Too Old

Yes, I am getting too old for this “staying awake all night watching tennis” nonsense!

On the days after I’ve stayed awake watching tennis, am incapable of functioning as a grown adult.

Basically, I am rather zombified and my decision making skills are considerably dulled.

Today, however, I was shocked into an awakened state when Adoring Husband threw up a rock with the lawn mower and smashed the glass in the fixed panel of the sliding door into my art space …

Luckily, and for the hefty price of $820, Jack’s Glass in the Bay are able to fix it tomorrow morning at 8.30am. I will share my review in tomorrow’s blog post.

AH had spent the morning in The Bay (for the 4th day in a row) and I spent the morning in a state of zombification.

It’s going to be an exhausting month because Wimbledon finishes on 14th July and the Olympics commence on 26th July!

For dinner, AH cooked chicken thigh fillets on the barbecue and served them with salad and chips done in the air fryer.

I’m enjoying my nights off from the kitchen.

We all played trivia for an hour and AH headed off to bed early.

I am in bed watching the tennis but won’t be staying up late tonight. It’s already 11pm but I need to catch up on some sleep. I’ll save myself for the Djokovic matches, the De Minaur matches and any other Aussies that squeeze their way through to the later rounds.

It’s been raining too - at Wimbledon AND here!

Nite all.

Nightmarish

It was around 2am when I fell asleep.

I got to see the end of the Alcaraz match before falling asleep pretty much instantly.

At about 3am I woke gasping for air and my lungs burning from lack of oxygen. I’d had a nightmare where I was attempting to rescue a dog on the bottom of the pool and I was underwater for too long. It was a terrifying way to wake up and the bottom of my spine felt like a knife was piercing it.

It took a while to settle down and fall back to sleep.

Then my alarm woke me at 6.30am.

Not enough sleep, but I had to get up for meditation.

Because of the rain, Heart of Gold texted asking if I’d like a lift, which I gratefully accepted.

After meditation, The Gypsy and I drove to the beach where we sat in the car talking for an hour.

She dropped me home and I was starving! I made myself a sandwich and cup of tea, then sat down to watch my recorded shows.

I was hungry all day and ate often. For dinner I did roast lamb and vegetables with home made gravy.

No trivia tonight.

I’m in bed watching the Aussies, De Minaur and Duckworth play against each other.

Djokovic plays tonight but I’m not sure when. There has been rain at Wimbledon so play started late. I’m not sure how long I’ll last watching tennis tonight. So far, the Aussies are doing ok.

Nite all.

THAT Time Again

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This is so true..

One thing you never realize when you are young is that when you age, your mind and spirit remain young. You feel young inside, but your young spirit looks at the world through the eyes of an aging shell. Inside we feel the same as we always have. We have more or less the same hopes and dreams and wishes and desires as we had when we are young. Our insides stay young. It’s just the outside that becomes old and frail. And as we become older, we become invisible, insignificant. We realize that more of our life is behind us than in front of us.

I read this once and have always remembered it

“I asked an elderly man once what it was like to be old and to know the majority of his life was behind him. He told me that he has been the same age his entire life. He said the voice inside his head had never aged. He has always just been the same boy. His mother’s son. He had always wondered when he would grow up and be an old man. He said he watched his body age and his faculties dull but the person he is inside never got tired. Never aged. Never changed.

Our spirits are eternal. Our souls are forever. The next time you encounter an elderly person, look at them and know they are still a child, just as you are still a child and children will always need love, attention, and purpose.”

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IT’S WIMBLEDON TIME!!!

The Aussie (Bolt) lost that match.

Now I’m watching the Lajal vs Alcaraz match and I really want to see it til the end but I have meditation in the morning and I need sleep!

Ugh 😩 

First world problems.

Nite all.

Kitchen Fun

When people talk listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe. You should be able to go into a room and when you come out know everything that you saw there and not only that. If that room gave you any feeling you should know exactly what it was that gave you that feeling. ~Ernest Hemingway 

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I was going to say that I had a lazy day, but I was actually quite productive!

I cooked bacon and eggs for BGWLBH, played with Harley, gathered my ironing for BGWLBH to do, cooked mushroom & leek soup, cooked cauliflower, broccoli & leek soup, cooked zucchini slice, cooked apple pies from scratch, prepared a salad, boiled potatoes and made egg custard from scratch.

My apple pie …

It was great to have 3 games of footy to watch this afternoon too.

Adoring Husband drove into The Bay to buy a new iron, a filter for his coffee machine and some groceries. It was his first big drive since surgery and of course, all went well.

It’s well after midnight and I need to sleep!

Nite all.

Witchy Poo

The annual Witches Markets were on in Howard today.

We attended the first year and then missed last year. We thought we’d missed this year too, but I messed up the dates, so when I realised my error, we were pleased not to have missed it after all.

We arrived right on 10am which was the supposed starting time, but the car parks were almost full and there were people everywhere.

The far end was our chosen starting point - at the coffee van - BUT right next door to that was a CoYo Dairy Free coconut ice cream or yoghurt van! So I veered to the right and ordered a small tub of pina colada ice cream which involved vanilla ice cream, crushed pineapple and toasted coconut.

To die for.

I’m drooling just from the memory.

There were many rows of stalls selling everything we love and all related to witches, hippies, fairies, steampunk and old world.

Candles, signs, jewellery, crystals and gemstones, lamps, macrame, Meade of all different flavours, crystal wands, dragons and skulls, witches potions, essential oils, pouches, hats, aprons, plants and pots, dried herbs of all descriptions, hanging mobiles, treasure chests, books and journals, arts and crafts, head massages, shoulder massages, psychic readings, card readings, spirit readings, spirit art and so much more.

