Sudokuaholics Anonymous 8

Mama..you are a wonderful woman with an amazing outlook on life.
I left a message on your page.

Hello, Everyone! Got busy this morning. It's past noon and I haven't had breakfast yet. Oh, well! I hope to pop in later for some reading. Hope you're all having a great day/night!

Hi, Nola! Congrats on the TOPP!

Julie...enjoy your breakfast/lunch.Wish I would forget to eat.hehe

Cyn, I assume your 90 degree quick cup is 90 C? when I first read it, mind was thinking degrees F and "that is not hot, yuck! " hehehe. Sounds like a great machine.

I think my daughter has something similar, she drinks lots of green tea, picked up the habit from her Japanese aunt. At aunt and uncle's house, there is such a hot pot in each of the guest bathrooms, so tea is available to guests without going downstairs. The Japanese drink LOTS of tea.

Congrats to Ebob on her job. Is this after school and weekends? just when will she have time to fit a job into her busy schedule, and just when will you have time to fit in the taking to and picking up from her job?

It is too early in the day to raise a glass, may I toast with my coffee? To Mollie and Sully.

Hi MizT...its always nice to see you.

I have to ring the bank today as we received a statement on the home loan which had a balance of $200 odd.Then I thought,I wonder if they will automatically cease the direct debit.
Obviously they don't,as when I checked again we were in credit for that amount.WOW.WE OWN OUR HOME!
I wonder if they will give US interest now it is in credit.
We only own half of the investment property though so still have a long way to go before retiring.

Morning all!
June, I agree about the experience for Ebob. I have never heard of wax snowflakes - what a great idea!

Brenda, hope the wax is on very cleanable surfaces.

Nola, not silly at all. That's what I want. No funeral, just a party. I want people to be reminded both of the time we had, and who they still have around them.

MizT, I don't think she meant her health at all, as you said.

MizT, I wonder about the schedule too. She has told them that she is available Monday and Thursday after school, Saturday after 3 and Sunday all day. Sigh....

CONGRATULATIONS NOLA! How wonderful to own your own home!!!! Woo Hoo!

Happy Birthday Mr Squiggle!

BRENDA, AL has been chasing a leak of engin coolant also, ours was in radiator, and I HOPE this time it is repaired! Hope yours will be an easy fix and not a long wait for you.

HEIDI< there WAS an alien invasion, alien canine forms in your doggies territory. Good Dogs! To bad you missed it. Hope you did not loose any of the fowl that reside in your barnyard.

BRENDA, don't you hate to have to reset clocks after power out? this last week, ours went off, came back just when I had the power company person on the phone, to report it. Daytime, no need for candles that time!

MAMACITA, what wonderful sentiments, you are a treasure. thanks for being a part of all our lives here on SA. I am so glad you are back more often now, we missed you when you were here less often.

I mowed today, but did not finish. First I ran out of gasoline. then Al squeezed the very last of the gasoline from the 5 gallon container into the tank. It has not run just right since then. I decided to park the machine. The back is cut, front has one swipe down one side, looks worse now than it did before I started cutting hehehe. Maybe later, when it is cool and HOPE AL has time to look at the mower, but boy is he busy at the moment. Finishing up on one order, doing prints for others, keeps the boy out of mischief, for sure!

Greg has just bought us a new (no 2nd hand but new for us)ride on mower and spent hundreds on bits and pieces to get it going well.He loves doing that sort of stuff.Now that he isn't working,it's great to have the time,but it makes a hole in the savings to keep him busy.
The old saying..when you have the time,you haven't the money.When you have the money,you haven't got the time.

Hope your mower trouble is something simple MizT.

MizT, it's kind of good news that Al is busy isn't it? I hope so anyway...

