My Saturday

My brother did not text me back last night.

I texted again tonight.

He has not responded.

This is not unusual for him, so I am not overly concerned. Hopefully he will respond within the next 24 hours.

There is no point phoning him because, like me, he doesn’t answer.

Today was a great day.

Except for Harley play and preparing two meals for myself, I spent the day in bed.

Firstly, I finished reading my friend’s book and then sent her a lengthy positive review with a hearty congratulations.

I journaled.

I played Texas Hold’em.

After cooking my early dinner at 4pm (honey soy prawns), Adoring Husband and I watched two Hallmark movies on Netflix, followed by an episode of the Australian version of “Portrait Artist of the Year” on ABC iview. 

When I returned to my bedroom, I discovered that my ceiling had 18 big black flies congregated above my bed. This was very off putting because I hadn’t noticed them at any time during the day.

THEN I walked into my ensuite, which I hadn’t entered since 8am, and like an Alfred Hitchcock movie, there were more than 60 big black flies stuck to the walls, ceiling and glass walls of the shower!

I have no clue where they came from. I checked the bin and there was nothing in it to breed nasties.

Manned with my fly swat, I spent 20 minutes swatting every single one of them stone cold dead! Some I squished against whatever surface they were upon and others I swatted in mid air. In the bedroom, I climbed on my bed to reach the buggers that were on my ceiling.

I wish I knew where they came from! There was a Weis Bar wrapper in my bedroom trash bag, but it wasn’t touched so I really am clueless. Could there be a dead creature in one of the drains??? I shall investigate further tomorrow.

I think I’m ready for sleep now. I hope I don’t have Hitchcockesque nightmares!

Nite all.

Fishing for Hail

My brother is currently fishing on the Maroochy river and stuck in the middle of a hail storm.

This is not good.

He will text me when it’s over 😳

On Wednesday, I spent a delightful 4 hours in the bay by myself while BGWLBH did volunteer work at the art and craft shop where she sells her art.

I can’t even describe how much I cherish solo time. It happens so rarely.

I browsed a stack of shops. I sat in 2 cafes and enjoyed a cup of herbal tea in each, just sitting for about 30 minutes people watching. I love people watching.

For the last hour, I hit the RSL club and played the pokies and Keno. I took $100 out of the ATM and left with $150! Very satisfying.

BGWLBH had a successful and enjoyable afternoon in the shop and picked me up at 4pm.

Adoring Husband had dinner prepared when we arrived home which topped the day off beautifully.

The only blemish for the day was yet another close call on the road. Close enough to make BGWLBH yell in fear and left both of us shaking our heads in disbelief that we escaped a possible 3 car collision that would definitely have resulted in at least one death.

We survived.

Thursday was morning tea with the art girls.

I spent some of that time telling our resident author how amazing her writing is. Just a small example of her work …

‘Olivia, one month shy of her 2nd birthday, looked like an angel with her halo of chestnut hair that like spun toffee, floated around her ears in a whisper of soft curls.’

How do words like that appear from a person’s imagination to a page in a story? I spend so much time rereading sentences and creating images in my head. It’s not just reading a book. It’s experiencing another world in the most beautiful and descriptive way.

It was a 2 hour visit where we caught up with all the news and gossip ending with another planned gathering in two weeks.

I pedalled home, stopping at the supermarket for some ingredients for our dinner menu.

Sausages with a garden salad and a broccoli and strawberry salad.

Today is Friday and I spent the day again in the bay. It was a cooler albeit still muggy, showery day. We visited most of our usual haunts, but came home with little to show for it.

Harley was happy to see me home. AH had news regarding his broken coffee machine. We all made our own dinners (even though it’s not ‘fend for yourself’ night) and I came to bed at 3.30pm where I read some more of the book, journaled, watched TV and played Texas Hold’em.

It’s now 10pm and the movie “Suddenly 30” is on TV, but I think I’m ready for sleep.

Nite all.

Swervin Mervin

After a great meditation class, I left five minutes early to meet Adoring Husband in the car park and we drove into the bay.

He was picking up his new glasses from the optometrist and we had a list of errands.

We ran into our rear neighbours at Stocklands and chatted briefly with them.

Harley was in need of beef bones so we drove to Pialba butchers, but as we left, some dickhead drove straight out of the chemist carpark driveway without even looking. If not for AH’s quick reflexes, we’d have been involved in a serious accident.

The other dickhead realised his error and slammed his brakes completely blocking the road and the only way to avoid him was to swerve around him which meant driving onto the other lane, which luckily had no oncoming traffic at the time.

There was no space for us to brake. We would have slammed into him.

While it was excellent driving skills by AH, my back has been sore ever since. The jerking action as he swerved around the other car was quite aggressive.

I swear my life flashed before my eyes!

We were home before 1pm. I had been awake since 3am, so I’ve been feeling a bit the worst for wear all afternoon. I snatched a 30 minute nap on the couch, but it didn’t help.

I prepared chicken salad for BGWLBH and AH’s dinner.

I came to bed at 7.30pm and I’ve watched a couple of my reality TV shows but I’m definitely ready for sleep now.

Nite all.

Back Again

It’s been a while.

There just aren’t enough hours in the day sometimes!

These past few days have been filled with time in the bay, lunch at the local bowls club with Adoring Husband, reading the book that my friend wrote, watching lots of sport including the rugby league ashes test and the Abu Dhabi golf championship, cooking, playing with Harley, enjoying some rain and catching up on all the reality tv that’s on offer at the moment.

Life is pretty relaxed and lazy, but still full of things that keep me happy and fill the hours.

My niece had a baby boy last week …

He’s all squishy and new 💙 and healthy. My niece’s partner gave birth and there were a few complications, but they all came through it and are moving forward as a new happy family.

Tomorrow, I have meditation AND a trip into the bay with AH, so I need to sleep.

Nite all.