Hello party people!
Yes it’s time again for me to try to sum up the month that was, in just a sentence a day. You know you love it!
In this month’s episode, there seems to be a lot of talk about vegetables … Oh, and there just might be some big news from the Middle Aged Mama household, but you’ll have to keep reading to find out what that is 😉 .
1 August – Pizza night! Miss 21 and her man joined us for a family dinner.
2 August – Time to send out invoices to my retainer clients.
3 August – Caught up with a friend for coffee, I decided to walk instead of driving. When I set out to return home, I quickly realised that the shoes I thought would be comfortable, actually weren’t, LOL. No blisters, just sore feet by the time I got home.
4 August – Popped out to Big W to buy some more pot plants, a bit of colour for the backyard. Just happened to pick up a new pair of jeans while I was there (which you can read about in Why It’s So Hard to Find Jeans for an Apple Shape).
5 August – Miss 21 and I did a spot of fruit and vege shopping.
6 August – Did I mention that the hubster is home for about 7 weeks, to finish his Diploma in Local Government? It’s lovely to have company when I have a cuppa (though he can also be a bit of a distraction when I’m trying to get work done!)
7 August – There’s a house in our neighbourhood which has been on the market for a few weeks – so hubster called the agent and arranged an inspection for Thursday.
8 August – You know those nightmares where you try to scream and nothing comes out? Well last night I woke my Bear up as I actually did call out!
9 August – Went and looked at the house that’s for sale …
10 August – And decided to put in an offer.
11 August – Date night – had a good laugh with Arj Barker and his support act, Joel Ozborn.
12 August – The vendors accepted our offer – after 9 years in this house, it looks like we’ll be moving!
13 August – All I’ve written in my diary is that I had a lovely walk in the morning though I don’t remember it at all!
14 August – Miss 21 has a week off work so she came to visit. Love seeing my girl!
15 August – A public holiday here in Brisbane for Ekka Wednesday – but for me it was a case of public holiday? What public holiday?! LOL – too much work to do.
16 August – Mr 24 and I went to the doctor about getting some skin tags (me) and cherry hemangiomas (we both have a big one in the middle of our backs) removed. I had some of the smaller skin tags zapped there and then!
17 August – Miss 21 and her man have gone away for a couple of days so we popped over to their place to feed the grandkitties.
18 August – The kidults came over for dinner, and brought their juicer and a stack of fruit and vegetables – the juice Miss 21 made for me, from carrot, celery, apple, pineapple and mint was absolutely DIVINE.
19 August – It’s amazing how moving house gets you motivated, began the de-cluttering process and packed up about a dozen bags ready for the op shop!
20 August – This week I’m helping a registered health practitioner to make sure her website is compliant with the AHPRA advertising guidelines – she says I’m a godsend – could this be a service I should add to my business offerings?!
21 August – Mr 24 and I both had our cherry hemangiomas removed.
22 August – Today I wrote web content on what it’s like to live with colour blindness, and popular makeup products – love the variety, and the things I learn, from my work!
23 August – That annoying moment when you are at the shop to pick up some groceries, and realise that all the great specials you circled are from LAST WEEK’S catalogue … grrrr.
24 August – On this day 7 years ago, I stumbled across the funeral notice for my own mother on the internet – only to realise that she’d passed away four and a half years earlier ….
25 August – Whenever we have a cuppa in the backyard lately, we are joined by several magpies scrounging for crumbs.
26 August – The deadline for my Bear’s diploma is looming, so I took pity on him and did the grocery shopping today (normally his job, but what can I say, I’m a great wife!).
27 August – I made roast chicken pieces and veges for dinner, only to realise that our oven is playing up – so it was about 8.30 before dinner was actually ready to eat.
28 August – Up late to prepare for tomorrow – stapling Boost chocolate bars to my business cards – and a final run through of my presentation for the Women’s Network Australia business toolkit.
29 August – Loved presenting at the workshop, and met some fabulous people – afterwards I had a meeting with a client with an office nearby.
30 August – A big day – hubby finished his dreaded diploma – a day before deadline!
31 August – It’s the end of the month so time for invoicing – no wonder I’ve been busy – I think this may have been my most profitable month EVER!
So our big news is that we’ve bought a new house and will be moving in a month or two … What was the highlight of August for you?