Upped and left!: October 2019

Monday 14 October 2019

Happiness is a new lawnmower

When we first came to Australia our son talked my husband in to buying an old fashioned push lawn mower since he is heavily into environment and didn't think we should pollute unnecessarily and also because he thought hubby needed the exercise and also at first we didn't have a lot of lawn to mow. But that was the first house and now we are in our third rental property and it is getting more and more arduous to mow the lawn. You see, it is not just your own lawn you have to worry about but it is your responsibility to look after the outside which is called the nature strip. In our case it is on a steep slope at the back and quite difficult to cut. This brings us to the title of this little blog instalment. Aldi had an offer last Saturday on lawnmowers and hubby managed to snag himself one. He arrived before opening hours and there was a long queue already but fortunately he was able to get one of the mowers on offer for the same price that we had paid for the push mower 9 years ago.

Since I haven't written here for ages there is a lot to catch up on I guess but I can hardly remember . My mind is taken up by our silly house hunting. Last weekend we finally (again) found something suitable and we have now made an offer but haven't heard anything yet. I'll let you know.

In September we had Father's Day and the "kids" took us out for a pub lunch in Redfern, near where our daughter lives. It was nice and hearty and English, roast and Yorkshire pudding and potatoes and veggies. You don't need to eat for a week after a meal like that.

In August hubby organised a wonderful surprise for me in connection with me turning 70. We had a lovely lunch by the river in the Lugano Seafood Restaurant across the river from where we lived previously in Illawong. The food was great and the setting sublime and the company wonderful. I am very grateful.