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Saturday 16 February 2013

She's Called Victoria



As I write this, I’m looking down the hallway of a mud brick house, (mud brick, guys! It’s mud brick!) listening to the mutterings of four beautiful children. I can hear butter being used, and the TV is on. But I don’t mind, all this noise helps me think.
Let me give you a back story...

In July, I got offered a job to help look after four children on a farm in country Victoria. After much deliberation, I decided to give it a trial run in Jan. But things got complicated with moving and all that, so we decided to put it off until Feb. So after a 3hrish long trip from Pert to Melbourne, I arrived, exhausted, and so not ready for all the challenges that lay ahead. (Guys, Victoria is 3hrs ahead of Western Australia. I left at 12, and didn’t get here til 6:30... Crazy!) That night I stayed at my uncle’s place, and got “prepared” for what lay ahead... (by prepared, I mean, woken up at 7am by raging cousins, and a crazy aunty.) I arrived at the farm on Monday and have been here ever since.


Now...
I look after 3-4 children every day. Guys, I’m a live-in nanny! I also do odd jobs around the house, and pick up after the kids. And I also have to continue my schooling, so I’m doing distance education for Yr. 12, which is possibly the most important year of school ever... but I always like to take the hard way... :p The farm is 15-16kms away from the nearest town, which has a population of 600. It’s nothing to phone home about. Just a small farming community, they farm mainly sheep, with a few crops, and beef cows. But it’s quaint, and pretty. And I like it, and I’m awful glad I moved! I’m only staying for 10-12 weeks at a time, mainly because I have to return to Perth every 3 months so I can keep studying.


What’s in store for the blog...?
As I promised there will be a new name, but it won’t be announced until I’ve finished redesigning the blog...  ie. new header, blog buttons, etc. I won’t be posting as often as I would like, and there won’t be as many fashion posts, partly because I can’t be bothered, and I just won’t have the time. Also to get access to the Internet I need to be in the other end of the house, and that’s just a pain. So it’ll be more of a lifestyle blog...


Sarah
xo 

Friday 15 February 2013

What's up, Doc?


Okey dokey! Sorry for being MIA on the blog!
Update on the giveaway: It is still in full swing. The only reason I kept it running is cause I've moved, and I want to get a chance for me to get settled, and get some more money, etc. before the giveaway ends. So now it's running to the end of February, and click on the link on the sidebar, and it'll lead you straight to it. :)