Sickly Sunday

My gut issues kept me in bed and/or lying down for most of today.

I hope this eases overnight so that I’m strong and healthy by Tuesday for travel.

The Lamington Bridge in Maryborough is closed due to flooding.

The bridge to Howard, over the Burrum River was closed at 8.30pm tonight.

There has been some flash flooding between here and the Sunshine Coast BUT the Bruce Highway is currently open all the way from here to Sunshine Coast!

Fingers crossed that it remains that way until I arrive down there on Tuesday afternoon!

I did nothing today, except heat up spaghetti bolognese sauce and cook spaghetti to go with.

My visit with The Gypsy was cancelled due to her illness.

I watched golf, journaled, scrolled on social media and drank lots of filtered water.

I played with Harley this morning but it was too wet this afternoon.

Now it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.

Wonderfully Wet

As of this moment, our community has had the perfect amount of rain.

This afternoon, a water spout crossed land and caused some damage in the other part of town …

It did not impact us.

The weather seems to have moved inland but is still heading towards Gympie and the Sunshine Coast which could cause some mayhem around my catch up with the Vegan Chickie family. 

They have already received communication from the airline warning that their flights may be impacted by the inclement weather. 

Ugh. We cannot control the weather. Let’s hope for the best.

Our rain gauge shows 13mm for the day (it felt like more) and Hervey Bay, according to the BOM, had 30mm, but that’s at the airport - people have declared between 40-50mm in their gauges.

BGWLBH and I spent about two hours in the rainy Bay and the rain was pretty heavy during that time. It rained all the way home and there were big puddles on the side of the road.

There was a pause in the heavy rain late this afternoon so that Harley and I could play around the pool for 20 minutes and he could release some of that border collie energy.

I cooked myself two barramundi steaks and served them with a mango, avocado, cucumber, tomato, pine nut and goats cheese salad. Absolutely delicious for my “fend for yourself” dinner.

I was in my bedroom by about 6pm and am watching the golf, but I think it’s time to sleep.

Tomorrow will be a visit to The Gypsy who is house sitting around the corner again.

Nite all.

Inches More

Lots of rain during the night - 23mm to 9am today, and there was a further 22mm before our rain gauge decided to have a conniption, so we don’t know how much rain has fallen all day.

Needless to say, it was a good day to remain indoors in the dry comfort of our lounge room/kitchen/bedroom.

Adoring Husband had an appointment in the Bay so he was absent all morning. BGWLBH spent an hour or so ironing clothes.

I decided to make a big batch of chicken and vegetable soup which we all had for lunch.

I spent a lot of time watching golf in my bedroom after lunch.

I crumbed some raw prawn cutlets for my “fend for yourself” dinner but couldn’t eat them all so I shared them with AH.

There were enough breaks in the rain to give Harley his two plays for the day.

I finished my patchwork jeans …

Tomorrow, I plan on cleaning my bedroom and ensuite before I pack my small bag to take away on Tuesday. I miscalculated the amount of time since I’ve seen my family - it’s 5.5 years, not 6.5.

Let’s hope the weather is kind so that I can get there safely and as planned.

Time for sleep now.

Nite all.

Squally

Despite lots of wild squalls, we’ve only had 13mm of rain since 9am.

Hervey Bay had 33mm.

Maryborough had 69mm.

Gympie had 81mm.

At 9am, I pedalled to the Lions Park to meet with the art girls for morning coffee. We had to move around under the shelter as each squall hit, because the wind was blowing the rain in a different direction each time. It was quite chilly too.

At 10.30am we parted company and I returned home because Adoring Husband was going to golf and I had told him I’d be back before he left for golf.

I decided to go for a quick ride back to the shops to get some avocado, cucumber and check the PO Box.

I had a parcel with some exercise aids - a skipping rope that counts your skips, a balance board and a yoga stretcher for arm muscles. They are to add to the resources that The Motivator and I already have for our exercise day every Wednesday.

By the time I returned home, AH had left for golf.

Within 15 minutes, I received a text from BGWLBH asking if I was ready.

She had gone to the hairdresser for a haircut which usually takes 30 minutes, so I figured she must have gone into town without me. But she had some extra stuff done and she was there for two hours.

We drove into the Bay.

Adoring Husband cancelled golf due to the muddy course and no golf carts were allowed, so was home 15 minutes after we left.

BGWLBH and I did lots of grocery shopping, fruit and veg, meat, seafood and bread. There was lots of rain, which made it tricky at times and we got caught in the middle of a funeral procession on the way home.

It was about 3pm when we arrived home and thank goodness there was leftover lasagne for dinner so after unpacking the groceries, I put that in the oven and we ate at 4.15pm.

I’ve been watching YouTube in bed and it’s already after 11pm so it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.

Not Quite 70

Birthday dinner requested … lasagne. I added a small garden salad and garlic pita. Chocolate cake with candles.

That is all.

Happy birthday to my darling Adoring Husband 🥰

Nite all.