Come live love and laugh with me
A couple of friends of mine rang today and asked me if I was making the previous post up – nobody would talk about mass murders when advertising their B&B even if they did take place down the road a bit
Sorry to disappoint them but that really did come from a website advertising the virtues of a B&B in cottages attached to a lighthouse in the Corner Brook area of Newfoundland.
I did remove the name of the Inn and won’t give it to you (might by email)’cose it could be a very nice place to visit but I can assure you all the words in italics came from that one advertisment. They are all to do with the same establishment which as I say could be very comfortable and good value, I just found it amusing they would present such macabre facts to try and drum up business.
Long way to go till we arrive there in September – lots of planning ahead (and saving)
Its a way to use up
We certainly have had a lot of noise in the city over the past couple of days
The rain that has been forecast for what seems like ages finally arrived – and did it arrive. lol
Thunder and lightning along with torrential downpours yesterday and the day before caused terrible problems in the city and also outer areas.
There was flooding in so many places the SES were out in force, one house took a lightning strike and caught fire, the airport was out of action for hours, trains trams and buses were almost non existent as the storm very nicely arrived at ‘home time’ aka rush hour, my back garden was under water for hours – looked like a lake and the batteries were dead in the camera so I couldn’t get a photo :(( – and Melbourne Water says all that rain hasn’t done much for our storage levels.
As they say – you can read all about here:-
http://www.theage.com.au/national/homes-still-without-power-after-storms-20100211-nv44.html
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/trains-power-knocked-out/story-e6frf7jo-1225829348573
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/12/2817401.htm
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/6790652/severe-storms-in-victoria-cause-havoc/
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/6793413/storms-do-little-to-boost-melbournes-dams/
And the other noise – Oh yes Acaa Dacca ( AC/DC) were in town for their first concert here in many a year. Some loved it – others weren’t impressed.
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/1011582/electrifying-ac-dc-deliver-fans-their-wish
The’re having a night off tonight and will be back tomorrow for another concert at Docklands and then another on Monday. Not sure I’d like to live close by lol
One of our sons was/is a fan and drove us nuts with the noise that came out of his bedroom lol
Yesterday I became involved in a new programme at our local Neighbourhood House.Â
We have a lot of what used to be called mentally disabled people now often referred to as Intellectually Disabled come (along with carers) to use the facilities, mainly in the gardening and craft area, they love being able to have a day away from their ‘homes’ meeting with others, doing things which might not otherwise be available to them.  This venture is called Community Singing – anyone who likes to sing can come along and just do that – Sing.Â
I always think that music in all forms is a way of making the brain work, trying to remember the words and tunes, sparking memories for alot of us as well as giving enjoyment to everyone who takes part so when a friend mentioned this I was all for it. Not a huge number of people there, a good size actually, about equal numbers of those who could (or rather tried to) sing and those for whom it was a challenge but we had fun.Â
My voice isn’t quite what it used to be and it was a laugh in the beginning trying to be precise with the notes and then realising that that wasn’t what it was all about, none of us were perfect and there were three guitars to make the squeaky sounds less noticeable and add to the fun. I’ll be back again next Wednesday afternoon thats for sure.
Apart from my friend Val the other faces there were ‘strangers’ to me – we’d arrived a little late so I just said who I was ( Cathy) sat down and joined in. Was gathering up things at the end and one woman came up and asked if I was so and so, had lived at such an adress and had several children , yes I replied, don’t you recognise me she said, well no I said, then she gave me her name.Â
Oh dear, it was like being at a school reunion, she had been in the Mothers Club (like myself) at the local Primary School way way back, many years ago actually – I met her in 1972 and had been quite friendly with her (and many other mothers) for 7 years doing all the sorts of things you do when you’re involved with a school – helping out in the library,  listening to reading in class and the biggy of they year putting on the school fete to hopefully raise funds – only thing was when our youngest left and went to High School I started work and lost touch with them all.Â
So we laughed and spent time reminiscing – much to the delight of some of the others ‘cose we talked about how things had changed locally and being more recent residents they had no idea of how things were in those days Honestly I didn’t recognise her but once I knew who she was I could see her as she was at that time.  Lots of other names kept popping into my head during the evening so I’ll have questions galore for her next week
The second Tuesday night in the month is also a music night for us – Dh and I tootle along to the Folk Club for their guest artist night
Well my trip to the eye specialist was worth it ‘cose he reassured me that ‘All is well’
Seems what I was worried about and what prompted my GP to refer me, is for many people all part of the aging process:(
I’d been seeing little black specks in my eye for a while – and yes I knew these were called floaters – but then I started to these sharp flashes of light in one eye just as I was falling off to sleep, like someone had turned on a torch and shone it straight into my eye. So when I started to get little white blobs falling down one side of one eye ( looked like white raindrops sliding down a window pane but at the side of one eye) I finally mentioned it to said GP.
When I made the appointment the receptionist advised me I wouldn’t be able to drive home so Dh got comfortable in the car, ready with Jon Faine and a book to while the time by; luckily me getting the first appointment for the day was great as I didn’t have to wait long before I was called in. History taken with the Orthoptist and then it was on to the Ophthalmologist for the main event.
It was a very lengthy examination, looking inside, outside and all around the eye and it was after the final eye drops that I realised what they meant about not driving – everything certainly was fuzzy lol
It wasn’t till way into the afternoon before the pupils had returned to their normal size, the soreness or I imagine irritation from the 4 sets of drops that were administered had diminished and I could focus again. The specialist was very reassuring and I was advised what to look for in case something does ‘go wrong inside the eyeball’ so now can carry on as normal. There shouldn’t be any problem with craft and not be too worried with seeing things lol
I’ll tell you what tho’ this aging process can be a real killer sometimes – mentally as well as physically lol
Still Waters 