I wish you all, a Happy New Year. May you and yours be safe and well and not lacking in the essentials.
Last night, we had electrical storms, with much lightning and thunder, but bugger all rain. I was able to watch the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, with some trepidation as to whether the power would go off, or the transmission would be clear enough. The transmission on the ABC is not good here, and sometimes it is totally unwatchable. It was barely so last night. I did enjoy what I could see.
Today, we have been blanketed in DUST! There was not enough rain to wet the ground, and it has been blowing all day, all over the town, and the house, and everything in it is covered in fine black silt.
We have more thunder rumbling now, so this will be a short posting, as I will not run the computer in a storm.
Good bye, and good luck.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Visiting rellies, & meeting new ones.
Last Friday, my nephew Alan and his family, called in here on their way home to Queensland, and had lunch with us. We have not seen him or his two eldest children, for eight years. Isaac is 15, and getting very tall. He has just completed year eleven, and his first year of part time appenticeship, as an Electrician. I am not sure what type of electrician he is training as, but it is not ordinary industrial or domstic.
Alan's daughter, Samantha, is growing into a lovely young lady. She is eleven.
It was the first time we had met Alan's new wife, Dianne, and her six year old son, Kyle. Kyle played Racing Cars on my computer until lunch time. It was lovely having them here, if for a short time. We had Ham salad sangers, (sandwiches) on home made wholemeal bread. Then home made fruit salad and icecream. Isaac was so thrilled to have home made fruit salad, that he had two BIG serves of it. Dianne is very slender, but she can 'put it away' with the best of them.
I hope it is not eight years before we see them again. They all seemed very relaxed and at home with us, which is great.
Alan's daughter, Samantha, is growing into a lovely young lady. She is eleven.
It was the first time we had met Alan's new wife, Dianne, and her six year old son, Kyle. Kyle played Racing Cars on my computer until lunch time. It was lovely having them here, if for a short time. We had Ham salad sangers, (sandwiches) on home made wholemeal bread. Then home made fruit salad and icecream. Isaac was so thrilled to have home made fruit salad, that he had two BIG serves of it. Dianne is very slender, but she can 'put it away' with the best of them.
I hope it is not eight years before we see them again. They all seemed very relaxed and at home with us, which is great.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Christmas 2006
Christmas is over for another year. In some ways, I look forward to this day, and in others, I don't. I look forward to it because it is the commemoration of the birth of the Saviour of the World, Jesus Christ. Everybody knows, if He had not been born, we would not have this day. I don't look forward to it, because it has been taken over in many ways by Mammon. I don't look forward to not having all my family around me at this time. I don't have them all year, but it would be lovely to see them at Christmas. To touch on a sad note, it is also a dreadful time for road accidents, and the fatality count is horrendous every year.I most assuradly do not like that aspect of this time of year.
We had a very enjoyable Christmas Day this year. We spent it with our daughter and her family. They had a couple of male friends there as well. We had cold meat and salad, and I made a Trifle for dessert. It is the only dessert my son-in-law likes, and he reckons mine is the best.Chrismas pud,blah!
On the down side of it, the guys were smoking all day, and me being an asthmatic, it was a wonder I didn't succumb and have an attack. It was only yesterday that I nearly did.
We had a very enjoyable Christmas Day this year. We spent it with our daughter and her family. They had a couple of male friends there as well. We had cold meat and salad, and I made a Trifle for dessert. It is the only dessert my son-in-law likes, and he reckons mine is the best.Chrismas pud,blah!
On the down side of it, the guys were smoking all day, and me being an asthmatic, it was a wonder I didn't succumb and have an attack. It was only yesterday that I nearly did.
Friday, December 22, 2006
I'm losin' it, I'm losin' it, I'm losin'it!
In a previous posting, I said I was losing it. Not my marbles or the plot, but the weight I have gained over the last 14 years. I am still doing just that. Two weeks ago when I was weighed at the doctor's, I had inexplicably regained half a kilo. I was devastated. I felt as though I had had Christmas taken away from me. I thought it was the same old story. Previously when I have tried to lose weight, I would do very well for a few weeks, and, even though I was sticking to the diet, I would start to gain it all back. This fortnight, I have relost that half kilo, and more. I have lost a total of 3.7kgs, for this fortnight. I have lost a grand total of 8.2kgs!! That is 19.125 pounds, nearly one and a half stone in the old scale. I can hardly believe it. I thought the reason my skirt was slipping off me, was because it is old and the elastic had given up the ghost. Not so it would seem. I have stacks of fabric I have to make up, but, I will wait untill I have reached my goal weight, and then make some new clothes. Speed the day.
Saturday, December 16, 2006
How lucky am I?