MizT.... he may have pulled on of IH's stunts. IH has repeatedly poured water in the fuel tank of his tractor. Every time knowing that there was water mixed in the fuel, he did it anyway. His thoughts? "I was in a hurry. I needed to use the tractor." It was too much bother to separate them. Of course, the tractor broke down each time, and it cost him to have a mechanic fix it. I'm not implying that Al did it knowingly, but water settles to the bottom of the gas can. If he squeezed out every drop, there may have been some water down there. You HAVE had some rain lately.

Also, I scared the Coyote away before it got anything. When I spotted him, he was only 10 feet away from a couple of fat Muscovy ducks.

I was only going to have the twins over for a sleep over but it is school hols and both Mum & Dad are at work today,so now I have the 3 grandsons.
I better get the washing etc done so I can spend time with them.Have a lovely day/night all.

Have FUN, Nola!!!

Think I have worked out why some posts do not go thru, it will not post the same thing twice.
So once again Good Morning SA8.

Congratulations Nola on finishing your mortgage and finally owning your home outright. It's a great feeling. Enjoy yourself with the grandies then you get to hand them back so you can have a rest.

Evening Broni, hope you are well

Morning Brenda, still trying to wake up, think I need a shower to brush the cobwebs away. How are you?

I'm ok at present, temperature is dropped nicely to 23C from the high of 31C we had today.

Have you finished work for the week?

Yes heard you have been having a heat wave up there.
Finished for the week, strange how you body can adjust to not working full time, I am exhausted today.

Question you should all be asking me...
The answer is I don't think so and will go cuddle up in bed with a book until I am more awake...
But first...

Rolalogue...
2nd July Dali-Lijiang
They we will be picked up at the train station and taken to breakfast in the old town of Dali. A fun morning will be spent exploring the small streets and local wares. This brings back so many memories for me…must hunt out my old China slides. After lunch she will take the bus to Lijiang. I’m sure she will [straight from the itinerary here]:

“view some amazing scenery on the trip; ethnic minority architecture and local life, along with the spectacular southern countryside. In the evening, after we arrive in Lijiang we can clean up, and just by walking outside our hotel, enjoy the beautiful nightlife and unforgettable views that the old town has to offer.”

YEP....having just read what I have written I am definitely not awake yet!!
..they we will be... DUH!!
See you in a while...

Busy dicing and cooking the 4k of potatoes (there are some visitors playing bowls at our club today and we have been asked to provide lunch.We do not have caterers at the club)

Stella I have posted a photo of the snowflakes on my page and rough instructions on how to make them. I think you get enough real ones with out make believe! The ones last night were done very quickly as I did make thirty of them.

Good morning lovely people.
Nola - you seem to have been up most of the night by your posts and now you've got grandies coming over. Pheww! More energy than I have. I've got 1 grandie sleepover on Sat night and 2 on Monday night - I'll be exhausted! (School holidays). Congrats on owning your own home - what a good feeling!
Broni - yep, once you get used to part-time work, you don't want to work every day. Too much else to do.

MizT - yes the hot water is set to dispense at 90-95degC. It's hot enough for me. BTW - I hope Al gets that mower working soon.
Brenda - sorry you've been having hot weather. It's been cool here (for us) but not like Melbourne had.
June - great snowflakes. Take a look at them everybody.
Suzy - yep, party for me too.

Darnit! Broni - I now have to work on EOFY ffuts now!

EOFY!!

I am going to say a quick hi and bye. I wasn't able to get on here earlier, I had some internet problems but luckily the got the service restored.
Nola, congratulations on owning your house. I hope you enjoy having the grandkids over.
I don't remember anything else so Good Night, talk to you all tomorrow.

CynB.... I'm envious of those smilies.

Yep, love the Thbpbpthpt!!!

Heidi, Broni - take them, I don't mind sharing.
Heidi, how can you be envious with all the smileys you have?
I'm going to have to look for more, I get so bored with the old ones.
Still going with EOFY - at this rate I'll have it done by March next year. And I have to do Mum's as well.

As you can see, I procrastinate and sneak back here to see what's going on or worse, to play a game.

May I have that Thbpbpthpt???

You already answered my question while I was feeding the collies.