Tidy Up and Catch Up Time

Yesterday Trish drove Kate, Arj and family to the Sunshine Coast Airport and they winged their way home to Melbourne which was experiencing a stinker of a day with temps nearing 37 degrees (almost 100 Texas Lou). The kids were asleep before they reached the local airport!

Our house has had a quick tidy up, the floors have had a quick going over, finger marks have been rubbed off the widescreen TV and windows. Remote controls are appearing again on table tops as are magazines, photographs and decorations. Doors to the computer room and the garage can now be left open safely. Glasses of drinks can again be left safely near the edge of the table without fear of them being reached for and spilt. The cordless phone has been returned to the low table near where Trish sits rather than high up away from prying little hands on the kitchen bench. Blow up pool toys have been deflated and put away, sand has been washed off the beach toys and pool safety gates can be left open for a short while.

Bits of potato crisps and biscuits and bread have been swept from under the pergola and about 10 beach towels have been washed and put away till next time! The pavers under the pergola have been pressure washed and have come up quite well despite a liberal smattering of Vegemite and peanut butter!

Last night Trish and I collapsed into bed about 9:30 pm!

Today I bottled a brew and the rest of the time has been spent rearranging things back to normal.

I continue to have a ball with the media player discovering new things it can do with each 'play'. We now have about 80 movies to watch, all stored on the external disk drive. They have been catalogued with all the movie information stored on the laptop for easy access just before viewing time.

Tomorrow it will be mow the lawns after another good sleep tonight! Trish is trying to read a book right now, but she is having trouble keeping her eyes open.