Back Again with the latest News

Life has just flown past the last few months. My time has not been my own and it has been difficult keeping up with the blog. Hubby’s recuperation time is finally at an end and he has been good with following Dr’s orders. His sugar levels have been stable and he has rested his feet. Towards the end he was getting very frustrated with not been able to do much or drive himself. I must admit it was difficult for me too as I was doing a lot of driving around and going backwards and forwards to the workshop and neglecting the house. Hubby has had his follow up visit to the Dr who was happy with his progress. He is able to drive himself around and is back at work part-time. He only spends a couple of hours a day there as his feet start aching very quickly and he comes home to put them up. There is one thing I am VERY ANGRY about and that is – he has started smoking again. He went out about a week ago to a Tit Car Meet and had a smoke while out and keeps sneaking a smoke outside. I was really furious and hardly spoke to him for a few days. He has said he will stop and I really hope he does for his health’s sake.
Diane and I have been to the Movies a couple of times to see ‘Despicable Me’ and ‘You Again’. Both of which we really enjoyed. We made the most of our outings with having a meal and a good shopping spree while we were out. I can’t wait to go for a hike again as I have really missed going and enjoying the Suikerbos Route.
Ali started work at the beginning of November and while learning she has to work Saturdays to do the training so we have looked after the Boys a couple of times. The first Saturday we had a get-together at Lifestyle with Pauline, Val and Kim so they could finally see Josh. We had a super time over breakfast catching up with each other’s news. Ali joined us just after twelve and after saying Hi and Bye to Val and Kim she had lunch with Diane and I. Once she left with the boys Diane and I did some shopping before returning home. Last week we picked the boys up and spent the morning at the Botanical Gardens. It was a lovely relaxing time as Diane and I spent most of the time chilling on the grass under the trees while Josh slept and Travis ran around tiring himself out. A tortoise came out of the bushes and was walking around eating the grass. Travis was thrilled and walked around with it until it went back into the bushes. Ali joined us there for lunch and we spent a pleasant hour or so chilling and listening to the birds – there certainly were plenty around in the trees.
I have managed to do some of my annual spring clean with only a few rooms left to do. We had a contractor in to do some much needed repairs to the cottage. Now that it is finished it really looks good though it was most frustrating while they were working. On the Wednesday night we moved the furniture out of the main bedroom into the small bedroom and the lounge furniture into our lounge. The workers only pitched on Friday as they were busy elsewhere and spent most of the time loafing as they didn’t have the right tools. This meant they weren’t finished and had to come back on the Monday. Monday they came late and didn’t finish again. Tuesday they didn’t turn up at all and instead came on Wednesday. This time they had the wrong size ceiling board and only late morning was the right size bought to the house. Once again they didn’t finish and Thursday morning the job was eventually finished. Friday we quickly painted the main bedroom and on Saturday I was finally able to start making it habitable. Saturday we painted the toilet as it was looking rather the worse for wear. The rest of the weekend was spent moving the furniture back, cleaning and hanging the clean curtains back up. Sunday evening while I was in there finishing off the lounge a bat came in and kept flying around. I opened everywhere up so it could fly out and had a drink while I waited for it to go. When I peeped back in I couldn’t see it so closed up and carried on. While arranging the flowers I turned around and found it flying around again. It flew behind the curtain and I closed them trapping it against the window and opened the windows again. I left it and we had supper. When I went back it had gone and I was able to carry on until about twelve. Monday I was able to finally clean the house and by bedtime (twelve) it was finally decent again. Wayne will be here tomorrow so at least I am ready in time for his visit with his girlfriend. We are looking forward to seeing him again and to meet his girlfriend.