Monday

The apple tart!

Well, Ni really put her foot into it at Trivia this evening ... and the "it" would be one of the apple pies she had baked today! She had two of them in a bag which she'd put on the ground next to her when she arrived - and then forgot them when she stood up to take our Round 1 answers over - and stepped straight on them ... but they were still good ... actually better than good! She wasn't the only one to do baking today - Sooz had spent the day with An after she'd taken her to a medical appointment - and one of An's jobs for today was some baking. We didn't see the results of her baking at Trivia though ... but Sooz says it was wonderful! She had a great day with An she was saying ... just what she needed!

Sooz's off to the Sunshine Coast tomorrow - but she got to see M this evening because she's now back from her Sydney visit. She came bearing gifts (thanks M) and I'm looking forward to having my Laksa for lunch tomorrow! Sooz will take her Mince Pies away with her and I can imagine she and Je will enjoy them with a cup of tea or two.

We have confirmed that the mystery bleeder is not Tinka - and not just because M had the call from The Tevs saying that all Tinka's tests came back negative and she is fighting fit. Nope, based on the blood in her dinner bowl - it's Pearl and while M couldn't see any obvious problems in her mouth, the general consensus is that it's probably a gum or tooth problem. She has her booked in to see The Tev on Wednesday (her Tev of choice isn't there tomorrow).

The other mystery of the day for me was "who closed the gate?". When I arrived home this evening, the gate was closed and for the life of me I couldn't work out why: was it to keep Pearl in, was it there to keep something or someone else out? I checked with B while Pearl and I walked up to his shed, but he didn't know; Sooz didn't know. As it turned out ... it was An ... she told me at Trivia that the last time she visited Latimers, we had been closing the gate (to keep Pearl in) - so she had followed that protocol and closed it!

M and Mouse seem to have had a good time in Sydney - although M said it was sad seeing Mouse's friend Anu who has not been well for a while now. They were able to spend most of Saturday afternoon with her - before going out to dinner with the family at a new restaurant, Mr Wongs, which is apparently hatted and very good.

Did I mention that we were finally back on the highest level of the Podium again tonight ... it seems like a long time between wins - probably because it is! We were all fairly pleased with our performance - 75 out of a possible 80 - equalling our previous best score but FI said he would have preferred to get 78 or so - and, you know, we would have been one point closer had we listened to him when he said Ayers Rock was made of sandstone... not basalt! And that's as much of a post-mortem as there's going to be this week!