Snoskred - Life in the Country

There’s a lot going on in my offline life at the moment but none of it is anything I can really talk about here. And that’s a shame in some ways but it is also a good thing in some ways because I am so tired of the topic it isn’t funny. So I could tell you about the kitties doing a power struggle over the best place to sleep in the house, or that the little kitty has a new bird friend who taunts her daily by flying right up to the windows of The Other Half’s room and catching little bugs but I really wanted to share photos and in the second case a video of the little kitty jumping to get the bird.

Or I could tell you how the Roy Orbison show we went to see last weekend didn’t have the same Roy Orbison as last time and therefore turned the experience into something cringeworthy instead of an amazing experience and in fact we did not stay to hear the rest of the songs. But that is kinda one of those you had to be there moments.

Or I could tell you how The Other Half decided he wanted to replace the stereo in the car. Sometimes it wouldn’t read cd’s and it was intermittent and very annoying, so he chose a new one and he wanted me to get involved in the decision making process and frankly, after having my beautiful car stereo stolen many years ago I really didn’t have the heart for it. And I was feeling a bit annoyed about the whole thing. And I really just wanted to keep the stereo we had. But then he installed it and he called me down there to look at it and I was all *sigh* but when I got down there and he showed me that you could change the colors of the display, I noticed the stereo was actually sparkly! And then I got on board. But I wanted to have photos for that too, and the car isn’t here.

So I’ll just say that it has started to get a little chilly here at night now, and I have washed my big comfortable rugs and I have one on my recliner which I can completely snuggle under. And last night The Other Half went to Sydney for training, and I stayed up a little late watching tv, and both the kitties found a spot on top of my rug that was far enough away from the other kitty that nobody got upset, and they were all warm and furry, and I managed to move around and stay comfortable without disturbing either of them. It was lovely.

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One of the guys who was on the XR-5 cruise put together this great video. Enjoy!

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The engagement party went well. Nobody was carried out feet first. I was introduced to many “old family friends” by the mother of my sister’s partner, all of whom I instantly forgot the name of because my care factor was in the minus range. Also, I was very sleep deprived having only got 2.5 hours sleep the night before, as we had to be up at 4:30am.

The word head lice was mentioned - one of the multitude of kids at the party apparently has them. There was a lot of kids there and I was never told exactly who it was. I have been scratching my head ever since, and I even got The Other Half to check it with a torch, and put tea tree oil in my shampoo. I suspect this is just in my mind and there’s no real lice here, but eew. And are you scratching your head now? See, it is psychological.

I was there for the birth of my second nephew and got to cut the cord. He’s some amazingly old age now. I’ve deliberately tuned out everyone who was telling me how old he was because it was freaking me out.

And my oldest nephew will never be older than 4 in my eyes but apparently he is 13 this year, or so he informs me. And he is going to learn to drive a tractor at school. And in just a few years he will be driving a car.

We went to Ikea for lunch and my oldest nephew chose the Swedish Meatballs. I asked him to get a larger serve so Mum and I could try them. Wow, they are amazing. Mum and I both had the chicken breast in herb sauce which was also stunning. The prices are amazingly low.

So in summary, I may need valium in about 3 years to deal with the concept of a driving nephew. And I may need a lice comb. But hopefully not!

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So, last weekend we went for a little drive with some people who happened to own identical vehicles to ours. There were 18 XR-5’s on the cruise and it was a lot of fun. Here’s a pic of the cars arriving in a small town.

You might imagine that keeping so many cars together was a challenge, and it was. Many times other vehicles unworthy of driving on the same road as an XR-5 let alone in the middle of a large pack of them got in the way. From time to time we had to stop and try to regroup.

The most popular color seemed to be Orange. Which is unusual considering that particular color tends to cost about 3 grand extra than the other colors. You certainly can’t miss them.

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