Week 16 14 - 20 July

Sunday 14
Preached at Cooranga North followed by linch at Pips n Cherries. Quiet and relaxing day. Robyn was not well and went to bed really early. Shut the gate from hill to the other place to keep cattle that had come down on the front. Submitted my EdQld application and emailed Dalby Christian College to let them know about I was interested in relief. 
Monday 15
Cold night. Moved cattle that had come off the hill to the west side of the farm. Cut the tree off the top shed and with the tractor moved it and the apple tree pile from the road to the bonfire pile. Set up a Gmail account for Dad and moved mygov to it. 
Tuesday 16
Town today. Went to specsavers to get new reading glasses. Going to get distance one too. At home I went out to check cattle. There was some in the cultivation behind the dairy put them out then I went up the back and there was a fee in the gully on the way up the spring. Managed to get them into the mill so I think that is the last of them. Headed to the other place and there was another one behind the diary. No idea how they get there. Checked the fence all the way round. Hoping that is sorted. There was none at the other place. 
Wednesday 17
Robyn's birthday. 
Checked cattle before leaving for Brisbane. They had been jumping over low fence on contour above the tough behind dairy. Added a couple of posts and made some repairs. Headed to Brisbane. Dropped Robyn at Wendy's her mum was there. Later in the day she took her back to Werona. Arrived at Ben and Nay's about 1.30 intime to pick the had a kids up at 2.10pm
Played in back yard with Charlie and Lucy then went to the Hyperdome to meet Bernie for tea. Listened to first half of Origin on the way home and watched the second on TV. Ben attended the game as part of a work gig. 
Thursday 18
Busy day today. Dropped the kids at school then coffee at Redbank with Merdiy and Nay. Met Gary Millar for another coffee at Ashgrove. Had a good chat about the church and direction. Back to Ben and Nay's to pick up Frankie from the hairdresser then a quick lunch and back to pick the kids up. Lucy want to scooter around the block which she did til dark. Charlie was not that keen. Ben was home tonight for tea.  Robyn was at Werona did washing and when to Kingaroy in the afternoon and then whment to Thristy Thursdays and gave them the gift from Kate. They loved it.
Friday 19
Robyn came back to the farm. Nay and I dropped the kids off, picked up some stuff from Blackstone and the. To Orion for a coffee. Did some book work and lunch then picked the kids up. Went to the Orion playground for a while then got fish and chips on the way home. After tea I headed back to the farm got there just after 9.
Ben had a work do that turned into work with the global it shut caused by Crowd strike. His clients were pretty much OK. He missed the axethrowing at the staff social.
Saturday 20
Today we went to Werona to celebrate Robyn's birthday with her sisters and mum. Katrina and Nathan and the boys were there. Trevor and Wendy and Landon and Dustin. Maddie and Rohan who was sick. We had lunch and tea together although Katrinema and her lot could not stay for tea. However Bill showed up to replace them. Matt dropped in for a bit too and we chatted about the tank that need replacing. Trev, Nathan and I cut a pile from wood for Peg before lunch. Very nice day. Home about 10pm.

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