Unbelievable! Another week come to an end. Scary how fast time flies. Chilled outside with my cup of coffee enjoying the peace and birdsong again. The guy next door left for work while I was having my second cup. His dogs always howl whenever they get excited and his leaving set them off. Our dogs ran along the dividing fence keeping pace with his car and joined in with the chorus. It is so irritating as shouting for them to ‘Shut up” doesn’t work. They cannot hear a thing above their own noise. After that destruction of my peace I got down to my normal routine of feeding dogs and hubby plus myself of course - Diane refuses to eat until late morning.
After my blog update last night I decided I needed to get back on track with my usual routine which was interrupted last week. So after watching CSI I did a couple of loads of washing as well as cleaning sinks and loos.( such a Fab job). Every year I start my spring clean in November so that by Christmas time my house is all clean ready for the New Year. This year I started earlier so that all is finished by the time we leave for Oz. To come back from a holiday and have to start spring cleaning would be the “Absolute Pits”. I have to be careful not to do too much at a time though – See above pic to see why.
Diane and I got stuck into her room. First was getting curtains down and cleaning windows so that clean curtains go on clean windows. We spent the day in there and didn’t manage to finish as Diane is being very good about getting rid of unwanted and unused things. Usually she is like Hubby – a real hoarder. Ali and I can be very ruthless about keeping non- essential items. Well actually we spent the day in there with regular breaks outside under the trees – must keep our strength up you know.
Hubby went into the workshop again. His excuse for this was “someone was faxing information for a quote” At least he only went for the morning as I made lunch for him to take his medication. Plus the BMW was finished and he bought it back with him.
Late afternoon Diane and I had our glass of wine outside and noticed it was building up for rain. The black clouds were rolling in thick and fast and the trees were getting whipped around. When this happens we have to switch computers off as the plot is very rocky and attracts lightning. In an electric storm we always have a hit or two. It is very scary especially if one is standing near the point of contact – that flash and deafening crack jangles nerves. Once we had to sit in the passage during a storm as the lightning was flashing continuously through the windows on both sides of the house. Another time the geyser was hit and it sounded like a huge kettle boiling up there. Cordell was standing in the kitchen during a bad storm when lightning flashed through the window. He hit the deck immediately. Lightning sure is scary stuff. Luckily the wind blew the storm straight past us though we Really could do with the rain. The heat and hot dry wind of the last few days has withered the plants somewhat.
Diane and I watched ‘Casper’ after supper while Hubby watched his usual cooking and reality programmes. It was a really cute movie. We had our inevitable Milo while watching – ad breaks are necessary sometimes.
All for now. Have a good weekend.
After my blog update last night I decided I needed to get back on track with my usual routine which was interrupted last week. So after watching CSI I did a couple of loads of washing as well as cleaning sinks and loos.( such a Fab job). Every year I start my spring clean in November so that by Christmas time my house is all clean ready for the New Year. This year I started earlier so that all is finished by the time we leave for Oz. To come back from a holiday and have to start spring cleaning would be the “Absolute Pits”. I have to be careful not to do too much at a time though – See above pic to see why.
Diane and I got stuck into her room. First was getting curtains down and cleaning windows so that clean curtains go on clean windows. We spent the day in there and didn’t manage to finish as Diane is being very good about getting rid of unwanted and unused things. Usually she is like Hubby – a real hoarder. Ali and I can be very ruthless about keeping non- essential items. Well actually we spent the day in there with regular breaks outside under the trees – must keep our strength up you know.
Hubby went into the workshop again. His excuse for this was “someone was faxing information for a quote” At least he only went for the morning as I made lunch for him to take his medication. Plus the BMW was finished and he bought it back with him.
Late afternoon Diane and I had our glass of wine outside and noticed it was building up for rain. The black clouds were rolling in thick and fast and the trees were getting whipped around. When this happens we have to switch computers off as the plot is very rocky and attracts lightning. In an electric storm we always have a hit or two. It is very scary especially if one is standing near the point of contact – that flash and deafening crack jangles nerves. Once we had to sit in the passage during a storm as the lightning was flashing continuously through the windows on both sides of the house. Another time the geyser was hit and it sounded like a huge kettle boiling up there. Cordell was standing in the kitchen during a bad storm when lightning flashed through the window. He hit the deck immediately. Lightning sure is scary stuff. Luckily the wind blew the storm straight past us though we Really could do with the rain. The heat and hot dry wind of the last few days has withered the plants somewhat.
Diane and I watched ‘Casper’ after supper while Hubby watched his usual cooking and reality programmes. It was a really cute movie. We had our inevitable Milo while watching – ad breaks are necessary sometimes.
All for now. Have a good weekend.
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