Weekly Chat, 1 January 2012, Happy Hogmanay!

Happy New Year!
Wishing ALL peace, joy and good health for 2012.

Fairly quiet NYE. We watched the 2011 Edinburgh Tattoo on TV. Later I woke from a doze over my book to find OH had gone to bed early. Then a few eager people nearby let off their fireworks at 11.30 pm - probably had been watching the telecast from Sydney (half hour ahead). At midnight I could hear the official fireworks on the Torrens River in the city. Couldn't see them this year, usually we can see the high bursts over the houses. After 15 mins in the final burst there was a sound like the soundtrack of a war movie and then silence. No dogs barking. Bar mine & one other light, the houses in our street were in darkness!

The usual numbers at church today - I sat under the air-conditioner! Another hot day, expecting 41 C in the city, tho' again we have it cooler here. Diane - The heat is dry, so more bearable. By Tues when we expect showers and 35, it will be unbearably humid. I avoid using the oven, so salad rolls for lunch and for tea tonight ham & more salad. M-i-l rang to say too hot for OH to visit her, however he will decide this pm. We have an air-conditioner but it struggles when the house stays hot after a few days (& nights) of a heatwave. In ye olden days Aussie houses were built with wide verandahs, rooms were high. Now they build little hot-boxes and a-c it vital. No wonder we need more electricity.

Christchurch NZ had a 4.8 tremour yesterday.

Sheila - I hope you can resolve something with Aunt's chemist. "We deliver", yes but we are inflexible these days.

OG - A standard comment here with lingering coughs is "It will be gone by Christmas". Admittedly they are referring to our after-winter coughs.