WWQP Bulletin Board Chat

whew! Marion

What a close call! Glad your puppy dog survived. We had a Siamese cat in the early days of our marriage and she died unexpectedly - we blamed it on rat poison we had also put out for the mice in kitchen cupboards. Once in a while she would get herself locked in them.............

JANE: Once again, all I can say is I'm sending HUGS as you and your beloved dog go through this time together. Wulfie's last days were very similar - he lay down on the tiles in the laundry one day, just outside the toilet door and couldn't be moved; wouldn't drink, etc. It was a choice between asking the vet to put him out of his misery where he lay, or calling the RSPCA, where we would always kennel him, for them to bring their doggy ambulance and dog-sized stretcher and take him back with them. We opted for the latter, as he was very fond of them, and they of him. Graham followed on and was with him at the end.

ROSEY: Continued hugs to you as well AND to your grieving canine friend.

MOVING: I can see us having another good 5 or so years here in this house, health allowing. After that, however, it will be a choice between paying someone else to look after the pool and garden or downsizing. That I am not looking forward to, as we have 2 big storerooms down the back full of paraphernalia. At least I can't say I won't have anything to do after retirement - paring all that down to the bare bones will be a big task. Then it's 'whether and where to go?' Adelaide, where my extended family live, is 4 hours' drive away but we don't like the idea of living a suburban life after all this time. Wherever the boys end up they will have to go there before coming up here. The pool is an incentive LOL plus we have lots of spare bedroom space, a big dining room table etc for family gatherings and are close to the beach as well (eh, Mary?). Plus we have our friends here. Big decisions. Then again, we could end up visiting each of the boys for 4 months at a time.........yes? Mmmmmm..........no? LOL

A friend from school and her DH have just moved to another country town, slightly closer to Adelaide but not much. They have lots of services available there: hospital, shopping, etc. However, they don't know anybody there, their 2 sons live thousands of km away and the hubby has Type 1 Diabetes and doesn't like to/can't go out that much. We can see her being stuck at home and not even getting the chance to get to know other people and socialize. It will be even worse when one of them passes, especially if house prices begin to decrease, as they seem to be doing in some areas, making it harder to 'escape'.

On a brighter note, we are off to the city on Saturday to visit family and see Yusef Islam (sp?) aka Cat Stevens perform on Sunday night. Not an option usually but we have a holiday Monday so it works out perfectly!

Fran in S'Oz

posted by Fran (Sth Aust) @ 7:35 PM