delicious

recently graham purchased one of those special deals online.  it was a banquet for 2 at a local lebanese restaurant called hello dolly.  we had a lovely time and the food was excellent. afterwards we came back and had coffee.  the phone plan that i changed over to recently is finally in place.  free local, std and mobile calls and unlimited internet.  so far so good.  :) 

hello dolly lebanese restaurant

that's a lot of people

last night i made a small complaint to graham about my lack of an alarm clock in my bedroom.  i like to look up and see the time.  use your mobile he said.  it's not the same and i have to pick it up and open it.  too hard.  :)  he told me that 3.9 billion people in the world don't have a toilet and i was complaining about my alarm clock.  well!  if that didn't put me in my place i don't know what did.  how humbling.  seriously it's true isn't it?  i complain and take for granted so much.  people in the world who don't have clean sanitation

a nun's story

well five nuns and five stories actually.  yesterday afternoon i accompanied my cousin to a distance cousin's celebration mass to mark the fiftieth anniversary of her joining the sisters of mercy order.  i have met her before and i remember hearing about her as a child but i don't really remember meeting her.  i couldn't see a thing in the church which was chockers.  my cousin and i had to sit separately.  no problem.  there was a supper in the hall behind the church afterwards.  my cousin does all of our family history on my dad's side.  our fathers were brothers and are both deceased now.  we didn't get home until nearly 10.  my cousin enjoyed herself as she was able to catch up with some relies and have a chat which she loves.  she took along a bunch of family photos for the family.  my distant (maybe second, i'm not sure) cousin and her fellow sisters told their stories from when they joined until the present.  some came from interstate for the mass.  they all had university degrees and had travelled extensively.  it was an enjoyable evening hearing about their experiences and their working lives.

a confession

do you want to hear a funny story?  yes.  read on.  when i returned from perth i was surprised and very pleased to see that the lemon tree the kids gave me was looking oh so healthy.  i fed it before i left with granule fertiliser i got in the supermarket.  well, my neighbour came out today when i got home and asked me how my lemon tree was.  strange question i thought and what a coincidence.  you can see where this is going can't you?  well, as a matter of fact it looks fab, come in and have a look i said.  it was then that she confessed that she'd given it some concentrated seasol.   she did look a bit sheepish and said if it died she wouldn't have confessed.  lol.  before i left i thought it would die it looked so sick.  we both had a good laugh

healthy growth 

i found this in the garden recently.  it belonged to my mother.  i'd like to restore it