Sudokuaholics Anonymous 4

Oh! That is exciting!

It has been great chatting with you this evening. Have a great day! Cheers.

yes been great chatting with you Debby, feel free to pop in anytime..
You have a great evening..

Just looking at the Calendar Gail!!
the kids go on School Holidays here in two weeks time.. Monday 14th April.
Today they are still on Easter Break.. the Teachers have the day off.
Meanwhile, my cherubs have this week off from Uni.. Tution Free Week!!

Thank you!

well done Debby .. a TOPP for you

hope everyone has a great day/evening/night

Hi all! Nice to see you here Debby! I'm back! Nice to see you here Debby! Just under 8 hours round trip. I don't actually unpack their bags. Just unpacking the car to bring their bags to their rooms. It takes a couple of trips. And then they both gave me some of their winter clothes that they wouldn't need anymore, so the car was full going back as well! D2 had a lot more stuff because she's been home since March 1st. Between books and laptop, clothes and laundry, and then various supplies sent back with them(snacks, drinks, paper towels, etc.), it takes a few trips to get it all out of the car.

Max doesn't look any better. Hubby took him back to the doctor this afternoon and there is sign of any infection in his mouth and his tooth doesn't hurt. I don't know if that means it could still be a tooth causing the problem, but I'll call the dentist tomorrow to see what they think.

I'm exhausted, so I'll bid you good night. Have a great day/night everyone!

Glad you are back Stella.. sleep well

I must be a bad mother too. If my kids don't pack what they need when we go away they do without. They have done this for years.
I doubt that I will be able to plant anything out in the garden till nearer the end of may, but they will go out into the outside greenhouse to harden off when the weather warms up a bit.
Suzy, fortunately we will not have to pay anything more for water as we pay a standard rate per year for our water.

it used to be like that here too, many many many many years ago.. Brenda..
now we pay a standard rate ( in my neck of the woods - around $1000) per year.. as well as pay for what you use - the more water you consume, the higher the rate per unit you pay.

Good morning all - I should have my new avatar now, but my chair is not as flash as Beans (although i do have a footstool also) or as big and comfy as Dino's.
Stella - Hope you get to the bottom of Max's mouth/gum problems - sounds painful. Hope he's better soon.

That's fairly dull, isn't it? Might go searching again - picked that in a hurry - now I think it looks like an office chair.

So I'm still top of the TOPP's, eh?

still a comfortable looking chair CynB with a foot rest as well.

yep you are still top of TOPP's

Trivia on the TOPP list
SA 1 .. Topp to page 227 : the TOPP Trophy went to MizT 29
SA 2 .. Topp to Page 227 : the TOPP Trophy went to Julie 38

those who have asked for Reno photos..hope to get my act together this afternoon, update you with the work that was done over the weekend..
the vanity cupboard is in.. now it is the waiting game..
waiting for one tradesmen to come and do his bit, before the next tradesman come and do his bit, before ......
meanwhile, my house needs a clean after the weekend's activities.. ciao

oh why not.. one more for good luck.. a CP

Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to work I go, a dust here, a vacumn there, a mop here, a wipe there...

Just searching for another - found a red one, no footstool but nice. If I have 2 chairs I can decide daily which one I would be most comfortable in. Am I greedy?

Hi Rolanda

Should I?

Here I go

I'll have to cp to apologise for not being able to divide big numbers by 40.

next Topp is .. Page 16 x 40 = 640 plus 1 to be Topp of page 17 is 641
next Topp is #641

Yep worked that out after I CPed.

All.
Thank you all for the compliments on my new chair...and yes it is very comfy. I'm sure Dino's sofa is as well - we have one very similar to that in red leather here at home.

Stella - glad you are back. Keep us posted.
Rolanda - thanks for the TOPP update. Looking forward to the next photos.
Gail - glad we got our booking in early hehe!! Pity we'll miss the hair.
CynB - noice chair! Looks like you can swivel around...fun!
Brenda - I'm impressed!

Thanks Bean - but I now have a red one pending. Typical woman, can't make up my mind.

Forgot to change back to my chair - will leave it for now because I have to go out. I can see that will be the next problem - changing avatars when I go for easy to SA4 and back.

Love all the new chairs and couch.

Gail, thanks for the offer of help. We decided on finger foods. So, if you have any to spare, please send a few fingers (not middle ones) my way.

Stella, hope Max is better. My brother had an abcessed gum and it took about 2 or 3 days for the antibiotics to kick in. He was also told to rinse twice a day with half-and-half mixture of peroxide and water. Don't know if they recommend that anymore or not.

Brenda, the garden sounds great. The nice thing is that you'll have raspberries, rhubarb and asparagus from here on out without having to replant them.

Rolanda, thanks for the recipe. I'm going to make it this week.

Well, it's time for me to check the dryer and fold clothes. Will try and get back later.

Hello Everyone...The room is being transformed with all of the beautiful furniture....ladies...the chairs and sofa are spectacular...We are almost ready for an open house party aren't we? Of course we must first get all of the renov's completed and heal our sick ones...BTW...sure hope Max will soon be on the mend.
Brenda...sure is good to hear that the weather there is starting to warm up a bit....slight problem going on here now...my sister who is the main reason we are all going has again become ill...she is currently in intensive care...all they know is that there is internal bleeding...but where or why has not been discovered...she's determined to be well enough to travel...and I hope she can...but its a worrisome complication at her age....shes much older than I ...but usually has much more energy and getup and go about her..

Thoughts and Prayers for your sister Mama.. hope she is on the mend soon.

BECKY, I was told to rinse with half peroxide too, for a mouth sore. I think docs are going back to peroxide more, as germs become resistant to the antibiotics. I know I used peroxide to irrigate a bad abcess in kitty girl more than once.

Rolanda, that is a LOT more than we pay for water. I guess we are very lucky here, no restrictions and reasonable rates. We are charged by what we use, and we are usually at the lowest rate, $15 a month. IF I have to water lawn, like I did last summer just to keep it alive, not to keep it green all summer, It went up to about $18-20 a month. So, about $200 a year.

Rolanda, do you collect rain water to use for watering your plants?

MAMACIETA, hope your sister is soon on the road to recovery. Please keep us informed, we care.

no Tricia.. dont have rain water tank..
do have a bore.. my garden is on retriculation using the bore water.
I can water once a day 3 times a week on set days (depends on your house # ).. for me it is Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.
If I didnt have the bore, and used scheme water for my garden then I can only use the sprinklers twice a week.. Tuesday and Friday.
no restrictions on handwatering..

Mama, I join everyone here in sending loving thoughts for you and especially your sister. I hope she is well soon.

forgot to say.. when watering using the sprinkers.. can only use them during the hours of 6.00pm - 9.00am.