Monday 28th February 2011

This week has gone so quickly it was like a blur. Trying to remember what I had done during the week that was worth mentioning was difficult - luckily I take many photos to jog my memory.

Tuesday 22nd February 2011 I played golf and did not get wet. That was a bonus. My playing partners were Rosemary Cohen & Lea Southon & we had a lovely day even though our scores were not great. I had 22 points on the front nine before the wheels fell off. I won nearest the pin on the 8th and won two balls on the day so that was a highlight.

Wednesday 23rd February 2011 I put in a full day's work on the golf club gardens - starting at 9 o'clock and finishing at 5.00 pm.

Thursday 24th February 2011 I had lunch at "The Cove" Restaurant at Terrigal with the rest of the " 3 putt club". We put in 50 cents for every 3 putt we have during the competition year & that usually finances a lunch out at the end of the year. This year Rosemary Cohen, Jan Fitzgerald, Bev Adams, Carol Farrell & Norma Presdee were there & we had a lovely long lunch overlooking beautiful Terrigal on a perfect day. I did manage to find some time for the mandatory shopping for 50% off specials at the retail shops.

Friday 25th February 2011 we went to the movies at Erina to see "The Way Out" a film set in Poland in the last world war. It is the story of how three escapees from the Russian prisons in Siberia trekked 4,000 miles to escape to freedom. After a nice lunch at Erina & some retail shopping we called into Aldi at Gosford to pick up some children's bedroom mats & linen for Joel's new bedroom for when he moves from his cot to a "Big Boy's Bed" (to make room for the new baby to use the cot.

Saturday 26th February 2011 we had a quick trip to Bunnings to purchase all that I need to give my roses a kick along for their March/April flush. Then the household shopping and a coffee at West Gosford before Peter left for golf. I spent the day out in the front gardens treating each rose individually with a trim, fertilizer, Seasol & remulch. I did not finish until 6.20 pm so it was a huge day and I only got part of the front done. It was a very hot day so I could only work at a slow pace.

Sunday 27th February 2011 I was up early to transplant some seedling plants into the back gardens & to water the potted plants. Anne & Joel called in for breakfast on their way to a birthday party. Rod was a little the worse for wear having been to a "buck's night" & did not make breakfast. Joel was in his best party gear & could not get dirty so I took him for a walk in the stroller to the railway to see the trains. The trains were not running but he was very impressed with the big buses that were collecting the travellers from the railway. We went to golf at 11.00 am & were lucky enough to get an almost rain free day. The rain was only light and it was a bit of relief from the humidity out on the course. Our playing partners were Graham & Rae Brown who gave us some great highlights during the day. On our first nine we were looking okay but again the wheels fell off in the last 9. The boys narrowly beat the girls for the keno ticket which hurt. We stayed for dinner at the Club with Lorraine Bignall, Cyril & Shirley Daly and Mark & Anne Stimpson. We had a good day & enjoyed everyone's company.

Monday 28th February 2011 (today) I was up at 5.30 am to organise myself for F-Troop at 7.00 am and also to prepare to go to golf at 11.00am for a 12.00pm shotgun start at Everglades Golf Club. I worked with F-Troop until 9.30am - rushed home and changed into my golf gear, rushed back for F-Troop morning tea, rushed back to collect my golf gear & arrived at Everglades at 11.30am. My playing partners were Fay Bailey, Wendy Stapleton & Faye Levenspiel & we were playing a team game in the District Ladies Open Day that was being held at Everglades Country Club. My golf was very erratic to start with & then I settled down a bit & managed to get a few important 3 pointers for the team. It is always good to contribute to the team score even if the overall personal score is not too good. I stayed for Presentation & enjoyed every one's company arriving home about 6.00pm. We started the day with very hot sunny weather. During the day it cooled with some cloud cover & a nice breeze. We started on the 7th hole and finished on the 6th hole which meant a long walk back in to the clubhouse. We did not get any rain until we holed our last ball. Then the thunder & lightning started which was very scary when we had such a big walk back in. We only needed another 15 minutes and we would have been high & dry.

The rain was good for the garden anyway & hopefully we will be past all the humidity soon.

I am hoping for a clear day for tomorrow's golf where I have an 8.30 am start.

Monday 21st February 2011

It has been a mixed weather week blending showers and very hot humid days.

Tuesday 15th February 2011 we had overnight showers and rain into the early morning. I turned up for golf at 7.30 am to sit and watch the rain fall steadily for an hour. I am not a wet weather golfer and both of my partners for the day had decided against playing which helped me to decide to give golf a miss that day. I went home and spent the day around the house catching up. Tuesday evening we went out to dinner with our long time friend Terry Condon who was visiting Gosford for business. We took Terry to the Golf Club for some pre-dinner drinks & met up with Mark & Anne Stimpson and Col Matterson who just happened to be there. They all joined us for dinner at Aries Thai Restaurant which was a very pleasant evening and it was good to catch up with Terry who we had not seen for a while.

