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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!!

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Very Weathery

Raining. Raining. Raining.

The rain was heavy enough to wake me often during the night and at 4am I couldn’t get back to sleep at all.

I let The Gypsy know, via early morning text, how wet it was here and she decided to cancel meditation. She’s not confident driving in wet weather.

At 5.45am I got up and made myself tomato on toast with a cup of tea and brought it back to bed.

At 8.30am I was ready to sleep again and at 9.15am Adoring Husband woke me up to say he was going to the supermarket.

I don’t remember what time I let Harley out but I immediately returned to bed.

It was the perfect day for staying in pyjamas in bed watching TV, colouring in, reading, checking social media, texting friends and family and napping.





The rain was heavy for most of the day. We’d had more than 100mm for the 24 hrs up to 9am today. I haven’t checked the gauge today but we may have had at another 60mm.

AH brought me a meat pie at lunch time.

It was my turn to cook dinner so I did curried lamb mince with toasted pine nuts, boiled rice and crispy flat bread. It only took 35 minutes and was delicious.

An hour of trivia before the 1% Club came on.

Now it’s rapidly approaching midnight and the rain is falling again.


Nite all.

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