Age Challenged rQQzy: Weekend of Ease

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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!!

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Weekend of Ease

Saturday was a partly productive and partly lazy day for me.

I had a late start to the day and because of some scudding showers, Harley only had a short play before we had to escape the wet stuff.

Key Lime Pie was on my baking list for the day, but I wanted to try a different recipe so I made myself comfortable on the family room lounge and began searching YouTube recipes. I found one that included sour cream in the ingredients, which is quite ‘different’ so I spent an hour in the kitchen and the pie was delicious!

I made a separate spongey meringue to cut up and serve on top of each slice which balanced the tartness perfectly.

I made myself some sourdough toast with fresh tomato from the garden. OMG delicious!

There was an old Elvis movie on the Classics channel called “A Change of Habit” with Mary Tyler Moore which was easy to watch (mostly) and then three games of football.

For “fend for yourself” night I made Tom Yum Goong soup with king prawns and fresh beans from the garden.

It was a restless night of sleep on Saturday night and in the hours that I was awake, I watched the PGA Cadillac Championships golf, which was easy to fall back to sleep to.

I didn’t get out of bed until 10am today.

Thirty minutes play time with Harley, followed by over an hour gardening, thinning out the tomato plants and planting some of them in the new pots that I purchased on Friday, covering the dirt with sugar cane mulch and giving them all a good soaking with water.

I picked fresh beans and covered my new Roma tomatoes with bug proof bags.

Surprisingly, I was exhausted after that! So I made my famous turkey, cranberry, goats cheese and sprouts sourdough for lunch and returned to bed where I watched an Australian Netflix movie called “You. Always”. It was okay.

Football all afternoon.

Spaghetti bolognese sauce out of the freezer for a quick dinner followed by key lime pie for dessert.

My footy tipping was pretty average this week but I’m still holding second place on the tipping ladder.

The final round of the golf starts in 30 minutes, so I’ll have something soothing to fall asleep to.