Last night in Arizona; heading home tomorrow with stopover in Palm Desert. Will catch up then!
LINDY Typical Lab, really laid back.
HARELADY Good you are being looked after by friends and colleagues.
Your day out sounded heavenly OG - Especially the sound of the yummy lunch!
The owners of Princess say that she's much loved by all the family. I think she's about a year old, not really fully grown yet as she's very slim still.
I've been very busy, this morning with the backlog of housework and this afternoon helping with something I don't want to discuss here, so now I'm sitting with my feet up and catching up on my paperwork - my OH is going out later so I may go to bed early. We're hoping to go to Wales next week for another break before summer is over, but I have lots to do before then.
Hey Ho I'm off to school! Gran has to leave by 8 am to drive across suburbs for a 9 am start. I haven't heard what dress-up Miss5 has for the Book Week parade. Thank goodness it is not raining - yet.
Good Morning. I hope that you made it across in time, during rush hour, AQ! Waiting to hear what costume was decided upon, eventually, and how the day went.
Sunny and bright, here, and I'm only just moving around after going to bed flaked out last night. Now I must get going.
Here's today pic:
Sorry if I've put this one on before.....or was it just a similar one. He's still beautiful.....
Lovely morning though forecast says it won't stay this way. Going for a swim, then meeting a friend for coffee. She is looking after her daughters dog today so we will come back here and hopefully have a walk with Benson. He loves Breagha and it will be interesting to see if he will walk in the lunchtime forecast rain if he has her company!!!
LINDY post that as often as you like. He is magnificent.
Linda – I love those big horses. I don’t mind if you do repeat!
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I survived the school grandparent ordeal, er sorry, visit. I arrived in classroom in time for exercises (kids leaping crazily in all directions), then we endured noise while they displayed their skills gluing stickers & tiny pompoms on a card. We were all herded to the playground where there was a row of chairs – Dau had asked for these knowing I cannot stand for too long. Each class paraded to show their costume representing a favourite book character. Hm, a large number of batmen – fed-up parents perhaps? Miss5 did go as a “doggie”, as per the book “Dog in Boots” which Dau found has been removed from the whole SA library system. (As the trio have borrowed it again & again, perhaps it wore out?) Miss5 wore a large brown t-shirt to which was pinned a racoon tail, the stripes covered by a dark sock. On her head, the wolf helmet. After lots of speechifying which I couldn’t hear, we all cramped in to the assembly hall where a class ran the show, mumbling into microphone about what they did recently. For Science they showed the trebuchet & catapults they had researched and made. (Should be very useful if DT wants a new weapon.) We heard poems, a song (when the backing tape finally worked) and other stuff I would rather forget. The twins were very good. As soon as we were dismissed, kids to recess, oldies to library for scones, we retired to the sand pit for the Little People’s time to play. It was almost 3 hours before I escaped. We were honoured (!) by the late arrival of our Premier (yes, we have an election early next year) and he generously donated 2 Mem Fox books (our taxes at work?). Mem Fox is a SA children’s author. I took no photos as there is a risk photographing other children without permission and one can’t help those in background. As for next time I think I have an urgent appointment at same time as assembly . . .
LOL AQ!!
-- all sounds rather tiring....... Glad it went well, as far as the children were concerned....
Hello all
Thank you, everyone, for all your news, LYNETTE for her holiday pics and AQ for an entertaining read:-) Also HARELADY for sharing her news regarding Katy xx
Now I'm going to ask for some advice/thoughts.
Since my OH died last December, things have not been easy as you will understand. Sometimes I just wonder what on earth I am going to do with the rest of my life, and tears are never far away. My family have been wonderfully caring and supportive but increasingly my mind is focussed on the garden. I am a tidy person by nature and try my best to keep the garden looking neat. My youngest son in law has said that he will come and prune shrubs and trees in the Autumn when he is home from his offshore job. However, I am increasingly realising how much time OH must have spent on a daily basis, pruning, raking and general tidying. I have had gardens in the past and enjoyed looking after them, fitting that in with everything else, the four children and my career as a nurse. That was then and this is now. I just cannot cope, physically or mentally with all the ceaseless garden housework. I have a chap who cuts the grass so the rest should be achievable. But it isn't. I spent ages yesterday raking up rose petals and leaves in the front garden, only to wake up this morning to find the rose borders covered with leaves again. The back garden is not huge but has five big fruit trees plus climbing plants and shrubs. Again, leaves down all the time, due to birds and the weather and whatever season we are in! My dilemma - do I sell the house and get a one storey with a small garden or do I get rid of the roses and the trees and shrubs and have a concrete garden? The latter does not really appeal. I could dig up the roses and 'close plant' perennials. I know that OG has said here in the past that she would not have roses because of all the work involved.
Reading this through, in my heart I know that I shouldn't make big decisions just yet, while I am still coming to terms with my huge loss. Perhaps wait until next year.
I just thought that I would not post this, but I know all of you have been supportive to each other, probably because we are not emotionally involved. So here it is - and my apologies xx