We started our Sunday in fine
style last week with a good walk with Lewis & Morse; a fun visit to the
Sunday Market & a chatty breakfast with Barbara, Judi, Janine & Rob. We
arrived back home to find that Wes had lost Microsoft Office on his computer,
so he spent the rest of the morning trying to retrieve it with online help.
When that didn’t work, I asked if he would like the online help to try on my
computer. That was going very well until the Help signed off not having solved
Wes’s issue & leaving me without Office as well! By the time it got to
5.30pm & time to feed the boys I was a wreck & we both needed stiff
drinks.
Roses & herbs
from the garden with camellia leaves to brighten them up
We had hoped that everything would
magically fix itself overnight, but Wes still had no Office & I could
retrieve everything except People (Contacts). After walking the
boys & gym, we met at Muffins & More for a light breakfast,
hot drinks & a chat to get ourselves settled again!
I was able to get People back up,
but Wes had no luck after a day spent on the phone to the Windows Help Desk. He
eventually was given an appointment with a tech wizard on Friday morning.
On Tuesday, Glenn Testro rang to
tell us that his dear wife, Marilyn, had died peacefully the day before. She
had been unwell for some time, but had been thrilled with their move to
Newbury, just outside Trentham & enjoyed the country view from her window.
Love this photo of
Glenn & Marilyn in the early 70s around the time they were being forbidden
to come to Christmas morning at the Maloneys!
We had offered to mind Maisie, the
Irish Water Spaniel, for Annie Smith, as she & her daughter, Fiona, were in
Ballarat all day. Wes collected Maisie at 9am & walked her around Jubilee
Lake. Lewis & Morse were thrilled to see her & played very well
together, especially as Maisie is 10 & not interested in puppy games. They
all slept together in harmony, but when it came to dinner time, I fed the boys
outside, while Wes took Maisie behind closed doors, as she eats in a more
leisurely fashion than labradors!
Maisie at Jubilee
Lake & with Lewis & Morse being obedient
On Wednesday, I met Dot & Judi
for another good morning of Mah Jong, with each of us winning a game. It was a
cool day and we were all pleased to be inside out of the wind. Wes helped
Barbara as usual before coming home to find a couple of sleepy boys after their
busy day yesterday.
Barbara has decided to return home
to New Zealand soon – many reasons, but mainly the call of family &
friends. Her home is on the market and she has chosen somewhere to live which
will be close to her sister, Margaret.
Barbara in NZ in
2018 with Margaret (left) & her friend, Helen
It was quite cold & foggy when
I left here on Thursday morning to visit Leanne in Strathmore, which made the
blinding sun quite an unexpected obstacle to driving, especially from Tylden to
Woodend & the freeway, where the temperature was 1° & most drivers had
their foglights on, but were crawling as the sun was in their eyes at the same
time! I had a good visit with Leanne & arrived back home early afternoon.
Our neighbour, Glen, dropped in for a drink and catch up, which was lovely. We
don’t see her often enough & she had kindly put away most of the garbage
bins for me while I was in Melbourne.
We socialised Lewis & Morse on
Friday morning, but it was quite cold, so there were very few friends wandering
around & Russ, who did come up for a chat, only patted Lewis, which meant
Morse was quite grumpy. I suspect Russ is a cat person, as most dog people
realise you can’t pat one dog without the other.
The rest of the day was spent with
Wes on the phone to Microsoft trying to get Windows working again. Eventually
Office was successfully downloaded and we started on everything else. We hit a
snag with Norton, which refused to download, so ended up with us both doing
online chats on our computers at the same time.
I had hoped to attend the funeral
of an lovely old Daylesford friend, Joyce Rodgers, that afternoon, but decided
to stay at home 1/ as I didn’t feel up to a crowd & 2/ to help Wes if
needed. While we were trying to download Norton a Skype message came through
from Barbara saying 60-70 had attended, which was very pleasing as Joyce was
much-loved. In amongst all this, next-door neighbour, Rob, arrived with unbaked
croissants for us to have for breakfast yesterday morning. They were very yum,
especially with Nick Massaro’s blackberry jam.
We drove to Burnley Gardens
yesterday morning for the 2pm wedding of Kyahl Anderson (son of Wes’s nephew,
John, from his first marriage to Robyn) and his partner, Lauren Sanders. We
were very honoured to be invited as it was a small wedding in a beautiful
secluded part of these gardens. It was a very personal ceremony with Kyahl
& Loz making special promises to each other. I hope to have a photo of them
next week. Meanwhile here we are with John & Dannielle & their kids.
L-R John, Dannielle, Malachi, Kalarni, Karen & Wes
Front: Dublin & Irish
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