cape woolamai phillip island

Another beautiful quiet beach.   Popular for beach fishing and surfing, with the occasional para surfer.

I took a long walk down the beach until I could go no further.  Once again another large rocky outcrop that tumbled into the sea.

crib with a twist

Definately not playing with a full deck here.

This was supposidly a new unopened deck of cards.   As the game progressed we realised that most decks didn't have 2 Aces of hearts.   On counting the cards at the end of the night (why ruin a good game of cards over an extra Ace here or there) we found 47 cards and this was how the deck was made up.   Still had an interesting game of crib.

san remo

It was cool and blustery (sounds a bit more nautical ) and it really did look idealic with the fishing boats docked.

 The coast line along San Remo beach changes dramatically.  Rocky outcrops with the waves gently running onto the rocks

Around the corner and the rocky outcrops were more dramatic as were the waves.

Davey the king of the castle or is that rock.

And back towards the pier the beach was gentle and shallow and as the tide ran out showing off the sandbars.

boxing day

For the first time ever yesterday went to a boxing day sale.   And not just any sale, went to Chadstone shopping center.  Jen Jen picked me up about 8.30 so it was about 9.30 when we finally got there.  The closer we got to the shopping center the heavier the traffic became.  Only took us 10 minutes to get a park.   We were lucky.   The place was packed.   Doors had opened at 7.30 and the eager shoppers had camped out overnight.   Really don't know why unless it was to get a good parking spot.   lol.  Anyway had a great morning.    Bought some new towels and some creams and perfumes.   I fell in love with the fragrance and they were deleting the line so made sure I had some.  Towels are nice, hope they are good quality but I think they look a bit suss but hope I am proved wrong.

started walking again

Haven't done much walking since the stampede but have to start again.   Did a half walk to work and the morning was perfect for walking but they were predicting showers so I had my jacket and umbrella with me.   Was decidedly over dressed.   There were a lot of people around running, walking dogs, walking, and a lot of wildlife out enjoying the morning. 

mobile for the day

On the mobile for the day doing an emeergency days driving.  Spent the day at Warburton.   The weather was perfect and my lunch time was spent walking.

PS to my day.

A guy in a food van parked between me and the road in the no parking area.   I didn't say anything to him but he drove over the power cable and then put his power cables which were connected to his generator and a mat over my cable.   When it came time to pack up it took me several minutes to untangle the mess and oops I forgot about the ladder and left it standing up against the power pole.   Guess the guy would have scored a ladder for his days work as well.

naked christmas tree

I was determined to have my Christmas tree up at the beginning of December this year.  The third of December came and went and I began to panic.   In a fit of desperation late one night I found all the pieces and put it up.   It sat there naked for a week but I had the tree up.   Once again late one night when the guilt hit I pulled out the christmas lights.   Couldn't find the ones I wanted but lights were lights.  I have about 20 sets but the problem is finding the correct power box for the lights.  They don't twinkle this year.   All I could match up were one set of white and one coloured of the non blinking variety but lights were lights at this stage.   I found a couple of boxes of gold baubles and interspeced them with red.   I couldn't remember having red but I couldn't remember a lot of things so up they went and they looked pretty smart even if I do say so myself.   Anyway in another ooops the red lights were Jen Jens.  Now thats why I couldn't remember having them.   Don't know how they got in with mine.

35 years - now childless

Well after having kids at home for 35 years 3 months and 2 weeks I am now childless.  Not to sure how I feel about it just yet.  Jarrod and Jen Jen and Modo moved in to their first home.  Well kind of moved in.   Upstairs doesn't look much different except their bed is missing.   It will take them a while to move everything.   Good for them but don't know about me.   Anyway I have been keeping busy cleaning.  Even washing windows.   Have a lot of dejunking to do so will be kept busy for quite a while.

settlement day today

Jarrod and Jen Jen have hired the truck, organised the power, phone etc and are on the move.    Settlement was supposed to be at 2.15 but didn't happen until about 3.15. but Fridays are the busiest days for settlement.   Everyone wants to move over the weekend.  Now they have a huge job of settling in.