Trip was the operative word. I managed to trip not once, but twice. The first time, our 2nd day, was in George St. after we had lunched at The Hingara and were making our way up towards Central to catch the train to Wyong. The plus side of this experience was that 6 people stopped and offered assistance - 2 Chinese women went into an adjoining ( Read more... )

Tuesday was 21C, much more comfortable. I spent the day working through my To Do list, then finally finished the sewing and have sewing things put away, and am ready for the packing. The dressing table is covered with stuff to be packed, I kept adding to it throughout the day as I thought of things I would need. I would prefer not to need to ( Read more... )

It was 30C here on Sunday, 31C yesterday. I have had to rethink what to pack for Sydney as the wardrobe I had planned to take is likely to be too hot. Yesterday I fought my way into the 'store' room off the bedroom and managed to retrieve a shirt Les wanted, plus the ultra lightweight clothing I take to Thailand. I concentrated on laundry yesterday ( Read more... )

On Friday Les cooked a stir fry, which enabled me to get on with the sewing. I have almost completed the blue trousers, today I put elastic in the waist and tried them on. I have cut them a bit short (must make notes to go in with the pattern) so will have to add a false hem tomorrow. I tried the pants with the blue silk tank top and white ( Read more... )

My apologies to anyone on dial-up. I haven't learned yet how to do a 'cut'.


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On Thursday I was resting after having been walking round town for 3 hours when my friend Trenna called in to see me. It was a nice surprise. She was interested in the new computer, and I think impressed when I told her that you could buy software to use it as a TV also. I was demonstrating Photobooth again, and this was the result.


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On Wednesday Peter, Mark, Lindy, Luke and Lee came round in the afternoon, Lindy bearing a birthday cake. I scavenged around and found a smallish candle which we stuck in the middle, and then had the usual birthday ritual of singing , etc. We had a really nice afternoon together.


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Les was radiantly happy this morning because I had fixed the problem with the internet banking. Next 2 jobs, get the computer and printer communicating and try again to load photos - not necessarily in that order ( Read more... )

Peter and Nick came on Sunday morning, and we have now moved furniture back into the bedroom to the extent that we could do so without the room becoming jampacked. It is a pretty snug fit, but the room doesn't feel overcrowded. We still have another wardrobe, cupboard and chest of drawers to accommodate somewhere, as there are no cupboards in this ( Read more... )

Peter and Nick were unable to come today, but in the late afternoon our friend Doug called round and helped move the dressing table back into the bedroom. It is now possible to sit comfortably and watch TV, not that we did much of that as we felt too tired ( Read more... )