Yesterday, Neville and I travelled to Adelaide so I could visit my mother, who has been very ill in hospital for over a month. I had not seen her for a month, and it has been a very worrying time, me being so far away and unable to drive, I was very relieved to find her almost back to her old self, and ready to go home, once more.
Earlier in the week, my friend, Sue, had asked me if I would like to go to Naracoorte with her, as she had to pick up a couple of standard electric fans she had ordered last week. I toyed with the idea, then decided to visit mum instead, as it was going to be a cool day, and alright for travelling. I am so thankful I did not go with her, as she rolled the car 20kms from here, and wrote it off! She had her daughter and granddaughter with her, but they were both asleep. This fact would have saved them from serious injury. The little girl is only 18 months old. They were not badly hurt, and Deborah had to crawl out of the window as the door was jammed shut by the impact with the trees Sue hit. Sue has no spinal injuries and apparently no internal injuries. She has a broken arm and a gash on her head. She was flown by air ambulance at 12.45 am today, to hospital in Adelaide. The ambulance got bogged, when they went to meet the plane and collect an air pressure device to put Sue in, incase she had spinal injuries. They took 45 mins and should have taken 10 Her family got bogged too, when they went out to the air strip to say goodbye. As her husband said, it was just as well it was not a life and death matter.
Earlier in the week, my friend, Sue, had asked me if I would like to go to Naracoorte with her, as she had to pick up a couple of standard electric fans she had ordered last week. I toyed with the idea, then decided to visit mum instead, as it was going to be a cool day, and alright for travelling. I am so thankful I did not go with her, as she rolled the car 20kms from here, and wrote it off! She had her daughter and granddaughter with her, but they were both asleep. This fact would have saved them from serious injury. The little girl is only 18 months old. They were not badly hurt, and Deborah had to crawl out of the window as the door was jammed shut by the impact with the trees Sue hit. Sue has no spinal injuries and apparently no internal injuries. She has a broken arm and a gash on her head. She was flown by air ambulance at 12.45 am today, to hospital in Adelaide. The ambulance got bogged, when they went to meet the plane and collect an air pressure device to put Sue in, incase she had spinal injuries. They took 45 mins and should have taken 10 Her family got bogged too, when they went out to the air strip to say goodbye. As her husband said, it was just as well it was not a life and death matter.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
I do hate, being patronised!
All my life I have had to suffer people who think, because I am nearly blind, I am also dumb, dumb, dumb!!! They think it is OK to treat me as if I am a lower life form than they are.
Yesterday, I went into the gift shop to purchase, if they had something that I liked and could afford, a gift for some friends who have a new baby daughter. This shop has some lovely things, but the prices are usually prohibitive for me. I asked where I could find items for the occasion, and chose a really lovely silver wreath picture frame. It has a circle of alternating teddy bears and hearts, and was not, surprisingly, out of my price range. There was another lady being served, and I was told I could go out to the back of the shop, where the fabrics and craft items are, and the lass' mother would serve me. Now, there is no love lost between us, but I am always polite to Heather. I have no idea why Heather dislikes me, but it matters not. I handed her the picture frame, and she very patroninsingly, said , would I like one that was already boxed. I don't remember what exactly I said, but it was along the lines of, I thought what was on display was all she had. She looked at me with a pained expression, and said, as to indicate I should have known,there were others in a cupboard somewhere, and she would get me one of those.
I put that one back on the shelf while she rummaged around and brought another one of the same brand to the counter. For some unknown reason, she opened the box and took the frame out. It was just as well that she did, as it was nothing like the one I had chosen. She then had to go a get the one I had chosen. I managed to contain myself and not say, I told you so. Poetic justice for her unfriendly manner,eh?
Yesterday, I went into the gift shop to purchase, if they had something that I liked and could afford, a gift for some friends who have a new baby daughter. This shop has some lovely things, but the prices are usually prohibitive for me. I asked where I could find items for the occasion, and chose a really lovely silver wreath picture frame. It has a circle of alternating teddy bears and hearts, and was not, surprisingly, out of my price range. There was another lady being served, and I was told I could go out to the back of the shop, where the fabrics and craft items are, and the lass' mother would serve me. Now, there is no love lost between us, but I am always polite to Heather. I have no idea why Heather dislikes me, but it matters not. I handed her the picture frame, and she very patroninsingly, said , would I like one that was already boxed. I don't remember what exactly I said, but it was along the lines of, I thought what was on display was all she had. She looked at me with a pained expression, and said, as to indicate I should have known,there were others in a cupboard somewhere, and she would get me one of those.
I put that one back on the shelf while she rummaged around and brought another one of the same brand to the counter. For some unknown reason, she opened the box and took the frame out. It was just as well that she did, as it was nothing like the one I had chosen. She then had to go a get the one I had chosen. I managed to contain myself and not say, I told you so. Poetic justice for her unfriendly manner,eh?
Once again, I'm a winner!
