Hi everyone...
im sooo sorry its been a while since we have posted...but we have been flat out...
We have been checking on the farm at every waking moment to ensure the cows are ok...which they are...the vets confirmed that it was black mastitis that killed moowhistle so we have been like cats on a hot tin roof to watch very closely...we only have 2 to calve...a cow called 'legs' and 'blue tag'...they look like they are still a fair bit off and we are taking pre-emptive strikes and dosing them up with medicine just before they calve...still hard though...heading to buchan today to drench the cows and do some 'farm stuff' which will be nice...i havent been out there since moowhistle died...so it will be a big one!
Pete and i took a little 'mini-break' in canberra a couple of weekends ago which was umm...nice in lots of ways, but no offence to canberra residents...probably not our cup of tea at this stage of our lives...!!
we visited some galleries, caught a movie and went to the war museum...a big thanks to 'sam' for taking time off to give us a personal tour of the place...i know pete loved it.
Pete has been busy with his 'coxswains' training and will have that for the next 2 weeks as well..so im guessing he feels like he is back at school with his nose in the books after work!
I have been back and forth to Melbourne a bit and a friend "vicki" and i went to the PINK concert! Absolutely LOVED IT! had a fantastic time in the 'mosh pit'...no nanny seats here...although by the end of it i think we were a bit sore for standing more than 4 hours! But geez it was worth it!
The other thing i was involved with through the week was the "LIGHT THE NIGHT" launch...
it was a lovely breakfast and we gave a little talk about our journey...it was awesome to know there was so much being done in the research field of leukaemia. We also ran into "Will's mum" Tash...i think there a few piccies of the 'boys' on the blog, particularly when Eli was admitted with his CMV...chad, will and nick. We shared a room with the boys and got to know their families quite well. Will is the only survivor of the boys... He was diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukaemia..a pretty full on one to get...but had a transplant just as Eli died...anyways...it was fantastic to see Tash and we are looking forward to joining both our 'groups' and walking together...DONT FORGET TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET THERE AND JOIN US!
For details, go to 'www.lightthenight.org.au'....if you would like to join our group and walk with us, just email me on eli-simpson@hotmail.com
The event is on the 16th September at the Alexandra Gardens in Melbourne....we would love to see you there!
the other thing we will be involved with is an Angel Flight Arts and Craft Exhibition to be held in Nowa Nowa. It kicks off on 25th Sept. The "charity chooks" - BLA rebadged have made some goodies to sell at their 'trading' table...Mrs Margaret Campbell and her friends have organised it and we are really looking forward to getting involved...Again, if anyone wants to know more...just give us an email!
anyways..i better scoot and do some stuff....
I do hope everyone is going well....and our thoughts are with everyone.
luv
the simpsons
xox
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