Ride Like the Wind

I woke at 3am and could NOT fall back to sleep.

Now I am very tired.

BGWLBH left home early for her volunteer work at the local op shop.

I got out of my bed at 8am, had a shower, made up my face, took Harley out to play and then decided to go for a ride.

The weather was beautiful, a bit windy, but no rain to speak of and I felt so free as I power pedalled all around town.

1. To the shops
2. Around the bush track
3. Around the BIG lake
4. Along the new path to the club 
5. Back to the shops
6. Along the river path up and back
7. Home

= 12 kms

On my second visit to the shop, I sat outside Foodworks with some old friends for about half an hour. Earlier, I had sat on my trike looking out over the river for about 20 minutes …

Very dirty and choppy.

I was away from the house for three hours! No wonder I’m tired!

I sat with Adoring Husband watching TV, but at 2.30pm had to lie down on my bed for a while.

At 4pm I started dinner.

Honey Soy chicken and eggy rice for BGWLBH. Last nights spiral pasta leftovers for AH.

I fell asleep on the couch around 6.20pm and woke at about 7.20pm.

Straight to bed to watch Big Brother.

It’s now only 9pm but feels like midnight!

Nite all.

Medi-canned

Message at 5.54am - too many ominous storms about, no class at the hall, but meditation class being offered via ZOOM at the usual time.

The Gypsy lives in the Bay and understandably didn’t want to be driving through the forecasted nasty storms.

Adoring Husband ducked down to the shops and grabbed me a small coffee.

As we all attempted to log on, a small storm hit and a short blackout occurred.

We waited for all of our wifis to reconnect and once more attempted to log in, only to be met with a black screen.

Meditation canned as more small storms rolled past.

By 8.30am all dangerous storm warnings were cancelled.

At 10am The Gypsy and I connected via a fresh ZOOM link and got to chat for 2 hours while I nibbled on some toasted Turkish bread with Vegemite on one and creamed honey on the other.

I was quite comfortable in my room so I stayed put until 3pm when I decided to get dinner started.

I removed a chicken and vegetable soup from the freezer and thawed it in a warm saucepan. I fried up some garlic, onion, mushroom, green beans and broccolini and added to the soup along with some cream, sour cream, thickener, salt, pepper, sun-dried tomatoes and spiral pasta. I served in a bowl sprinkled with chopped parsley and pine nuts.

Adoring husband got reheated lamb and rice dish from last night.

In the meantime, I made some apple strudels and served them with either cream or coconut custard depending on each person’s taste.

Everyone was sated.

I watched Big Brother with AH and came to bed.

There are still storms rumbling around us, but none hitting us. Just some light rain.

Now it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.

Stormy Evening

I slept a solid 6 hours last night.

Woke at 7.12am. 

Rose at 8.30am.

Showered and washed my hair.

Played with Harley.

Rode my trike for almost 10kms - did some grocery shopping and bought coffee.

Home before midday.

Watched 1.5 movies with Adoring Husband.

Prepared lamb with tomato rice for dinner.

Played with Harley again.

Dinner at 5pm.

In bed by 6pm.

Watched Big Brother.

Waited for a massive storm to hit, but it fizzled out thank goodness. There are more coming.

Time to sleep because there is meditation tomorrow morning.

Nite all.

Freezer Frenzy

I slept soundly for about 9 hours last night.

I woke up to a text from Adoring Husband telling me that he had coffee for me, which was a pleasant start to the day.

When he brought my coffee to the bedroom, he took Harley OUT of the bedroom, so I took my time getting organised for the day.

During that time, AH mowed the front lawn AND took Harley out to play AND had a shower.

Yes I was pretty slow.

At least I was a bit productive when I finally emerged - I couldn’t find the spaghetti bolognese sauce, so I decided to clean out and rearrange the upright freezer.

AH brought all the drawers into the kitchen and I emptied them, put all the chicken in one drawer, the ice creams in another, the soups and broths in another,  breads, rolls, chilli oils, taco mince and chicken nuggets in another and everything else in the fifth.

After that, I sorted through the Tupperware drawer.

I was hungry, so I made myself two chicken, mushroom, goats cheese and onion crepes. Quite delicious. AH got the leftovers.

I watched some golf with AH.

Lay down on my bed watching YouTube for a while.

BGWLBH arrived home from work (unusual for a Sunday) and was “starverated” so I cooked her dinner for a 4pm sit down.

AH had leftover birthday lasagne at 4.30pm.

I made apple strudels for dessert and tried the new Coyo custard (dairy free) - I like it very much! There is enough apple mixture for more strudels tomorrow night.

AH and I watched Big Brother together before heading to bed.

It’s already 10.30pm so I’m ready to sleep.

Nite all.

It’s Halloween

My first baby, had he lived, would have been 48 years old today.

He died at 17 weeks of age, approximately 36 hours after his vaccinations. They named his cause of death as SIDS.

This is the first time I haven’t received a message from Grannymus, remembering the day. She never forgot. She’s the only one. She passed last month. Her absence is especially noticeable for me today.

It’s been a quiet day. 

I finished my washing.

I played with Harley.

I caught up on Celebrity Traitor UK.

I came to bed at 2pm.

I played with Harley at 4.15pm.

I cooked my “fend for yourself” dinner at 5pm.

I watched the movie “The Sixth Sense” because I knew that Chicklet was watching it for the first time with her Mum and Dad tonight in Melbourne for Halloween.

They only just arrived home from holidays this afternoon so trick or treating wasn’t really on the cards.

It’s now 9pm and I’m feeling a little weary.

Nite all.