because they were hunting moths. I tried to get a photo, but they are such fast little creatures that I had no hope. It would have been pretty awesome though.

They are gorgeous little creatures aren’t they? I know alot of people are afraid of bats, but they are really gentle and just lovely. They also have the softest fur. Yes, I have touched and handled a bat before. Our old cat caught a few and brought them into the house. Poor little things.

Also living in our yard we have a very large blue-tongued lizard. I normally know to watch out for him, but today when I went outside, he was right by the door and he made me jump. He (or she) was very placid and let me take lots of photos for you, my internets.

I put some water out for him and when I went out 10 mins later he had disappeared. I have to be careful with Amy around him though because she thinks he is fantastic and tries to pat him.

I  like having him about the place though, because the likelihood of having a snake living in the yard is greatly reduced. Better a lizard than a snake, even if he does make me jump when I only spot half of him and can’t see his legs.

We used to have a wombat come and visit us, but the other day we found him dead on the road. We had to stop to check that he wasn’t a female with a baby, but he was just a big male, so no babies to worry about. I never like to see roadkill (unless it is a possum) but seeing the wombat was especially yukky. I can’t help but wonder who hit him and what kind of damage it did to their car. Wombats are renowned for making a mess of cars.

We have alot of wildlife around here, now that the season is getting drier, they are coming into my yard for the fresher grass. If I lived anywhere else, I would put a bucket of water out for them, but because I am on a farm, there are stock troughs everywhere. We still need some rain though.

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I amost forgot to do them this week, maybe it had something to do with the fact that I started to spot this morning, a sure sign that my period will be here tomorrow, and THEN, in the middle of my worst bad mood in history, I discover that EGADS, we are supposed to be visiting the in-laws for Nathan’s Dad’s birthday. Really, all I wanted to do was to curl up on the couch in my trackies and grump lots.

But instead I went out and tried really hard to be nice and pleasant. I think I did a good job, even if I was a bit quiet.

So here you have weekly winners #5.

Nope Mum, there is nothing in my mouth. Promise.

Maybe this Christmas I should have decorated the Toddler rather than the tree?

I tend to clean things when I am pissed off, so today I cleaned out the spare bedroom and set up a desk for my laptop. Can we all sigh in relief now?

Just a comparison, this is Nathans dungeon where Nathans computer lives. Yes, those are my bookshelves in the corner. There is another one that you can’t see and a whole bunch on shelves to the left of the room as well.

I haz big glovez. They iz bigger than my handz.

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You slide around a corner when you know that the back tyres are still good. When the Spouse has to fight to regain control of the car.

We were 3 corners from home, after having dinner with my parents, when the car started to slide. As Nathan regained control, he was swearing and cursing just a little because hello? we were on the bitumen, not the gravel and the car shouldn’t have slid. Let me just add, that if we were going to slide on ANY corner between my house and Mum’s, I definately would have chosen the corner that it happened on. The road is nice and wide, it wasn’t a sharp corner and there was plenty of space to straighten up.

We were home less that 30 seconds later, none the worse for wear. We headed up to pay the rent, and I remarked upon a funny noise to Nathan. As we pulled up to the landlords house I said

‘There, that sounds odd. Did you feel that clunking?’

‘Yeah, it was strange. We definately need new tyres, we shouldn’t have slid on that corner’

‘I know, very strange.’

I got out of the car and noticed our back tyre.

‘Uh, Hun? I think we slid because the back tyre is completely flat’

‘What?!’

I examined closer.

‘Actually Hun, I will rephrase that, we slid because the back tyre burst’

‘It burst?’

‘Yep, blew out, it’s a mess’

‘Well, definately new tyres this week then’

‘Yup’

‘Fucking thing’

‘Yup’

I went and paid the rent, discussed the state of everything with my landlady (I have a good landlady) and got given a bag of cherries (off her trees! yum! also mentioned that we should have apricots and apples soon).

We drove home at less than 5kph as the tyre flapped in the mirror. 200m took us at least 2mins to drive, with both of us going ‘shit shit shit’ the whole way.

Nathan, darling that he is, changed the tyre as soon as we got home (as you do). His job was made harder by the fact that our jack has no handle and was WEDGED into the boot so he had to reef it to get it out. The nuts wouldn’t budge, so much so that Nathan had to get the blockbuster to hit the unscrewy thing (the name has deserted me) until it loosened. He scratched the car as well.

Can we say annoyed?

After much swearing and cursing (Nathan’s) and giggling (Amy’s) the tyre was changed. New tyres to be bought Wednesday.

The tyre, looking a little worse for wear.

Nathan, grumpily putting the burst tyre back into the boot. Bloody thing!

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I have more grey hairs than any 19 year old should. I pulled 4 or 5 out this morning. Yes, I know I shouldn’t pull them out, but hello, I have jet black hair and they really stand out. I am sure I will end up with a bald patch the size of a 5C coin, either that or one grey streak.

Amy has learned to spin in circles until she falls down dizzy. Maybe I shouldn’t have walked in circles around her last time she was tantrumming. She seems to have picked it up. It’s only amusing until she falls over and cries.

My house is a mess and it is my turn to wash the dishes. How unfair is that? I can’t even tell Nathan that it is his turn because he washed up yesterday.

I want to go to the beach but it is too hot. We would get burned to a crisp. I think we may have a storm coming though. I would love if we had a storm coming, we need the rain.

I think us Mum’s of sleepless babies need a badge to wear proudly and show solidarity. A show of hands in favour? I will make one and we can all wear it.

Amy ate a bowlful of raspberries by herself this morning. Thank goodness that she was due for a bath anyway. She smeared them all over her legs and all over the floor and through her hair. I nearly had a red haired daughter, but then I shampooed it out.

There is a giant toy dog looking at me. Creepy? Much.

I have eaten too much chocolate today. Good thing there is still some in the cupboard for later. I love the aftermath of Christmas.

Amy has been bringing me a steady stream of books to read to her, luckily the most recent books have been taken over to Daddy’s lap. YAY.

My period is due Thursday according to a charting website I signed up for. (That will be Wednesday for everyone in the US) I will be sure to let everyone know exactly what happens by the tone of my blog post that day. Happy and chirpy? Or grumpy and ready to kill my family…who knows.

I am sure there was more, but I forget now.

What randomness is floating around in your head today?

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