A Long Week

It felt as though the week was never going to end - what with the squally weather we've had.  Every day bringing the school crossing gear into the house to dry off in front of the heater. Even though the wind has abated somewhat, the weekend continued wet at times, and we really didn't want to leave the house. 

And the month seemed the longest month as well. When the last day is at the beginning of a week it feels as though the month is never going to end. Roll on September. I've got my various calendars and lists of monthly tasks all set up ready to go tomorrow... The appointment calendar is already filling up.

  

Not Much News

Not much news in the daily muddle - as mentioned previously. Not only has the regular coffee urn died, but the hot water birko on the church kitchen wall is leaking.  The cleaner found water all over the floor, and in the cupboards... Just as well we have two property maintenance people willing to look into these problems. 

There's also been the muddle of serious winds and heavy bursts of rain this week, so I've had the school crossing coat hanging in front of the heater, as well as gloves, socks and shoes. 

  

In the Muddle

In the muddle of daily life I had to take time to buy a new dryer. It took a couple of visits to the local whitegoods store, and was delivered yesterday. Hard to choose one that was low tech - very few of those available. Then the urn in the church kitchen died today, so it was back to the local whitegoods store this afternoon looking for a replacement. Ended up at Officeworks to buy the exact same brand and size. 

That was a nice little outing, out in the sunshine, then it was back home to finalise the agenda for tomorrow's church council meeting. Have just finished a book, which was a nice satisfying read, followed by a walk round the block - all is well. 

 

 A Bright Sunny Day, all Day

It was a bright sunny day for some power pole works. We weathered the power outage fairly well, compared to the outage from a couple of weeks ago when it was gloomy and cold. 

The power pole which has been at the front of our place all the time we've lived here (45 years), and been marked for replacement for several years, has finally been upgraded. I had to park in a side street; the driveways were clear at about 2.30pm.

Crisp, Clear, Cold Morning

There's nothing like standing out on the school crossing on a crisp, clear, cold morning to get the thoughts into some sort of order. I have a couple of major projects to get started on, but to get started, I need to go through some preliminary stages, which were defeating me mentally. 

I've mentioned this passage linen press cupboard before, probably about 2 years ago, as no longer fit for purpose; it wasn't fit for purpose 40 years ago when we moved here. I was happy to shelve it back then, (2 years ago) as we prepared for our 2024 overseas travel. Now, it's reared its ugly head again, and I've just got to tackle it. This means finding the money (by a circuitous route which involves using internet banking products not previously used)and moving belongings around the house. Moving belongings means making decisions about what to keep, and what to donate to the Op Shop.

So, I got a bit of a go on this afternoon, and moved items out of the drawers in the lounge to bags ready for the Op Shop, moved items from the catering cupboard into the drawers, and the catering cupboard will next house the travel bags and stuff. I'm not planning to do any big catering at home anymore, as I did back in the day after the church walks. Have just kept enough crockery, platters and coffee cups for our own use plus the odd visitor or two.

At the moment, the new cupboard is just pie in the sky thinking, as I've got to grapple with the banking issue, and that won't happen until I grapple with a church banking issue. One task at a time, and all shall be well.... 

The Days

The days are muddly and messy, and I can't get a grip... I'm feeling weighted down by matters...

Big Girl Pants

I had to pull on my big girl pants this week.  I made a mess of things at a meeting this last week, so there was nothing for it but to apologise at the follow up meeting this morning. After all the agonising, hardly anyone turned up, and those that did had moved on....

I spent a couple of hours at the church office this afternoon, coming to grips with the computer files and folders. Instead of having many, many files jumbled up in the documents folder, I've moved anything older that 2020 into an archives folder, and it's all jumbled up in there. Ditto the downloads folder. Anything older than 2020 has been deleted. I did a bit more rearranging of the shortcuts on the desktop; I probably need to do some more, and I still haven't got the settings quite right, but I'm getting there. 

Tenth Birthday

Our trip to Adelaide went well, with lovely times spent with the family. Sunday morning we had a couple of hours to visit Jetty Road at Glenelg, and pick up some food items we can't seem to get in Warrnambool. The tram that picks us up from the motel is out of action for six months, so that'll take some thinking about as far as access to various points around the city.

The tenth birthday disco party was a huge success, and thoroughly enjoyed by all.