Sudokuaholics Anonymous 9A

I could eat your share Broni.
Brenda, I was in UK about this time in 1995 and it was snowing then.
Still some C shopping to do but slowly getting there,
About to go to bed so 'Nite All.

Nite June, that is where I am heading too.
June, think I may have to suffer the consequences, fresh baked bread, butter, prawns with a squeeze of lemon and sea salt and pepper, now that is what I call a feed.

Hi all.
June....I will be thinking of your friend today and hope all goes well.Goodnight.
MizT...what a shame you had a fall when you were going so well.I hope you improve quickly.
Broni...enjoy your boat trip and prawns.Yummo
Suzy...ain't love grand.I wonder if he will graduate to chocolate once the candy canes are gone.
Gail...hugs to Bill and yourself,thats really good news.

June, Broni and the rest of the DUGs.

IH is out of town for the next 3 days!!! He took me by surprise... didn't tell me 'til late last night.

MizT.... how are the hips feeling after that fall? I hope you didn't undo the good from the shots.

Heidi...freedom for a few days ah!

HO HO HO!
Another "Hi" and "Bye" kind of day.
Sending hugs to those who need them...heck...sending hugs to you all!

Hello! Good Afternoon from Illinois, USA! Too many days have too few minutes lately! I just read a bit of page 18 (yes, way behind again).

Suzy, hope you had a wongerful birthday with lots of cake and gooc pressies! (My first chance to use that spelling.)

Tami, wishing your Mitchell a belated thirteenth birthday! Hope he had a special day. You, my dear, will get over it eventually, though 13 sounds pretty scary when your first reaches that age.

Gail, sending positive thoughts and prayers for Bill. I hope I will read in upcoming pages of an improvement!

Hugs & best wishes to all!

Gooday Julie.
How are the knees going? One step at a time I hope.
I have come to the decision that it is too hard (and I am lazy)to put up the christmas tree this year.We won't be here on the day and I am back at work Boxing day.I will admire the kids,although Renaes looks a bit tattery because of the girls and the cats.
The residents went on a bus tour to see all the homes decorated as they usually do,and were disappointed that many hadn't done so this year,probably because of our high electricity costs now.I am dreading our bill when it comes.

Nola, positive thoughts and prayers for both you and Judy!

More positive thought for blonde Pride girl!

Gail, I hope all will be well with Bill!

Wow, Lizzy is back to work! Lizzy, can't believe the story about D and his wife! Wow!

Haven't seen anything from Rol&a lately. How's your Mum?

June, sending positive thoughts & prayers for your friend!

Nola and June, would love to share some of our cool with you. Highs are in the teens today, and my knees are REALLY stiff.

Tami, so pleased that Bernie is back at home. Please tell him to take it easy!

CynB, share some extra hugs with Emily! I hope you both enjoy your week together!

Good Morning my friends.
Hi Julie, hope the knees loosen up soon.
Nola, no tree here either, will be out on the boat C day and gone for two weeks, Bella will love have me all to herself.
Heidi, bonus !
Vici, you are sooooo busy.
Hugs to all, hope your day is great.

Julie....joints don't seem to like the cold weather,I know mine don't,but my skin does.
It was a bit cooler here last night.I slept without the a/c, just the fan.There are fires again down south.I hope there are no lives lost this year and people can evacuate in plenty of time.

If I get everything done in town today,I can spend the next 2 days at home doing whatever.There is always plenty of housework etc to catch up on.

Broni...I am glad I'm not the only one not to have a tree.
So you must have holidays from work?

Morning all!
I don't think I'll be on the computer much today - forecast high of 40C and no aircon. Yikes!

Mum has already left to do her thing, shopping, bills etc. Better to do it all before it gets too hot.

I hope to get the tree up today, decorated tomorrow. We'll see.

Julie, the taekwondo photo was taken with my trusty Canon point and shoot. I couldn't believe it when I saw it! She passed her grading by the way - yellow belt now!

I hope the weather eases up so your knees are not as stiff. I really do wish we could share the temps around a little bit..

Broni, your holiday plans sound wongerful!

Stella, are all of your family home for the holidays yet or do you still have all of that driving ahead of you?

everyone.
Strange day here. We have a newborn heifer calf and I don't know who the mother is. I spent time out in the pasture with her and the mother didn't approach.... so I walked the pasture to look at the cows, and nobody looks like they've just given birth. Besides, The Vet pregnancy checked all the cows last month and all are due to calve starting in 2 months..... and 9 months ago, the bull was not in with the cows. I may make up a bottle and give it to the calf a little later, in case it was rejected by the unknown mother.

The mechanic has been working on my tractor. He thinks that he'll have it running tomorrow morning. He tried to jump start it, and it pulled all the charge out of the portable charger. He's replacing the starter now, and we'll know if it's the only problem once he can actually start it.

Morning everyone

June thinking of your 'friend' today.

Mum goes home today, she is looking forward to being her own boss, on the other hand a tad anxious that she will be on her own.

I'm looking forward to hearing from June. This is continuing to be a good news week so I have a good feeling about this.

