2026 Floods

Bundaberg flooded ...again.  We, our family and friends are all safe and dry. I'm kind of shocked as the last 2 times we had flooding  it rained for so many days to cause flooding. This time we only had 2 days of rain, but we also had a lot of water coming down from north due to rains from a tropical cyclone that was forming.  Craig had been in Hervey Bay Monday night before and wasn't sure he would be able to travel back, but managed to make it through. That afternoon all schools sent out a notice to collect children from school and tthe water levels were rising, areas were alerted to evacuate and the 2x bridges across the river were being closed.  Tabs and I picked the kids up and took them for a drive around to see the river and some public flooded areas - they were so amazed to see all the water.  

Everyday Moments

Clay is still loving pickleball and we can see improvements every week :)

He was super excited to be in an article in the newspaper last week!

February book count 7 - total 11 for 2026!

Cody and Ellie are visiting mum again, so we spent Sunday morning with them before heading to Bunnings for the DIY craft - making a robot.  Clay had lots of fun hammering and screwing hardware on.  After the workshop we met up with dad for a birthday lunch at his fave Asian restaurant.

Cupcakes baked for school lunches.

Decluttering - Scraproom / Cricut Supplies

My scraproom is a complete mess, everything is just dumped on the table / floor in bags or baskets. I'm finding that I am not motivated to create due to it, so decided to put some shelves and cupboard in there and start sorting yesterday afternoon! 

First up was all the cricut vinyls - I had them in the plastic storage containers and that was working until I got a tub of stuff from Kristy LOL  I used the cube shelf that I recently replaced in the loungeroom and sorted it into HTV, vinyl, infusible and transfer/ stencil vinyl.  Each roll has a white slap band around it to help with storage.  Now I have the majority of them sorted out, I will cut out labels for each vinyl type for the bands to help with future sorting. 

Next I decided to sort the cricut / blanks area and set up the printer I got for Christmas. I used the cupboard that I recently replaced from the kitchen to store the blanks and put the printer on top.

Candle Making Kit

Last night after the markets, Tabs & I finally made our candles!  We brought the kits from Kmart last Halloween LOL

I didn't take any process shots - working with hot wax was a bit tricky ;)

The first candle - I think it turned out pretty good!! The bottom is a little rough cause I spilt the wax and had to scrap it up to put in the mold.  There is enough supplies to make 2 more candles, so we are going to have another craft night :) Might muy some oils to make them scented next time.

Lunar New Year and Witches Markets

Craig was feeling sick today  so just Tabs, Clay and I headed off in the afternoon to attend the Luner Nee Year celebrations.  We started off with doing some Chinese calligraphy  - Clay googled how to write his name and I think he did a great job!

From there we went into the mail hall to watch some dancing, a traditional clothing fashion show, listen to dummimg and see the Chinese dragon & lion dancing.

From the lunar celebrations we headed to the recreational precinct to check out the Witches markets happening that evening. There were lots of interesting stalls - Tabs & I even tried mead (not bad!).   I brought some earrings & an enamel badge and Clay brought a wand (he was so excited to finally have a wand LOL) and a Pikachu crystal.

Sunday Swims & Pizza

Yesterday afternoon Tabs, Lindalee, Josh and the kids came over for a swim and pizza.  It was a lively relaxed afternoon catching up will the kids swam.  Everyone made their own pizza for dinner and we even made a dessert pizza (Nutella, marshmallows and choc chips) - it wasn't too bad!