Nice to see you!

Three major events occurred for me last year (2010), all in the space of about 2 weeks. I turned 50. The following day I got married. Two weeks later, my oldest daughter became pregnant with her first child and my first grandchild.

Most middle-aged people will tell you that in their minds, they still feel 20 something. It's the same for me.

Wasn't it only yesterday that I was planning a night out with guys from the surf club? That gorgeous new perm. Flaired, cuffed denims and the red t-shirt with the off-the-shoulder frill. Corked platform wedgies. **sigh**

Suddenly I'm looking in the mirror and wondering how 30 years can flash by so damned quickly!

So here I am in cyberspace, sharing my genuine shock and horror with anyone who'll listen and maybe I'll even meet some other over 50s who find themselves in the same predicament!

Welcome to my dilemna!!

Friday, July 18, 2014

Wind Swept

What a windy day we had today!

Chicklet and I ventured outside at lunch time today, but were home within the hour .. it was just too uncomfortably windy and there were twigs and leaves falling from the trees as we walked along. Not pleasant at all. Now, at 8.25pm, there is not a skerrick of a breeze!

We've had a lovely day today with lots of play, although a few 'manic' moments fell in there. Chicklet has had a week of visitors and I think it's all catching up with her. She needs some 'alone' time.

Tomorrow is my last day and I head home in the late afternoon.

I've taken a couple of photos with my phone, but not the camera .. must squeeze some pics in tomorrow before I leave! It may be a while before I get back and they may be living at a new address the next time I come for a visit. How exciting!!

As for my filofax post yesterday, I notice a couple of extra hits and few people went to visit Vegan Chickie's blog site .. certainly nothing to get too excited about .. however that may change during the week.

Time for bed and time for me to plug the power back in to my laptop before the battery goes completely flat.

Nite all.

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Filofax!

My oldest daughter, Vegan Chickie, writes a blog.  Her most popular posts are about filofaxes. Hundreds of people visit her blog every day, to see what wonderful advice and tips and tricks she has to share about keeping herself totally organised with her amazing filofax.

She gave me one of her old filofaxes - with blank pages of course - and along with it came stickers and post its and cards and lots of fun stuff, as well as some birthdays already marked and a few reminders.

I started using it at the beginning of July, but I am a novice and not as pedantic or as organised as she is.

She is the Queen of Filofax. The Maestro. The Magician. The Leader of all Filofax users and I shake my head in awe and I wonder from which side of whose family she took the organisational genes!

I do remember her paternal grandmother (hullo grannymus!!) was always very organised with budgets and birthdays and diaries .. so I'm guessing the genes came from that side of the family.

It certainly didn't come from my side of the family, all of whom totally excel at procrastination and doing their (and my) best work under self inflicted pressure!

So this blog post is my experiment. An experiment to see how many hits I get from people who are as addicted to their filofax as Vegan Chickie and who search the internet for more and more good ideas.

To anyone who arrives here today to read my post entitled 'Filofax', I apologise for my trickery ... I've got NOTHIN'!!

But just to appease you, here is the link to my daughter's blog .. I see you quiver with anticipation!

Nite all.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Quickie

I'm off for a quickie visit to my little Chicklet tomorrow!

Woman of Many Talents is heading down that way for a couple of days and invited me for the drive, so I jumped at the chance because my visits are going to be short and infrequent in the coming few months.

So I'm off for an early night to bed for an early morning start.








Still got those sports photos coming .. after the weekend now.

Nite all.

Girl's Day Out

We had a girl's day out today and I had a really nice time.



We saw the movie "Jersey Boys"Big Screen Hervey Bay: Now Showing: Jersey Boys and then had sushi for lunch in the new Stocklands Shopping Centre and had a quick look around. It's quite impressive and will be more-so when all of the shops eventually open.



I still have Touch Footy photos to share, but not tonight, because it's after midnight .. again .. and I have a big day tomorrow.



Nite all.




Monday, July 14, 2014

Viewing Pleasure

For you viewing pleasure …









The family has gone home and we can look forward to seeing them again next year.  We had a great time with them, as usual, and they might even take some extra time off work next year so that we can have fun 'other' than the big tournament.

I spent an hour on Baker's Delight's farm yesterday to get these shots…











… and then we have the super moon shots from Saturday evening…



… and with that, I bid you adieu. Touch footy carnival photos yet to come!

Nite all.

Busy and Late

Just a couple of teasers ...




It's been a pretty big day for me and it's almost 1am, so I'm definitely climbing into bed in about 3 minutes.

I have lots of photos to share tomorrow.

Nite all.