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July
Monday 31st July 2006
The month that was
Here it is - Its the end of July, and I haven't written anything this month! I'm running out of time, so I'll just do a quick recap of the month. .
Flu
Its been a fluey month. Boomerang flu, I call it, it kept coming back, but I think we are just about over it now. Miles has been very sick with tonsillitis and ear infection. Not my favourite time of year.Fluff
Mum has been insisting that she won't get another cat to replace Panther (Panther went to pussy heaven a few months ago.) Now a beautiful fluffy cat has decided to visit her every day. It belongs to one of the neighbours, but it spends all day at Mums place and only goes home for meals. It is such a friendly cat and wants to be cuddled all the time. Its owners are probably at work all day and Fluff gets lonely.
Sorting
I've been trying to tidy the shed where I store all the stuff for our World Vision jumble sales. I've taken a few carloads of our surplus to a local op shop, and almost had one side of the shed looking quite neat. Then more stuff came in...We're having a “Fill a Bag for $4” sale this week. That should clear out a lot of winter clothes and make room for the summer things. Winter is nearly over – I hope!
Festival
Yesterday, we had a stall at our community's annual festival. The weather was perfect, and we sold hundreds of lucky dips, as well as crafts etc. Most of the stall holders bring a tent or gazebo. We have never bothered, because our site is under trees and as long as the weather is fine, we are quite sheltered. We do have a problem however with the flocks of white cockatoos (or they might be corellas) that sit in the trees. We reached for our hats when we saw them coming. ( I'll never forget the year I had to rinse my hair under the tap!) Several of the items on our stall were splattered.Speech Contest
I spent last week trying to write a speech for our Toastmasters Humorous Speech contest. I finally managed to pull one together. I didn't think it was very good, but it won the contest! I'll put it on my site after the Area Contests.Sorry, that's all I have time to write now.
I'll really try to do better next time..
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