rang the Trust this morning…zilch help from them. Apparently, I need to be properly diagnosed by a specialist and even then I am not entitled to any help that would useful because according to the telephone operator I am not disabled as such! However, she did say that once I was 65 I might be entitled to more help!

she is sending me brochure in the post….

I have a hereditary problem…we all have it, a strong gene that takes no notice of marriage partners. My ankles are known fact as well

Oh well, I have gotten onto some great problem solving recently so this is just a blip in my personal solving system. I really just wanted, for once in my life, someone else to solve a few issues!

I know that the online grocery shopping is going to be winner, hope to do it monthly once I have certain things set up here, i.e. the small chest freezer up here in the kitchen (have space now) instead of downstairs in the garage.

No Jean, I’m quite happy with being President of my Own Life

25C was the max temp for today but that is taken at the Airport (I think) so it might have done a few more degrees out here which is not near the beach (not far from the beach, just not over the road!)

Hope everyone on the whole, had a wonderful Christmas Day wherever you are in the world. Celebrating it or not Celebrating it depending on whether you do or not.
Cathy in NZ´s last blog ..Yah, it’s Boxing Day! Box on People

I agree with you that traveling for the holidays can be a pain. We don’t feel lonely if they don’t come during the holidays. We feel relieved when they come when the roads/airplanes aren’t so crowded.

It’s supposed to get down to -7 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow morning, with a high of 25 degrees. If Kaitlin and Torben had to come during a holiday, we’re glad they came at Thanksgiving. The weather was beautiful then.

bikehikebabe,
I personally would hate to be president. Would you really want the job, Cathy?

I mean would anyone now think that Mary should have been in a draughty cold stable, freezing in the middle of Winter/Europe. Or was it another time of the year that Mary was in this stable! Then some ancient citizens thought that because it is cold and snowy and we can’t get down to the beach (they hadn’t found the antipodes at that point, it was still theory) we will give the citizens a joyous festival so they will be happy. “oh, we’ll need a reason, and so Mary was in that stable doing her thing…etc”

I know that Boxing Day was when the lords and ladies gave the domestic/staff their presents – to cheer them up. Which of course would have shown the retailers that there were opportunities to create more monies in the dead of winter when people rarely ventured forth into the muddy and cold streets of the cities/towns

You can almost see why your family want to travel so far to be with their parents but then again it would have been easier and less dangerous in the Summer. Only problem here is that everyone travels on the same day and roads get jammed ++++ even the slower alternative routes get jammed. The radio offers travel options/reports all day long sometimes

apologies to anyone offended by more laidback summary of what it “could be, might be” etc – remember I am affected by tooooooo much SUN!
Cathy in NZ´s last blog ..December 24th, 2009 – Auckland, NZ

Torben and Kaitlin sometimes come at Christmas, but I would never ask them too. It’s about 1400 miles and traveling this time of year can be dangerous if one is unlucky. We were incredibly lucky with the weather when they came at Thanksgiving. It was beautiful while they were here and winter hit with a vengeance as soon as they left.

Anyway, glad you had a great time!

of course, we are day ahead so it’s the 25th (now evening)

the day must have the first with the blue-est sky on record…so much sun, just magic. Everywhere we went the sea was sparkling, the birds were twittering etc.

never saw anyone that was grumpy…
Cathy in NZ´s last blog ..December 24th, 2009 – Auckland, NZ