Damn, just lost what I had done, but now I find that Susie has been typing over my head as it was. Internet connection sure is flaky just now - although the complete loss of post was my fault. Should look at which key I am putting my finger on. Now what was I saying...….. oh yeah
It's actually raining!
Doing a rain
here. Not a pretty sight - me doing a rain
It's nice to have these lovely showers but I sure hope it doesn't get as bad as they are getting it in Townsville who, up till yesterday had got 39 inches of rain dumped on them from a static monsoon trough. There is still two or three more days of rain to come up there too. Some of it is spreading to the drought stricken areas of the north of our State but it won't fix the drought which stretches from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Broken Hill (about 2000Km) more or less and out to the east coast . So we have record producing floods in the north, fires in the south, and in Tasmania, drought in between and water shortages most places. There's no climate change, bah humbug. Of course we aren't the only ones getting this - you've had your polar vortex, The Reno river in Italy has broken it's banks and is flooding the surrounding towns and farms. Life just goes on getting worse and worse.
Annie - Have all fingers crossed for you. Was thinking of you on Friday and hoping that the face to face would bring you some joy. Loved the photo of the grandkids and C playing on the floor. It was nice of you to go to your brothers place to help with the clean out. It seems that Asians always have a lot of stuff - although I know an Italian or two who have everything available as well. Would hate to clean out those houses.
Happy Friendversary to you and me as well. Not sure you would want to be in a rowboat with me tho'
Happy - Hope you have recovered from the cold now. Can't imagine anything that cold, although I did live in NZ long enough to know what snowed in actually meant. Yes it does snow there, mostly in the South and nothing like what you get. Hope the insurance works out for the teeth. Seems that the minute you let a tooth go, the whole lot goes out in sympathy as well. And what a cost. Hope you can get away from some of this volunteering soon.
Ceejay - Glad the heating got fixed and I hope you are over the flu now. Hope you enjoyed the baby shower. That was definitely a scammer on the phone. Take no notice of them. It wouldn't be just the email that got the trojans and virus'. It's their way of scaring you. Tell them you are an IT person and you know how things work, or just hang up on them. I do not answer a phone which displays either a 'private' number or a number I do not know. If they want to say something to me, then they can leave a message. Such a pity that the DNC register can't block overseas calls which come through an Australian number.
Laura - Have you planned anything for your vacation days? Must be hard trying to work when you are restricted to the house. When I was working from home I used to take the computer outside and work in the garden where I could get up and go do a bit of weeding or watering every so often.
Susie - We are getting a little rain, nothing like up north thank goodness - see above. Just on the news that 1000 more people have been evacuated from their homes in Townsville and there is another 200ml (8 inches) been dropped this morning. They are in big trouble up north. Our rain is a gentle shower. Good for gardens and paddocks since it will soak in better than heavy rain which would just run off.
Hope you are feeling better now and gentle walks are as good as going all out on the treadmill when you are not feeling the best. At least you are exercising.
So, I went to French class on Friday. It's fairly full on and you are expected to know a fair amount of the language. The first two minutes was the teacher introducing the class and then it was mostly French verbs etc. and we had to introduce ourselves and say a couple of sentences about our selves. Bon jour, je m'appelle est Joy. Ma maison est a la Crestmead (okay so I couldn't remember how to say I live in Crestmead) J'ai un chat noir. Il s'appelle Romeo. Of course then I got asked if I had another cat called Juliet.
I'm also removing the last of the old fence and have ordered some new materials for the new fence. I have to talk to the neighbours again about the repairs we need to make to our mutual fence but it will have to wait until I see them - they might be next door, but I don't see a lot of them so there is a lot of peering over the fence to see if they are home. I could be a stalker!!!!
Anyway, well past time I got off here and got some work done - there's no shortage of that. Cya
I had to look this up - only 48 days until spring!! 
Still sending the good vibes your way. It's encouraging if they sent you benefits info. 
because you're taking on more volunteer responsibilities instead of less!!
I hope your brother has a safe trip and helps him through the grieving process. I totally get you needing a break from all the support he's been needing. Time for you to focus on yourself, and I hope you're seeking your own support - and know that we're here for you!!! 
