Last Post for 2008.

I know that sounds rather sad, but when you think about
it The last post is a sad tune played at funerals! and
it is a sad time watching the last hours of 2008 go by.

It has been a year of endings with the dead of Don Snr
and friends and relatives but also a year of beginnings
with the birth of Ryley and Meg beginning to date again.

Lets hope that 2009 will carry on with those beginnings.

We are all praying that Ryley's medical tests came back
with an all clear and that Meg and Mark make a go of it.

The Christmas Rush!

I guess it is starting to show. Yesterday Tuesday 22nd
Dec, Cliff was saying to everyone in the shop Happy
Christmas. It relly began to grate on my nerves. I
ended up saying each time he said it "It's MERRY
Christmas and a HAPPY new Year!"

Didn't help that Meg dragged me to MAD Valley to do her
Christmas shopping. I had to go as she was out of money
and I had to put it all on my credit card as hers is full!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Euchre Christmas Party Break Up

Visiting Erika

After I had my hair coloured and cut at the Bridal Estate
hair dressers I rang Erika to see if she was home.

After having tried three times before to catch her at home
I was delighted to find her home so I went straight around.

She opened the door and said she had barely put the phone
down.

She had sprained her ankle a couple of weeks ago and is still
finding it hard to walk around. She said it was the first
day without crutches.

I told her she should sue. She laughted and said everyone
hastold her the same thing!!! Someone said she should have
takenpictures. Erika said "Oh yes, there she is laying on
the sidewalk in pain so of course the first thing on her mind
is taking a picture!"

I asked if she had a mobile phone that takes pictures and
she said she did but would never have thought of that.

So then I told her the sad story of my 'lost' phone. She
liked the look of my new phone, so then we played with our
phones.

It turns out she is on the internet so I showed her how to
find my blog on the WWW, so she might check it out from now
on.

She also has e mail so I have added her to my list!

Found!

Cliff rang about 3:45 p.m. Friday 12/12 to tell me he
had found my 'missing or lost phone' in an old shopping
bag that I had left at the shop.

Silly me but at least now I will be able to put all my
old numbers into my new phone!

Partylite Candles Arrive!

Sue rang on Wednesday and said that all her other orders
had arrived. Unfortunately mine had not. She wanted to
know if it was 'safe' sending the order to the shop and
I told her about my Franklin order. She was impressed.

Cliff rang at 11.30 a.m. Thursday morning to say that
they had arrived. But I could not find the paper work
to sort out what belongs to whom! Though some I can
remember off by heart.

So I tried to ring her but the new mobile phone still
had the barring on it so I had to ring them and complain
and use the landline to ring Sue!I told her my problem
and as she has some of her orders in my package she said
she would be here before 6 p.m. to sort it out for me.
But she had not arrived by 9.30 p.m. so I rang her again
and she said she will see me at my place by 3.30 p.m.

Expess Post!

Finally got around to looking up the Franklin web site.
I tried Google and it first gave me the US web site so
I had to narrow the search. With the phone number I was
able to ring and tell the young woamn what I wanted and
she told me the model number of the item.

It was still $69.95 after 8 years! I ordered it at
1.41 p.m. on Monday 8th Dec and when I arrived at the
shop on Tuesday (9th)at noon, Cliff said a parcel had
arrived for me just after 9 a.m. and it was the Collins
Crossword Solver!

Now that is Express Post, particularly at this time of
year!