Had a sleep in till 7.20am and got my own breakfast.

Kathy & girls turned up at 8.45 to shower me and do my ironing for me.

Mum’s 81^st birthday, I printed a mother-daughter poem for her and I had 2 $10 gift cards for Woolworths, this made her happy.

I went over for lunch, we had fish and chips. Little Denni was not happy about that.

Tim arrived just after we ordered lunch so it was good to have him there.

It was a good day.

Awake and up at 6.30 suppose to be another 24 with thunderstorms aka a sticky day for me again.

Tim at work today then he is off f or 6 days using his long service leave.

Mum was all over the place when we spoke.

Woke at 5.50 and straight out of bed as school is back. Opened the house and had my wash and Tasha arrived to get me ready for the day.

Leo wasn’t able to find a school shirt this morning.

Tim took his bike and got a price to spruce it up cost $5400.

Also arranged for the front sliding door glass to be replaced cost $625 at my suggestion Tim & Leo will split the cost.

Mum was sounding good not rambling as much.

I woke before the alarm at 6am, opened the house and then Tasha arrived.

Another cool/cold and wet morning, Tim went up with Leo because of the rain.

Tim emailed the DoH about a neighbour, as in a complaint.

The glass in the front sliding door was replaced.

Mum was rambling a lot this afternoon. She said she thought that Sandy & Sue were talking about her on the weekend, I told her that didn’t happen but she sounded like she didn’t believe me.

What a shit night I had I kept waking every 2-3 hrs which is so annoying. The last time was 9 mins before my alarm so I got up.

A cold start to the day had to wear my white jacket, when I went with Leo to meet his driver.

Tim at last posted the dozen letters I had ready to be posted.

He also took the bike in for it’s freshen up and of course paid our contents insurance.

Mum was all over the place this afternoon.

Slept better but not great woke before the alarm, found the kitchen a mess.

Had my yearly eye check up these I have because I have diabetes, all is good no problems with them.

Tim has gone fishing over at Stockton beach.

After returning from fishing Tim cut my hair very short as in a number 6 with his clippers. Yes it is shorter then I like but I go nowhere and see no one so I will be fine.

A new day, suppose to be hotish around 28 degrees.

I am swimming in sweat.

Had a lay down for about an hour but didn’t nap. As it is a late day for Jess and Tasha has to drive Blain to his dads.

Jess here by 4.15 earlier then expected.

It is 7pm and I am s o tired just can’t settle, I feel very restless.

Tim showed me a letter he has written to a neighbour we don’t like I told him kinda what I think, I will talk to him more tomorrow. It is too religious.

Hi all this is a what Jo-Anne thinks…………..

Today I am thinking about hair cuts and styles everyone has a different idea what looks good and what looks horrible. I am sure many people will think I look horrible of ridicules but I am fine with how I look,

Yesterday I allowed Tim to cut my hair using his hair clippers with the largest setting because Tasha wanted me too have very short hair.

So short hair is what I have.

Special True Friend

© Crystal A. Dedes

Published: February 2006

It has meant so much
Having you as a friend.
You will always be a part of me
Until the end.

When times are tough,
You are always there.
It has brightened my world
Just knowing you care.

You make me feel the love
I have inside.
You are a friend,
A mentor, a guide.

Since we met,
Our friendship has grown.
While you’re in the world,
I will never be alone.

I feel blessed to have met
Someone like you
And to have found a friendship
So special and true.

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/life-long-friends

Hello to another Tuesday which means it’s another indestructible stuff day.

Today’s thing is a marauder vehicle one of the toughest and indestructible cars you could drive.

Although you can buy one and drive it on a normal road, it was designed for war zones often for making an area safe after a conflict. In such situations soldiers could come under attack from the enemy and there could be mini bombs around.

So the marauder was reinforced, exposition proof hull on all sides including underneath. However, unlike a tank it has normal wheels and can go as fast as a normal vehicle and on any terrain.

Here we are at Monday so here are more useless facts.

The fastest moon in our solar system circles Jupiter once every seven hours travelling at 70,400 miles peer hour.

Oak trees do not have acorns till they reach 50 years of age.

