Age Challenged rQQzy: A Hot Minute

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!!

Friday, February 13, 2026

A Hot Minute

It has been 18 days since I last posted.

The tennis totally took my attention and it was amazing to see Djokovic defeat Sinner to get into the final against Alcaraz. He had an exceptional first set but Alcaraz pulled it together and won the next three sets to win the Australian Open.

My favourite girl Sabalenka was beaten in the final by Rybakina.

Since then, there has been some cricket, some preseason NRL football matches and now the Winter Olympics.

Adoring Husband is more invested in the Winter Olympics than I am but I enjoyed watching Cooper Woods win our first medal (gold) tonight.

It’s a busy season of reality TV with MAFS, Australian Idol and I’m a Celebrity all on at the same time. The struggle is real!

I’ve been cooking a lot. Preparing meals so that I don’t have to cook every night of the week. Chicken casserole, hainan chicken, spaghetti bol sauce, curried mince for pastry puffs, butter chicken, Hungarian chicken and a couple of sauces for stir fries.

I’ve bought some small raised garden beds and prepared them for planting. I have seeds in egg cartons waiting for germination - I’ve had to bring them under cover tonight because there are huge storms heading this way. I have dill and coriander already growing and I put a celery base in a container of water and it already has green growth coming from its heart, so I’ll plant that next week.

So far, I have sugar snap peas, green beans, cucumber, roma tomatoes, cos lettuce, baby spinach, thyme, radishes, asparagus and a couple of others that I can’t remember right now.

There are about seven pineapples ripening as we speak. We’ve fed on passionfruit, blackberries, blueberries and cherry tomatoes. We have one jap pumpkin almost ready to pick and some lemons just fruiting.

I enjoyed a lovely lunch with my art girls at Truly Asia on the marina last Thursday. The food was great but the acoustics were not good. It was too noisy to hear each other speak. Our next lunch will be Arkarra Tea Gardens which is a bit closer to home.

Tomorrow is my beautiful Chicklet’s 15th birthday! How quickly time flies.