I bought gifts for Vegan Chickie and Chicklet and me (of course).

The men who make the giant wizard wands and staffs take orders for walking sticks! So when I’m ready, I’m going to order a wand with giant crystals, braids, ribbons and feathers. I’ll be the coolest elderly disabled person in town!

There were lots of people dressed up as witches and warlocks, wizards, fairies, steampunk and whatever their imaginations allowed. Lots of kids dressed up too.

I had every intention of taking pics today but I was totally distracted and immersed in the vibe so it completely slipped my mind.

We were only gone from the house for less than two hours but I thoroughly enjoyed myself meeting puppy dogs and seeing old friends, learning about different crystals in jewellery and even alcohol tasting (Meade) at 10.30 in the morning! Shocking!

After we arrived home, we jumped in our car so that Adoring Husband could go for his first drive since surgery. We drove around the new estates in town.

I asked AH to cook some snags on the barby for my lunch and planted myself on the couch to watch an old Adam Sandler movie.

I had 30 minutes to kill before the footy started so AH drove me to clean the loos. This way I don’t have to return over the weekend and AH will take his job back on Tuesday morning! Wahoo!

A disappointing game of footy by the baby Broncos tonight, who were convincingly beaten by the Warriors. No excuse that their State of Origin players were being rested.

My tipping is still abysmal and I only have one correct so far this week, out of four.

Ugh 😩 

It was fend for yourself night for dinner and AH decided to buy grilled fish and chips from the local take away. For $7.50 he received this tiny piece of cod …

Certainly not meal enough for a man. We won’t return.

Now it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.

Worthy Winners

Congratulations to the Queensland State of Origin girls for their amazing win over NSW last night..

Congratulations to the NSW State of Origin men’s team for their heavy hitting, dirty play that led to their win on Wednesday night. (That’s for Adoring Husbands benefit)

Thursday was still recovery day from crab purging. I needed to rehydrate and rest up to regain some energy.

By the end of the day, I was ok to go do the cleaning for Adoring Husband and cook my chicken pot pie for dinner. We played some trivia before watching the girls win State of Origin.

Today would have been my Mum’s 84th birthday …

Today, BGWLBH invited me into town and I needed to get some healing goodies for AH who has been coughing, sneezing and blowing his nose since he returned from hospital.

I’ve been dosing him up with colloidal minerals, colloidal silver, probiotics, Manuka honey and now olive leaf extract, fisherman’s friends and strepsils. He’s remained pretty stable without falling into the abyss of full blown man flu.

We drove in at about 9.30am and decided to have breakfast at OCD on the esplanade. They were a bit slow, the staff were very friendly and the food was acceptable. Nothing flash and reasonably priced but by the time we were served and we’d finished our breakfast, it was almost lunch time!

It was a good day and the weather was glorious. Considering it’s school holidays, it wasn’t too busy. On the way home we stopped at Farm Gate, the chemist, the butcher and the supermarket and it was 3pm when we pulled in the driveway.

AH cooked dinner and I did the cleaning at the loos. Just five more sleeps and he’s back at work wahoo!

I’m very unhappy that Bulldogs defeated Sharks tonight. I’ve been tipping Bulldogs every week and I ALMOST changed my tips before the game but decided against it. They won by one point!

Tomorrow is the Witches Market in Howard so it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.

Bad Crab

On Tuesday I enjoyed the crab meat that I purchased on Monday.

On Wednesday I purged said crab.

I knew my illness was food related this time because I had all the yuk symptoms like stomach cramps, temperature, cold and clammy one minute, hot and shaky the next, waves of nausea, acid reflux and I couldn’t get comfortable in my bed.

It was very unpleasant because I couldn’t leave my bed to reach the loo so I had to purge into plastic bags. Lucky it wasn’t both ends or I’d have been in real trouble!

Needless to say, I have been in my bed all day (it started at 3am) and it was probably 1pm when the discomfort left me and I could snuggle down into a sleeping position.

Adoring Husband did the cleaning - luckily the messiest shop owners were not in attendance today, so the work required minimal effort.

Now, the State of Origin football is about to start so I’m going to get comfortable and watch it from my bed.

Nite all.

I Like Mondays

Dame Judi Dench in her own words:

"Don’t prioritise your looks my friend, as they won’t last the journey.

Your sense of humor though, will only get better with age.

Your intuition will grow and expand like a majestic cloak of wisdom.

Your ability to choose your battles, will be fine-tuned to perfection.

Your capacity for stillness, for living in the moment, will blossom.

Your desire to live each and every moment will transcend all other wants.

Your instinct for knowing what (and who) is worth your time, will grow and flourish like ivy on a castle wall.

Don’t prioritise your looks my friend,

they will change forevermore, that pursuit is one of much sadness and disappointment.

Prioritise the uniqueness that make you you, and the invisible magnet that draws in other like-minded souls to dance in your orbit.

These are the things which will only get better."

Harley had me up and down through half of Saturday night because he had diarrhoea. He sleeps in my room so when he tells me he has to go, I’m going to listen!

So Sunday was a wipeout for me. I slept for 3 hours in the afternoon.

Thankfully, BGWLBH made a bunch of salads and all I had to do was cook the chicken for dinner.

Today, we drove into The Bay with a long list.

Lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, some meat for dinner, big tubs of dairy free/gluten free coconut & raspberry ice cream and one of passionfruit from the ice creamery. Two bags of crab meat from the fisheries. Fresh bread, boxes of GF cereal for Adoring Husband, the winning OzLotto ticket, fresh GF carrot cake from Su Jus and so much more.

I’m exhausted.

It’s after 11pm and it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.