A Miserable Saturday

The weather forecast is miserable for the rest of today, strong winds and heavy rain are expected. Now this could mean some sunny breaks later or it could mean batten down the hatches! The rain is heading down from the north west and Kate's home is in the lower right hand corner between Cranbourne and Pakenham on this map.

Friday was spent in 'recovery' mode after our heavy week visiting. We visited the close by shopping centre with Kate and the kids. I spent much of the time perusing electrical equipment as I am helping someone with buying a big screen TV on Monday. Chips for lunch was enjoyed by everyone.

Trish and I have been keeping an eye on possible accommodation for us in case we decided to head back to Melbourne to live. (We will be doing this sometime into the future). We have visited half a dozen or so places (Over 50's Independent Living Resorts) and checked them out. The recent world financial turmoil has impacted on us severely so our choices are not as wide as they would have been a few years ago. We checked another place out on Friday afternoon but it isn't what we were looking for.

I went to the footy Friday night to see my side playing in the finals. They were defeated by 4 points when a controversial umpiring decision went against them in the dying minutes of the game. The game finished in appallingly wet conditions. Handling the ball was akin to trying to play a game with a cake of soap! It was a bruising affair. Next week's game is now do or die.

Today the whole family is off to spend an afternoon with my brother Geoff and his wife Jeanette. People are taking a casserole each over for lunch. Later on this afternoon I may or may not go to the other AFL footy match which is on again at the MCG tonight. It all depends on any impending storms.

It would be easier if I didn't go to the footy but instead settled down and watched it on TV.