The girls were a little late getting away from Latimers this morning because they had some trouble levering the cats outside - seems that as it was a cool morning, they - as in the cats - were happier lingering in their beds than not and they didn't want to leave them or the house. I was late getting away as well but that was because I had inadvertently stumbled on - or rather, through - a Beasley "puddle" - also affectionately known for the purpose of this report as Lake Superior; working on the premise that "who finds owns" - especially before 6am - I trekked off to get paper towels and the special spray and attended to it. I must have done an okay job because M didn't detect it when she went into the laundry to do some washing later this morning. It's great when a product (the spray) actually does work especially in the hands of a first-time user.
We went to Mouse's for dinner this evening - pancakes (savoury or sweet) - and to watch MasterChef - an elimination challenge which saw Chelsea eliminated when she failed to do the best rendition of the hero dish (sweet and sour). As well as catching up with Mouse, the other reason for going was that she lives across from the fire works that were scheduled for this evening at the Evandale Parklands (read: Gold Coast Arts Centre). Despite the rain they did go ahead at the stated time (they had sent round a letter to residents so they could safeguard their pets) and with musical accompaniment - one of those big operatic numbers. The fireworks, although not what we were used to in Sydney - were very good. I had taken Nick (rather unimaginative name for the new camera) with me to see how it would go and even though it kept saying "subject too dark" we were able to snap a shot I was happy enough to send off to the local paper to see if it might make it to "picture of the day".
I managed to avoid the house work this afternoon so that will need my attention tomorrow - and it's still raining so ... no mowing. Oops - and I guess there's the small matter of the laundry as well. (Why is it that some jobs are never done and if they are, they just come back in a minute?)
The Global Corporate Challenge has made it to Latimers! Those taking part in the pedometer challenge try to walk 10,000+ steps a day. it's a bit hard to reach when you work in a sedentary job - so the treadmill which has been standing at the ready since we came to Latimers - with a couple of changes of scenery to see if it could coax anyone on to it - has finally been called into use.
"Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway."
