Wednesday...1 June 2011

Pinch and punch first day of the month!
Is also officially the first day of winter .
I think winter missed that memo, she got going a few weeks ago!!!!!!!!
Today Himself went to Gympie and came home with all manner of exciting stuff and some spare parts for our caravan. We have a new element for the hot water thingy, this means that once it is fitted we can have hot showers all the time in our van instead of occasionally having to head to the ablution blocks with all the other campers.  We can now but we have to pay for the gas, but if we are in a caravan park then we will be able to hook to the electricity which is included in our park fees.
He also got a new element thing for the fridge that will make it fully 240v instead of the current set up with an inverter on it. He got wheel nuts and studs and grease for the slides.....oh he had a marvellous time, I have not been game yet to ask what it all cost.
While he did that I did the washing. Yep boring I know but someone has to do it! Started at 8am with bright blue skies and as soon as I put the first lot into the water in the machine, the sun packed it in for the day. I did hang the washing but most of it went into the dryer at 4.30pm still wet. It did not rain, it just did not get warm enough to dry clothes. Frustrating.
After that I cooked up a storm making Thai Green Curry and we went to dinner at the daughters house again only this time there were other visitors besides us. Was lovely to see her visitors, exceptional people and so nice to be around. I genuinely like seeing them each time I am in the area. They may be my son-in-laws old friends but they are wonderfully kind to me and mine as well. We all had a good night and the food combinations were most pleasing (everyone bought a casserole type meal). We topped that off with dessert of Apple Crumble and Chocolate Pie with cream or ice cream.......Divine. THEN, we also got tea and coffee served by my wonderful grandchildren before they went to bed (school night).
Son-in-law has a permanent hole in his back yard for camp fires and we had one tonight, there is something special about a good roaring fire, other than its heat of course. We did have a goodly supply of marshmallows but chose to forgo them as one grandchild cannot have them owing to new braces.......
Last time we came to this area, another couple we know were overseas and came home only two days before we were due to leave the area ourselves. Yep they are at it again, here we are and wouldn't you know it, they are in China and due home the day after we leave here. Sorry N & N, next time! (PS if you are home!)