5 Sleeps To Go.....

I love this time of Year.... This is the time of year we are all astir. Excitement is in the air. There is a great sense of anticipation and many expectations in the air. In a season connected with death, a baby enters this world offering life and love to everyone, It is my all time favourite holiday. Next to Easter, I can't think of a day that has the opportunity to impact more lives or change more lives than these two days. Yet unfortunately there are not any other holidays that are more controlled by the world than these two days The day God sent his son to us and the day His Son gave his life for us. Even so I love that Christmas it is a time of families getting together, that it is a time to celebrate the Birth of Christ, and what that has meant to mankind. Even though it is highly unlikely in fact almost certain that his birth did not occur on this date, I still love that we can set aside this day to remember that the Christ Child was born to save mankind. This Christmas we need to remember WHO Christmas is all about. We need to put Christ back into Christmas. We need to remember that Jesus is still the reason for the season.

This week we have been busy spring cleaning here. It is always nice to have the house looking good for Christmas, and even nicer to come back from holidays and start the new year knowing that it has all been done. I am thankful for the beautiful weather we have had over the past week. It has made the job so much better.
We created a huge mess, but it is now nice to see things back in order and glasses all sparkling. This was a job long overdue as we were away this time last year, so most of it didn't get done when we got back as we so busy dealing with the jungle of a yard we came home to after all the floods.

We had to wait until Chloe came home to decorate the house. She was spoilt this year. On the weekend her boss took all his staff to Heron Island for a couple of days for their Christmas Dinner this year. Now here is a boss who really knows how to appreciate and treat his staff. She had a great time... photos to come later.

When she got home we spent the evening doing this

I love seeing the house all decorated....

Steve has been busy finishing our retaining wall. It was started this time last year whilst we were away, but because of all the rain, we were unable to finish it when we got home. He has been doing it for most of this term. Yesterday he finished. The cement fixer is all packed up and now it is time to move out into the yard and get it all tidied for Christmas.

Pete is arriving home tonight to help STeve do this....
Had to also include these photos of my friend Jannett. We went on the roadtrip to Brissie together last week to catch up with our kids. On our way home we stopped for a picnic lunch. It was a huge trip home, took us over 10 hours for a trip that normally would take somewhere between 7-8 hours. Our roads are still all being repaired from our horrific wet season last summer, so we were held up in road works for a few hours.

Finally I have lots to be thankful for this week.

1. The season of Christmas and that it is all about the Birth of a Saviour and all that it means for mankind.
2. That my family will all be home this year.
3. For my wonderful husband and the wonderful help he has been helping me with all our spring cleaning.
4. Beautiful weather and cool breezes. Unbelievely cool this year, makes it so much easier to get our work done.
5. Christmas Carols.
6. The rain and that we now have green grass everywhere
7. Fragrance and smell and flowers and colour.
8. Clean house
9. Holidays
10. Just being able to enjoy being at home, not having to go out, but enjoying working side by side with my wonderful man.