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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!!

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Too Old for This!

Adoring Husband demanded (perhaps ‘demanded’ is too strong a word) that I be out of bed and hard at work by 6.30am.

Our new bedroom suite was being delivered today and we had decided to go the whole hog and clean the room from top to bottom.

This meant washing the walls, cleaning the windows, fly screens, blinds, architraves, doors and the bloody ceiling fan which is made of  woven cane. Dirt and dust sure accumulates beautifully on that little bugger! A hard lesson learned.

So, for some strange reason AH thought the furniture would be delivered at 8am. I know! Hilarious right!?

We spent a good 3.5 hours removing the old furniture, washing the bedding and cleaning. Talk about exhausting!

We sat down at 11am to wait.

Our delivery finally arrived at 3pm.

Five giant boxes filled our room and the king sized mattress leant up against the wall outside the room. It took over an hour to remove the damned packaging!


Between the two of us, with AH’s dodgy back and me straining a muscle in my stomach, we struggled for 3.5 hours to put this bad boy together. It’s HUGE and it’s heavy and fills the room. The dressing table and tall boy haven’t even arrived yet.



The psychotic dogs now have to sleep outside our bedroom door because there is no space left for them.

Needless to say AH and I are absolutely exhausted! We need to go to The Bay in the morning and we’ll leave early so that we can come home and rest our weary bones. A swim might be in order too!

I think I hear my new bed calling me!!

Nite all.

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