Thursday 14th March 2013

We had much better weather this week so I have been able to get out an about in the gardens either here or at the golf club.  We have not seen our little ones this week as they were away camping last week and this week their car broke down so we did not have our grandchildren hit on Sunday.

Friday 8th March 2013 I had lunch with my old work mates from Coopers & Lybrand days - Lorraine, Margaret and Nancy.  We had lunch at Alexanders in Gosford and afterwards I had some retail therapy at the shops.  That evening we went to the Golf Club for raffle night and dinner.  We won a leg of lamb which was a good bonus.

Saturday 9th March 2013 we did some household shopping.  Peter went to golf and I went over to the club for three hours cleaning up the wedding garden for an afternoon wedding.  Saturday night we went out for dinner to the Lebanese Restaurant with Col & Lauren and Di & Neil.  Di & Neil are off on another caravan trip so it was good to catch up with them before they left.  After dinner we all came home to our house for a nightcap & finished up getting to bed about 2 am.

Sunday 10th March 2013 Rod, Anne, Joel & Emily were to be coming over for breakfast.  We had breakfast cooked and waiting and then got a call from Anne to say the starter motor in the car needed to be replaced so they had to stay at home to get it fixed that day so Anne had a car for the rest of the week.  Shane called in on his way to bowls so it was good to catch up with him.  His house renovations are coming together.  We went to golf at 11.30.  Our playing partners were Kay Frewin & Arthur Collien.  We had a good day at golf and played well enough to win a ball.  I excelled myself by getting three birdie putts in a row, two at 40 foot or so and the other a gobbler off the green which was a good highlight.  We did not stay to go out to dinner as we had all the breakfast food still left over and we were tired from the night out before.

Monday 11th March 2013 we were up early for F-Troop and had some big projects to do.  We worked there until 12.30. After lunch and a nanny nap we went out to Erina Fair as I was having a problem getting Peter's iPad to restart.  We took it to Andrew at Dick Smith's who fixed the problem in  minute.  As usual with computers - it is always easy when you know how.  We picked up some bargain buys in K-Mart for our Vietnam holiday that I needed.

Tuesday 12th March 2013 was our 47th Wedding Anniversary.  I went to golf with the girls and Peter had a restful day at home.  My playing partners were Sheila Williams & Eileen Major and we had a nice day even though our scores were not too good.  I ended up in the edge of the dam with one of my drives and came out covered in dirt after trying to hit the ball out of the muddy grass.  We went out to "Trackside" for dinner to celebrate our anniversary.  The food was nice and I enjoyed a champagne.

Wednesday 13th March 2013 I spent the day in the rose garden at home, dead heading, weeding etc. In the afternoon I did a few more of my holiday photos for the travel blog.  I only have San Francisco to go now and all my photos from the USA trip are done.

Thursday 14th March 2013 (today) I was up early to do some more walking.  I have been trying to get some walking in about three or four times a week on my machine on the verandah.  Arthritis in my feet has been holding me back - so I am going a little slower so I don't aggravate my feet.  I have got some good books on my Audible app. so I am back into listening to books while I walk and garden. Today I listened to "The Secret Garden" and old story but a nice one if you are into gardens.  After that I pruned back the large overgrown Banksia Rose that is over the back pergola.  By the time we had it all cleaned up we had filled two green bins.  We have had good weather all week and today was the first day I have had to water the garden.

Tomorrow I am on babysitting duty from 6.15am in the morning while Anne is at work.  We were supposed to be doing a BBQ for a charity day at the golf club.  I have been able to get someone to fill in for me so I can look after Joel and Emily all day.  I hope we get some good weather so we can get outside.