I said to watch this space for more good news and here it is. The intruder has been caught, arrested and charged with eleven counts which will hopefully put him out of society for many years to come. Some more good news is that my spine x-ray report included some very friendly, comforting words like: "mild", "moderate", "minor", "marginal", "normal limits", "minimal" and "reasonably well preserved" so I declare myself 'on the mend' and in a very short amount of time I hope.
This week has been basically recovery mode. The Tuesday/Thursday Ladies golf closing days were on this week with the girls dressing up in their Christmas gear. You can check the photos on www.gosfordgolfersblog.blogspot.com
We also had our end of year "F-Troop" dinner on Friday night which was very successful with a good attendance of F-Troopers. We had a DVD presentation of photos of the F-Troop at work & all the achievements over the last 12 months. Photo attached of my award presentation.
Saturday the club had a wedding booked in the wedding garden with a big marque for weather protection (just as well). I scrambed around my garden on Saturday morning after all the wild weather of the last few days to get some rose petals to scatter on the table settings at the wedding venue.
We had a big night at the Andre Reiu Concert at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney. I have been looking forward to this concert for a year so there was no way I was going to miss it. We were unlucky enough to have rain at the vital moment, however the rain held off for the first half after a couple of really heavy downpours before the start of the show.
We all donned our ponchos & weathered it out. Andre made a good decision in not having an intermission because the show had started late & there was more rain on the way. We sat in the rain for a good bit of the last half but still thoroughly enjoyed the show. We may have done more dancing in the aisles if the weather had been better - but the"Blue Danube" got a lot of people up. The Music and singing were fantastic & it was certainly worth the effort of getting there.
We left home early and got an easy park. That meant waiting in queue for a while but we were one of the first into the cocktail lounge where we found a nice comfortable lounge with a good selection of food & drinks so we were all happy and could relax while waiting for the show to start. From the cocktail lounge we had a great view of the back of the huge stage setting showing all the amazing scaffolding etc that it took to produce this setting. Our seats were good in the stadium & we were quite close to the ice skaters.
We all received a little merchandise package that included a poncho, pen, binoculars and a programme. The ponchos proved very handy.
Images attached: The front of the ANZ Stadium where the Andre Reiu concert was held; With Graham and Tosca in the cocktail lounge; some back views of the stage setting showing all the amazing scaffolding etc that it took to make up the stage; Anne struggling with her poncho when the rain started to tumble; various photos of our group waiting for the rain to stop; George in full rain protection; A couple of close up photos of Andre on stage at the beginning of the show; various photos of the staging throughout the show; Graham & Anne enjoying a waltz to the "Blue Danube"; a little girl dancing with her grandfather near us at the show; various photos of the "ponchoed" crowd during and at the end of the show; just some of the beautiful flowers that I received this week (amazing!) and again my thanks for all the wonderful support; receiving my award at the F-Troop Dinner on Friday night.
