the best news

Cookie went for her procedure yesterday.  Camera into her nose to see what the cleft palate is doing.  she said it hurt a little bit and last night her nose still felt numb.  such a brave girl.  they did xrays etc and the good news is that she will need some speech therapy and no operation is necessary.  yay.  how good is that?

RIP Annette

i shed a tear this morning when i read (on fb) that Annette Funicello had passed.  i grew up watching her on the mickey mouse club after school.  i read her books. she starred in some short serials also on the MMC.  she had a few hit records.  then, i watched all of those beach bingo movies.  ahhh they were the days.  :)  Annette died from complications of MS.  she was 70.  i will miss her.

pineapple princess

a list

i love lists.  they make me feel organised although i'm anything but.  my friend thinks i'm super organised but that's just an impression i try to make.  i may be a little bit organised.  :)  nothing much to report except that i've taken up bingo.  i go with my dil and we enjoy it.  i call it speed bingo coz the caller goes way too fast for me.  i don't remember them being so fast.  i used to go with my mum many years ago.  she used to visit me every sunday and i'd cook a roast.  then the afternoon dragged a bit so i found a bingo game in the city and took her along.  turned out she loved it and we used to go quite often.  i couldn't re install my bluetooth stack recently and it drove me crazy.  i finally found a solution online and it works a treat now.  i also lost my phone charger recently.  i thought the kids had taken it home with them as cookie and i have a similar phone.  i finally found it in a box marked samsung.  lol.  i laughed at that one.  i had my appointment with the brain specialist recently and passed brilliantly so i can't blame dementia for my lapses in memory.  not yet anyhow.  lol.  she said i'm normal.  a friend said i should get that in writing.  i started this post to make a list of stuff i've done today.  it's vastly exciting so be prepared to get blown away by the thrill of it all.  here goes ...

• i woke up and re installed a program on my laptop upstairs. 
• showered.
• breakfasted.
• did some washing.
• rang Maz.
• rang my daughter for a chat.
• rang my g/daughter for a chat.  
• rang my cousin for a chat.
• rang a friend to see how she is going with her chemo.
• made a tapioca pudding.  my first.  hope it's nice.
• made vietnamese iced coffee.  too strong. first one was too sweet and too weak.  next one will be better.
• rang my son.
• washed some more clothes.  
• had some left over noodles for lunch.  
• watered the garden and planted some violets.
• played my sherlock game.
• watched next weeks episode of big bang online.
• tidied a few surfaces.
• got rid of some recycling.
• thought about going shopping.  
• mostly procrastinated.  i'm good at that.

that sounds like a lot doesn't it but it really isn't.  i might go shopping now, or, should i do the dishes.  i might just sit here and think about it for a while :)  below are some random pics from my previous posts.

cookie's birthday

we celebrated cookie's birthday yesterday with presents, lunch and a little bit of shopping.  always the shopping.  i gave her a guitar, perfume, one direction watch and jewellery (natch) and some owl stickers and the like.  she was happy with her loot.  we went to a pub in gawler for lunch.  my daughter lives closer to gawler than elizabeth. it's a nice little country town, very busy these days.  a nice lunch and a coffee at the java cafe afterwards.  all good.  she went to a friend's bowling/birthday party afterwards.  he shares her birthday which was the 21st.  harmony day.  not much news other than that really.  my dil and i made the biggest blueberry cheesecake the other day and although it could have been cooked a little more it was delish.  too delish actually.  i told her to take it home with her but she left me a rather large piece so, of course, i who have no self control whatsoever, ate it.  not all at once of course but it's all gone now.  :(  goodbye diet.  i'm taking two days leave this week so will have a nice easter break.  i'm going to maz's place on thursday for lunch and 8 ball.  :)  i am obsessed with this song from les mis lately.  i wish shirley bassey would record it.  i haven't seen the film yet.  susan boyle does a great job of it too.  i watched the video of her first appearance on the tv show in the uk and she was fantastic.  she gave me goosebumps.  

i found a little vietnamese cafe recently and had to have a vietnamese iced coffee.  hmmmm

cookie's impression of a rock star :)

weird shape in the sky.  a plane did a right hand turn

raspberry birthday drink

cookie loves owls.  from harry potter i think.  i found these cute painted rocks the other day