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!!

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Inglorious Day

Because I wasn’t interested in the live tennis available to me, I fell asleep very soon after 11pm and hoped that I would be woken by my bladder in time to watch De Minaur play.

At 1.09am my bladder did it’s job and I turned on the TV to a score of 1 - all in the first set and watched the match in its entirety. It lasted for two hours.

De Minaur won!

As tired as I felt, they announced that the Djokovic match was up next, so I stayed awake for most of that too! It finished some time after 5am.

I woke up at 9.38am! Harley had been very patient but was definitely ready for a pee and some play!

I was torn today.

I was keen to do some art and was going to use Number One son’s water colour pad that he left behind and I even had the imagined picture in my head that I wanted to create.

The trouble was that I sat down to enjoy my brunch of tea and toast when the movie “Inglorious Basterds” popped up. 

This movie comes up in trivia questions all the time and we had never seen it. BGWLBH has seen it and always answers the trivia questions correctly, so Adoring Husband and I settled in to watch it.

Ugh 😩 

The graphic violence, the blood and gore, the callous cruelty and the evil mindsets.

AH and I spent a lot of time gasping and covering our eyes.

Setting that aside, it was a well made movie and the acting was excellent, but if you have a weak stomach or are not a fan of blood and gore, then my advice is to avoid it.

It finished just in time for the football.

For dinner, I cooked a whole chook with roasted veggies - potato, sweet potato, carrot and tomato, with green beans and snow peas on the side and home made gravy.

We had 45 minutes of trivia before we all headed to bed and I have Wimbledon on in the bedroom.

The Aussie, Jordan Thompson is playing the American, Taylor Fritz tonight with the hopes of reaching the quarter finals. I don’t like his chances, but he is playing very well, so you never know your luck on the day.

Time to get comfy.





Nite all.

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