melvania

I forgot to post yesterday. So sue me.

Mel the list maker strikes again.

• Address Christmas cards
  
• Send Christmas cards
  
• Finish Christmas shopping
  
• Wrap Christmas gifts
  
• Make more chocolate mint slice
  
• Weed the front flower patch next to the driveway
  
• Weed the driveway
  
• Turn my compost
  
• Drink more water
  
• Make ice cream
  
• Make a cheesecake
  
• Put the clean clothes away
  
• Go to bed
  

That last one is all I can manage at the moment. Bye.

They're already eating our apricots and they're not even fully ripe yet.

Next year I'm putting a net over the tree. At least over the branches I can reach.

This morning in the veggie garden, I saw ONE rockmelon/canteloupe seedling. Yay.

Nothing else is sprouting yet, but I'm not sure how well the rest do in dry weather. Rockmelon, from what I've read, seems to thrive in it.

And we must be just days away from the first ripe apricots. There's a few that are getting yellower every day....

This is my fourth Christmas in Australia but the first time we've had a tree. No room in the old place, and last year was just too crazy.

It's already been investigated by both cats, and Caleb's tried to but he can't reach it. He likes the pretty lights though.

Tree: $2. Tinsel: $4. Lights: $5. Ornaments: Free, they all came from my mom.

I think I left one of my home made nappies in a baby change room the other day....

It's not in the car, it's not in the nappy bag, it's not in the nappy buckets or in the laundry room waiting to be washed, so I think the only place left is, sadly, the baby change room at Parabanks, which has probably been cleaned by now (three days later).

Not happy. Not happy at all.

ETA: Umm...yeah. It was in my backpack. Now I just feel silly....

They're gone. Or at least mostly gone. The borax/sugar/water solution works pretty well. Just keep it away from pets & small children (which is why I had it just OUTSIDE the back door rather than inside on the floor).