Sudokuaholics Anonymous 3

Brenda, tell your daughter for me! I hope it was everything she wished for and that she had a wonderful day!

Gail - very impressed with you having the link for drop bears on hand!!!
Rena - how long will you be over this part of town.
Puffing Billy is a lovely way to check out the Dandenongs and local terrain - have made the trip numerous times and never got sick of it. While you are in the Dandenongs I recommend a visit to William Rickets Sanctuary [http://www.ozshots.com/20001014_William_Ricketts_Sanctuary/]
Healesville sanctuary will satisfy a lot of your needs re Ozzie fauna. You will prob even manage to get to do some touchy feely stuff there as well. You need to allow a full day for around there and the Yarra Valley for a drop of wine tasting some of the wonderful vineyards.

Hi Stella. Still there?
Having a bit of trouble posting at this end.
my last message to you aborted.....in cyberspace no doubt

Amazing - obviously made contact with ground control that time and now it is off to be for me.. Night all. Catch you later..ciao.

be = bed [obviously that is where i should be if I can't manage 3 letter words!!]

ummmm- so close to a CP...

naah, I couldn't...

shouldn't either...

but what the heck...why didn't someone stop me...

forgive me

You're forgiven Bean! Sorry, I left to get some laundry done. Hope you have a good night's sleep!

What a day Stella! I hate driving in pouring rain let alone fog. Even normal rain can make old road markings show through whatever they cover them with and make unfamiliar places dangerous to drive around.... Glad you're back safe.

SA3ers. Just testing to see if the clock is at the right time yet. It is 10 minutes past midday here.

Nup!

Stella, just reading about your never-ending horrendous journeys exhausts me! Please tell me your children appreciate it.
How did Brendan go with his driving in very trying conditions?

Back from Holidays.. Had a great wonderful time away.. a lovely 17 day break



will pop in again tomorrow. am far too busy to be on here at moment really .. unpacking, doing the laundry etc etc etc ...

see everyone tomorrow

Hi Rolanda, home safe and sound, we have missed you.

Oh dear, I got "Access denied" again. Move of server? (Thanks to all of you for the tip about SA3).

HI ROLANDA, I am so glad you had a lovely holiday! Must have really been going well, to decide to stay an extra day! Happy to see you back on site again. Get that washer fed, and while it is earing, come and chat with us. Shucks, the household ran withut you for 17 days, what is another day on half speed?

Welcome back Rolanda! Sooo jealous of your wonderful holiday away! Glad to hear you had a great time! You're home in time to have a 25th anniversary celebration!! We missed you and you missed all of the excitement of the big crash of 08!

Gail, Brendan did ok driving, but his inexperience showed when drivers cut us off, or when the road started to flood and you get pulled by the puddle or when cars didn't have there lights on and were driving slower than the rest of the traffic but you couldn't tell until you were right on them. Other than that, not bad. I offered to drive several times, but he wanted to continue. A little nerve-racking for me not being in control, but then again, I didn't get the usual pain in my neck, back and leg, so that was good.

We're supposed to get a snow storm tonight, but it could miss us if it hugs the coast. New York City is supposed to get it. That will probably paralyze it until the "snow plows" they have melt it.

Well, off to get some stuff done. Youngest has to have his hair cut today because he has an inspection tomorrow. (Although, he's praying for a snow day. I don't think he'll do what the girls used to do to get a snow day - wear their pj's inside out!)

Maen all.

Trivia from the BBC news site:

Beginning school at the age of five was established with the arrival of compulsory education in 1870 - and researchers say that it was not particularly influenced by educational concerns.

It reflected concerns about protecting children from a bad home environment from an early age - and it appealed to employers' expectations that starting early would mean that children would also leave school early and be ready for the labour market.

Times aren't what they used to be Suzy!

Definitely not Lynda! A lot changes in nearly 140 years, most of it for the better...

But then again, the more things change, the more they stay the same. They started head start program here for early intervention for children at risk for pretty much the same reason. They hope the kids will stay in school, but because of the home environment, many do end up leaving early and working in the lower paying jobs.

Welcome back home, Rolanda! We have missed you and look forward to hearing more of your relaxing vacation, when you have the time.

I'm so confused with the time, so I don't know if anybody is around. Just wanted to stop by and say hello. It's 2:15AM here, so I'm going to head to bed. See you all later.

Cyndi?

Welcome home, Rolanda. Get used to hearing about the crash. It was an event.

Rena has a fabulous trip planned to Oz.
Little Ethan had to return to the intensive unit. Let's all send positive thoughts that direction.

Think I'll turn in, too, Cyndi.

Thank you everyone for the welcome home.

will be loading the holiday pictures on my page in next couple of days.

Speaking of pictures on pages, just who is that stunning couple in the photo on your page Rolanda. So young, so young....

mmm .... gee thanks Gail

am still young you know !!

Rolanda, yes, nice photo and lovely gown, you were a striking couple! thanks for sharing that photo with us, and Happy Anniversery!

June from Epping NSW. Hope you had a great day

Happy anniversary Rolanda, hope you both had a lovely time celebrating today

It is cold and colder this week, where has our summer weather gone? We went from way above average temps to below average temps. I think thoise " average" temps really do not happen so often, we always seem to be above or below, and adding them together and dividing is how they get that elusive temp called " average".