I just had a week without a landline and no internet access for a few days then some access to the internet courtesy of Brett my next neighbour. The phone lines went down last Friday and Brett came in on Monday and gave me access to his network , which was good as without the phone and the internet I would have gone quietly mad. After all reading and crocheting are okay for a few days but.....I still depend on the internet, and chat to many people both on Facebook and on Strokenet. Although not a lot of people come regularly to Caregiver Chat now even if there is only Sally and I we have a good interchange of ideas. We are good friends and compliment each other as co-hosts of Caregiver Chat, come and join us some time.

I did reactivate an old mobile (cell) phone so I could ring people if I had to. I don't like carrying a mobile with me, I figure if people want me to do something for them they will ring my landline and leave a message. i've seen so many people hurry out of meetings etc just because they were given a domestic chore by SMS like picking up the milk on the way home. Seems like a waste of time and technology. And if people have a Smartphone and are playing games or checking their emails they may as well not have come to the meeting at all for all the contributing they do. (Just my gripes about mobile pones at meetings...lol).

Everything seems to be much better now that Spring is really here. I did get sick of the cold days at the end of winter, maybe because it keeps me inside and I get people withdrawals. Now we are on Daylight Saving, the days seem warmer and longer and I am enjoying life more. I find time out in the garden pleasant, have more of a mind to declutter and have done a few cupboards out, and I'm now looking at cleaning windows and washing curtains. It is a job I take slowly as I know how prone I am to overdoing things. Torn muscles and stretched tendons do not go well together in someone my age so I have to be careful.

Nothing much exciting in the near future but somehow that doesn't seem to matter when the sun is shining and the birds are singing. I had my two little grandsons from Adelaide over night on Wednesday night and then all day Thursday. It was fun as I got to go to the local parks and watch them play, I love watching them playing as they dash back to talk to me in between the swings and the climbing nets etc. Because i don't see them often we try and cram as much as we can into the one day. My grand daughter Tori and her mother went to Sydney to a Cat Cafe, a novelty ideal for people who can't keep cats as you can go upstairs and pat and pet the cats there. Tori is allergic to cats but loves them so armed with antihistamines she had a lovely day.

I've decided to buy some new clothes for summer now that I have lost about 12 kgs (25 pounds) in the past twelve months and a lot of what I have hangs on me. At my age I don't want skin tight or clingy but it is good to look nice when you go out. Not that I have an exciting social life but with the pre-Christmas events coming up I want to be prepared. As my friends keep telling me: "who knows what might be just around the corner?". Usually it's a "Detour Ahead" sign in my life, but all those years of caregiving have made changes seem like normal so I tend to cope with whatever comes.

Yes i am doing all the usual church visiting etc but with the longer days don't seem so rushed. For those who hate Daylight Saving I'll just say it is a boon to people like me. Sadly I have lost another of the people I visit, so sad but she was full of years and had led a rich life. It is one of the downsides of visiting that you lose the lovely people you have become good friends with. I have kept up my "Say NO" campaign and managed not to get any new jobs so far as our new minister settles in. But with a lot of new ideas due to be tried out in 2016 I can see church life changing again. No place stays the same forever does it?

During the phone break I watched some old movies, I did enjoy "Peggy Sue Got Married." a little Kathleen Turner goes a long way. At my age school reunions are hilarious, beyond the age when we had to compete and out-boast one another. And you have to have a sense of humor if you are truly going to enjoy growing older. It is laughter that saves us from getting depressed at all of the changes happening to ourselves and those we love. Well folks, it is a boring life in some ways but a good life in others so I thought I'd update you on it anyway.