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and last updated February 7th., 2001.
WELCOME TO MY DAY..
IT IS NICE TO HAVE YOU SHARE IT WITH ME...
Folks, I don't FEEL 60..I remember my grandmother at 60...and I don't feel ready to act like THAT!
I arrived feeling I had already done a day's work, which I HAD, and VERY hungry..and then we were so busy in the dispensary, I almost didn't get to eat, which would have been a pity because there are some VERY good cooks on our staff!!
Then that night our "local" was treating me to the extent of $15 off a meal and $5 worth of gambling chips, as long as I used both offers on my birthday. .
Then next day the younger son phoned his greetings from Abu Dabai, where he is getting his family settled, to say how much they are missing Kuala Lumpur, but with news of grandchild-no-9 on the way. .
So that gave me some real news to pass on to the rest of the family when they assembled for the proper family celebration, on the Sunday..a celebration I shared with daughter in law, Lizete, her birthday being the 3rd..and Chris's, too, on the 12th., almost here as well..a very expensive month, February!
When the TV series , Sea Change finished shooting, there was a LOT of local protest about the selling of the Barwon Heads boatshed which had been Diver Dan's Pearl Bay "home" for the series , but eventually the permits for a beachside restaurant went through, and it was two old school friends of Chris's who opened "At The Heads" around Christmas, so that was where Chris booked us all in..6 adults, six kids.
Course, noone counted on it being a WET day, with hours of quite steady rain sandwiched between days and days of hot, hot, dry weather!
But the kids behaved well, and two-year-old Astra, once again, just loved being with her older cousins, and we took photos and ate a lot and the kids were tactful enough NOT to put 60 candles on the cake, just six gold ones, one for each decade, ( which one of the kids beat me to blowing out any way!), and we did a bit of reminiscing about the wild teenage days with Chris's old friends, now solid citizens with families and mortgages, of course, of course..and, sadly, we heard that the smiling young wife of one, mother of two small children, has such a serious heart problem that she wears a defibrillator and will need a transplant...the kind of news that makes one sit up and count one's blessings!
Which I suppose is what I should be doing, instead of glaring at the calendar!
And it was a real trial growing out those last too "wouldn't take" perms, and wearing my hair straight for so long, but I finally had it rewaved at the end of January and though I insisted they make it curly, which means I will have to blowdry it for a few weeks until it settles, it already looks.....quite good!
There were some sad things, too, of course..life is like that!
But I'll keep you posted!
GREAT BRITAIN
U.S.A.
BUNDALONG, VICTORIA
U.S.A.
ATLANTA, GA.
BILOXI, MS.
HATTIESBURG, MS
U.S.A.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
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Well, folks..there are milestones and milestones..some we eagerly anticipate, and some we would rather not have to encounter.
And I guess my 60th birthday comes into that latter category!
But the calendar says I am 60, and my birth certificate and passport and my Driver's license say I am 60,
and Australian Society says that is Over The Hill so who am I to argue?
But thanks to all the many, many people who sent online birthday cards..which just kept coming and coming..for days and days
Course, (grin)..not too many of you knew just WHICH Happy Birthday you were wishing me!
First there was the staff birthday lunch, which I almost didn't make because I'd been home all week having floors resurfaced at home with most of our furniture moved outdoors, and the contractor had to be persuaded, (no easy task) that he COULD finish by midday on the 1st., in time for me to attend my own party!
Well, the Great Western did rather well out of it, since the daughter turned up, too, bearing flowers, on the hottest of hot evenings, with her three eldest, full of tales of their first day back at school, and Grandpa bought dinner for ALL... and of course, after they left, I fed rather more than $5 into the machines!!
So daughter and daughter-in-law will be delivering pretty well the same time...and, following family tradition, in August, which month I prefer to spend in the United States, thus managing to miss the last couple of births,so
And it was a day marred only a little, I guess, by some memories from the day before, when it had been so very, very hot, and we'd had to move all that heavy furniture back indoors and Number One Son and I had done a bit of yelling at each other.
But then he gave me a card saying I should NOT start acting my age beccasue they love me the way I am..:=)
The idea had been that the kids could run outside on the beach and explore the rockpools and generally enjoy an adult-free existence..(or was that the other way around?).
I mean, I have cuts and bruises from moving furniture, but the house is actually looking quite good...
And all the horrible times last year, having the ducted air conditrioning installed seem like a bad dream now tghat it is working so well..
And my nails are in a real mess since I cleaned all the outdoor furniture with Sugar Soap....but they have always been inclined to peel, and the poolside looks.... quite good!
And it was such a hassle getting the pool fixed and working, and there are still great piles of dugup concrete behind the husband's big shed, but the kids are enjoying swimming ...and so am I! The water feels, and looks.....quite good!
In fact, I took a picture with my webcam the day before my birthday...the last day of my fifties, so that my friends could remember how I looked when I was young...
And for 60, I guess I look....quite good!
I found I was missing my mother, who has always been here for the "big" birthdays..
And a very special friend in The USA had promised one of his VERY rare phonecalls as a birthday present, but events conspired to prevent it.. He has a problem with phones..has to really psyche himeself up to make a call, but assures me he WANTS to.
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