Another Health Update...

We've been to Mt. Isa hospital again, and I've had my test results back from the CT scan I had on my adrenal glands. The doctors found a very small tumor on my adrenal gland, only about 0.6mm in size. The medical team who consult with the surgeons and medical team in Townsville did not believe this alone was the cause of my symptoms, so they sent me for urgent CT scans on both my brain and lungs, they thought they'd find more, larger tumors on one or the other scan, THANK GOD they did NOT find anymore tumors. After further tests, blood and urine, they now believe there isn't enough evidence to show that this small tumor is causing the symptoms I have.
So now we are kind of back to square one...
There has been some confusion with one of my tests, one would prove that this tumor could be the cause of all my symptoms, but if the test results are wrong, then it proves nothing, ARGHHHH!
Most of the results of most of the tests show nothing negative and no real reason for what is happening to my body. Some of my symptoms a just crazy. I have the ones I've listed before, like anxiety, lack of appetite, at times racing heart, breathlessness, many other weird symptoms and at the same time during all these symptoms, about 1 month or so ago I had to have a golf ball sized boil removed from my body (a big OUCH) and more recently my right foot ballooned, it just swelled and caused quite a bit of pain for no reason I know of and I could barely walk on it for days, ARGGHHHH! 
Anyway, there is nothing much I can do about it. 
No one really knows why all this is happening to my body. It was suggested that maybe it could be environmental since there are alot of minerals in the ground, I wouldn't drink the water here again and Mt. Isa has a constant cloud of sulphate in the sky, so who knows, maybe the best treatment for me would be to leave the area, haha, you never know!
For now I'm on a few different medications to help with a few of my symptoms, I have pretty normal days for days in a row and then I can have pretty yucky days...we just take it as it comes for now. I do hate the not knowing what is causing all this, but it's out of my hands, worrying about it won't change a thing, so we'll just see what happens in the future.
We've been told to have some of my tests repeated in about 6 months to see if anything has changed, so we will make sure to do that!

Other than that, we are mostly well. We've all had a bit of gastro and the flu recently and are all mostly over that. We are still enjoying beautiful, clear blue skies here in Cloncurry. The weather is mostly in the late 20's to early 30's at the moment. We usually have clear, cool, starry nights, it's just beautiful! That's why it gets so busy up North in the winter, North Queenslands winter has to be some of the best weather we've experienced, it's BEAUTIFUL!

Hope all is well with everyone xo
Take care,
Love Dimi

The Cloncurry Merry Muster Festival...

What a whole lot of FUN in the Cloncurry Outback Sun, WOOHOOO!

Last weekend we went to the Cloncurry Merry Muster Festival and the Thursday before we enjoyed the parade in the main street of Cloncurry...

Beautiful Blue Sky...

We all really enjoy these outback events. The smells, the animals, the crowd, the fun, the atmosphere, it's quite an experience. These smaller outback events are quite laid back, and if you just go with the flow, you'll have a whole lot of FUN!

So we went to the street parade on the Thursday evening, just myself and the girls ( poor Shane had gastro and the flu :-( ). The parade was good. On Saturday we went to the Cloncurry equestrian centre where there was a whole lot of roping, rope and tie, steer wrestling, bull riding, bare back bronc, horse riding events and competitions. Also a band and a fun, crazy crowd :-)

It was a hot and enjoyable day/night. We tend to stay all day and night at theses events and make the most of it. It was a great atmosphere, the girls love it.
Check out some more of our pics... 

YEE HAA Cowgirls...

Look at that GORGEOUS Sunset...Just GORGEOUS!

My SPUNKY Cowboy 😍

We had a great time at the Cloncurry Merry Muster Festival!
I hope everyone is well and enjoying life xo
Love,
Dimi xo

Goodbye Oasis...

We've been at our new site for about 2 weeks now. All is pretty good! 
We are still here in Cloncurry, North West Queensland...maybe we'll move in permanently, Hahaha..not if Shane has anything to do with it, Hahaha!

So Goodbye Oasis Caravan Park...We have a heap of memories from our very long stay!
Our new site is a bit refreshing, we were more than ready to leave the Oasis caravan park...it was our home for over 10 months, so it was mostly good. However, after 10 months in one spot even a little change, even just a change in caravan parks is a little refreshing, Haha!
Our new site...

