Monday

I know we should know (excluding Republicans) when the Queen's actual birthday is but we don't - although S probably does and not just because her birthday usually falls on the Queen's Birthday Holiday long weekend. It was good to have the day off though - even though we didn't do anything particularly associated with the Queen - except spend some money (our coins mostly still have the profile of the Queen on the "head" side) and go to see the movie Oranges and Sunshine which tells of the deportation of thousands of children from England to Australia and other Commonwealth Countries mostly post-World War II.
Well S did know when the the Queen's birthday is - 21 April - but she didn't know why it is celebrated in June - which is when the Queen's husband has his.
Pearl almost got to come to breakfast with us this morning - Coffee Sisters was open - but in the end we decided it would be too cold - so M and S indulged me and we went into Broadbeach and had an Alto breakfast before we wandered over the road to check out the Ocean (it was still there) and watch two small children, a boy and a girl, play on their scooters. It's just as well children are fearless when they're young! Although how the little girl was propelling herself along with a bare foot was beyond me - yes, yes, I know I worry but it seems that it would have been very easy to pickmup a nasty splinter if she needed to stop in a hurry - rather than just running off the scooter as the other one had done - and how long have they not been putting brakes on those things? The boy scooter had a foot brake at the back but the girl scooter only had a decorative feature where the brake should have been - and there were no handbrakes on either of them.
Over at The Big House there were draws on the half hour all day for the general membership. We went over for a little while and I listened to my name not being called on four or five times. The Casino continues to be a good place for doing "laps" especially when it's not overly crowded and you can get some speed up. Sooz did some shopping at Pacific Fair - and we joined her over there for lunch in the food court before zooming home for a rest and animal feeding, and then back in to Broadbeach for the movie - and the disappointment of there being no popcorn! Aaaarrgh. Potato chips just aren't the same and have no chance of hitting "the spot" if you've been looking forward to popcorn all day! I'd even put off going to see Super 8 today because I didn't want to choose which movie would be the popcorn one. Ah well ... At least there are chips for another day now.