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We started our week slowly with a quiet Sunday after going to the Market. I visited our neighbour, Glen, who has been resting since her first cataract op, and had a lovely catch up with her, and her daughter, Sarah, who is my remedial masseuse. Sarah's son, Matt, had played his first footy game for Daylesford Seniors, coming up from the Under 18s & it was great to share the family excitement at this milestone.
Wes was very disappointed with Carlton's effort that night against West Coast in Perth. They played like winners in the first half, and then settled back & watched the Eagles try to catch up. Collingwood had a bye, which is always strange - rusted-on supporters like me aren't sure what to do!
On Monday, it was freezing cold in the wind, but Morse was more than ready for a run around the Cemetery. Afterwards I did the supermarket shopping, and then we settled down for a serious School chat covering a few topics - our insurances, MyMedicare & questions Wes had to ask Mazda when he took Snoopy for its 1,000km service on Wednesday.
Our home insurance had gone up by $1,000 because of our broken water pipe damage last year, and nobody seemed to want us even though the issue appears to be fixed. The car insurance had also gone up by $200, but we are insuring a more valuable car, so that was to be expected. As far as MyMedicare is concerned, I had registered 12 months ago, but with Wes's doctor, as mine was on maternity leave; and Wes couldn't get into the relevant site on MyGov, so took the plunge and rang them. He fluked a very helpful person, who told him to unlink Medicare and start again. That worked, and now we are both registered correctly with our own doctors!
Next morning, while Wes & Morse walked in light rain, I chatted to my aunt, Jeff, in Lincolnshire, where the temperatures are very warm, and then to my sister, Leanne, in Strathmore, where rain is falling, much to everyone's delight. Then it was time for my appointment with the bone scan bus, where a very friendly young woman from Thomastown, put me at my ease, asked questions, and complained about the cold & wet in Daylesford.
We had ordered bare-rooted roses from Spring Park Nursery earlier this year, including an extra Golden Beauty to give Glen, as she has admired ours so much. Chris delivered them on Sunday, and Wes planted ours out the front in the strawberry patch. He had hoped to do more gardening, but the rain came down, so he had to be content with doing that much.
On Wednesday, Wes took Snoopy to Ballarat Mazda for his 1,000km service and learned a few more tricks with this lovely car. I got to walk to Mah Jong for a change & as the rain had stopped it was quite enjoyable, although I was feeling sad as it was the first Anniversary of Dot Smith's death, and I do miss her after playing Mah Jong with her most Wednesdays over 24 years. Judi & I had a good morning - we both played our favourite games & didn't try anything new. Wes arrived home just as I did and he had plenty of supplies - spirits, oysters, fish & new clothes - a very successful visit to Ballarat.
We continued our busy week on Thursday after giving Morse a really good walk at the cemetery. Wes had agreed to be part of a Heart Check Up Study at Springs Medical, which took the best part of two hours, while I had a lovely Zoom with Kathy, Karen S & Joyce, mainly catching up with Karen & Malcolm's recent cruise and visit to Greece. Then I got a lesson in using some of Snoopy's tricks, before Wes had a coffee at Blake's with Bob White, who has lost two very good friends this week.
Bob & Wes at the Pig & Whistle Hotel earlier this year
Wes arrived back home with yummy bread & an ash brie to accompany the cauliflower soup I had made while he was away - not quite the standard of the previous night's meal of oysters, following by Atlantic salmon & steamed long beans.
Meanwhile, Jody, from Ballarat Mazda, rang offering to quote on our car insurance as she is an agent for Suncorp. We were delighted when her identical policy was much cheaper than our current cover, and even more thrilled when we got a Home & Contents quote with Suncorp, that was much closer to what we had paid last year. It's good to have our insurances sorted, and to have saved $1,500 on renewal by shopping around reputable companies.
Unsurprisingly, I found myself spending Friday in bed, after what has been busier than usual for me. It was exactly the right thing to do & Wes very kindly served drinks & meals, while I read, did crosswords & logic problems and rested. I woke yesterday feeling much better and ready to tackle all the emails that had built up while I was offline.
We had different fortunes with our footy teams - Carlton were jumped by North Melbourne, and looked very ordinary for three quarters before they slammed on 5 goals, 5 behinds to nothing, but it wasn't enough to beat the Kangaroos. We had lit the fire as it was a very cold day, and I stayed there watching the next game, where Port Adelaide were expected to beat Sydney and didn't, before retreating to bed to see if Collingwood could hold off St Kilda. It was a very even game until the last quarter when the Pies were finally able to get a break on the Saints, who had played out of their skins, but couldn't finish us off.
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