Age Challenged rQQzy: Almost Easter

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, April 2, 2026

Almost Easter

It was a touch windy this morning, but still nice enough to enjoy morning tea with my art girls.

The Lions Park was a hive of activity with the fishing club preparing for the big Easter Fishing Classic, but we found a spare seat for the four of us who turned up and spent the next 2.5 hours catching up.

It had been six weeks since Klokka and I attended a morning tea, so there was a lot to catch up on.

There were also a lot of people out with their dogs. I spied 3 Dachshunds, a Dalmatian, a Chow puppy, a very large Mastiff, a Poodle, a Staffy and a couple Bitsas (bit of this and a bit of that). They were all very well behaved (the dogs AND the people).

Afterwards, I rode my trike to the shopping centre where I purchased enough meat for the weekend and grabbed a few groceries from the supermarket and thankfully, I had a tail wind for most of the ride home.

It was after midday when I arrived home and I prepped everything for a beef stew and popped it in the oven before making my lunch and parking my butt on the couch to watch some telly.

I didn’t sleep well last night so I lay down for a nap. When the timer went off for the stew in the oven, Harley ‘woofed’ me awake! What a clever boy.

Adoring Husband came home from golf early and I served dinner at 5.10pm - seems to be getting earlier and earlier!

We played trivia for an hour before the football came on. A shocking result with Manly defeating the Dolphins 52-18. Who’da thunk!?!?

Now I need to sleep because I’m going to inspect a property with The Gypsy in the morning.