Dear Everyone, two weeks until
Christmas, and it looks as though it will be a cool, wet one according to the
long range forecast on my phone. Today is cool and windy, but the sun is
shining, after a night of thunderstorms and good rain. Wes mowed the lawns
yesterday afternoon, which was great timing and he is weeding the front garden
today.
Sharyn & Shane’s
beautiful boys - Aidyn, Luke
& Jules
We are just back from another lovely
breakfast with nearly everyone there, except Michael and Gillie. Kim served his
usual variety of yummy foods and we enjoyed catching up with each other’s news.
Gail had her gall bladder removed by keyhole surgery last Tuesday and is progressing
well enough to eat a hearty meal; Terry has discovered an app that allows him
to play Rugby League on his phone and keep him in touch while he lives in the
wasteland of Victoria; Judi is being kept busy with U3A activities before she
heads off to Caloundra to catch up with her family next weekend; John & Jan
are off to Bright for the week and have decided to put their Melbourne property
on the market as Daylesford is now home; Glenn is thinking about camping in
Bright during the week and going bike-riding with John there, and Barbara has
been trying to give her cat, Bobby, more freedom and not liking it when he
doesn’t come back the first time she calls him.
Wes has had an extremely busy week –
he has been to Ballarat with Barbara on three days running, as she had her
annual assessments and likes to have his company when this happens. They also
went to the Horts Christmas dinner on the Tuesday night, and caught up again at
breakfast this morning. On Thursday he went to Melbourne with John Smith to
help him bring his desk and computer equipment back to Daylesford, and on
Friday he took our station wagon to Jamie at Daylesford Tyres to get a set of
new tyres put on, and while waiting had a coffee with Glenn at Wombat Hill
House and then bought some new shoes to replace the ones that were wrecked when
he put out the fire. He also went to Rotary and gave a submission to the Board
afterwards with our suggestions for next year’s Art Show.
Kim’s Christmas tea cosy
My week has been much quieter – had
morning tea with Gillie; ditto Ann & Judi; ditto Gail & Terry; Wes and
I had an early dinner with Glenn, where he made a seafood stir-fry, and spent
some time in Vincent Street buying gifts for dogs and cats. We aren’t
exchanging presents with our family and friends, but have given a donation to
Rotary’s Polio Plus Eradication Campaign instead.
Yesterday we drove to Melbourne to
visit Viva and Leanne and had a great time. It is Leanne’s birthday today, so
Kim made a fig & almond meringue for us to take. While we were there some
lovely flowers arrived for Leanne from Peter & Anka. Viva was looking
better and her bad eye is slightly improved. We stayed 2.5 hours, which was probably
a bit too long and Viva was off to bed as soon as we had gone.
Wes brought the blue spruce inside
on Friday and I spent the afternoon decorating it. We have put the tree in
front of the fireplace for a change and moved the boys’ day bed from there to
in front of the TV. They are not sure what they think of that. Wes was exhausted
when he got home on Friday so he spent the afternoon catching up on sleep and
looks much better today.
The assessor came back to see how
the cleanup has gone and she has agreed that we can have the new dishwasher
installed next week and that the flooring will be done mid-January. We are
hopeful they will replace the cork tiles in the kitchen, lounge and hallway;
and have suggested they see if they can cover the damaged underside of our
bench top to save them from having to replace it, as that will be such a huge
job. The kitchen and lounge walls need repainting and Kirsty is also getting
the lounge suite cleaned again to see if the soot can be removed.
Our dear Aunt, Jeff, in Lincolnshire,
has had her long awaited back operation on Friday and the early news is very
good. Her surgeon is pleased and, although she is in some pain and discomfort,
she is able to sit up and eat meals already. We have our fingers crossed that this
will give her much better quality of life.
We’ve been glued to the cricket – Test
cricket offers so much – each day brings a new twist – however, the Victorians,
Siddle & Pattinson, are more than holding their own in the mostly NSW Test side.
Well done. I’m looking forward to the start of the Twenty20 games next weekend
as well. We are following the Melbourne Stars, who have signed Warne, in case you
haven’t heard or read the news lately!
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