The last few (dozen?) entries have been pretty heavy and I was hoping to squeeze in something light and amusing but I am running out of time. So here are some of the tidbits I haven’t managed to mention thus far:
- We are remaining steady in the war on vermin. I can still hear them running about in the roof, but we are on top of the blighters that are stealing seed and chewing my seedlings in the shade house. The saffron crocus hasn’t sprouted yet. I’m hoping the ‘seed’ is still in the pots!
- A good friend’s adult daughter has been living with her again for the last 3 months and moping about the house a bit. I told her if she was bored she could come over to my place and do some gardening, so she’s committed 2 hrs on a Tuesday afternoon, and began this week. We got HEAPS of weeding on the brook line done, just in the nick of time before it all went to seed. Next week is fertilizing everything with our worm castings, preparing beds for tulips and maybe even planting some garlic. It is fabulous to have some extra help. I might even get the daisy and lavender bushes pruned before it’s time to prune the roses…
- I should be mending my dress because I’m leaving for Busselton in 2 hrs, to attend my brother’s wedding tomorrow, and I want to wear that dress for the occasion. Nor have I wrapped the present or made a card. My bag is mainly packed, though, and I did manage to get my legs, under arm and upper lip waxed today. Unfortunately I can’t get my hair cut until after the reception tomorrow, so I’ll have to go looking a bit like a golliwog, but I might try to ham it up a bit and make it look like I MEANT to have a crazy ‘do.
- Um. I read Twilight yesterday (cover to cover) and thankfully don’t have any of the others to hand or I would not be getting anything done for the next week.
- Zoe Heller’s The Believers is next on my list.
- DH and I have decided that the coffee grinder needs to go to the top of the purchase list and will do so in the next couple of weeks. I am very excited about the prospect.
- I’m struggling with the abstract painting in art class. It has to represent part/s (or all) of your life. I did come up with an idea I liked but once I started to sketch it out and colour it in I sort of went off it. I feel like I need to start again. Luckily we have a 5 week break and then 3 weeks in class to finish it, so there is a chance I might get it done on time.
- My parents finally moved into their new home, after about 2 years (maybe longer) building it. We are having a family get together there over Easter and I’m really looking forward to it.
- After almost 8 weeks of trying to lose a kilo, I gave up two weeks ago and just ate whatever I wanted (very naughty things, and a lot of them, I might add). Wouldn’t you know, I lost 800 grams. Ha. That Universe really loves irony.
- We bought most of the windows (except the louvres) and doors (except the front stable door) for the potting shed. I am trying not to hold my breath but I’m hoping that project will be completed by the end of winter, and we can get on with the cob chook house.
- Other upcoming events include a visit from MIL and two of her buddies from France, for the first weekend in April. We’ll give them a little local tour and dazzle them with home made gourmet fare and send them on their way with some garden produce. We’ve even washed all the North facing windows in preparation. AND de-cobwebbed that side of the house. I might get around to doing the rest of the cobwebs and window, and then again I might not. Life’s short.
- I still haven’t bloody well oiled the deck. The Sunday afternoon after the visitors leave, I am doing it and NO EXCUSES. Ok, if it is raining, I clearly cannot do the job. Or if I have a broken leg. But otherwise. It. Will. Be. Done.
Well nothing very funny there. Oh, what about this: the local supermarket is failing due to the owner not paying his bills to suppliers and instead putting his money into myriad other businesses and properties he has scattered around the place. The townsfolk have put up with scanty stock for almost a year now, and over the last 2 months it has got beyond a joke. They had a sign up saying “we know there is not much stock on the shelves. Don’t take it out on the staff, it is not their fault”. This week they had “despite rumours that there will be a delivery this Friday, we cannot guarantee this”. There wasn’t.
Then at my exercise class I heard a rumour they would be closing entirely in two weeks’ time. I rushed over to stock up on stuff like fire-lighters, leg wax, toothpaste, foil, etc (the next shop is a LONG way from here). Seems like everyone was doing it. The lady next to me in the detergent aisle was cleaning them out of cloths. It’s funny, but it is also very sad. The damage this is doing to other businesses in town cannot be underestimated, as people take their custom elsewhere, and they grab other things they might usually buy back home. Sigh. It seems a shame that one really unaware and uncaring man can have such an impact on so many lives.
Still, if you didn’t laugh you’d cry, and I have tried to see the amusing side of the situation rather than get too frustrated about the lack of product (and hence the lack of ability to plan meals etc). I am hoping the Universe provides us with something much better, and very very soon.
Let’s end on a high note. A lady in town won the lottery last week. 2 million buckeroos. Good for her. Maybe SHE will buy IGA and restore it to health!
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