"Memories & Mayhem"

Ok people.... I can hear your sighs from here. NO... I didn't get going with the Tai Chi or the Zumba or the Belly Dancing for winter. I have too many excuses to mention here but I assure they were ALL very reasonable and quite understandable!!!

I was very proud of myself however when I managed to walk out the backyard and peg the washing on the line TWICE since we last spoke!!

Oh yes... then I had a moment with the grandkids while they were running wild out the back and I actually weeded around the fenceline.... well at least I dragged out all the Sticky Beaks and Marshmallow Weeds by the roots now that the ground is totally saturated. So I am extra proud!

Then another moonlight night I dragged the huge barrel cactus out of the corner and planted it next to the park bench that I dragged outta the sewing room.... I have dreams of relaxing outside on balmy summer evenings with a cold drink and a box of chokkies!! (Reality is more like hiding under a halo of bug spray while dodging giant kamakazi mozzies and trying to save my cuppa and vegemite sanger from the drooling smelly dog!) but it's still nice to dream!

I just re-read the last few stories to try and remember how much time has once again slipped by since I had a chance to sneak in here and grab a comfy chair and just relax and rabbit on like a lunatic for the evening.

The gist of the stories was that everyone has abandoned me for a while as they surf through the dramas and tragedies that surround us all now and then. Well folks... nothing much has changed yet!.....

As we speak.. the Boop has just returned from rescuing the daughter's family and rang me tonight to say she was once again missing because she is now nursing her daughter in law (she zigged when she shoulda zagged and pulled her knee out!).. but she will return... one day... maybe.... well if I hold my breath until I turn blue she might come back! I did the friendly thing and offered to "care for" her lonely truckdriver husband in her absence but she didn't quite appreciate the generosity of my offer!!! I wonder why??

The cook has bolted off to Lithgow to visit the family.... armed with a pair of totally gorgeous little "quick quilts" that she just "whipped up" between coffees (bloody showoff!). She is back tomorrow and just in time to take off again for another daughter's wedding. hmmmmmm maybe I should make a booking in her diary for a coffee and natter at the shop!

Missy V has just returned from two weeks on the sick list and is bragging about losing 18 kilos as a result of her near death illness.... hmmmmmmm I did think about it as an option when I checked out my expanding waistline but she didn't recommend her bowel condition for anyone!!! Bugger! I could do with dropping a stone or ten!

The Boy has settled in well taking care of his grandmother (so far!)..... although she did manage to get into mischief when his back was turned for five minutes! Apparently, he ducked into town to pick up his welder and by the time he returned (15 minutes) she had taken it into her head to slip outside and just "straighten up" the broken front gate........ bloody hell!... we are talking an old iron lift and drag gate with only one loop of wire holding it up.... apparently she grabbed the gate and tried to haul it up straight..... she grabbed and grunted.... it refused to move (naturally).... and to get even.... the gate tossed her backwards and flung her flat on the ground!!!! (double naturally!!)... but don't worry.... it WASN'T HER FAULT... the GATE DID IT!!.. sighhhhhhhhhhhh

The first ex husband has returned to the dramas of his third marriage over on the coast and left us in peace once again. Of course he promised to help both physically and financially with his mother's care.... yeah... right.... LOL

The Tattooed One is still looking for a new job with better hours so that he can see his kids in daylight hours BEFORE they are old enough to leave home!

Pitty Pat is still gone and her presence has been reduced to relayed emails on the pooter screen. We all miss her. Although she still reckons its lovely to have a house with a backyard again and no more worries about break ins.

Supergeek (Mr Pitty Pat aka the Vegie Man) popped in for three and a half seconds the other day and popped a box of yummy tomatoes on the counter. He says Pitty Pat is great.... and then he was out the door and out of sight in seconds.

Old Gordo has returned once again to his beloved chooks and is now selling his doubley yummy eggs (lovingly handsqueezed from his girls) from my crowded little counter. He said don't laff... the other day he actually stood and waited for the chook to "grunt one out" because he was one short for the last carton!!!!! Picture Old Gordo patting and squeezing the chook to ring the last little googy out!!! No wonder his wife worries about him!!

Luckily for us all.... Kecky has stayed loyal and comes to "rescue" me several days a week while the rest of the team is out of action. She works like a trojan and threatens me with all sorts of murder when I mess stuff up.... She tries to cover for me and keep me out of trouble when The Daughter comes out and sees what stuff I have bought and the mess that I make!! Bless her!! Kecky has kept me sane the last few months!! She even makes coffee now!!! not the fluffy stuff (not bloody likely she says!) but she makes a ripper instant coffee and keeps me caffeinated for the day. She makes sure that Gran gets a cuppa into her several times a day too because she reckons I forget about the poor old bugger and one day I will open the door in the morning and find Gran still sitting in her chair like a dried up old mummy after dying of thirst waiting for a cuppa!

The Daughter is doing a lovely job of managing the painful ex husband now and gets her entertainment from looking young, fit and wonderful and driving the replacement "wife" out of her mind with jealousy! Go Girl!!! LOL. The Daughter has booked Lotus Blossom for a blonde restoration in a week or two.... hmmmmmm young, fit, happy and farking BLONDE!!!! the ex's new wife will be tearing her own scraggy black locks out one by one!!!! hehehehehe... I told the daughter from the start that there can only ever be ONE first wife..... every one after that is "seconds" and she should make the most of her position!!!

Well, enuff prattling for one night.... I am supposed to be doing bookwork... sighhhhhhh.... and cleaning up the mess I left in the kitchen.... more sighhhhhhhhh and don't even think about the THREE quilts on order waiting to be started........ gawd.... not enuff hours in the day..... and not enuff chocolate in the fridge!!!