Just lost my post due to me being stupid. I'll try to recreate it as I can.
Happy New Year to you all. I hope that this year we can achieve at least some of our hopes and goals and get on the road to health and prosperity.
I've been pretty busy which is why I haven't been posting much. If I sit here too long I just drift off to sleep again, so in an attempt to get a few things done I am going to keep this fairly short.
I had the DS1, partner and little Miss S from the 20th to the 26th. We had a reasonable time - but apparently my house wasn't clean enough to eat in so food was taken out and we never actually sat down for a meal together. All the food I had got in has been frozen or eaten later with Chris. We all went up to Mooloolaba (wouldn't Mel have loved that word) one day to see the Underwater World which was nice. And we HAD to go shopping one day - which was supposed to be a short snappy 1 hour job and turned into an all day effort - during which little miss S wasn't the only one who had a meltdown. Anyway it went off okay I guess and they were happy.
Then Chris arrived and we joked and laughed our way through the days which were all too few. We went down to Byron Bay one day and unfortunately so did thousands of others so we didn't stay that long - saw the lighthouse and found a car park and had lunch and then came home. Byron Bay is a small seaside town known for being somewhat 'alternative' and having celebrities such as Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman among others who have homes there. There is another little town inland from Byron which was the hippy home in Australia and was somewhat wild from all accounts - however today it is known as nearly normal Nimbin. I stuck her on a plane on New Years Eve and came home and went to bed. I was totally worn out.
Now I have to plan for the arrival of DS2 and partner - home from their cruise I think tomorrow. They haven't told me yet so I am not quite sure.
Romeo the cat disappeared on Tuesday night which only added to the stress and reappeared yesterday morning as if nothing had happened. Miss Sunday takes it all in her stride - he's here, he's not here, so what.
Ruger the dog, is a one dog demolition unit, henceforth referred to as a ODDU. So far the tally is 2 shoes (from different pairs of shoes, but he did manage a left and a right) several little paper knickknacks that somehow got onto the floor, 2 of his toys, holes in 2 hoses and much of the geotextile in the garden to prevent weeds. Good job he is cute, and you can't leave anything on the kitchen bench unless it is right at the back, otherwise you will find it on the floor. He 'fetched' my water bottle yesterday but did give it back undamaged and also had a thought about one of my sneakers this morning but finally worked out that there would be no walks with no shoes. However he is extremely intelligent and will not make the same mistake twice - just thinks up new ones to do. I now have 2 pairs of shorts that I have to put a belt on them to wear them. So maybe he is 'helping' me to lose weight
Okay, I will get back into personals next time, but in the meantime enjoy your weekend and have a happy break from work - stay safe and warm, whereas here we are trying to stay safe and cool.
Pictures are: The DS1 and family, a bearded dragon in the Parklands and the fern gully in the Parkland. Enjoy