[MiaJohn]

Hello

The sky is still leaking but the electricity was back yesterday evening.
My cousin has boarded his plane to here. Fingers crossed here.

Matina sorry to hear that you are having a hard week. Hope things get better soon.
That camellia looks wonderful pj

See y'all later

[pjmpjm]

Took this photo just before the rains started . . .

Good to hear from you, matina and MiaJohn.

Heading off to bed soon . . . good night, everyone!

[kathlyn]

Hello all

Hey miajohn now you've got power charge up everything matina have a nice massage and relax for a while cause we're both gonna be tired after jiggying with those snakes Oh Pj when i saw the box I thought you'd bought a fluffy black n white cushion how on earth is rishi breathing shes completely moulded to the shape of the box It absolutely poured down here all night luckily we are up high so no flooding now the suns out, maybe I can get.some washing dry today how is your garage holding up no water I hope Well I'm off to clean and vacuum , have a happy day everyone

[matina]

ahhhhh home day lunch now and then couch day
PJ did you ever get those insurance schmucks to pay up???? for the garage repairs??

[pjmpjm]

matina, glad you had a nice massage! No, am still waiting on my appeal to the insurance company. Good news is that I changed my car insurance from APIA to YOUI and saved $279.75 on my annual premium. Couldn't believe it. Am going to change my home and contents insurance too, when the current appeal drama is finished. I've been told that YOUI and Budget Direct are the two cheapest insurers these days.

Katy, the sun came out briefly this morning, but now it's raining again. I've had enough! Am mentally sending it all out west, where they need it. Not a drop inside my garage. Kept checking through the past two days, but the new back drain seems to be working. Front downpipe is shooting out on the lawn, until I get that part fixed. Glad your house is high and dry.

MiaJohn, hope your electricity holds up. Nothing worse (maybe) than losing your power!

Hi to Diva and Blue. Hope you're both staying well.



Several dozen cockies and rosellas visited this morning, despite the wet weather . . .

[MiaJohn]

Hey everyone

Guess the sky is leaking all over the world
Hoping it won't come to floods like the past two years
Kathlyn, hold in there, maybe I'll fly to your house if things go bad here
I guess they are done with the repairs in the electricity lines. No more power cuts since last day

My cousin landed safely and is now sleeping as if the world's gonna end tomorrow

Hope everyone is doing fine
As for now, heading to bed... Good night!

[FreezeMe]

Hi everyone
little killing eve spam i am sorry i can't help myself xD

I'm mostly reading this days bunny is okay too,he learned to jump at the bottle opening sounds and started licking bottles i think that he may be a dog disguised as bunny
Hope that everyone is having a great week ! flies back to my horror books

[kathlyn]

Morning everyone

Nice to hear from you Kristina, your bunny is more human I think, I jump at the sound of a bottle opening especially a whiskey one Mia you are welcome down here anytime if you can cook all the better we haven't had any kilt action lately so here goes



Good morning Pj a bit of an eye test for you just some plaid pics a lovely sunny day the rain has stopped, a bit warmer today 21c so coffee and the paper outside in the sun for a while then a quiet afternoon i hope all is well in the mountains matina enjoy your visits, we are still unable to go too far out because of the virus numbers
Hello everyone take care all be safe

[pjmpjm]

Hi, everyone. Have to rush off now but will write more later. Bye!

EDIT . . .

Back home after an outing to Katoomba, where I had a cappuccino with my Lithgow friend and then drove back to Leura (see photo below) to pick up mail and visit my chemist for my eye drops.

matina, am going to talk to my brother tonight about his MRI results, which are problematic.

Katy, skies cleared today and it was sunny and not too cold. Could have had my breakfast on my back deck but was interrupted.

Virginia, good to hear from you again! Always nice to get news about your bunny.

MiaJohn, good news about your cousin. Hope he's not suffering from jetlag. I used to go through that syndrome every year, because of my regular long trips to the US and back. No longer . . .

Hi to Diva and Blue . . .

Just now going to have some dinner . . .

