Sunday 25th September 2011

Video of Joel at swimming lessons: click on the arrow to play.

The last few days have been hectic with my new computer being installed, playing with my new iPhone and having some quality time with Joel & Emily.

Thursday 22nd September 2011 I was over at the golf club to collect some donated plants & then met up with Anne, Joel & Emily to have some shopping time at Erina & to take Joel to the play centre for a while.
Joel was tired and behaved badly while Anne was trying to get him some new shoes.  A short time in the play centre settled him down & then a stint in the toy shop where I was able to get a present for him for Christmas that I knew he wanted.  Emily was well behaved and slept through most of the morning.
After lunch Shane came around to install my new computer which was very exciting as I can now have plenty of speed and new technology to move the process along.

Friday 23rd September 2011 I was at the hairdressers at 9 0'clock for a bit of "me" time.  I have changed hairdressers as my old one moved out of town so I am going to West Gosford for convenience.  Kath is my new hairdresser and has done a good job of my colour & cut.  Shane came over in the afternoon & we sorted out a few more things & Sam helped me with my iPhone settings.   Peter had gone to the Hunter Vally for a game of golf & got back just in time for us to go t0 the golf club for dinner prior going to the Laycock Theatre to see Louise Stimpson performing in her Annual Concert which is on each year to give disabled people an outlet for their talents.  The show was very entertaining & the supporting crew did a great job putting it together.  I look forward to this show every year as it is so good to see them all enjoying themselves on the stage.

Saturday 24th September 2011 was busy day with Anne picking me up at 0 o'clock to go to some garage sales and to mind Emily while Anne was with Joel for swimming lessons.  We picked up some lovely clothes for Emily (brand new with tags still on some of them) then stopped for coffee & a play for Joel at McDonalds on the way to swimming.  Joel loved his swimming lessons as the photos and video will show & Emily slept through most of the morning and was very well behaved.   In the afternoon I played with the computer & iPhone downloading software & setting up email accounts.  My email will be changing shortly & I will send out messages to everyone in my contacts.  If you do not hear from me give me a ring & I will give you my new address just in case I did not have you in my address book.  Saturday night we went to Mark & Anne Stimpson's for dinner with Rick & Michelle McGrath to have a "Bonding" dinner leading up to the "Mixed Team Series" due to be played tomorrow.  It started to rain while we were there and has not stopped since.
We had a lovely dinner & a good chat getting home some time after midnight & I was late to bed by the time I did the golfers blog.

Sunday 25th September 2011 (today) was a complete washout for golf.  The course is unplayable so the Mixed Team Series has been postponed until November.  It has rained steadily all day so I am glad we did not get started on the golf and had to keep going.  I am not a wet weather golfer and would not have been happy.  We are going to the Dinner Dance tonight that was to follow the Golf Presentation as it has all been prepaid.  Apart from that the day was a write off.  I cleaned up some of my old files & got rid of a lot of old irrelevant equipment now that I have a new system running.    It is great to have a speedy computer and an iPhone that I can receive & send emails and get some great apps like my golf handicap update.