Monday 10th August 2009

Another busy week has slipped by. Having perfect weather every day has been a good opportunity to get busy in the gardens at the club. There is going to be a Pro Am held at the club this coming Sunday so we have all been busy getting the course as tidy as possible.

Tuesday 4th August the garden bench seats were ready to be collected so we placed them in the garden at the same time as doing a search through the garden supply stores for the ideal bird bath to complete the garden. Luckily I spotted just the right one at the Big Flower at Ourimbah when we had to collect the bench seats.

Wednesday 5th I spent all day cleaning out the gardens at the front entrance of the clubhouse that needed a good trim and weed. It was a big job that I had to spread out over the rest of the week to complete.

Thursday 6th was the second round of the Singles Knock Out competition and I had to play Val Anderson & give her eleven shots. It was a good battle that Val won on the 16th as I had to win the last three holes and give her an extra shot on each of them. My highlight of the day was getting a birdie on the 5th with a long putt to the hole. After golf it was a quick trip to Ourimbah to pick up the bird bath for the garden & put it in place. Thursday evening I attended a clothing party at Point Frederick with some of the golf girls. We had a nice sociable night & I managed to resist temptations and instead encouraged others to buy.

Friday morning was another session in the garden at the front entrance to the club and in the afternoon we attended Palmdale for the funeral of Bill Johnson - father of Lyn McMahon & caught up with all of her family at Long Jetty at the wake.

Saturday 8th August after some exciting grocery shopping I spent the rest of the day at the golf club securing the bird bath & finishing the last of the garden.

Sunday 9th August was a lovely day at golf. Our playing partners were Peter & Margaret Davidson & we had a good day - especially when the girls won the keno ticket. There was some excitement on the course when a fire erupted at the 17th where there was a stock of dead wood & rubbish. Fire brigades emerged onto the course with a great flurry & some of our players were prevented from finishing their matches. This morning Rod & Anne came over for breakfast so we could have a cuddle of Joel before going to golf. Rod cooked us pancakes which was a lovely treat.

Today, Monday 10th was an early F-Troop start. We arrived to find that vandals had struck overnight and had destroyed to visual accessories on our Ladies Garden at the 13th as well as destroying advertising signs that had been put up for the Pro Am. Pathetic creatures. Probably the same that started the fire at the 17th the day before.

We got a lot of tidying up done around the course, finished the mulching and weeding at the new garden & started to set up a gravel pathway to finish off the new area.

This afternoon had our Annual Meeting with our investment advisor to plan investment stratergies for the next 12 months. Let's hope it will be better than last year's results.

I have attached a couple of recent photos of Joel who is nearly three months old.

Friday