Australia now set to recover from disaster

I Live in Queensland  Australia and we got hit with the 100 year flood this week yeah the last one was in 1974 so still working on how its the 100 year flood. but it was devastating over 75% of Queensland was hit including out place of residence. we are one of the lucky homes to be up but it did get to our street so still close,
Tuesday night 11th Jan.  all of Ipswich and surrounding areas was on high alert even getting a text message warning about it ( this was sent to all services addressed in the hit zone)

Water levels that night 11th Jan 2011

 tennis courts well almost to the roof now, end of our street

Wednesday we were cut of from over half our town and no power to many as well as no food shops available unlike so many we got money into our bank the day after the floods so missed stocking up on so much, milk is our hardest thing to find now and it is one of the few things Alex will still drink alot of  but I am just thankful that Hubby was sent home when he was as the road closed minutes after he passed and we would not have seen each other for 3 days and that Alex is not under going active treatment  ( but the hospital did call us to make sure we were ok for Anything Alex may need including hospital access which was no access for 30 hours + )

12th Flood day

our main  bridge it is now down to 1 meter over the bridge it peeked at 4+ meters over

near our place day after water peaked 13th Jan

we got to meet a pilot that has been volunteering with the searching etc he let some kids check out his helicopter Alex went shy but Robyn loved it hehe 14th Jan






yesterday 14th Jan we finally got some food not much to chose from but its nice to have some essentials like toilet paper and tin stuff to keep us going til supplies start to get higher when major roads start re opening. No mail since Tuesday either so we are still sort of cut off and hoping we don't see more rain

we helped out by donating essentials like soap shampoo etc plus nappies as we are now a nappy free house :), and all the girls old cloths as so many lost everything and these are not much but will take the edge off for them ♥  we also helped friends out a swap sort of we offered hot shower and power to charge phones etc and a washing machine use, and they gave us toilet paper to see us through :) we did offer the freezer but they had other friends that also helped them.


was not a good day to start seeing floods as My dad drowned in 2009 while Alex was undergoing radiation and chemo, and Tuesday was his birthday
just hope 2011 is now done with the bad and we all can start to look forward to the good :)

Australia was hit hard this week Queensland over 75% is a disaster zone, Victoria flooding too and Western Australia had fires the start of the week, so we are proud Aussies and will build back up how ever long it takes  we have Australia day in just over a week to look forward too also :)
plus Robyn's 4th Birthday next weekend but nothing to do now due to flood damages, so just a small family get together now then Alex returns to school on Monday Grade 1

Queensland hit By Floods

today would be my Dad's 71st Birthday Happy Heavenly Birthday Dad Miss you heaps♥♥♥ R.I.P.  (11-01-1940 to 22-06-2009) and we are in the middle of a natural disaster with water levels dangerously high around us.

I so hope we see rain ease so this wall of water ( estimated to be larger than the Sydney harbour :o   ) can ease up and families can start to recover ♥♥
flood photo galery online

we are on high alert here lucky we are up from the river but very close and water expected to hit close to 1974 levels if not over, not good for so many

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/brisbane-flood-alert-as-wivenhoe-threatens-to-spill-over/story-e6frf7l6-1225985422016

this dam is stopping most coming down to us but we are still getting raising water.

we are staying put as we are save but the roads around us are slowly flooding and may get damaged with the added debris and stuff rushing down the rivers and creeks. and torrential rain still hitting us with storms what a lovely summer we are having :/ our local radio station is down so we are only relying on FB and the tv reports but they are covering the Brisbane area and trying to get info for our area,

praying for those that are badly effected by this bad weather and extra water ♥

toowoomba flash flood that hit yesterday and its still heading our way

Happy Camping to look forward too

so far we have missed out on camps last year and the year before one due to late registration and as so many have been on the list and well it looks like 2011 is going to be a fun one already, we just got notification to attend our First Camp Quality Camp soon and we are now just hoping school and pre-school do not expose us to anything which will cancel these events as well, like the 3 Christmas parties cancelled due to 2 chicken pox exposures, but I could never expose a sick child so I did what I would like others to do if we were still on the treatment side.

the girls are also on the list for their first 4-8 years camp so hope they like the time away from Mum and dad for 2 nights I am scared about this but think it will be good for them and us we do not get me time very often but do miss them when they are not with us ♥♥♥

Scan day and Dr Visit No.1. for 2011

wow we are now in the new year    

2011  

this was Alex last year Jan 2010 it is so good to see her now with hair, full off energy and healthy ♥♥♥

end of treatment and no NGT now small steps forward for us all

Wednesday the 5th Jan:~ today we had an early start like normal with ultrasounds and X-Rays due to fasting etc I like to get in early so she isn't hungry to long.

Hospital play ground

Ultrasound all stable still :)

Dr Kaffuffle

Mazz Dr Tickles and Red Nose Alex lol

CCS playground and CCS hat

we had the Ultrasound at 8.45am but we arrived early so the X-Ray was done first and was an easy time all looked good :).  Wednesdays are bone clinic days to so they do get busy at radiology, Alex has her DS , we also applied for Alex's bravery beads that working wonders now do in the hospital. they will back date it for all the treatment etc she has had. I also finally got to meet the members at CCS ( Childhood Cancer Support) Alex got 4 hats so we are keeping them in the car for when we are out and really need one :) she also got 2 butterfly rings (one for Miss Robyn) and a CCS scarf, I also found out I can park in their car-park when we have hospital trips and this will save us some money with parking fee's, I also donated our cot and baby toys to them for the families that are so far from home to use ♥ My little give back to a great cause. Great Job CCS its good to know there are groups out there for families that need then especially those that are so far from Home
Next CT is booked for the 9th March this is an extra 2 weeks added so slowly getting further apart but we will be back in the hospital on the 11th February for Alex's Immunizations to be done almost all done now :)
Today was Robyn's first day back at Pre-school for 2011, she didn't look happy when we dropped her off as she had to go into the "kindy blue" room and she is not a baby but had a good day in the end ♥

Tuesday the 4th Jan:~ we went out to the hatchery to get 2 new baby Chicks (one day olds and they sexed them so we should be 90% lucky this time to get girls) these babies are so tiny and I was there for Lee-lee and Rainbow at hatching, Alex was sad as she really wanted black so the hatchery always have different colours so we got what she wanted, now to deal with them inside for a couple of weeks then they can Join Lee-lee and Rainbow can move on to a new home. as he is crowing more still Croaking really but do not want to disturb the neighbours to much.

I also got a call from the hospital as with all the holidays and so forth I forgot to call them to say we would be in this week for scans etc Oh well all good now

Sunday the 2nd Jan :~ Daddy did temp tattoos on the girls was a task as Robyn annoyed him while doing alex's and would not stay still for her own lol but the outcome was cool here are some Pics.

Alex is still annoying Daddy to have another as hers was done well but it started to wash off last night so 2 not so clear ones and she is sitting behind me pulling every string in the book to get her own way ♥♥♥ Poor Daddy having that in his ear.

Daddy gave in after a very sad Alex but she did say Sorry to him too ♥♥