Weekend

Saturday was up to a great day again when the alarm went off at six. Had to force myself out of bed though I felt as if I needed a good few more hours of sleep. Had my chill two cups of coffee to get up enough steam to start my day before making breakfast and seeing to the dogs. Once all that was out the way I could start on the final preparations for Hubby’s Tit Meeting. By the end of the morning there were bowls of all sorts of salad plus a big pot of pap ready and waiting for the start of the meeting. Diane and I got ourselves organized for our disappearance (Men only car club) from home. About half twelve the first few cars drove in and after being nosey and peering out the window to see who they were we grabbed a coke and sneaked out the side gate. We had already parked our car outside for our get away. Our first stop was in Meyersdal at the Steers. It was too hot to eat much but we were hungry so we ordered a packet of chips and a cone ice-cream each. The first to satisfy the hunger and the second to cool off. We parked under a tree and polished off the food before carrying on to Val’s place. The highway wasn’t too bad but as we rounded the corner we drove into a bottle neck where there were road works. It was pathetic and an absolute nightmare to get through. Luckily further down the road opened from the one lane to three again. We were using the GPS to try it out and were thrilled when we were warned twice of speed traps. Not that we were able to go over the limit with all the traffic around but it’s nice to know if you are speeding one day. I told Diane I will never drive without it on again.We got to Val and first thing was an ice cold coke to recover from the journey there before checking out the Photo Album for the 80th present. There is still work to be done on it before they leave on Friday but what has been finished is really stunning. They have worked hard on it and it shows. I take my hat off to them for a fantastic job. I’m sure it will give many hours of pleasure. That out the way we settled for an afternoon of coffee, cake and chat. Diane did a quick photo shoot of Kelly before she left to go out while we carried on chatting. Kim was slaving away over her books studying for exams this week coming. The afternoon flew past and we eventually left about six. As we turned on the on-ramp for the highway home we saw a roadblock in front and just our luck they stopped us. The young cop came to the window, leant on it and had a good look into the car. Diane was trying to find my Drivers License among all my paraphernalia in my bag and while we waited the cop wanted to know when I would be selling my car. I just laughed saying “but then I won’t have a car to drive “. By now Diane had found the license which he just glanced at before waving us on. Thank goodness that was all. We arrived home as it was getting dark to find a couple of die-hards still chilling in the braai area. Diane and I joined them sitting chilling with glasses of wine and munching crisps. Barney, one of the guys still there, had just recently got himself a 1946 Ford which he insisted Hubby take us for a drive in. We had a quick ride around the block. When we got back we teased him saying while it is a great car it just can’t compare to our 46 Plymouth - much to his disgust. It was about half nine before the guys left and we had a quick tidy - up before watching some TV. I started feeling sick and just went to bed leaving everything to be cleaned on Sunday. I was up to take the dogs out about midnight and saw that it was building up for a storm as lightning was flashing all around.
Hubby bought me breakfast in bed on Sunday morning just before eight. I was feeling a bit better so was up not long after to start the Big Clean. There really and truly is nothing worse than getting up to a dirty kitchen. I just never do it but couldn’t cope with it last night. Luckily paper plates were used for the Tit Meeting so it was utensils, glasses and bowls only. It took me an hour or two to clean after which I felt lousy again and seeing that Hubby also wasn’t feeling too good we just forgot about celebrating The Love Day. Instead we just relaxed, watched TV and read – at our age that is more enjoyable and less energy is required. Wayne was home early evening all excited after his Cape Town Trip. We were treated to a running commentary on all he had done- his meeting with Percy Montgomery, going up Table Mountain and Robbin Island and all the fab restaurants – as well as viewing his pics and video clips. We ate a light supper after which Diane and Wayne headed off to the movies. I spent the evening on the computer until I was forced to switch off due to all the thunder and lightning around. I watched some TV with my ‘can’t do without’ Milo. I was in bed around midnight with a book. I am now reading ‘Peking’ by Anthony Grey and am looking forward to it after reading his oh-so-enjoyable book ‘ Saigon”.
Cheers and have a fantastic week.

Weekend

Weekend
Saturday was up early to another overcast day. There was a very light rain falling so I had my coffee in front of the window again. Hubby joined me for a cuppa and told me all about his visit yesterday afternoon to a friend who collects old cars. The guy had five Lancias in his garage plus about thirty Alfas and Hubby had had a wonderful time admiring and talking cars. Men and their toys! He is determined to take Diane and I there to see his friend’s garage full of cars which hopefully will happen this week. After breakfast and seeing to the dogs I started to clean up and tidy everywhere. The rain cleared and I put some washing on which luckily dried before the rain started again. It kept threatening with a build up of cloud, thunder and lightning but held off till late afternoon. During the afternoon I watched `Reign over me’ which was a very sad movie. Diane wasn’t feeling too good so she went for a nap. Hubby was resting his foot after his busy Friday. At one stage he was bored so he got his binoculars out to watch birds and spotted a baby dove in the grass. It must have been trying to learn to fly. The mother was busy backwards and forwards feeding her baby. I hope it managed to fly or found somewhere to shelter before the rain started.
Late afternoon when Diane felt better and got up she had an sms from a friend inviting her out so she quickly had a snack meal and got herself ready to leave. The heavens opened and the rain bucketed down just before she left so it was lucky she wasn’t going far. She met her friend (they hadn’t seen each other since nursery school)and they spent an hour or two catching up on each others news before Diane went into Alberton to meet Wayne at News Café. I watched some TV, had my Milo and then went to bed to read my book. It is a good book but unfortunately as soon as I start reading my eyes get heavy and I fall asleep. It was still raining and I dozed on and off as I was worried about Diane coming home in the rain so couldn’t fall properly asleep. Her and Wayne were home about half two so I was able to fall asleep at last.
On Sunday I only managed to surface at about half nine. Hubby was up and had sorted himself out with breakfast already. I had my cuppa and some cereal (it was the easiest to prepare) in front of the window again as it was still very wet everywhere. The dogs had left me a nice present as one of them obviously didn’t want to get wet feet outside. Lovely start to my Sunday. We had a lazy morning before getting ready to go for a braai to meet Donovan’s family. We arrived at about one and met his brothers and mother with their partners and spent a pleasant afternoon getting to know each other though it is always rather awkward meeting people for the first time like that. Luckily the rain held off and we were able to chill outside by the pool. It was early evening when the gathering broke up and everyone left for home. Wayne stayed on as he needed to go via Donovan’s place to fetch his camera he had left there. We chilled with a coffee when we got home and relaxed with some computer games. Hubby was feeling energetic so decided to make supper. He made a tasty meal of chicken and vegs which we all enjoyed. The only problem was all the cleaning up in the kitchen afterwards – though I must admit it wasn’t that bad! Diane and Wayne were on the computer while I watched the `Money Train’ which I enjoyed. While I was watching the Neighbourhood Watch Siren went off, much to Wayne’s delight. Diane phoned and found out that shots had been reported in the area and all available members were off to do a patrol. Hubby and Wayne duly went off to do their bit for the neighbourhood. Wayne was thrilled to have the excitement and is hoping the Siren will go off again before he goes back home. Shame! Those Ozzies sure lead boring, crime- free lives over there. We don’t know how lucky we are to live in such exciting times. Once the movie was over we had our nightcap of a Milo and then Diane and I went off to bed. But first I made sure the dogs had been out for their last time as I certainly didn’t want any surprises again. Wayne was still busy on facebook so he stayed up. I read till one again by which time he had gone to bed. Hubby of course had been in dreamland for hours.
Cheers and have a good week. Don’t work too hard.