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!!

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Maiden Outing

I could NOT sleep last night (Monday). My body and mind felt full of energy and wide awake until 5am and my alarm was set for 6am!

When the alarm sounded, there was no way I was capable of moving out of my bed, so I texted the three people who needed to know and cancelled my plans for the day.

The plan was to drive into the Bay with BGWLBH, who was working in the morning, and have her drop me off at The Gypsy’s unit so that I could do whatever needed to be done for her.

Luckily, The Gypsy was having other visitors today, so my presence wasn’t absolutely necessary.

I still only slept until 9am.

I showered, played with Harley, did a load of washing and took my trike for her maiden outing. I’ve decided to name her Ruth, after my X-Grandmother-in-law. 

Ruth is solid, powerful and gives me a strong sense of security and I love her! I took her up the couple of hills that we have in town, along the river path, to the shops and then along my usual path home. I got her up to 20.3kph on the flat road.

I hope to ride her often.

When I arrived home, I cooked up a decent feed of poached eggs, bacon and toast, parked my butt on the couch and watched a fluffy Netflix movie before crashing in bed for a 90 minute nap.

Adoring Husband cooked some snags on the barbecue and I made buttered boiled potatoes, roasted pumpkin/spinach/haloumi/cranberry/bacon/pinenut salad and a wombok salad for dinner.

We played trivia for an hour and everyone except me was in bed by 8.30pm.

It’s now about to hit midnight!









Nite all.

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