Another huge week has slipped by with never a dull moment. We have had some great weather so the golf and gardening has been right up there in my list of activities.
Wednesday 16th September I had a day in Sydney getting some retail therapy. It has been such a long time since I was in Sydney last so I enjoyed the day poking around my old stomping grounds. I could not believe the change in the Centrepoint shops. They are all being rejuvenated and some of my favourite shops had gone - not to mention my favourite coffee/lunch stop. I managed to do a lot of damage to my credit card at DJ's and Myers. I did eventually find where the shoe shop had moved to however found nothing there under $300 so I moved right along. I was lucky with the trains & got a fast train to and from with the longest time of waiting just 6 minutes so that added to my good day.
Thursday the 17th September was a big day because our golf course gardens were to be inspected by the judges of the City Council Garden Competition. I was over at the course early to tidy up as much as possible & get the gardens ready for inpection. Later that afternoon I took the three judges around the course in buggies so that they could see the gardens & also look at our theme gardens. We ended up selecting the Wedding garden, The Ladies garden and the BBQ garden as our entries in the Best Theme garden & we had the whole of the course gardens entered as the best over 1000 metres garden. We have to wait now until the 1st October to find out if we get a mention in the finalists.
Sam was away at Bathurst attending her Uni course so Shane decided to come over for dinner & do some bonding with us. He ended up staying the night & we bonded until 2.30 am when I couldn't stay awake any longer.
Friday the 18th September Shane had me out of bed at 6.30 am to go walking down the waterfront with him - we had coffee at a nice little coffee shop & then came home for me to cook him pancakes while he made more coffee before he had to leave to play lawnbowls. Anne & Joel came over for lunch to see us as they were on their way to have a weekend in Sydney. Joel has just found his voice & makes all kinds of baby gurgling sounds & has the lovliest of smiles for his Nanna. The rest of the day I went into recovery mode.
Saturday 19th September I spent some time in the garden removing the old rose root & planting in some replacement roses before going over the visit Ken & Marg Gardiner for a catch up. We haven't got to see them for a while so it was good to have a chat & look at some photos of their new house that they are building at Dorrigo. Jim was back from WA for a visit so it was good to catch up with him also. Saturday night we went to a 50th birthday party for one of our golfing friends. The party was a tropical theme to we all wore our Fijiian outfits. It was a really good party & Leeanne had a wonderful night.
Sunday 20th September was Legacy Day at golf which is always a strongly contested day as the prizes are really good. Our playing partners were Yvonne & Des Wilson & we had a great day with Yvonne & I being Runner Ups in the 2 Ball Team event & Peter got 43 points which won him a ball & he lost a stroke. That night we stayed for dinner to celebrate a 60th birthday of another of our golfing friends John Hazzard.
Monday 21st September we had a big F-Troop day with a lot of work to be done around the course. I spent most of the day finishing a new succulent garden at the 3rd tee. Tonight we went to the club to witness the voting count for the position of Club President which had to be completed prior to tomorrow nights AGM. It was a very close contest with only 8 votes the difference between the nominees. Fortunately there was only the one position to be voted on so it was not a late night. The Ladies Foursomes Championships are on tomorrow which we play over 27 holes.
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