Work, rest and play

Hello peoples,
The end of the week has arrived and I'm left wondering what I actually acheived this week! Everything and nothing I guess!! Yes, I did work up at Redhill on Tuesday and Wednesday and yes, my dress handled it well and so did I! I wore tights underneath so I wouldn't have to be freaking out all day and tired knots on the sides to keep it from getting in the way and brushing in the dirt. I've now aquired a new tan (alias sunburn!)to take my through the next season and have enough red dirt under my fingernail to plant a garden with!! I love it though, it beats sitting in a stuffy office any day.
All day Tues was spent planting avocado trees. Thankfully it was an overcast day, so heat was not an issue.The boys dug the holes and I, with the help of the boss' little daughter Jackie, planted them in.



We planted another whole field of avocadoes on Wed morning, had a swim in the pool at lunchtime and then broke our backs over a field of rhubarb for the entire afternoon! We had to walk along under a blazing sun and a coat of sweat, weeding, whipper-snipping and hoeing around and between each bush and row and cutting off the flower heads and pulling off dead stems. At least we could converse together as we were closer to each other, which helps pass the time.



I just have to show you the good looking "scarecrow" that graced the rhubarb too...



...not that any respectable creature would wish to gorge on it! I daresay I'll never eat rhubarb again, never loved it anyway really.
Well, that's been my week. I know there are more then just two days in a week, but I can't seem to recall what mischief I caused on the other four (Sabbath isn't included, because I'm always behaved then!). Oh, I did pull out half the feathers from the Feindish Mama's underside in a wild but successful attemt to capture and relocate her to her day pen. For some reason she has the greatest dislike of me lately and attacks me whenever I venture to close. I feel a little like Steve Irwin, everything dislikes me, but I love them anyway!!

Off to satisfy my hunger cravings now...! Do all have a lovely relaxing, enjoyable Sabbath this evening and tomorrow.

Love Nina ;o)

Happenings.....

Well folks, I have finally got a minute to spare for the computer and thought I'd get on here and let you know how I'm going. First of all I am just loving this LBD project and am looking forward to the finish with excitement and sadness!! The dress just seems to become such a part of you and I dont know about Nina and Bonnie but I'm really attached to mine - it's comfortable and durable, hot in cold weather and hot in hot weather!!!!

As Bonnie told you below, we are going to Port Macquarie church next Sabbath for the yearly Regional and are going to get up and give them a blurb about our LBD's. I'm not that excited about getting up in front of 400+ people but as least I'm not doing all the talking!!!

Well, I must go as I'm starting to fall asleep where I'm sitting....lol, you always feel tired earlier when daylight saving ends - I'm a bit of a "night owl" so it's rather unusual!!!

God Bless you all,
Love Layla

Exciting times!

Well, we've got some exciting news!

This coming Sabbath our church is having a regional meeting at Port Macquarie church. The three LBD's have decided that we're going to speak up the front of church (to 500 people!) about our LBD's!! We're getting excited about it, as it will be a great opportunity to share and witness! :-)
We'll let you know how it goes!

On Saturday night our church had a 'unsual hat' social, so we all had to make different hats, and wear them.

Here is a picture of us with our individual creations!

Wildlife in Pappinbarra (no pun intended!)

Greeting to all our fan club...

....No it hasn't gone to my head or anything, just kinda feels like that sometimes!!! I feeling awesome just now, maybe a little overworked and underpaid still, but happy none the less. My LBD just adds to the current feelings of gratitude and contentment! Honestly, I realise now just how much time I used to spend thinking about what I was going to wear tomorrow, to church etc, etc, and I'm not even a very clothes minded person!! It's truely been awesome and I'm still loving my dress, and.....oh yeah, I found a HOLE! Seriously, it's rather shocking, even if it's a tiny hole near the hem, which I'm guessing I aquired while marrauding around the chook pen early this week.

Here's the story:
Dad, Lay and I at home alone for 5 days while the rest of the family decide to take a holiday to the North. 'Seven Impossible Tasks' were left for us to accomplish, which we did, but with little time to spare for much else! Sabbath was relaxing as I spent part of the day at the creek sketching sage flowers. Then it was work, work, work.............clean the whole house, mop the floor, scrub the kitchen, tidy the deck and.........look after all the animals!! All done in our dresses, but as the camera was in ballina there are no pics. One hen decided to suddenly hatch 5 chicks and when we came home from town on Monday night I discovered one of them hanging from the jaws of a large python. There followed a scrambled rescue opperation to relocate the big mama and 4 remaining chicks to the bird avary. 'Big Mama' is a feindish hen, so getting involved with her each day added an element of danger - I enjoyed it!! Next day, after consuming half dozen eggs as well as the chick, our python felt inclined to sleep them off indoors and annoyed Dad for an hour by trying to come in the top windows where he was working. Dad took it out to the wood tank where it will hopefully stay! I had to relocate a bumble bee from the kitchen and a brown frog from the laundry too. Wildlife Week!!!

Lay and I enjoyed preparing meals for 3, quite a novelty I can assure you! We sewed while watching movies and went for a starlight walk one evening and almost trod on a Tawny Frogmouth sitting on the road. The 3 of us had a lovely time together, but it is nice to have all the family together again.

