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!!

Thursday, August 15, 2024

Lunch Date

Adoring Husband and I left at 8.30am for our planned date.

We had a fairly extensive “to do” list which started at GD Products where we stocked up on TP, cleaning cloths and soap dispensers for work.

Petbarn was next where Harley was the winner with dog biscuits, liver treats and we bought 3 of his favourite balls to store away for when he’s destroyed the two currently in play.

Stocklands for fruit n veg, bakery and the newsagent where I purchased a Powerball ticket that returned $42, which will help pay for next weeks winning ticket. Imagine how many people I can help with $100million!?!?

From there we drove to the new shopping precinct to visit Eureka Furniture and Spotlight. We needed some protective spray for the new outdoor furniture and some throw rugs as well.

We arrived at AH’s doctor appointment almost 30 minutes early so I walked through the carpark to Tinkerbell’s and the other crystal shop nearby.

I found some more manifesting crystals - carnelian, clear quartz, aventurine and citrine - some candles and incense. AH turned up just in time to pay for my purchases!



We were 30 minutes off our lunch reservation so we made our way to the marina where Truly Asian Restaurant was awaiting us … or so I thought!

I had booked our reservations online, not knowing that there were TWO Truly Asian Restaurants in The Bay. I did NOT book the one at the marina. Luckily they weren’t too busy and we scored a table anyway. I was able to cancel the other reservation without issue.

We ordered Duck with Shiitake mushrooms, sizzling garlic prawns, yellow coconut rice and fried rice. My drink of choice was a Lychee Delight mocktail and AH had a light beer.



I didn’t think to take pics until the food was almost gone!

The meals were bloody beautiful and we gobbled it all up from our share plates. The service was fantastic and the food came quickly. The outlook over the water was great and we watched the whale boats coming and going as we ate. The weather was perfect and we thoroughly enjoyed our hour together.

We arrived home at 3pm and it took us a while to unpack everything.

I played with Harley before putting my feet up for a while.

I reheated last nights leftovers and added some vegetables and chilli for BGWLBH’s dinner. AH had a sandwich because our lunch was very filling and I passed on dinner altogether … except for dessert! A dairy free almond magnum.

I did very well in the footy tipping tonight. I chose this week as my joker round and was lucky enough to get the first pick right. Double points for me! Fingers crossed for the remaining games.

Now it’s time to sleep.




Nite all.


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