Wednesday 11th July 2012

This week was a mixture of good and bad weather - the rain had been every other day.

Wednesday 4th July 2012 I spent the day in the front gardens pruning the roses and weeding which was quite a task.  I filled up a full green bin with no trouble at all.  Fortunately it was a sunny day so it was not unpleasant outside.

Thursday 5th July 2012 I went to Erina with Anne, Joel & Emily to look after Emily while Joel did "Little Kickers".  It was a wet, cold & windy day so it was good to get inside the shopping centre where it was heated.  We did a bit of shopping, had a coffee break and then took Joel to Little Kickers which he enjoys.
He is funny to watch as he is more interested in running than kicking the ball.  The coaches are very good an patient and all the children enjoy themselves. Emily loves to watch the action & it will not be long before she is out there too.  Emily got her second tooth through this week so they are coming through quickly now that she has started.  Her ear infection has cleared up & she is a much happier little girl.  After soccer we had lunch at Erina Fair.  I have copied Joel's favourite DVD "Cars" onto my iPad & he watched it in total silence while we had lunch - so it is a winner!

Friday 6th July 2012 it was another bad weather day.  We were intending to deliver some firewood to Shane but it was too wet to get into the woodpile at the Golf Course.  We went to Erina Fair instead as we had some things to do there.  I picked up another clothes rack for my walk-in wardrobe which we got 50% discount which was a good saving.  I went back to medibank with my receipts that I was having trouble claiming on line.  The problem was solved ( a software glitch) & I can now continue to claim on line which is convenient.  Peter bought a couple of tracksuits to take away on holidays & got a new battery in his watch. While there I selected a nice watch for my birthday & had it fitted to my arm size.  Unfortunately Peter has pocketed it until my birthday - so I have to wait.......

Saturday 7th July 2012 Peter was at Golf so I spent the day catching up at home & sorting out all my costume jewellery into the storage bags that I had bought.  It was a good drying day so I got all the washing and ironing up to date. Mark & Anne Stimpson came over for dinner after the boys finished golf & we had a nice night catching up with a wine or two.

Sunday 8th July 2012 I was not feeling the best when I got up early as Rod was bringing Joel & Emily over for the morning so Anne could have a good sleep after doing night shift at the hospital.  I felt a bit off colout but thought it was the late night & rich food/wine from the night before.  I had a lovely time looking after the two children as they are an easy age to entertain.  At 11 o'clock we went to golf leaving Joel watching the "Cars" video that he loves and Emily asleep.  Our golf partners were Geoff & Helen Darkes who are new members to the club.  We had a nice day with Helen being the star and winning the Singles Event of the day.
Peter & I did not play well and I put that down to being overtired.  We had dinner at the club with some of our Golf Friends and celebrated Lauren's birthday.

Monday 9th July 2012 we were up early for F-Troop and I was feeling very lack-lustre all day.  We managed to get through all the tasks & in the afternoon picked the firewood for Shane and took it to his home at Gwandalan.  It has been a cold winter so he was happy to have a new supply of timber. By the time we got back from Gwandalan I was feeling very off colour.  I got the Golfer's Blog done and then went to bed feeling exhausted.  By 10 o'clock I was up again, backwards and forwards to the toilet until 3 o'clock in the morning suffering from a stomach bug.  I can't remember the last time I felt so sick.

Tuesday 10th July 2012 I cancelled golf and spent the day in bed feeling quite miserable only getting up to update the Golfer's blog & then back to bed again for the night.

Wednesday 11th July 2012 (today) I was feeling a little better for my day in bed but still felt weak.  In the morning I went over to the golf club & planted out some Agapanthus that were donated to the club on Monday. We had more rain overnight so it was all very wet.  It was a nice sunny day & I contemplated doing some more pruning in the sunshine but decided it was pushing myself too much so I rested up for the afternoon downloading some more books into my kindle which I have neglected recently.

Tomorrow there is more rain forecast so I may not get to the roses.  I am going to Erina Fair with Anne again tomorrow morning so the rain will not worry us there.