Monday 26th Nov ember 2012

This week has flown by with great speed.  We have had some hot days and not much rain at all so the gardens are suffering.

Sunday 18th November 2012 we had Anne, Joel & Emily for breakfast as Rod was doing some weekend work.  I had some fun with the kids playing, watering the garden and walking down to the station to see the trains.  At 10.30 we had to get ready to leave for golf.  Our playing partners were Ron & Lynn Puiatti and we had a good day other than the boys beating us for the Keno Ticket on the second last hole.  We stayed for dinner at the club to finish off a nice day.

Monday 19th November 2012 was F-Troop day and we had a 7.00am start.  It was a busy day with lots of projects to complete including the wedding garden that I have been trimming, weeding & mulching.  It was a long day and a nanny nap was required in the afternoon.,

Tuesday 20th November 2012 we had a 8.00 am shotgun start as the Ladies Annual General Meeting was following the golf.  My playing partners were Christine Drakeford, Sheila Williams and Mary Beard.  Our golf was not too good but we had an enjoyable day.  That evening we went out to dinner at Wamberal with Alice & Col and Col & Lauren for a catch up dinner.  We had a good chat about our recent holidays.

Wednesday 21st November 2012 I worked on the Golf Club gardens doing some weeding and trimming.

Thursday 22nd November 2012 I worked in the front gardens at home until lunch time.  We have not had a lot of rain but the weeds still continue to grow.   At 3 o'clock Peter dropped me at the Erina Day Hospital to have my second cataract eye operation.  It all went smoothly and I was home by 6.30 pm wearing a very attractive eye patch.  I had no pain but felt very tired so an early night was in order.

Friday 23rd November 2012 we did some household shopping. Peter did some work around the yard and I rested up so I did not upset my eye.  My eye is very good with not much discomfort at all,  I can do some reading without glasses but I still need reading glasses for small writing. I can use the computer without glasses which is great.  Friday evening we went to the Golf Club for dinner and the raffle night and we won the baked dinner prize which was a leg of lamb and all the vegetables.

Saturday 24th November 2012 I did some garden work at home before going over to the club to clean up for a garden wedding in the afternoon.  The day started off overcast and then turned into a beautiful sunny day for the wedding.  There were two wedding receptions in the clubhouse as well as the Men's Saturday golf so it was a busy place.

Sunday 25th November 2012 we did not have Rod & Anne over for the traditional Sunday breakfast as they had gone away to Nelson's Bay camping with Anne's family and Shane was there also playing golf.
Golf today was a very popular day being the Annual Naggers Cup which is always a fun day. It is an American Foursomes and Peter & I did not play all that badly but missed just too many opportunities for a good score.  We went to the clubhouse early at 8 o'clock  to help set up for a Members breakfast which was held prior to the golf game.  Everyone enjoyed their champagne & orange juice and a nice hot breakfast before a 12.30 shotgun start.  Our playing partners were Garry & Doreen Trigg and we had a good day but pity about the golf. My highlight was that I drove two of the par 3 greens and did a good difficult chip shot to the green under pressure.  We stayed for dinner at the club to finish off a nice day.  It was 34 degrees and we appreciated having the golf cart.

Monday 26th November 2012 (today) we had another early F-Troop start.  It was a busy day as we did not have too many volunteers today.  We worked through until 3 o'clock which was a big day.  There were storms all around us tonight but we got very little of the rain as it was all Sydney or Newcastle way.

Tomorrow is Ladies Golf day and it is our Annual Christmas day and final day of formal golf for the year.  We now go into informal ball competitions for the summer.  We have an 8 o'clock shotgun start so I hope we do not have too much heat - the prediction is 31 degrees.