Ds would like to tell everyone about our day so far. So over to him - It was really cold this morning, so I stayed in bed reading my NIrV bible. Mum decided that I had to get out of bed at 8.30, so I reluctantly got up and we had our breakfast. I had yummy porridge. I then hurried off to get dressed and put on lots of clothes. After I did my chores we settled down on the lounge with all our bible reference books and explored the life of Joseph. I made a page for my bible folder and then we went and got some wood from the shed for the fire. After morning tea I did my maths and then we worked on grammar which is not my favourite subject. I did my spelling and worked on a vocabulary sheet. We had lunch of mushrooms on toast and I also had two slices of peanut butter toast and a glass of apple and strawberry juice. We read another chapter of "Farmer Boy" and then I snuggled down on the lounge with a "Tin Tin" book. I love all the Tin Tin and Asterix books and borrow a few everytime we go to the library. Mum said that we had to do our entry on our blog and I volunteered. That's all I have done today so far. Well, I guess it is back to me now as ds has gone back to the lounge with his Tin Tin book and I know I will not get much more sense out of him until he has finished it. As I look at ds lying on the lounge I am thankful that he has this opportunity to take time in the day to just read if he wants to. It is days such as this where if we feel we don't want to be pressured to stick to a time table then we do not. It has taken the lounge room a long time to warm up so that we are not shivering and ds has worked on the coffee table today. He has decided now that the weather is colder that he will do his work sitting on the lounge, close to the combustion heater. Isn't it wonderful that homeschooling can afford such opportunities to be flexible! Where we live has been in the grip of drought for such a long time and with the cold weather has come some much welcomed rain. The farmers are all preparing the paddocks ready to plant and the district is buzzing with the activity. Everybody is busy! We are also grateful for the rain and now one of our tanks is nearly half full. It is a blessing to be able to turn on the tap and not worry quite so much that we were nearly out of water. We have two tanks and one we were using for water that was carted in from town and that one was nearly empty too. We switched between the tanks according to what we were using the water for and reserved the disgusting town water for bathing and laundry, attempting to preserve the rainwater for drinking and cooking. We are praying for much more rain so that both tanks will fill. However we are not the only ones praying for more rain, more importantly the farmers need more rain and all the other people in the area also need the rain to fill their tanks. Some time ago a long range weather forcaster was heard to predict a wet winter and spring for us and I do hope that he is right. A break in the drought is desperately needed not only in this particular region but right across Australia. Jane