Wednesday 20th June 2012

Joel in the toy shop

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This week has just flown past.  Every day has been busy in one way or another.  The weather has improved and the last few days have been beautiful.

Thursday 14th June 2012 Peter was still away on his Gold Coast Golf Tour so I went out to Erina with Anne to look after Emily while Joel played with the "Little Kickers".  We had lunch and coffee after soccer and then did the rounds of the toy shops as Emily's birthday was coming up on Saturday.  We had a lot of fun looking at all the toys available - and there are multitudes.  Joel is really good in the shops - taking his time looking at all the different toys (cars in particular) & then he is happy to leave without any purchases.  (Nanny slipped in a toy crane that he was very fond of). I took a short video of him riding in a toy car in the toy shop (very cute).  Emily is slowly recovering after her stint in hospital but is still reluctant to drink or eat.  She was a happier girl today and sat with me with no problems. After lunch I spent the afternoon doing some more photos and shredding old cards that I have kept for years (the hoarder at work).

Friday 15th June 2012 it was a good weather day so I caught up with all the washing and ironing, vacuumed the house, scanned more photos and shredded more cards.  I have been steadily culling things from my wardrobe all week and now have a pile of black plastic bags ready for disposal on the lounge room floor. The results of years of accumulation.   Friday evening I went to the Golf Club for dinner and the raffles.  I sat with all the girls whose husbands are also at the Gold Coast Golf Tour - we called ourselves the "Widows table".  Kerry rang while I was there to say that they did not have time to call in as it was so late after their long haul from Moree. Brent is playing football at Wyong tomorrow.

Saturday 16th June 2012 I spent the morning doing more tidying up so I could have the rest of the weekend free.  Peter arrived home from his golf tour about 3.30pm just in time to go to Rod & Anne's for Emily's first birthday party.  It was an awful wet day & continued to rain throughout the day.  Emily has lost a lot of weight during her recent illness and is still not up to scratch - so Anne is taking her to a specialist for a check up to narrow down the problem.  Emily was in good spirits and enjoyed her day - not quite knowing what all the fuss was about. She enjoyed having Grandad, Grandma, Nanna Gayle, Poppy and Nanny there to give her attention.   We stayed for dinner and then came home for an early night as Peter had been on the road all day.

Sunday 17th June 2012 the sun was out again which was good.  We had decided not to play golf as there were no carts allowed on the course and the course was very wet.  Peter had just played six games of golf straight and was happy to give it a miss.  We had a quite morning at home and I managed to get some more work done on my photo graveyard which was good.   In the afternoon we went out to The Entrance Road to collect some more succulents for the golf club gardens and called into Bunnings to pick up some F-Troop equipment and some marine varnish to paint some old golf shoes to use as garden ornaments.

Monday 18th June 2012 we were at F-Troop at 7.00 am.  We were not allowed on the course with heavy equipment as the course was still very wet.  We were able to get all the succulent plants in and mulched and a few other tasks around the clubhouse. I had taped the Golf before we left so we spent the afternoon relaxing and watching the very exciting finish.

Tuesday 19th June 2012 was my first golf game for a couple of weeks because of the weather.  We had a stroke match and the monthly medal today which is always tough on a wet course.  My playing partners were Lynn Puiatti and Anne Forrester who were great company and carried me through for a win which I was very happy about.  I have not won a monthly medal in years let alone winning the nett and gross and the putting for my division.  It was Anne's birthday as well so we had much to celebrate after the match. Shane was at home when I arrived back home so we were able to have a catch up.

Wednesday 20th June 2012 (today) was another nice weather day.  Peter was at golf for the day so I went shopping into Gosford for an hour and then did some gardening out the front gardens which are getting overgrown with all the wet weather.  It is nearly up to pruning time so I need to get all the weeding done now.  This afternoon I did some more photo scanning and have now finished all the boys photos.  Still plenty more to go yet.

Tomorrow I am going to Erina with Anne to mind Emily while Joel plays little kickers.  In the afternoon I have some more succulent plants to pick up for the golf club so another sunny day would be lovely.

 





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