G'day, people.
Rabbit, summer is the best time to try to eat healthy - the warmer weather makes eating salads a lot more fun. It's easier to feel virtuous in the sunshine. Cold weather brings on a craving for comfort food.
JJJ, enjoy your Sunday. It sounds like it will be both full and relaxing.
We went to church this morning. Fewer numbers (a few families travelling). Some sad news (depending on your point of view) - a boy who had been born into our church family, but profoundly handicapped and not expected to survive - finally died, it was announced today. He had lived many years longer than expected. Despite his extreme handicap he was much-loved. I hope he knew it.
We stayed for lunch after church, talked to people - it was lovely in the sun and the sea was looking beautiful. It's cold indoors (even in the church, where the fire was roaring in the fireplace, it was cold) but outside in the sun it was pleasant. There were people walking and playing on the beach. Me - I couldn't get warm today, my hands have been aching, fingertips really hurting from the cold even when I pulled on some gloves. I'm sitting here at the computer wearing my uggs and my parka. In NZ it was much colder than this (according to the thermometer) but it sure didn't feel it (except for one motel we went to in Christchurch, we use it as our measure of unpleasant cold). It's been feeling today like that motel, even though it's 15 degrees C warmer. I run the tap and have to warm the water in the microwave before I can drink it, or it starts me coughing again (I still have the last relcis of whooping cough, it's a blasted nuisance). I've gone back to wearing my tight denim vest during the day every day to protect my healing ribs when I cough or try to do yardwork.
difficult child 3 has a Maths exam in the morning (I have to give it to him) plus I'm working on the wedding invitations and guest list for easy child 2/difficult child 2's wedding. She's coming over on Tuesday to help me with the printing. We have to get them to easy child as soon as possible so she can make the invitations and send them out. I'll have to remember to post her some stamps as well. easy child 2/difficult child 2 can help me choose some books of stamps that will suit the wedding invitations.
mother in law is back home tomorrow after visiting sis-in-law in Perth. husband is collecting her form the airport tomorrow afternoon, I've promised to cook something nice for dinner for us all. mother in law will be too tired to cook, she wouldn't eat properly on her first night back plus she will be finding her house horribly empty after spending the last two weeks with her daughter and family.
As usual - it's going to be busy in the Marg manor!
Enjoy your Sunday, everyone.
Marg