Saturday

Pancakes! Yum. Breakfast was at Mouse's this morning and it was fabulous. Because Mi is away and because we were not sure what time S would be returning from Brisbane last night, we had put off Family & Friends Friday night dinner and it became Family & Friends Saturday Breakfast instead. And I don't mind saying it was a wonderful way to start our first weekend at home in a few. While it is nice to go places and catch up with other folk, I do enjoy having free time at Latimers as well - even if we don't spend it at Latimers per se. Although I have to say that I loved being able to play a game of fetch with Pearl this morning - she is usually still asleep when I'm leaving on weekday mornings and even if she wasn't it's too dark to play ball. And it was great to be able to stand out the back and survey Latimers - the newly-mowed paddock, the horses, then next door's fences, the cows off in the distance, the yard paddock that needs mowing. It doesn't get any better - unless you also know that Mouses's pancakes are in your immediate future.
And that Harvey Norman is having a sale! That was our next port of call after breakfast/brunch/almost stretching into lunch. They had some great bargains but only a couple came home with us - and none of them big ticket items. The smallest thing I got was a couple of SDHC cards for Nick the camera so I can start trying out some HD Video (must find the tripod as well). There were also some DVDs because having Nick means there are a few more photos to be backed up now and I like to have them on DVDs as well as an external drive - although they can be harder to find that way, especially for people who are wont to be slack with their labelling.
M went off doing things with Mouse this afternoon so S and I did a couple of errands, had a late bite to eat in Carrara, and then came home to Latimers for some quiet, unstructured time. I really do need to spend some time with Samagrams (thank you F for having been to the website and knowing that I am not up to date with the MINUTE IN TIME puzzles) but I am trying to between doing them and learning how to program for the iPhone. Ah for a few more hours in the day - although judging from the latest research, as relayed by S from the Happiness and it's Causes Conference, if we did have a few more hours in the day, these would best be spent sleeping. Apparently your health is not just affected by what you eat and drink and how much exercise you get, but also by then amount of sleep you get. A lot of us are walking around sleep-deprived when really we should be tucked up in our beds having a good rest. And that will come later - and we won't be waiting for the furries to come in ... it's not been 8:30pm and they're all in already - and they look so comfortable, warm and cozy that they're not likely to want to go out again. Until tomorrow!