What a Weekend. .

Melbourne Cup Day is the First Tuesday in November and DH always takes some Annual Leave on the Monday making it the last chance to have a long weekend before Christmas. And we had A LOT of things to do in a very short time.

SATURDAY:  I once again Volunteered to demonstrate Cake Decorating to the Children in the Arts & Craft Pavilion (Shed) at the Whittlesea Country Show. 
It is a Big day which involves telling the same stories to different (often sticky) faces over and over again -

Our Theme this Year was the 100th Anniversary of Armistice. The End of the Great War, and we made many Aussie Slouch Hats, Nurses Veils, Poppies and Calvary Horses to adorn Lollypops that were devoured in less time than it took to make them.

It was not without it's trauma, I took a short break for Lunch which was near the Dressage Arena and while taking some quick photos, stepped in a Rabbit Hole and nearly broke my ankle, then ended the day with a strained wrist from too much Icing Rolling!

SUNDAY: 
My Grandmother used to say "Better the Day - Better the Deed" so, Time to get very serious with the Backyard.  The Bungalow needs washing down before Painting and this IS a task I can trust DH to do.

He really enjoys demolishing things and delighted in ripping down the old rusted Guttering while he was at it...

MONDAY:  The only problem with ripping Guttering down was... It had to be put back and of course the timber BEHIND needed painting (2 Coats - 2 Hours apart).  Off to get the new Guttering while the first coat of paint dried.   And in  TRUE fashion we had to go to TWO Stores in order to get all the bits to install it. 

Time and Daylight was against us now and the Weather Report says it will rain overnight and tomorrow.

So, working in the dark with the help of DS#2s Film Lights we finally clicked everything in place by 8 pm.

And Did it Rain?

TUESDAY:  Oh yes - Did it ever!

I was woken by the sound of Rain at 3:40 am and it was STILL raining at 1:30 pm only to resume and hour later. 
Not the Best weather for Melbourne Cup Day and "The Race that Stops a Nation". 

We had Two Months worth of Rain in a few hours and were VERY glad the guttering was up and doing it's job - Pity about the rest of the house!!!! 

Why is it we always neglect cleaning the gutters until the very worst time to be up a ladder?


The Ground was soaked - We were Soaked.  And our "To Do List" got a bit longer...
When this project started, I wanted it finished by July - Now it will be lucky if it is done by Christmas!