Festive Break

I've had a bit of a break over Christmas, I've been crazy busy, just like everyone, and my kids have been keeping me on my toes.  Tomorrow I'm heading up north to my in-law's other farm, which is in quite a sparsely populated area of New South Wales.  The town has a sign that reads 'Population 300'.  Not sure how out of date that one is.  My husband has a week of shearing, and for a change I'm going with him, along with the kids.  As a result today was spent shopping for food supplies (with four kids...major nightmare) and cooking a casserole to take for one of the meals, (there is no oven...only an electric frying pan and a microwave so you have to careful think out your meals), two batches of chocolate chip cookies, a jelly slice (hubby's favourite) and 96 sausage rolls for smoko. 

For those who are unaware, smoko is a bit of a shearer's term for morning and afternoon tea, and at both you will find that shearer's will consume a fair bit of it.  Shearing is hungry work!  Anyway, I was cooking and baking for 6 hours straight today and my back is killing me!

So, next week while I am away I will be blogging as normal, I just will be in a different part of Australia and showing you some vastly different landscape from where I live.  I am also planning out my 2015 blogging year so that shall keep me busy!

Looking forward to New Year's Eve, which will no doubt be spent around a 'fire-in-a-barrel', drink in hand, and then on Saturday we are heading off to the Deniliquin Rodeo where my brother in-law is riding a steer!  My husband is also hoping to get a ride.  I am kind of hoping he doesn't!  I will post photos I promise.

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas!