WWQP Bulletin Board Chat

You may regret that, Rosie!

(BEE - great to see your post. Sorry the weather was so bad for your Quilt Show! Did you have anything on display?)

Scroll past if it doesn't look interesting.......... In my part of the world, as at today, Sunday:

# Winter has started here, as in NZ. (Well, actually, we count it from the beginning of June, so we're almost 1/3 of the way through!) We are getting rain but it's still a lot less than the average which makes a difference when you are on the edge of the desert, as we are.
# The wattle are in bloom already. The trees and bushes spread along the highway out of town in a blaze of yellow in July and August and are always a delight to drive past.
# We have a new Prime Minister. We've had women State Premiers and Governors but this is the first one in Canberra. She looks to be very capable and I hope she can stay on past the next elections.
# My DDIL is looking at apartments in Melbourne, whilst also looking for another hostel to stay in if nothing comes up, and about to begin her 2nd week at work in the State Library there.
# DS#3, her husband (Shannon) is on the far east coast of the country, out of Sydney, helping to erect a test wind turbine.
# They need to empty their current flat out (in Adelaide) as of Thursday.
# DH has promised to go down to help them move but has no idea when that will happen.
# No-one will let them take their 2 guinea-pigs with them so we and Kody might have to learn to adapt!
# DS#1 is on his way home from 5 months in Europe. He will spend 3 weeks in Asia first - somewhere - all over?
# His GF is on her way to meet him in Singapore. She walked the couple of km to the airport at 5 am this morning in the dark! I rang her yesterday to wish them well and ask her to get him to stay in touch if at all possible.
# When they get back to Adelaide THEY need to start looking for a place to stay. (What a bother - S & S's is in the wrong area for them!)
# DS#2 is waiting on edge to see if his branch of the travel agency he works for has won a trip to Las Vegas for 3-4 days. He wants to stay longer. His mother knows he hasn't really got the money to do that.
# Said mother has a full-blown sinus infection and that is probably why she is also suffering from worry-wortness.

On the bright side, S & S are obviously looking forward to living and working in a brand new city; T has had the time of his life in Europe and made a huge number of friends in his field of study; D is revelling in the success of his new job.........and I am exactly half way through my last year of teaching, with exactly 80 working days left, and looking forward to the start of a new era in my life - retirement! (Have I said that before?)

# I am on the verge of finishing my 3rd "I Spy" quilt. I was hoping for a 3" border but it will have to be 1 1/2" because the backing wasn't cut straight. Oh well, c'est la vie. No big deal.

And that's what's happening to me and mine in little old Whyalla. And I know that I am blessed with a family in good health.

Always thinking of and sending hugs to those who have suffered losses recently,
Fran

posted by Fran (Sth Aust) @ 6:23 PM