Is there anybody within hailing that can show up quickly if she needs help, Rolanda? Can she arrange with a neighbor to be on emergency call until she feels less anxious?

Heidi.. I will be on call, and she does have good neighbours..
I will take her home probably around lunch time, will bring some sandwiches with us, She is taking last night dinner leftovers home.
This morning, I will be doing some Grocery Shopping for her.
Her sister and BIL, comes back tomorrow from a 5 week crusie (Athens to Fremantle.
Her active Social Life will be back to normal as soon as possible.
There is a Xmas Party tomorrow she may or may not go to.
Going to my brothers on Saturday.
Then the one on Sunday at the Dutch Club she is definately going to.
Next Wednesday, another one she is definitely going to..
Next Week Thursday ( C Eve) she is back at my house, we go to Carols at MIL's church in the eve, and have C Lunch at my place on the Friday.

Your mother has a busier social life than I do!

Sending calming and healing vibes to your friend, June.

Best of luck with the tractor, Heidi. Strange about the heifer...immaculate conception?

Brilliant action shot, Suzy, Congrats to the yellow belt.

Gail... kinda fitting for the Christmas season, isn't it?

I thought so. lol

my Mother has a busier Social Life than anyone I know, actually MIL is doing ok too....neither of them are home much!!!

Just got off the phone from Bill. Apart from the neighbour's dog that was going nuts through the electrical storm they had last night, he had a good night's sleep once the pill had kicked in. He said he's feeling as right as rain, best he's felt for a long while. Not much on his agenda today, just his daily trip to the shops, but he said he's ready to face the world again.
I am so pleased.

Speaking of facing the world, I have a load that needs attending to, the clothesline is the world, isn't it?
Later folks.
Have a great day/night.

Back here for a bit before some slinging.

What WONGERFUL news Rol&a about your Mum & just needing to take a pill!

Gail, it seems from what I've read so far that there's good news for Bill, as well!

Sending continued positive thoughts for your friend, June. As it's Wednesday in US, I suppose Thursday has begun in Oz. Will keep prayers going your way!

Oh, dear, MizT! SOOO good to see you here, but SOOO sorry you had a fall. I hope that doesn't set you back too far. If you can't take a warm bath, do you have some warm compresses or perhaps a heating pad? I hope you'll feel much better soon!

Enjoyed seeing eaa's photo/picture! Thank you for the link, Heidi!

Suzy, you certainly keep busy with your girls & their activities! How did you ever find time for yourself on your birthday? Continued positive vibes for blonde Pride girl!

Here's hoping everyone is doing well with their holiday shopping and card sending.

Physical therapy is going well. My therapist works me pretty hard, for which I am thankful! Range of motion is improving and I'm using the excuse of physical therapy & exercises to explain why I haven't started working on cards. Better get to work on them soon, or it will be mid-January before they get sent. (We'll spend the holidays with D#1 and her family at their home, with D#2, as well. Then all of us are going to Disney World. I hope I have caught up on reading before we leave, or I'll have 2 weeks of reading to catch up when we get back!)

Interesting about the calf, Heidi! But then, it's called "Surreal Farm" for a reason, I suppose! Perhaps the cow will come to the calf's aid tomorrow?

Some cows like to "hide" their calves and only go to them every few hours. I suspect that this is the case. I will go out later and check up on the calf. I am still baffled as to how we wound up having a calf now.

Good evening everyone. I am just stopping in for a quick minute. I am going to bed early. Only 2 more school days and then I get a two week holiday. Glad to hear all is well and that all the positive vibes are working. Night all.

My mother just called from a friend's house - she's visiting their aircon - and told me to get stuck into the ironing! It's 40C and she thinks I should be ironing! Sorry about the swearing, but it's milder than what I said to her about ironing today....

Hi everyone, hope you're all well. :)
Yesterday was a scorcher here - had to put the aircon. on so we could get some sleep. Much cooler today, and now the heavens have opened up - beautiful rain, all my veggies being watered! Lovely!
I'm stuck at home waiting for someone to pick up a broken computer - they said this morning... they're late and I have Christmas shopping to do ... oh well, will have to go back to my "farm" ...
Wow, thunder and lightning now!
Have a great day everyone. :)

We got thirteen drops Judy!

Congrats on the Judy.

Gail... I love hearing the good news about Bill. Please continue sharing it.

Friend is back home. That is the first one for about 9 sessions over every two weeks till the end of January. She was able to change the time till later in the afternoon on Monday as we all wanted to go out to lunch for Ken's 70 birthday. They said she will get very burnt as they are doing deep penetration.(I say nothing but that also worries me that they do not do any damage to other internal organs.....everything is a juggling game)
Thank you one and all for your positive thoughts. They are very much appreciated.

Gail and Rolanda, wonderful news for both of you.
I spent a busy morning shopping and looks like most of it is done. Just a few things that I need the people concerned to be with me. Like I want a new pair of shoes!
Suzy, I have a large pile of ironing I keep pretending is not there! It is 38*c at the front door and there is no way I would even look at the iron!