The week was like any other, we spend 3 afternoon’s at the pool with Millie and Lexie, which was nice and relaxing. Bruce worked at home, the boys did their chores and some schoolwork & of course I worked as per usual. The weather here is still really really hot, mid to high 30 this week. It would be nice just to see a cloud at the moment, which would be a novelty.
Work for me this week has been assessment & helping Ed’s new assistant, the jury is still out and we’ll see. I helped them put out some presentations to new clients, PMD is plodding along, we had another dose of sickness go through the office again, which (touch wood) I managed to stay away from.
Bruce and I continued our walking in the mornings and I’ve also gotten back into the ab-routine, I have one here that I do for 12 mins, every 2nd day at the moment and then getting into every day probably next week, if I’m motivated. We lost a couple of our fishes this week, and Bruce took the boys out to get some new ones, so we’ll see how long they last. So far, Bruce’s and mine are the only originals left.
The boys and I went over to Lakepoint a couple of afternoons this week and got some time in the sun, which was nice and relaxing. Everything at home is still there to be done when I get back. Bruce is organizing his next lot of trips and also trying to get Angels into some of the bigger chains around the country, so everyone cross your fingers.
The boys and I went off to the library so they could get some new books, we didn’t have a lot of time so off they ran, I was able to spend some time and got some DVD’s to watch.
We had a long weekend, so that means no basketball, we weren’t organized enough to get away, I actually enjoyed being home for a while. The boys holidays as it sounds have been fairly quiet ones, they have their jobs to do, which I leave up on the board in the mornings. Our Friday was a quiet one, Bruce and the boys went on a bike ride to the park to listen to the band (hot summer nights) and shoot some hoops. I had some quiet time, which I also utilized to get some cleaning etc done, but I did get some lounging on the couch done which was nice.
On a not so great note, we got news on Bruce’s dad this week, it’s not great news as we imagined. Everyone is doing as well as expected.
Our Saturday was kind of quiet, we had no basketball, so what to do. The whole day, so what else does Belinda do, clean. It sounds boring when you read it. My nesting is still hanging around, maybe it’s because I’m not home a lot during the week. I decided (once I’d started) to go through the wardrobes; Jamieson is GROWING like a sprout so you can imagine the size of the bag that’s going off to Paula’s for her boys. The boys and I cleaned out their playroom, getting rid of all the usual dollar tree (store) crappy toys and putting everything is containers. The rest of the afternoon was spent at the Lakepoint pool with Millie and Lexie and Bruce had a quiet afternoon.
Paula and the boys turned up for a movie night, we ended heading out for dinner, over to Centre Court, the boys had fun showing Justin and Jeremy around the place. We had a nice dinner and hung out with our friends and made our way home to watch a movie. I’m not sure whether it was a full moon or what was going on, but all the boys were out of control, so of course my boys were in their rooms and Paula took as much as she could then dragged her kids out the door, screaming and whining home to bed.
On Sunday, we got into the car and Bruce took us to a Mall that we hadn’t been to before. We ended up going to the outlet places across the road and looked around. It was a lot of the same places, but the other side of town, so you can imagine there was different stuff, it was a nice day and I got a couple of new things and so did everyone else. Bruce also picked out his birthday present. We were at Home depot and apparently over the Labor day weekend, it’s the time to buy a bbq, so (it was supposed to be a secret, but looking and how heavy they were, Paula and I didn’t have a chance.) The surprise was a bust but he had a HUGE smile on his face. He just has to come back and get it with a truck (UTE) because it’s so HUGE!!! Another GBA moment, that’s one thing we love (and will miss) everything here is SOOO cheap, I hope it makes the trip home, ok. We got home in the afternoon and chilled out.
Labor Day Weekend….
Well, as per usual at home our labor day was a quiet one, Kristie called and invited us over for dinner (bbq), which is apparently what you do on Labor Day. I did some baking etc for dinner and we had a usual afternoon, a little time at the Lakepoint pool again. We came home and were at the Rivera’s not long after. Carlos and the kids were still in Sydney, but Kristie had to come home on her flight. Carlos decided to stay for a few days with the kids.
We had a really nice dinner, our boys hung out with Kristie’s older boys, who had just gotten back from their dad’s. Bruce bbq’d and the girls chatted, it was a nice relaxing evening to finish off the weekend. Bruce also found a new avenue for the angels in Kristie’s mum, Caroline, switched on and looking for something to do. She also has some contacts in the religious sector, so that looks like a good thing for us.
Our week kind of started on Tuesday this week, well for me anyway. I was off to work and the boys were at home, the poor kids, it hasn’t been the most exciting of holidays but we can’t go away all the time. Work for me this week was eventful, I finished off the details about Saturday night’s office bbq, and we had to let Ed’s new assistant go on Wednesday. It for the best it just means we have to start from scratch and start looking again. We spent a couple of afternoons at the pool with Millie and Lexie, they are excited Scott coming home for the weekend. Bruce found out that he was going to San Antonio on SUnday night for a Monday meeting so started prepping for that. The boys spent the week doing the usual, some schoolwork, some house jobs and just chilling out around the house. Bruce went out and picked up his birthday present and bought it back home.
Kristie called in on Thursday night for a catch up, she doesn’t have all the kids so she had the opportunity to come over and we sit and chatted which was fantastic, usually its; us talking and kids everywhere. It was nice to have a quiet chat; we also started trying to figure out a way for us to see the AFL Grand Final. Turns out there are parties all over the country but it’s also on one of the cable networks channels (not ours of course). So we’ve taken a step forward. Then on the weekend I found out that Andrea and Robert have the channel that we need and said we could come over to their place, so we have a location (and they have been warned about the yelling & cheering, I think they are looking forward to that bit) now all we need is for the Cats to do their thing and get there?
Our weekend was a busy one, our Friday night was a quiet one, baking and cooking for the bbq on Saturday night. Saturday we were back to basketball and the usual house stuff in between. Then off (late) to Ed’s place for our office bbq. We had a really good time. We met Tom’s wife, who is just fabulous, she had us all laughing all night. The boys played with Ed’s grandkids in the backyard in the pool and spa and had a ball, while the adults spent the evening talking and generally having a good time. We got home at around 10.30, which wasn't too bad, the boys went off to bed and Bruce and I were not long behind, another busy week, which means TIRED!!!!
We rounded out the week by heading out in the morning to a place called Some Place Fun for Brayden’s birthday party. ( A boy that was in Jamieson’s basketball team last year, we still catch up with him and his mum every now and then.) We got there at around 10.30 and stayed for a play and lunch, we had to leave around 12.00, Bruce had to get home and pack and organize for his trip to Texas. We dropped him off at the airport at around 2.30 and then back to Paula’s for the kids to swim and dinner etc. We got home around 7.30 and Bruce called later to say he made it safely. As per usual, Bruce is away so I didn’t get to sleep until late, (I suppose I should get used to that, as the traveling is about to start up again.)
That was our week. Which means I am finally up to date….YEAY!!!!
The great thing this week is the CATS won and Andrea tivo’d the second half for us (when they got home from the bbq) so it’s there waiting for us to come over and see.
That’s something to look forward to this week; I just have to organize it.
I hope everyone is well, and taking care of each other. Have a great week!!!