A piece of meteorite from Mars about the size of a pea once sold for 4,583 pounds that is over a thousand times its weight in gold.

The Egyptians were extremely fond of cats, the penalty for killing a cat 4,000 years ago was death

Planet Earth actually rotated faster a hundred million years ago, making each year longer by roughly five days. 600 million years ago a year was 425 days.

Had a better night sleep, leg not as stiff.

Kathy arrived at 8.30 to give me a shower, Syd is with her dad so we will see her next weekend I expect. I had Kathy wrap Syd’s present.

A bloody hot day had air con on from 9.30am.

Around 2pm I was standing and had a shot of pain shoot through my left knee, it then started to throb with pain.

By 3pm I am falling asleep.

A good start to the day managed to get up at 6am, Tasha arrived shortly later and dressed and fed me, like a dog…………lol

We received notice a couple of weeks back about a power outage from 8 to 4 today. At 8.20 I was feeling so tired I decided to go lay down, we still had power but lost it around 8.50am.

Of course it is a stinking hotish day, I am listening to a book on my CD player.

Damn it’s hot.

Woke at 6am after a good nights sleep managed to do a few things before Tasha arrived.

A bloody hot day but at least we have power so we have air conditioning.

Mum was ok was talking about her & dad when they were young and how back then Uncle Arthur & Tom called dad “Mick” she doesn’t know why they did, they just did.

I woke up at 6.10 got up opened t he house found clothes for the day.

I then started breakfast and up doing it all and was eating it when Tasha arrived. She had fallen back asleep.

Tim’s 60^th birthday today, Sandra rang to wish him happy birthday. Kathy & the girls came to see Tim but he had already left for work. They left his gift on his bed for him.

It is another stinking hot day, 36 degrees today.

Woke up at 6.30am, when Tim’s alarm went off, not as hot today but very sticky I expect.

Had to turn the air con on as I was drenched in sweat

My GP rang so I could ask for 2 scripts. One of the good things to come from Covid.

Mum was happy and sounded good although she told me tree times that Sandy & her girls had stayed at Dave’s why though I have no idea why, either her & Ed had a fight or the girls wanted to stay over and she decided to stay with them, or as she said last she didn’t know why.

Woke at 5.36 needing to pee and since I was up I stayed up. I opened the house to a nice cool and wet day. It hasn’t stopped raining since I got up 2hrs ago.

I rechecked when school goes back for the boys it is Monday, however, when she spoke to his driver he said that he will pick Leo up tomorrow morning. I told Jess that he doesn’t go tomorrow.

She is listening to someone who sounded like a dotting old fool, (her words.

Leo is here for the night.

Another wet day, up at 6am, Jess made a good point Leo is in a special ed class and they may go back today. I can’t take him up due to it raining.

Leo has gone to school, Jess rang and spoke to the school yes he doesn’t start back till Monday but he is able to stay there today. This made Leo happy.

It has rained all day, so I was unable to meet Leo this afternoon.

Jess suppose to be me to bed but at 4.40 I just wanted to lay down, so sent Tasha a text telling her so. The next thing she was here to get me ready for bed.

Jess arrived 10 mins later.

Well damn I lost a day it’s Friday not Thursday so here is Thursday’s post.

Still Here

By Langston Hughes More Langston Hughes

I been scarred and battered.
My hopes the wind done scattered.
   Snow has friz me,
   Sun has baked me,

Looks like between ’em they done
   Tried to make me

Stop laughin’, stop lovin’, stop livin’–
   But I don’t care!
   I’m still here!

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/still-here-by-langston-hughes

Here we are at another Tuesday, and another indestructible stuff post today we are talking about Carbon Fibre.

The element Carbon gives toughness and hardness to diamond, graphene and steel. Now it’s showing its super strength as part of a modern multi-purpose material called Carbon Fibre.

In carbon fibre, tiny woven or twisted strands of carbon are combined with plastics to make a super-strong, tough, light and flexible everyday modern material.

Found in sport gear, such as skis and pole vaults, bicycle frames and baseball bats. Formula 1 racing cars,tool handles, toys and even musical instruments.

Although we have had plastic for a bloody long time its never been strong enough to build reliable flying machines with carbon fibre that changed.