my mum says
when poverty comes through the door, love flies out of the window




i say
20 bucks an hour! whooopeee!

jump on the bandwagon and start blogging again?

too busy to blog
as my dad says, "only people with nothing to do with their lives blog".

kings club was on a couple weeks back..ive got pics of the cutest kids that i luuurve to bits..esp winston, north and luke..all my liddle boys!!!

last week of the hols was spent sleeping, watching dvds, trying my darnest to do my farm report, which ended up 18 pages long excluding the apenddices, and ferrying dad around

1st week of school was...slack(ish)..no labs
ive got this cool unit called animals and society and its incredibly fun. Tabs is gonna be my lab demonstrator in the cattle section..hehe..
its all about animal handling and its practical so we get to manhandle cow, sheep, pigs, dogs, u name it, we've got it. YES, murdoch uni now has 2 donkeys! hehe

then we had murdoch stall day and xmas in july
which were both awesome
when God works, He works in wonderous ways!
murdoch got lots of contacts those 2 days and we're all praying that they'll stick

2nd week of uni
mum was away at sydney for a conference and she came back with krispy kremes..joy-oh-joy!
note on todays practical class, we spent 1.5 hours hacking away at testicles and penises...crude as it sounds, it really is fascinating!
cant wait for animals and society prac on wed!!! we've got a stallion mating

vet school is a whale of a time!

muntzin requests photos of my farm prac
and here they are

Windsong Valley Alpaca Farm 3-7 July 2006
Think Sound of Music scenery, but without Julie Andrews and nuns. Put in neighbouring farms with less than nothing on pasture, and youve got Windsong The weather has been terrible of late. Driest winter in ages. Windsong has irrigation from 3 dams so their pasture at least has some semblance of greenery.

they really do look silly dont they

a cria is a baby alpaca, and this one is such a cutie. there were a couple of births a few weeks back, so there were little crias all over the place

this is Nmiska, who had her eye removed the week before (which another vet student witnessed but i missed!! darn!) due to a tumour pressing on it. shes got a cria on foot but seems to be getting along just fine. its hilarious to creep up on her blind side and scare her though..hehe

vaccinations on the male weanlings across the road with Ross and Shelley. . u should here them squeal like little girls when the needle goes it

there was supposed to be a pic with me carrying a cria, but stupid blogger is malfunctioning and i cant be stuffed!

my 1st farm prac is over and done with.
i told paulette that i wanted to drop by during shearing time in oct to see how the animals where sheared, apparently, its an experience not to be missed (anyone wants to come with me?)
i initially intended to upload more pics, but my connection let me down, and all the hard work on the farm damepened my mood to take nice pics, so ive got a limited number of them.
all i can say now is that alpacas are not as offensive as one initally thinks they are. yes they spit and kick, but hey, so do kids! they are heaps better than sheep anytime!

kings club!!!


4 long days spent playing with kids!

what i can say so far about farm prac at windsong valley alpacas

tired
534am starts
sleepy
hay bales are heavy
hay is itchy
poo is smelly
matings are noisy
alpacas spit regurgitate
regurgitate is gross
alpaca kicks dont really hurt
crias are the cutest

2 days more
and pics are yet to come