Wednesday 16th February 2011 Peter played golf. It was a hot sunny day so I caught up with the washing as it was such a good drying day. I did some research on the internet for our upcoming holiday to Perth.

Thursday 17th February 2011 we decided to go out to Erina Fair as Peter needed to buy a new mobile phone as the old Samsung had finally given up. We shopped for bits and pieces and I bought a lightweight stroller so I can take Joel for short walks to the trains etc without having to use the heavier stroller. We put the GPS holder on our golf cart that I had bought especially for our Sureshot GPS and we were able to get it to hold well on the windshield where it is easy to read. Thursday evening we had some young idiot juveniles throw eggs on our front windows and front door. I was not impressed. At first we thought a bird had flown into one of the windows when the egg hit the screen door. Small things amuse small minds!

Friday 18th February 2011 Peter helped the F-Troop with timber deliveries and I spent the day house cleaning as it was too hot to work outside. It was a very humid day and very uncomfortable without the air conditioner on. Friday evening I went over to Rod & Anne's to babysit Joel while Rod & Anne had an evening out. Joel was very well behaved for me & went to bed at his allocated time without any fuss.

Saturday 19th February 2011 is was a blistering hot day reaching into the 40 degrees. We did a quick household shopping trip and then Peter went to golf. I stayed indoors in the airconditioning, finishing household jobs that I did not get done yesterday.

Sunday 20th February 2011 the day was hot and humid to start with and then threatened to storm throughout the day without any real change coming through until overnight.

I was up early to finish watering the front gardens. Rod, Anne & Joel came for breakfast & I was able to use the stroller to walk Joel to see the trains at Gosford Station. Joel was enthralled with the trains and all the cars he saw along the way. He is car mad a the moment so it is easy to keep him amused. We left Rod, Anne & Joel at the house about 11 o'clock and went to golf. Our playing partners today were Wally & Rhonda Robertson who are great company. None of us played exceptionally well but we did get a few 3 pointers each along the way which gave us some highlights. Wally & Rhonda stayed and had dinner with us along with all the other golfers who stayed for dinner at the club. We had a very enjoyable day in spite of the golf scores. The boys beat the girls for the keno ticket but we bet them "Double or nothing"on the last hole & Rhonda won the hole for us which was our highlight.

Monday 21st February 2011 we were up early for F-Troop. It was lightly showering but we decided to go over & see who turned up. The showers continued but nine of us turned up so we decided to do a course clean up, showers or not. We managed to get a lot of clean up work done which made it a very satisfying day. As it was a rainy day so Rod had taken a rostered day off and spent the day at our place watching the Foxtel and playing computer games on my computer.

Anne was working and Joel was happily at Kindy. This afternoon I had a much needed Nanny nap to recover.

I am hoping that the weather clears up overnight as I intend playing golf tomorrow with an 8.06am hit off. Another day of wet golf is not on my agenda.

Monday 14th February 2011

This week was much cooler with a lot of showers to help the gardens recover from the last few weeks of extreme heat.

Wednesday 9th & Thursday 10th February I caught up with the gardens and house at home. It was nice to be able to work in cooler conditions. The roses were burnt off from all the heat so I have had a lot of dead heading to do. I did not get it all done so I still have a lot of garden work on my "to do" list.

Friday 11th February 2011 we were up early to get a trailer load of horse manure from the local stables to deliver it to the golf club for our garden compost heap. We worked all morning at the club, Peter fixing the watering system at the 18th garden and me tidying up the area at the 18th gardens. We also did some trimming, watering and treated the garden with seasol at the ladies 13th tee as it had suffered heat stress in the hot weather.

Saturday 12th February 2011 there was to be an 11 o'clock garden wedding. We had showers overnight and into the morning. I went over to the club and cleaned up the wedding garden and front of the clubhouse in preparation however they made a decision to have the wedding on the covered balcony upstairs which was a wise move as the showers continued. Today was Anne Stimpson's birthday so we went out to celebrate the occasion with dinner at the Sicilian Restaurant at Gosford. We had a nice evening with Mark & Anne.

Sunday 13th February 2011 Rod & Joel arrived at 7.00am for breakfast and stayed while Anne was at work. We had some fun with Joel who was in a very playful mood, until we left for golf at 10.30am. Our playing partners were Doug and Robin Incoll and we had a lovely day. It was rain free until the last four holes when we played in light showers back to the clubhouse. The rain was not all that heavy so we still enjoyed the day. We stayed for dinner with Mark and Anne Stimpson. The club surprised us with a presentation of a lovely trophy of appreciation, a voucher for me and a dozen bottles of wine for Peter in recognition of the volunteer work done at the club.

Monday 14th February 2011 (today) we were up early for a 7.00am start at F-Troop. It was showering at the time and we did not think we would get much done or expect too many volunteers to turn up. There were eight of us and we managed to do some under cover & out of the rain jobs until the showers stopped and then we went out on the course cleaning up until 1.30pm. It was a big day and we did achieve some good clean up tasks.

I am hoping the rain has settled for a while as I am not looking forward to playing golf in the rain tomorrow.