Hello friends,
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| Mooloolah this morning (from J Rourke - local resident) |
We are having beautiful sunny days on the Sunshine Coast but the nights are very cold and we have had the fire on every night.
This week:
I was lucky that I had an RDO this Friday. I went to see Mum and Dad which was nice.
I had a remedial massage early Saturday morning. I haven't had one since September or October 2022. I really, really needed one as I was starting to get a lot of pain due to tension in my neck, shoulders and arms and it was starting to affect me. Today I feel very sore but in a good way. It shows how knotted all my muscles were 😬 I hold all my tension in that area and over the past 2 years, I have had a LOT of stress and tension in my life. I have booked my next session in a month. It will be great.
Greg ended up resigning from the job. He was Casual but had advised them the times he was available and they kept giving him work outside of those hours. His normal supervisor was away and he tried to talk to the other supervisor but she was quite dismissive of him and a bit rude to him - so he wasn't happy. They were giving him 1 hour jobs over 30minutes away. This means he was travelling for 1 hour (unpaid) and working for 1 hours (paid but not a very good rate). Basically, it was not worth him working this as we were really losing money when you consider - time, petrol, wear and tear on the car etc. Such a shame but he is looking for something else and he has hopefully a few options - I really hope so because with the cost of living at the moment we really need him to start contributing to the family finances.
I went to a paint and sip night with Mel and Nita. I am certainly no painter and the subject matter was a naked man!! - who was very comfortable in his own skin, which was good. It was actually a fun night and something different. Here is the guy and my pretty bad painting 😂
The boys have had their first week of school holidays. The boys went to the Big Boing on Friday afternoon. They had a great time.
For my birthday last week I had some birthday money (thank you mum and dad and Greg's mum!). I wanted a pond for my guppies as I have too many for the little fish tanks I have. I saw a patio pond I liked but it was $650!!! Out of my price range.
So, I found a similar pot at Bunnings, for $219 - still very expensive but not to the level of the other one. Greg sealed it with his fibreglass kit.
We had a pump/filter from the old outdoor pond we used to have which was perfect.
As the guppies need the water to be be a bit warmer than what the pond is in winter, I have bought a heater for the pond. Once this arrives I will set the pond up properly. I have put some stones in the bottom of it and am just waiting for the heater. I can't wait!
Jemma came up off island today with her friend and we went to Flaming Sushi for lunch today. It was lovely and she paid which was unexpected (she sneaked off and paid without me knowing).
Well, better get organised for my week starting tomorrow at work.
Have a lovely week!
Love Rach xxxxx
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
For my massage lady (who lost her son, a twin, when he was 6yo) and to Courtney, Alex and Jemma (who lost their brother Sean on 30/06/2000) and to me who also lost Sean. Still think of you every. single. day. forever - 23 years so far....................
