Monday 17th may 2010

This week has been full of activity as I have struggled to shake off my virus. It took until Sunday for my voice to finally recover & I still have an irritating cough but I do feel much better today.

Tuesday 11th May 2010 was a magic day so I decided I was better off at golf out in the sunshine than feeling sorry for myself at home. My playing partners were Kay Adams, Kath Smith & Yvonne Bean & we had a lovely day. It was a team event with no singles as it was a Ladies Open Day at our club with a lot of visitors from other clubs - 120 players on the day so we all had a good day.

Wednesday 12th May 2010 I was supposed to be babysitting Joel but did not want to pass my virus to him especially as his birthday party is coming up on Saturday. Instead I did some work on my computer doing some portrait photos of all the golf girls which is going to be put into a collage. I have thousands of photos saved so it will be a big job to get to identify everyone & find a good suitable photo.

Thursday 13th May 2010 I worked on the golf club gardens at the Native garden on the 6th. It is quite a big garden broken into four components. The native trees needed to be re-staked, trimmed and weeded so it was quite a big job. I managed to get three of the four components done.

In the afternoon we went to Erina Fair to buy some flannelet sheets as I did not have any "king size" warm sheets and the weather is getting quite cold at night.

Friday 14th May 2010 I spent working in my far back gardens at home which I tend to neglect as the roses take up so much of my time. Peter put a new door on the garden shed which makes the area look much better. I have some lovely roses out having their last flush of the season. (photos attached)

Saturday 15th May was a huge day starting early in the morning at the golf club preparing the outside of the club and the wedding garden for a garden wedding for 90 guests which was being held at 3.00 pm. It was a beautiful day & the garden area looked fantastic. The reception for this wedding was in the magnolia room which was decorated in black & white with red rose petals. We also had another wedding reception later in the day for 220 guests which was held in the major section of the club & this was done up with apricot pink & white.

At lunch time we were at the RSL club for Joel's 1st birthday celebration with all his little friends and their parents. Joel's birthday is next Wednesday but a Saturday celebration was appropriate. Joel had a wonderful time as you can see by the photos. After the party we went back to the Golf Club to see the wedding and to pick up the results slip for the Golfer's Blog.


Sunday 16th May 2010 we did a quick grocery shop before going to golf. I decided to pick up some vitamin tablets & some immune system tablets to revitalise myself after being sick for a week. It was another beautiful day - so why stay at home? My voice has returned and I am starting to recover.

Our playing partners were Ron & Lynn Puiatti & we had a great day especially when we beat the boys for the keno ticket and I won nearest the pin. We stayed for dinner at the club with our golf friends which finished off a good day. We had finished golf and were inside the clubhouse when the weather changed for the worse with some rain & cold wind.

Monday 17th May 2010 was F-Troop Day. I was supposed to be babysitting Joel today but unfortunately both Joel and Anne were suffering from a stomach virus (fortunately not from me) but from the party on Saturday. I was disappointed that I missed out on my day with Joel yet again. The weather was cold and threatening but we did not get wet at F-Troop. There were not too many F-Troopers to help today so we worked hard cleaning up the course & getting through quite a few tasks. In the afternoon we had lunch at Erina Fair & needed to pick up some pillow slips that were omitted from the sheet sets I had purchased earlier in the week. It has been raining this afternoon which is good for the gardens but it looks as if winter has arrived. I just hope it rains out before tomorrow as golf is the event of the day. Wednesday is Joel's 1st birthday & we plan to go over and have dinner with them so I am hoping that they are all back on deck by then.