Another weekend

Saturday
Up early to let the spoilt ones out with their biscuits. Packed away the washing up. Travis woke at half six. We both chilled outside – me with my coffee and Travis with some tea. I had my second cup while he finished his tea. It was a lovely morning again. Gave Travis some cereal while still chilling outside. He thoroughly enjoyed being outdoors.
Ali arrived and took Travis to bath him and sort herself out for her weekend. Made breakfast and took Hubby his. Fed the dogs, cleaned the kitchen and then got down to clearing my ironing which had piled up. I finished all of the backlog and put out another lot of washing on the line. (More ironing – Whoppee!)
By the time all this was done it was time to shower and wash my hair as Hubby and I were off to his cousin for lunch. We left as the clouds rolled in and thunder started rumbling in the distance. Halfway to Alberton we drove into a cloudburst. The rain was so heavy we could hardly see in front of us. When we reached Alberton it was clear again. Rain is funny stuff – we have stood outside here in bright sunshine and down below on the highway it will be pouring with rain.
The highway wasn’t too bad and we arrived at one. We sat on the patio chatting and having a drink – red wine for me of course. It was lovely to see Dennis and Marion and we spent a pleasant hour or so catching up with each other’s latest news. Marion brought the lunch out and we got down to the serious business of eating. There was a chicken pasta dish, salad and crispy ciabatta bread. It was all very tasty. This was followed by a lemon cheesecake and ice-cream. We sat around the table chatting, eating, drinking and having a good laugh. It really was a great afternoon and we were sorry to leave.
We left at five as we had been invited out for an evening braai. Coming home was a nightmare. There was such congestion on the highway thanks to the road works everywhere. Driving on our highways is really pathetic as they are working on every highway around Joburg. No such thing as do one and finish before going onto the next. While we were on the way I phoned Diane to tell her we were on the way and to get ready for us to pick her up. We arrived back at six and both Hubby and I rushed in for the loo.
As soon as we were ready we locked up and put the alarm on. Luckily we were just going to the top of the road to Trevor and Margie. Debbie is staying with them and we were going to meet the boyfriend. He is Canadian and was visiting for the last time as Debbie is going to live in Canada at the end of the year.
We arrived and were offered a drink. I had a coke in an effort to dilute the wine I had over lunch. We chatted awhile getting to know Dave and then moved out to the patio to start braaing. There is nothing to beat the smell of meat on the braai. We were in great company again and really enjoyed ourselves. Once the meat was ready we dished up. There was wors, chops and steak with salads, rolls, pap and gravy. I wasn’t too hungry after lunch and took a small helping. The chops were delicious –nice and crispy. After eating Debbie told us about her record player and collection of seven singles and then went to fetch it. We sat listening to her music for ages. She had ` Rhodesians never die’ and the ` UDI’ singles. It really bought back memories listening to them. Her record player was a supersonic (Rhodesian made).We had a lovely chat about the good old days up there.
We left about ten and came home to bed.
Sunday.
Up early to let the dogs out and then back to bed to have my one and only lie in. Woke up at nine to the smell of breakfast cooking. I hadn’t even heard Hubby get up. Sat outside with my breakfast chilling. It was really peaceful with no sound of people anywhere. The sun was shining in a gorgeous blue sky. Had my cup of coffee outside and just relaxed listening to the birds around the garden.
Heard the dogs barking at the front and shouted to Hubby that it sounded as if they had found a snake. I went out and they were standing around the little bridge across the stream-to-be. Hubby came out with his pellet gun. Diane joined us. We couldn’t see anything so Hubby took the hosepipe to poke underneath the bridge. He gave me the pellet gun to hold. I told him I would poke around with the hosepipe while he took the gun. Really! What would I do if a snake popped it’s head out – throw the gun at it. I noticed a large landmine just behind Hubby and told him to be careful. Nothing happened with all the poking around and my attention wandered which is when I noticed the landmine was all flat. I looked at Hubby. Gross! His shoe was covered and even the ends of his toes. When he says he has no feeling in his feet he means it. Diane and I couldn’t stop laughing. He took the hosepipe and rinsed his shoe and foot. I told him he had better go and disinfect his foot. The snake must have found a hole to hide in because we never found it.
The rest of the morning was spent relaxing outside. At about two Diane and I got stuck into the passage. We took every single book out of the bookcases shelf by shelf, dusted each book and shelf and reorganized the shelves. There are three bookcases each with five shelves so it took quite a time. Hubby made himself supper as we were still busy and weren’t hungry yet. We finished just before eight and while I vacuumed and mopped the passage Diane made us cheese and biscuits. We ate them while watching District 9 on her computer. It was quite a funny movie about the Alien Prawns. After the movie I cleaned the kitchen and Diane made the Milo. WE are now ready to post the blog and go to bed. I have just realized the time. Its Monday morning.
Cheers. Hope your weekend was as good as ours. Have a good week