Lending a Hand

On Saturday 27 November

Casey sent out an email asking for help:

Hey all,

As youse all know I'm building a little house in North Ryde. You have all pray with me for it's progress and have felt the frustration that Shirl and I have gone through thus far.

Alas, the brick work is all going to be finished today. Thus the slab, framework and bricks will all be in place and it will finally now start looking like a house.

My builder has informed me that there will be about 3 pallettes (3000 bricks) left over and if I'd like to keep them, I said yes, as I'd like to build a wall with them in the coming year(s). But the bricks need to be moved by Monday to free up space in the front yard.

Hence, I call upon you, if you're free this Saturday 27th November at 3pm to help me move the bricks from the front yard to the back of my property so that they are out of the way so that all the roof tiles can be delivered on Monday. Also, I can give you a tour of the place :) !

Address is, 17 Truscott St, North Ryde.

Let me know if you can make it, so that I can stock the esky and grab some snackage.

Thanks guys and girls

Casey

After having lunch with Mare, Linda, Tones, Jordan, Marisa, Steve, Ken, Evan and Kaylene  at Cafe D'or in Burwood (Leb food), I put on the work boots, packed the gloves and joined Ken and Evan to help move bricks. We were hoping that they would have finished by the time we got there, but they were only half way through, so Ken and I pitched in straight away, while Evan recorded the events.

Many hands make light work, and it was finished in no time. Shirley was kind enough to have ordered pizzas for the workers and Jeff picked them up and delivered Casey gave a tour of the house and we all imagined what it would look like when finished.

Lynn's Baby Shower

Hi girls!

The time has come to celebrate Lynn's baby boy.....

Please join us for a baby shower and help her get prepared for the big day over high tea with a twist :)

2-4pm

Sunday 21st Nov

10 Neil St, North Ryde

RSVP by 10th Nov to Shirley

On Sunday 21 November, Evan swung by to pick me up to go to Lynn's baby shower. I was running late, still making a set of baby boy paper shoes. I had baked a Orange Chiffon cake which was resting. Too many things to do, not enough time. Where had the time gone. Lucky I had already wrapped the gift and made the card the day before.
 
I gave Lynn a Peter Rabbit baby book with comforter, two Aldi singlets & a pair of cotton mitts.
 
Mrs Khor had been busy cooking, frying up prawn crackers, stir fried noodles, making curry puffs and fried dimsums as well as making delish Malaysian deserts...lots of food.
 
Baby games galore organised by her friends, Susan & Julia, and parting gifts of potted herbs. Took home the Apple Mint as well as lots of leftovers.
 
Lynn is due in 4 weeks time.

Market Day at Epping and Point Clare

It's been a very busy and hectic week, getting things ready in preparation for market day. So busy that I didn't get a chance to take photos of my many goodies that I made.

On Friday 12 November, my friend and upline, Emily manned a stall at the Epping Night Markets. It's my first time to display there and so I wasn't sure what to expect. It was very busy on the night and even though we were inside a hall, the foot traffic came in and sales of items were promising. All my chocolate tree trimmings and chocolate boxed gift cards sold, as well as my milk cartons filled with assorted chocolates. Must say..chocolates equal sales. Only sold a few cards on the night.

On Saturday 13 November, the day after, it was an early start, although I did sleep in after staying up till 1am in the morning making more goodies, as most had sold the night before. It was a very hot day, and not too many people were interested in the Christmas cards and goodies we had on offer. But it was nice being outdoors with friends, having fish and chips for lunch and and snow cone to cool down and just having a day out in the fresh air.

Sculptures by the Sea 2010

Sunday 7 November

On the second last weekend of this exhibition, Lily, Janet, Fiona, Marion, A. Cath, Evan, Ken and I went to Bondi for a day outing. We didn't leave till after midday, and by the time we got to Bondi, there was no where to park, we did a loop of the coastal road, looking for a place to park, saw lots of people and some of the sculptures, but no parking space. So we headed back to Bondi, in time to see a car pull out on the main street. Managed to park and displayed Fiona's invalid parking permit...could park without having to pay.

It was a very nice day out, the sun had come out and so had everyone else it seemed. The walkway along the coast was bumper to bumper people traffic. Every man and his dog was out to take that elusive photo of the sculptures to post on to Flickr.

Variety of Sculptures

Fiona had problems with the stairs and uneven paths, but lots of hand holding and patience, she managed to follow.

Lots of photos and walking, we got back to the main Bondi strip looking for a place to have a snack. Stopped at Hungry Jacks for junior whopper and fries. Mare and Ken went to 7-11 to get their free slurpie only to be told that they were too late, special had ended already. So Mare settled for a Boost.

Stopped by Flemo on the way home to buy some food for dinner, seeing as Fiona had to be dropped back home, she had a quick bite to eat before having a shower and Janet driving her back.

Darren's 20th Birthday

We celebrated Darren's  birthday by going to Hurstville RSL for dinner on Saturday 6 November.

Janet and I went to pick Fiona up, before going dinner we stopped off at U. David's to kill some time.

Had to have 2 tables as Mar Mar, Veronica, Anne, Tom, Martin, Conrad and Sheree also came along.

Went back to U. Davids for tea, coffee and cake. Made a cheesecake, as well as a chiffon cake.

Janet's 48th Birthday and a visit to the Podiatrist

Today I also visited the podiatrist to have my feet checked out. I still have a bit of heel pain, even after getting new orthotics, so Jason told me to continue my stretching exercises and icing the area every morning.

It was also Janet's birthday and nothing special was planned, so I tried my had at baking a chiffon cake to celebrate.  Finally, I succeeded. The cake rose, it stuck to the pan and didn't fall out, and it was perfect.