24 hours of hell

no internet and no home phone.  how did i survive this terrible ordeal?  i'm joking of course.  although i did feel a little cut off from the world.  i have unlimited calls on my mobile so it was all ok.  the technician just left and it was a fault at the exchange.  what did i do before the internet?  oh yes, i had a life.  i've just started watching dowton abbey.  i'm up to series 2.  i now see what all the fuss is about. it's great.

coffee times 3

i joined my son, dil and a friend for coffee this morning and had a nice visit and then i met the girls for more coffee.   i try to have less than 3 coffees a day and i've been drinking decaf after 2pm in the hope that i'll sleep better.  i think it's working as i'm having less nights when i can't get to sleep which is good.

water

or lack thereof.  i have just had the plumber here to replace my hot water service.  it's one of those new fangled energy saving ones so that's good.  it took a while and i won't have any hot water until around midday.  that's ok, except that i pulled the fridge out and need to wash behind it.  it's ok.  i can wait.  i went to the cemetery yesterday and they don't have a computer or a directory (not that i could see) so i'm on hold with the council to see if they can help.  we all had lunch afterwards and had a lovely day.  the weather was good too which is a bonus.

lunch, shopping, friends and lunch again

the girls and i tried a new pub for lunch yesterday and were pleasantly surprised.  lovely lunch and a fun day.  they came again today for lunch and afterwards we went to aldi.  i've been dying to go and have a look.  aldi hasn't been in south australia long and the nearest one to me opened yesterday.  it was a bit crowded as expected and i was surprised that the shop was not as big as i thought it would be.  lots of different brands to chose from and the prices were good.  i'll probably go again.  then we finished our day out with a coffee and i'm finally home.  on sunday i'm going to brighton to check out some new fangled thongs.  they are orthotic and supposed to be very good.  my girlfriend in perth recommended them.  whilst in brighton i'm going to the north brighton cemetery to see if i can find my great grandmother's grave.  i hope you enjoy your weekend