Many years ago, when I was about eight, I spent a year and a half at Mundulla Primary School. I was there for year three and half of year four. Then I moved to another school. Mundulla is a small town six miles from here. It has the school, a general store, drapery shop, and sundry churches and houses. There is an old pub, which is heritage listed, and serves as a pub/restaurant.
A couple of weeks ago, I bought some tickets in the school concert raffle. There were twelve prizes, of various commodities. eg.a wheelbarrow full of goods, and vouchers for various things. I put the tickets in a drawer and promptly forgot about them. I never expected to win anything, anyway.
This afternoon, I was very pleasantly surprised, when a young man ( his name is Greg Young. no pun intended) rang me to inform me, I had won the 5th prize. Namely, a $75.00 voucher from the Mundulla General store.
I had to take my cat to the vet this afternoon for her booster vaccination. After I put her back inside, we drove out to the store so I could collect my voucher. I met an old school chum, Tom, and told him of my good fortune. He was very pleased for me, which was nice.
The young woman who owns the store gave me the voucher, which was in an envelope. I asked her how long I had to redeem it. She said she had no idea. She was therefore, very surprised to learn, it was her store's voucher. I curcumnavigated the store several times, it is not very big, and put a few items in my trolley. One of which was some bananas. Since there was a cyclone earlier this year in Queensland, where the banannas are mainly grown, we have not been able to afford them, as they have been over $AUD13.00 a kg. They are starting to come down in price a bit. As I was not paying for them, I thought I would buy some, as my husband loves them. I was not able to find goods tho the value of $75.00, so will have to return to redeem the remainder on the voucher.
This has made my day!
A couple of weeks ago, I bought some tickets in the school concert raffle. There were twelve prizes, of various commodities. eg.a wheelbarrow full of goods, and vouchers for various things. I put the tickets in a drawer and promptly forgot about them. I never expected to win anything, anyway.
This afternoon, I was very pleasantly surprised, when a young man ( his name is Greg Young. no pun intended) rang me to inform me, I had won the 5th prize. Namely, a $75.00 voucher from the Mundulla General store.
I had to take my cat to the vet this afternoon for her booster vaccination. After I put her back inside, we drove out to the store so I could collect my voucher. I met an old school chum, Tom, and told him of my good fortune. He was very pleased for me, which was nice.
The young woman who owns the store gave me the voucher, which was in an envelope. I asked her how long I had to redeem it. She said she had no idea. She was therefore, very surprised to learn, it was her store's voucher. I curcumnavigated the store several times, it is not very big, and put a few items in my trolley. One of which was some bananas. Since there was a cyclone earlier this year in Queensland, where the banannas are mainly grown, we have not been able to afford them, as they have been over $AUD13.00 a kg. They are starting to come down in price a bit. As I was not paying for them, I thought I would buy some, as my husband loves them. I was not able to find goods tho the value of $75.00, so will have to return to redeem the remainder on the voucher.
This has made my day!
Friday, December 08, 2006
Not happy. Not happy at all!
As previously reported in this space, I have been losing it. Not my mind or the plot, but the accumulated weight of many years. I have tried many diets with limited or no success. At the beginning of September, I had a health fright, which galvanised me into action, and I had lost 6.5kgs. I was ecstatic. This was two eeks ago. I went to the clinic today to be weighed and have my BSL checked. BSL is darn near perfect at 5.3. The clinic sister checked my blood pressure, and it is darn near perfect, too. I got on the scales, after removing my skirt and sandals, only to discover to my immense disappointment, I have gained half a kilo in the last two weeks. Just as well I took off my skirt and sandals, or goodness knows what the outcome would have been! I would probably have burst into tears. The clinic nurse and my doctor were not the least bit phased, and said it is only a small hitch, and is probably due to fluid retention due to the hot weather. They were most encouraging, bless 'em, but I remain unconvinced. My doctor told me to keep plodding along.
I had received another shock earlier in the morning. My friend Sue and I were in the butcher's, and we met our computer repair man and his wife. Sue asked if he was on holiday, and he said yes, a permenant one. He did not want to broadcast the details so kept his voice low. He said he is employed somewhere else, but did not give details. This is very sudden and we are in shock.
From what he said, it sounds as though he was under a lot of pressure and got out before he went under,mentally. I hope we get someone just as competant to replace him. I wish him well as he is a very nice man.
I had received another shock earlier in the morning. My friend Sue and I were in the butcher's, and we met our computer repair man and his wife. Sue asked if he was on holiday, and he said yes, a permenant one. He did not want to broadcast the details so kept his voice low. He said he is employed somewhere else, but did not give details. This is very sudden and we are in shock.
From what he said, it sounds as though he was under a lot of pressure and got out before he went under,mentally. I hope we get someone just as competant to replace him. I wish him well as he is a very nice man.
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