Sunday

Faith in humanity restored.  An older woman fell in the street outside the cafes at Aqua at the Broadwater this morning and before we could even think of helping there were already four people with her ... and someone arrived quickly thereafter with a drink for her and some ice for her knee which appeared to be the only place she was feeling pain - although we know that the "you can only feel one pain at a time" rule was probably in effect and later today other bits affected by the fall may make themselves known - hopefully there will be no lasting damage though.   

Also seen down at the Broadwater this morning ... a dog in a stroller. It's not the first one we've seen down there - and we know it won't be the last.  What a great marketing idea though - they are different from normal strollers in that they usually have mesh front and back (sometimes to the sides) so there is plenty of airflow for the little ones.  I just hope Nigey doesn't get wind of this because she is sure to want one for when we go out into the yard.  She does like keeping up with the Jones'.  

We've had a fairly quiet weekend ... we were supposed to be going off to BBQ lunch at Ri and A-M's yesterday but the rain on Thursday and Friday had turned their place into a "quagmire" (I do love it when people use big words in their text messages) so that put paid to that.  Of course, it has been brilliant weather here yesterday and today ... and Nigey has enjoyed being out in the yard for a while both days.  

I'm not sure if she was frightened by the huge sound and light show the storm put on on Friday night ... she didn't disappear under anything but she did put herself front and centre with the new television (sit down in front!!) and we are currently working to have her not scratch the screen.  She used to do that once or twice with the previous set but she really likes doing it with the bigger version.  Maybe she can see things better on it ... which means we really aren't going to be watching today's NRL Grand Final. 

I found a new comedy series yesterday - "Good Grief";  it's a New Zealand production about two sisters who take over ownership/management of their Koro's funeral home.  Sooz knew I was watching something funny because of all the laughter because there were truly some laugh-out-loud bits.  I watched all six episodes of the first series (currently streaming on SBS On Demand) yesterday - primarily because they are very short ... the longest episode is 18 minutes - which they pad out to nearly half an hour with ads.  

Sooz's Reiki Practical and Chanting have been cancelled for today so I am puddling around doing some "decluttering" and "tidying" - to make it a bit easier when An comes to clean this week.