LBD's have two weeks left, very sad I think! Oh, I have to tell you also that I'm working on Mon-Tues planting rhubarb, so I'll post again later in the week with some pics....

Smile always, it's a reflection of your heart. Nins ;o)

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Oops, long time no-update! Sorry about the lack of new info and pictures everyone!

Life is going well in my little brown dress! I went to Port Macquarie yesterday and felt rather out of place! The number of people wearing scanty and 'fashionable' clothing seemed to multiply, after being used to practicalness and simplicity!

I scrubbed our orange 44 gallon drum mailbox on Tuesday - it really needed a clean! I must have looked funny standing on the side of the road in my apron, dress, and clogs!
Here is it - and I - when it's just about all clean.

Happenings...

Well, time for another update...!

Hehe...some comments recieved from people who have noticed our dresses:

(From a teenage girl) "Excuse me, are you from some organisation?" (then, after I explain) "Oh, that's so cool!"

(From a 12 yr old boy) "Why are you wearing old clothes?" (then, after I explain) "That's neat, you're so nice!"

(From a teenage girl) "Do you two work together or something?"

(From my Great-Uncle) "Now I know why you look so lovely in that dress"


Matilda and I went rowing in our little boat on Sunday so Matilda could catch tadpoles. It was fun, as I haven't done it before! It was interesting trying to get the boat into the dam without getting muddy, not to mention getting out!





Went to the beach yesterday but didn't get any pics. Managed to get very sandy and salty as usual! Enjoyed standing on the rocks with the wind blowing...
George and I saw about eight dolphins swimming together! It was awesome!
I probably got some funny looks as I was wearing my little brown dress and my Akubra, hehe...

Just a quick update

Well, responses to our 'little brown dress' project are encouraging! :-) We now have about 20 sponsors, which is wonderful!

This is the seventh day we've been wearing our dresses.

I encourage everyone to look at the Asian Aid website ( www.asianaid.org.au ) and find out more about what the organisation does.

I am really enjoying my 'brown' outfit! It is very comfortable and makes getting dressed in the morning so much easier - I don't have to choose a whole outfit! hehe...

Cheers,

Bonnie

My Latest Acheivment....

Ok, here is the latest exciting thing I have acheived while wearing my LBD...



yep, yesterday I did the whipper-snipping....and yes, that is an apron I am wearing over the top as I didn't want to get grass-stains on my dress. It was rather fun actually, I usually wear jeans for this job so it was a bit of a new experience doing it in a dress!!

Hope you get as good a laugh out of this as my family did,
Love Layla

Nina's first post...LBD news

Hello everyone,

This is my first post on our little blog and beleive me it's quite scary!! I'm not accustomed to doing these things and attaching pics etc, but there's nothing like teaching an aging dog new tricks!!!

Anyway, it's a rather bleak here in Pappinbarra and I have finally found two minutes to spare. Seriously, I'm still so excited about my 'little brown dress'! I't so comfortable and fairly warm on cool days (and jolly boiling on hot days!). I haven't done anything truely unusual yet, but here is a pic of Lay and I cooking lunch this arvo. Might I add that this is the first time either of us has "cooked" anything for an age, because as 'raw foodies' we only "prepare"!!




I just love this pic of Bonnie and I at her place on our first day.




The latest celebration at the Megarrity household was Remo's 12th birthday yesterday (the 7th March). He missed out on a colour theme last year (2006 was the 'Year of the Colours' at the Megarrity's!) , so he wanted to make up this year with an orange and yellow theme. "Great balls of fire" fell from the ceiling and we were enveloped in a warm glow and ate our colourful salad by the light of orangy-yellow candles. We had a most entertaining evening and were so full of exotic salad combinations that we dipped out on my raw pear pie birthday cake! We ate it for breakfast this morning instead, and it was delicious if just a tad watery!

Here's the LBD's and Remo at last night's party...




Well this has turned out quite an epistle, but I'm feeling rather good about this now!! Anyway, I have some ironing to do, so until next post....

Nina ;o)

chores while wearing the dress....!

(Ok, pics of yesterday are uploaded now - scroll down)

While we're waiting for pics of yesterday, here are some photos of me feeding my horse, in my dress!

Our first day wearing the little brown dresses!

Well, yesterday was the first day us three girls wore our little brown dresses!

Nina went up the front at church and explained what we're doing, and afterwards we had about 15+ people come up to us to ask if they could be sponsors! The response has been overwhelming so far! I think the Lord is really blessing this venture. :-)

And yes, we are going to be washing our dresses every couple of days or so - we're not wearing them the whole month without doing that! Hehe...

Ok, here are some pics of the 'Brownie Trio'!

Outside church



On a 'rustic' fence!

Our first post!

Well, today has been an exciting day...we've started making our Little Brown Dresses!

Here are some photos of the happenings:

Bonnie with her dress' skirt



Layla trying on her dress' top and holding Nina's skirt bottom



All of us, hard at work!



Layla was trying on her half finished dress, which was pinned together at the back, and she commented that she's started to get quite attached to her dress already...(no pun intended!)

We're waiting for our zippers to arrive, so tomorrow should see our project well on its way!