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.

Double Down

Monday was quiet and uneventful.

Played with Harley, rode my trike, watched YouTube, made Tacos for dinner.

BGWLBH worked in the Bay.

Today was meditation.

I had been awake from 2am so after purchasing a coffee, I arrived at class 15 minutes early. Since I left the shop (I was always 30 minutes early because I had to open the shop) this has NEVER happened so everybody was pleasantly surprised!

As always, it was a great class with lots of sharing and caring.

The Gypsy had to take her car to the doctor yet again, so there was no catch up after class. She is house sitting on Sunday, so we’ll catch up then.

I rode to a bench seat by the river and sat to enjoy the ambience for 20 minutes before heading home.

My lack of sleep caught up to me so I lay down for a rest. I found a YouTube video, but I dozed on and off all through the 90 minutes and have no idea what it was about.

Harley took turns between AH and I, sleeping on my bed for 30 minutes, then sleeping at AH’s feet for 30 minutes, then back to me and so on.

At 2.30pm I decided to get started on AH’s birthday dinner for tomorrow night (21st). He has requested lasagne so there are now two lasagnes in the fridge waiting to be placed into the oven.

Then I boiled up some large potatoes, cooked some crumbed chicken, made a garden salad, a wombok salad and put beetroot and some sour cream on the table for dinner. I had my home made tomato soup with toasted sour dough.

We ate early at 4.45pm because if I had sat down between preparing the lasagne and preparing tonight’s dinner, I would have stayed down and everybody would have gone hungry!

Next Tuesday, I am travelling by train down to the Sunny Coast for a very quick catch up with Vegan Chickie, Mr Perfect and my two beautiful grand daughters. I haven’t seen them for 6.5 years and I’m so excited.

We will only have two nights, a day at Eumundi markets on Wednesday and I will take care of the girls that night so that mum and dad can have a date night.

Short but sweet.

Now it’s time for me to sleep.

Nite all.

My Kind of Day

Low productivity today and it felt good.

I was up at 9am and while Adoring Husband was off buying coffee (yes I know!), I took Harley out to play.

I hung out a load of washing and brought the dry stuff inside.

I reheated some chicken sausages in leftover gravy for my breakfast and when I’d eaten my fill, gave my leftovers to AH who always tells me how much he dislikes chicken sausages, but he hogged them down pretty well!

We watched some old 90s rugby league games for a couple of hours before I moved to my bedroom and watched some Mayim Bialik, followed by Chase Hughes and then some David Bayer all on YouTube.

I took Harley out for another play and then prepared for dinner - spaghetti Sunday - easy peasy.

I’m now watching the final round of the DP India Championship golf where my favourite, Rory McIlroy has completely underperformed with a very disappointing tournament.

No solid plans for tomorrow - perhaps I’ll be productive and do some cleaning or some art or some writing or some riding or perhaps nothing at all haha.

This first meme that I’ve posted is completely true. When I was aged 5 and 6 after two surgeries, my bed was wheeled out onto the sun deck every morning at 10am for 30 minutes of sunshine. The same when my kids were born. The doctor and monthly nurses would recommend to lay the baby naked in direct sunshine for 10 minutes every morning to provide vitamin D and help build their immune system.

Nite all.

Riding on Energy

BGWLBH left early this morning and did the markets. She was kind enough to bring home some GF donuts and two loaves of true sour dough bread.

Adoring Husband left early this morning for work and 2 coffee dates. He didn’t get home until after 10am.

I had risen at 9am and immediately played with Harley. He gave up after 20 minutes and was panting heavily for about 30 minutes afterwards! He didn’t even jump in the pool this morning and that’s generally a morning ritual.

I made myself presentable and waited for AH to return so that I could go for a ride on my trike.

After having coffee every day for the last 3 or 4 weeks, I didn’t have coffee on Thursday and by Thursday night I had a pounding headache. I can’t believe I’m already having caffeine withdrawals after such a short time back on coffee!

I chose to not have coffee on Friday and could feel just a gentle headache at the end of the day.

Today I chose to have a small coffee and drank 3/4 of it. I grabbed a few other groceries because I decided to make some tomato soup with our excess tomatoes from the garden.

I always make it up as I go along, so the ingredients in this batch of soup are:

• Tomatoes (doh!)
• Onion 
• Carrot
• Celery
• Red capsicum
• Lentils
• Chicken bone broth
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Turmeric
• White pepper
• Sea salt
• Strawberries
• Goji berries
• Apple Cider Vinegar
• LF cream
• Maple syrup
• Chillies

It was spicy, tangy and delicious - especially with fresh sour dough bread!

Anyway … earlier on my ride, I pedalled for 10 kms. I did 2.4kms and stopped to watch the goings on in the river. I did a further 2.6kms before stopping again to enjoy the lake. My final stint was 5.5kms going the long way home.

I did a complete circuit of the big lake, stopping briefly to watch the ducklings …

I rode to the lagoon which is near where the 92 yr old lady who I met yesterday lives.

I did a circuit of the protected bushland which has its own designated pathway.

All up, I was gone for almost two hours. I could easily have done another two hours. Pedalling is easy and with the wind in my hair and the cooler temperature, I felt energised … until I stopped haha … then I needed to lie down for half an hour!

I did some washing, made the soup - enough for each of us to have a bowl, plus 6 containers in the freezer - watched some golf, took Harley out for his afternoon play and while AH watched his regular TV shows, I came to my room to watch more golf and to do some journaling.

Again, I’m feeling weary, so it might be an early night for me.

Nite all.