Thursday...2 June 2011

Happy birthday to our grandson Ashley who is 14 today.

Good luck to his dad, who started his new FIFO job on the Gorgon Gas Project today.

Another good day for us. Did a grocery grab this morning, mostly because I was desperate for a hair color and wouldn't you know it, I got lucky and got a "two for" deal on it.
Home we came and had last nights left overs for our lunch, then Himself got busy with all those bits and bobs he got yesterday and I disappeared into the bathroom to make myself glamorous.
Ever noticed that timing is everything people?
Himself got out of a very tight cupboard after fitting the new hot water element about the same time as I finished applying my hair color, so both of us looked a bit the worst for wear, me dripping color and him just plain dripping sweat when a voice said 'hello????".
It was our new friends from the caravan park at Moree, the ones with the beautifully behaved Jack Russell.  They are in the same area as us, but way over the other side of it and had come to see if we would like to do lunch one day and go with them to the Brisbane Caravan & Camping show next week.  We will definately do lunch tomorrow and chat about the camping show.  I mean who would want to miss a date with Ken James one of the original actors in that great aussie show from the early 60's......Skippy, skippy, skippy the bush kangaroo!  He demonstrates the EcoPot which is a slow cooker that works without power.
What a lovely surprise it was to have them drop in. Really looking forward to lunch tomorrow and then we have a dinner date because another grandchild is having a birthday.
Will definately need a holiday when we leave here!
More good news today. The brother who got shingles at the same time as me,  but in his eye,  is improving, still needs to stay on his medication for a bit longer as there is still some infection in there, worth it bro if it saves your sight,  I hear we both have the same surname so we can both get whacked at the same time!!!  Bring on the good pills.....
Note to self, must check on the older brother, the one who had the stroke. Wonder how he is doing now that he has been home for a  while.
Keep smoking Sis, you are the only fit and healthy (??) one of us all. Ha Ha Ha!
The aunt in Western Australia is home from her trip to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos for long enough  to repack her cases. This time she is off to Stockholm, Moscow, London, Singapore and home, then with hardly time to draw breath,  she is going on a cruise to Norfolk Island and Suva etc. AND she is 70+. Goooooo Gwen.
Our youngest has finally made it home after six weeks down south, looking after her sick mother-in-law, just in nice time to tidy her house ready for the move to the big smoke.
The entire mob is on the go. I always said this family would go somewhere.............