Phone Calls that are annoying!

I sat down at the computer to check emails, bank and write my blog, I allowed myself 30 mins. The phone rings, I see it is a Melbourne number. Something to do with national Wildlife and would I mind if it was recoreded for training purposes. The silky voice continued to tell me about how many koalas have been lost and they are almost endangered and we need to do somwthing to save out national hertiage, it was about then that i pressed the off button on the phone. So annoying and we have "do not Call" on our phone but apparently charities are exempt for that. Last night we had a ring at the door after dark, it was about 5.45pm and it was someone wanting to talk about solar power, that was easy, said we already had solar power, I refuse to answer the door after dark unless I am expecting some-one.

De-cluttering!

You know there's only two of us living but we have such a lot of cr....! i have started in the bedroom and got rid of some stuff but i want to take it further so Starting today, I am going to chuck out stuff that we no longer need, use or have a use for. my thought was to start tomorrow being the first of a new month, then i slapped myself and set out to see what went out TODAY! Our DVD player wouldn't play a DVD yesterday and we played around with it a bit and changed it over with another and the movie played. DVD player was put on the dining table and left there. as I was the one to put the bin out this morning out it went plus some odd matched glasses that had been taking up space for awhile. In the spare room (kids) we have aquired many kids books, some that Helen bought from garage sales when she stayed here three years ago, most of those are now in the bin. Gee, that felt good so look out house, I'm in a de-cluttering mood! My plan is to  clear out a drawer or a cupboard and chuck something every day for the next thirty days, this is not normal every day rubbish but stuff that has been taking up space in the house for awhile.

Mothers day

Warren bought me a nice gift in the lead up to MD's. a cooking DVD and a PJ set which I love, not sure that I will use the dressing gown but living in the PJ and slippers. I had mentioned that if anyone asked what to get me for MD, I would like PJs mainly to take to China and he decided to get them for me, as he says I'm the mother of his children it was a nice surprise. Combined mothers day lunch and Benny's birthday so I got to see the kids and Rob had rang on the Friday. Chocolates, flowers and soap, could have done without the choccs as of course we ate them thru the week. Pretty passport holder and matching pen, my passport is pretty tatty looking so it looks good now and I can also know which one is mine. Had to take our passports to get our tickets and yep mine looked good! Rang Mum in the evening she had been to Kaylenes and Gary had visited so she was happy but getting ready for bed when I rang at 7pm. She seems to be slipping and not the person that she was but I guess thats to be expected.

New Bed and Curtains

Had a phone call to say that our ordered bed was really to be picked up, so Thursday was the day as the car would be home. my thought was that we would collect it before Warren went to work but no he says we'll get it after work at about 2pm. But I insisted that we move the current bed so it (new one) could just go straight in the bedroom. tipped mattress over to the window and then frog marched the bed base up the passage as the phone rang. It was Maureen saying she would come over later with the curtains, oh, poo! that meant moving the mattress again and tidying the room. Curtains look brilliant and they are so heavy, cut out a lot of light, will be great in summer. She even put the hooks into them and hung them, I must admit I would have been a bit hopeless at it. The bed looks good too but we didnt remove the bedhead that we made a few years ago, it is attached to the wall and has fluro reading lights attached but it works well except for the colour, its blue on white and the bedroom is now gold. We need to buy new lamps and DE_CLUTTER!

An interesting afternoon

which started with a phone call from Chris. Suddenly the bike ride is getting closer with organizing how to get there etc and what to sleep in. Wazza says I should take that bike for a ride, dont even though if its any good. as its not reged, had to take it somewhere in the trailer. BUT, the trailer was full of tree trimmings, says he, I'll run over that with the lawn mower, a few minutes later, it would be easier to take it to the tip so I'll do that. Can you come with me for the bike run, sure says I, ever the helpful spouse! Ten minutes later he was back and loading up the bike. he did suggest that we wait until after footy but that was no biggie as it was not my team so didnt really care who won. Get to the pine forest, unload bike (I just watched), then all the gear goes on. What do you want me to do, just be here with phone if I need you. I had packed our travel mugs with hot coffee so after a few goes to get said bike going, I sat with my knitting and enjoyed the peace and quiet and sipped my coffee. Apparently the bike went well but had to do another lap just cos it did so well. Mossies started to appear so after the next lap, I did suggest it was time to go home. went to get out of the car to help load up only to hear a loud roar and a familair face loomed in the back window, glory be, he had ridden it up the ramp. Oh dear boys and their toys. (Nice to see him with a big smile on his face though, I'm sure he will have a ball next weekend)

Footy!

Our first game was on Saturday nigh tBrisbane v Collingwood. We drove down to Wickham Terrace and parked in the parklands area and then walked to the transit hub. We werent exactly sure where the pick up for the footy was so we had allowed extra time. Got a little lost at the busses as all we saw were stops going to difference places, ended up going outside and then we saw people wearing Lions gear so we tacked on the end and yep, sure enough they were going to the game. Its was a dissappionting loss for the Lions, they couldnt seem to do anything right and the maggies were the opposite. The crowd was good, no problems at all, even going back with both sides. I think most people expected that Collingwood would win and was okay. We had good seats up in the third tier and there was always something to watch, looking forward to the next two matches which are both Sunday afternoon games. We think we will catch the bus from Chermside next time as it wont be as far to drive and the busses are free.

Acts of Kindness

I have signed up for this, it starts tomorrow. i have pledged to do four acts a week, then I find out that the weeks are themed. i think the first one is family based. last week I had a couple of AOK handed to me by the same person. I was visiting Maureen for coffee and mentioned that I was off to Spotlight to buy some ribbing, she said dont do that, i have a bag full and yes she did of all different colours, so that saved me a trip and some money. Then she asked me if I had made my new curtains yet, I said no, they would have towait until the school holidays. She said that she would be happy to do them for me as she had more time than I did. I was taken aback and said well if you really want to and thanked her very much. She dropped by in the afternoon to pick up the material. i know that she will do a far better job than I would have,  it was really nice of her to offer. Now I have to think and plan my AOK for the week.