[kathlyn]

Hey every one




My grandkids called in before school for breakfast, we made pancakes most of which my 6ft 1 grandson ate I just stuck to coffee no way was I getting between him and food



Pj I thought the cockatoos had your deck reserved for their breakfast you can't sit out there sunny and gorgeous i love this time of year I bet your friend is happy to get out these days let's hope it stays that way My best wishes to your family im hoping things are improving Matina no rest for the wicked or you drive safe mwah hello to everyone else enjoy the day everyone take care all be safe

[pjmpjm]

Hi matina, hope you're OK. Am waiting for the plumber to arrive (between 11 am and 1 pm) to look at the drain at the front of my house.

Katy, my grandson is only six feet, but he's bulked up for his martial arts competitions and is eating a very special diet! No longer looks like a computer nerd! All OK here and the sun is shining. Am hoping to get the final part of the drain problem fixed soon. Cockatoos rule on the front deck, so I have my breakfast on the back deck with the currawongs, magpies and kookaburras!

Long talk with my brother and sister-in-law last night, about there various treatments. Am trying to stay positive. Both are fairly active and my brother was out in one of his trucks, moving tractors around and mowing fields. Summer there, of course.

Hi to Diva and Blue and MiaJohn.

Bye for now . . .

[matina]

hello all soo sorry i have been m.i.a but been sooooooo busy these days ;-(
kristina nice to hear form you hugs to bunny
miajohn nice to see you still hear keep it up still waiting on that peanutbutter cookie recipe
kathy pancakes yes please!
PJ please pm me i want to hear all about it. my prayers are with you and your brothers family. sending positive healing thoughts their way. " i hope they cover the same things your other policy did i am always concerned with insurance companies comparing as they say oranges with oranges and apples with apples. I will concede that was a nice hefty amount saved wow. way to go!!!
must get dinner started still have no clue what to make i may just make it a sandwich /tomato soup night. i want to at least get to read a chapter or 2 today. home day tomorrow just some bills to be paid then I'm hibernating on the couch.
time for coffee!!! wish i had those peanutbutter cookies now!!!

[kathlyn]

Morning everyone



Yep that about sums it up for some of us matina since we can't go out at the moment my butts a permanent dent in the couch Enjoy your bbq lunch Hi Pj oh no it's not another drainage problem i hope is this separate from your other ones It sounds like you've got a good deal on those insurance quotes , you would think the other pensioner insurance companies would do better for us older folks time to think about lunch have a good day everyone take care all be safe thinking of all of you

[pjmpjm]

matina, always good to hear from you. I know you have your hands more than full. News from my niece in the the US this morning is that the four 'spots' found on my brother's spine aren't likely to cancer at all, according to his oncologist. Doctors are now comparing this new MRI with the MRI he had done last year down in Boston, when he had his previous radiation. So this is excellent news. New non-narcotic pain pills are really helping his back problems and he's off on his tractor mowing fields again. Not bad for a near 70-year-old on chemo!

Katy, this new drain problem is out front, and different from the (very) expensive drainage work I had done out back, after the torrential rains that followed the terrible mega-fires. Drain guy yesterday says it's not a drain problem at all, but water from my lawn seeping back under my house. Am going to get another opinion. Am also getting a YOUI quote next week, for my home and contents insurance, and hoping to save another few hundred dollars! YOUI offers its own roadside breakdown service so I also saved $113 by cancelling my old NRMA service. Hope you have a good weekend, with beautiful weather like we're enjoying up here in the mountains.

Hi to Diva and Blue and Virginia and MiaJohn.

Photos from yesterday's walk down to the end of Sublime Point.

[matina]

hello PJ nice to hear form you great news on your brothers MRI results i was very worried ;-( I am very keen to find out the name of his new pain medication if he doesn't mind telling you that is. If it isn't too much trouble to ask him that is.
Kathy BBQ lunch was awesome i stuffed myself it has been over 6 months since we had one so we really enjoyed it. mum and i shared a bottle of apple cider yummy!!! oh i love that meme you posted it is how i feel most of the time these days especially when dealing with Satan
time for nana nap
hello to all regulars and lurkers