Nancy's busy December

December has been a very busy month so far! 

Some of the more memorable highlights include

• my birthday
• work Christmas party
• Anthony's visit

December 15th is when I turned a year older...as usual I preferred this day to be normal and without fuss.

My family organized the usual dinner for me the weekend before.  As always, it was a late dinner and there was a fruit cake.

Actually wait, they forgot the fruit cake at the shop because they had so much food to bring home and too many hands helping to do it.  Either way it was fine; none of us have been a fan anyway!

Paul naturally chasticized us for not appreciating the time and effort they put in to make it.



Then there was my work Christmas party which was my very first.  Itwas at a very nice fancy restaurant with a special function centre all decked out in astroturf and flowers.  As per fancy restaurants, the food was alright but in very small portions.

We started with bread baked with sprigs of rosemary, along with dipping oil with soy sauce balsamic.  Entre was 4 thin slices of roast pork in a balsamic sauce.  Main was a tiny portion of beef steak with vegetables that an ant could single handedly carry off.

Sadly there was no dessert.  I suppose the company felt it was more important that we all over indulge on alcohol with an open bar rather than fill our tums.

 

I wasn't the only person who was still starving after our tiny meal.

Today has been the best day of all - I got to see Anthony after two months.

We met at Flinders Street Station and I made use of him by getting him to carry my heavy corn for the girls :)

Queen Vic Market is open every Tuesday and Thursday - Sunday.  There are outdoor sheds that sell fresh produce; these sheds double as knick knack stalls on Saturday and Sunday.

Weekends are incredibly busy for the obvious reason that the majority of people have it off. and need to fill up their fridge.  It takes patience to navigate through the numerous trollys and prams along in the crowds.

We dropped all my shopping at home and then went out for a late lunch in the city.  Then we spent an hour chilling at Borders; it's one of my fave things to do, just sitting there and reading together.

Then I had to see him off at the train station because he had to go back to his family obligations.

New Digs

My girls have a new house!

This recent purchase is thanks to an online pet store on ebay.  Chicken coops are quite pricey and this one was quite reasonable I thought.  I was quite excited that it was below au$200 and considered it to be a huge bargain!

It arrived really quickly; within 3 working days infact.  Unfortunately no one was home so we got carded.  It was divided into two boxes and my brother had to drive me to the LPO to pick it up because it was quite large.  Definitely not a packge for 1 person to pick up on foot! 

Putting it together was a bit tricky; May helped me and we had to be very careful because the wood is quite flimsy.  The nails were all screws and holes didn't need to be drilled; you just screwed it straight into the wood because it was that soft.  (Ok this is the incorrect terminology but I don't know what is).

After putting it together, we realized that getting the foundation right with the first two walls was important.  We didn't get these perfectly aligned so every time I slide the floor/ removable tray in I need to get it at a certain angle or it doesn't fully go in.

Here is the end result;

Flitter has never slept on slates/ a perch before so she sleeps on the removable tray instead.  She prefers it lined with old clothes.  White Chicken isn't particularly fussed where she sleeps, considering she slept perched on a cardboard box in the laundry during the first week we found her, a coop is a luxury for her!