Hooray, horray, it's a holi, holiday!
It was labour day here in WA and as such, we had an extra day off - woo hoo! Mind you, the rest of Oz wasn't on it's hols, so Paul had a few phone calls to deal with , but all in all, not a bad sort of day.
On Saturday we went to do a bit of shopping; returning faulty lights, food shopping, that sort of thing, then on Sunday, we went up to the 'big smoke' of Perth to get a better selection of stuff. We were after two little coffee tables and a sofa bed......... Six hours later, we retuned with (well, not literally - it's all being delivered - a bedroom suite for Paul and I, three bar stools for the breakfast bar (god, how 1980's!) and a microsuede sofa with a chaise - basically, one seat is longer than the others and the kids can fight over who gets to lounge with their feet up, getting sand all over the upholstery! So - a successful shopping trip in one way, but not in as much as the one shope we were headed for (Ikea) wasn't even bl**dy well open! Never mind. We were very decisive and came away with a few bargains. The sofa only cost us $475 - that's less than £200 for a brand new sofa! You'll love it when you see it, I'll post a picture when it arrives (o: the bedroom suite is huge. It's a hardwood sleigh bed (King size, so I never have to even so much as be breathed on my Paul in bed anymore!) with two bedside tables, a double chest of drawers and a mirror. This was a bit of a bargain too at less than £800! Gorgeous!
Today, however, we gave the kids the day off from shopping and took the boat out. We tried a new route today and a new boat ramp. We actually went out into the sea! and headed for Penguin Island where we went with Mum the other week. It went very well - although the boat ramp was very busy and people were up our chuffer whilst we were getting the boat on and off the trailer; but we sped round to the Island and came into close contact with lots of dolphins. After a year of taking crappy photos of the sea, I managed to get this today, and I am SO chuffed!
You don't know how long I've waited for a picture like this!
We waited ages with the dolphins; there must have been about 8 at one point, all playing and fishing, then we pulled up near the island and actually used our anchor for the first time. It was failry successful, although our technique could probably use some work! The kids and Paul hopped out for a snorkel and splash about and then we headed back for home. Lovely! As we were drifting along watching the dolphins, another boat owner shouted out 'it doesn't get much better than this, does it?' and he was quite right. Moments like that are magical.
This was on my camera from Mum's visit. We went to another Dam on a reccie trip to see about taking the boat there. It's quite a large dam that they allow boat-owners to use and it's very safe if we ever wanted to learn to water ski, or something. Although it's a good hours drive from our house and I think we'd loose the will to live in that journey time and go off the idea completely - probably pull in to a McDonalds, forget where we were going, have a shake and a burger and turn round and head for home again!
The house has got it's hat on; hip, hip, hip, hooray!
And finally for today; exciting news of the house variety. We now have a roof! OK, it's not very water-tight, but hey, we're easily pleased! That bit only cost us another $68,000, so please look impressed!
