Snoskred – Life in the Country

Where has Snoskred been?

I was stuck in Hawaii for 3 weeks after my Dad had emergency surgery over there. The last couple weeks since getting back have been a little busy to say the least with work going into busy mode for the Christmas season etc.

I started writing a trip report which can be found here if you want to know more about what happened.

I’ll get around to telling you more about that, and about life changes I’m going to be making as a result of what has happened, when I have more time. Which will likely be in the new year.

Have a very Merry Christmas, and all that.

So it has been a while.

In the past 12 months, I have –

- Got a brand new awesome car
- Went back to school part time
- Worked at 2 elections
- Worked for a month cleaning motels
- Got a new part time job
- Had friends move in with us from overseas
- Moved house to a new place much bigger due to the above
- Had friends from overseas move out
- Bought a new coffee machine after 10 years of loyal service from the old one
- Became the owner of a fish named Sushi the emo fish
- Held a funeral for Sushi the emo fish after he committed fish suicide
- Travelled to Hawaii for a holiday
- Visited Sydney a few times for overnight stays

So there has been a lot going on.

I might have some things to say, so I might be back for a bit.

When I lived back in Adelaide, we were living within a short distance of West Lakes. I always used to love seeing the (manmade) water there. My dream at the time was to live in a house with a little pier and to have a paddle boat to paddle around the lakes with.

So a few years later, a completely different state, a completely new life that I did not anticipate, and I still want a paddle boat. Though not quite the same kind. I want me a Kayak. To be specific, a Hobie Mirage Outfitter.

This from the girl who never swam in the sea until a year ago for fear of sharks. This from the girl who went kayaking for the first time about a week ago and was utterly terrified by it because we couldn’t get the kayak to go where we wanted it to go. It wasn’t a Hobie, it was a cheap crappy double kayak that we hired and the darn thing was like a shopping trolley that refused to go straight.

Did you know you can get kayaks with pedals as well as “paddles”? Seriously there is some amazing kayak technology going on from Hobie.

Tomorrow we test drive the one we intend to buy, and hopefully will have it by the weekend. w00t! Of course I’ll post pics.

There is much going on in my life at present, much of which cannot be blogged about. Community volunteer work,  the other half on holidays and actually smiling for a change, an exercise bike, roast chickens, kitties being cute, blog design, and filing cabinets. There is much I want to tell you and I hope to have some time to do that soon!

But for now, read about kayaks.

It’s insane here at the moment – The Other Half is on holidays, I have been busy working on a community project or ten, and also behind with my posting ahead of time.

The Thought Of The Day is taking a little holiday – it will return soon. I usually write an entire month’s worth in one sitting and then WordPress just posts them for me daily, but I don’t see a chance for doing that until Friday or so.

And I have a confession to make.. I am obsessed with Dexter. I will write a post about that soon..