Wednesday 21st September 2011

There has been lots happening this week along with a lot of garden work.  The weather has been lovely so it has been nice to be able to get outside.

Saturday 17th September 2011 (Graham's 60th birthday that he celebrated while watching the Rugby in NZ) I spent the day in the back gardens while Peter went to golf.  I managed to get just about all the gardens weeded & mulched.

Sunday 18th September 2011 the computer monitor I had been using with my computer spat it's dummy & I could not use the computer without it. I still not have a replacement laptop yet to save me in these situations so I scrambled through the back shed & found an old monitor (of dinosaur era) & plugged it in and to my surprise it worked straight away. That saved my day. We played golf with Des & Yvonne Wilson  at 11 o'clock & had a very nice day - our main highlight being the boys winning the team event.  They beat us girls for the Keno ticket at the 16th hole where Des had a birdie to seal our fate.  We stayed on for dinner at the club with Des & Yvonne & were joined by Mark, Anne, Col, Lauren, Kevin & Lorraine where we celebrated Lorraine's birthday.

Monday 19th September 2011 we had a huge day at F-Troop starting at 7.00am & working through until 2 O'clock.  We were donated some mature plants, a bird bath & a garden seat as well as needing to spread mulch so we worked all morning to get everything into place & to tidy up around the clubhouse & 1st tee for a big Ladies Invitation Day being held tomorrow.  After F-Troop I just had time for lunch & a shower when Ken Gardiner from Megan called in to say hello.  Shane also arrived to take me out to the Telstra Shop at Erina to get my new computer & telephone bundles in place. It took us until after 5 o'clock to get everything organised & in place for us to set up my new system later this week.  I also upgraded my mobile to an iphone4 which was exciting as I have been wanting to learn how to use one.  I had some fun learning to get started. My mobile number is still the same.

Tuesday 20th September 2011 I was at golf at 8 o'clock as we had a big invitation day with over 100 starters with all proceeds going to Breast Cancer Research.  My playing partners were Jan Hoban (from Terrigal Golf Club), Jan Walker and Anne Burgess.  We had a lovely day even if it did blow a bit of a gale later in the morning.  Our highlight was Anne scoring an Eagle on a 4 par hole with two lovely shots.  We did not win any prizes other than Jan Hoban winning nearest the pin on the 8th, in fact I did not even win a raffle prize.  I did buy some cakes from the produce stall so I did not go home empty handed.  It was a big day as I did not get home until after 4 o'clock. Shane was at home installing a new screen for me which was part of the system going in this week

Wednesday 21st September 2011 I had another day in the back garden cleaning up the last of the gardens and my garden room where I keep all the plants in waiting for the golf club. Shane called in after work & cleaned out the fish tank for me & replaced the filter wool.  The fish look much happier.  The weather has been lovely & I enjoyed the day outside. I got all my phone contacts up to date in the iphone which was a bit of a chore to clean up as I forget to delete old unwanted numbers & had a big list to go through.

I am looking forward to getting everything hooked up & in working order.  My old computer is very slow as it is many years old & well out of date.  A firm in Brisbane is supplying my new laptop to replace the stolen one.  I should have it here next week some time all going well.  I should be all wireless by the time we leave for China with new technology available to make everything speedy & easy.

Tomorrow I am going out for the morning with Anne, Joel & Emily which will give me some quality time with them.