A Very Social Week

I have been a bit slow updating this week but my excuse is that we have been very full on being social, entertaining and being entertained and it has been really busy but a lot of fun. Last Monday Alan's sister Margaret arrived to visit for 3 days. We really enjoyed this as we love seeing Margie. Then on Saturday we had Sue, Brian and our grandchildren Joel and Sam for lunch and dinner. We also all watched the AFL Grand Final This was great as we got to test drive our new barbie which went well. Then on Sunday we drove down to Brisbane for our friend Carita's 18th Birthday Party. Carita has her Birthday on the same day as Alan and they both love horses so they share a special bond. This was a lovely party where we even got to be part of the entertainment doing some rap dancing, I wore a rainbow beanie and Alan had a hooded jacket :) Then we continued on to visit Alan's Mum in the Nursing complex where she lives. Iris is 89 and doing wonderfully. After this it was back to Margaret's overnight to watch the NRL Grand Final and have some wine and pizza... Yum!! Monday morning we went shopping in Brisbane for our new Plasma TV and an Electric Wok, then home via Louise and Jeff's at Caloundra for a pitstop for afternoon tea and some time to play with new grandbaby Tate who is doing really well. We finally made it home at about 7.30pm after doing about 500 kilometres. Then on Tuesday it was Alan's Birthday and we had friends Nancy and Margaret for morning tea so I made a cake with 1 candle so Alan could make a wish while we all sang Happy Birthday. We enjoyed this visit and then after lunch we whizzed into town to buy a lowline TV Cabinet for our new TV which is still in its box. We also bought some really nice fresh fish and a bottle of bubbly to celebrate. I steamed the fish for dinner in my new wok and it worked out really well (I have never steamed fish before) Whew........ So now I am having a very quiet morning with some time to myself.