Hope all is well in your world xo

Love, Dimi xo 

An Update On Us...

Shane's last day working st Oasis Caravan Park...

Our Girls helping Shane...

We've had a good, at times hard and crazy month or so! It's still peak season up North with all the grey nomads and quite a few families travelling North for the warmer weather.
The girls have their local friends that they catch up with at least a few times every week, however, it has been great for them during this peak season to make many new travelling friends. In particular the girls made friends with a boy and girl around their age, and Shane and I chatted with their parents. The next day we were heading to Mount Isa for my hospital appointment, and this family were heading there also, so we arranged to catch up for lunch together. This family were a Christian family and we had a lot to talk about and encourage each other with while our children hung out together. We chatted for ages, we really just clicked and neither of us wanted to part from each others company. We lingered for as long as possible before we had to leave to go to my hospital appointment, and before we left we encouraged each other and prayed together, it was a special time together...I'm pretty sure God brought us together for those couple of days, it really felt as though we had known each other for  a long time...it's great when you just naturally click with people!

The other week we went to the small gem festival, we had a lovely day. The girls hung out with their friends and Shane an I chatted with the locals. Shane bought me a GORGEOUS chrysocolla pendant, I adore it. It's from a man who goes to our church here in Cloncurry. This man goes fossicking in and around Cloncurry and turns the gems he finds into beautiful, original jewelry, I love that! 
Upon leaving the gem festival Elissa was just about to walk down the hill to buy one final thing, as she did her soccer ball was about to roll down it, she reached out with her foot to stop the ball and she somehow twisted and sprained her ankle, Oh No...off to the hospital...my poor darling was in quite a bit of pain! After about 1 week or so on crutches, Elissa's ankle seems perfectly fine, YAY! Thank God!

Shane the Pro Basketballer, Hahaha!

My last appointment at Mount Isa last week we found that our vehicle was leaking a whole lot of diesel. We took it to the mechanic and they advised us not to drive it the 1 1/2 hours to Cloncurry without having it fixed first, Boo Hoo! RACQ was called, the vehicle cost us another $900, ARGGHHHH! Thankfully all went well with our full cover RACQ and they paid for us to spend the night in a motel in Mount Isa and a hire car for the time our vehicle is at the mechanics. What do you do!

Basketball FUN with Dad...

The girls have been spending quite a lot of time with their friends, it's been good to get know their friends parents. We caught up with their friends parents the other evening who have a 5 acre property here in Cloncurry, it was great to catch up with them. We are looking forward to catching up with them for camp oven cooked damper and stew...We have been so blessed to get to know people here in our outback home.

Mr. Spunk!

As I type I'm still unwell and now have an issue with my foot (who knows! More about that in a future post), My beauty Elissa has a bit of a gastro bug, My gorgeous Serena has a bit of a cold and Shane is on his way to Mount Isa to swap the hire car for our vehicle, and tonight is our final night at the Oasis caravan park. Shane finished up work about 1 week ago and even though we would like to head off soonish, we still have some loose ends to tie up (and it's a little sad to say goodbye to our outback home). So we are staying in Cloncurry for the moment, just moving our caravan elsewhere. Shane still has his morning job here and has had to job offers, so we have a bit to think about!

Gee, sometimes I feel that we may as well stay here for another season, sometimes it feels as though something keeps keeping us here- It's something to think about!

The girls are well, they love their friends here. They are doing well with their homeschooling and they are growing up quickly, we are so PROUD of them xo

Homeschooling Fun...

Our Faith Led Journey has taken us on such an adventure with MANY twists and turns, bumps and smooth roads, I wouldn't swap it for anything. The ups and the downs, both good times and hard times, they have changed us, shaped us and grown us. Sometimes I've cried, most times I laugh and usually we try to just enjoy the moment, the very simple things in everyday life, and cross every bridge as we get to it.

Zoey loves life!

Shane and I are well. We adore each other and I often Thank God for a husband like him and for my beautiful children...
I LOVE my family, I LOVE God and believe it or not, with all it's CRAZY ups and downs, I LOVE LIFE xo
I Hope all is well in your world xo
Take Care,
Kiss and Hug your loved ones and Enjoy life!
Love Dimi