ANOTHER LOVELY DAY PLANNED

 First up for today... THANK YOU for all the lovely comments yesterday!

I was having a rough day emotionally, and only just kept tears at bay.

Having the kids here helped a lot too.  

Talking of kids... We are going to join Steve, Bex and their boys this afternoon for a walk around the Hamilton Gardens.

It's supposed to be a mild day, not too hot, so it should be nice in the gardens.

After our walk the kids are coming back here and cooking our dinner!

Apparently we are having Butter Chicken and home made garlic pull apart bread.  Sounds amazing.  Can't wait.

This morning?  Stew is getting his new glasses tweaked a bit.  He wore them yesterday and quickly realised one side wasn't fitting properly.

After that we are going to Mitre 10 or Bunnings for an Umbrella stand for my 'flag thingee' to stand in.  Hoping that will work, or we will have to go to Plan B, whatever that is. 😦😜👍

ABOVE:  Stew is thrilled to bits with his vegetable garden!  And I don't blame him. He's done an excellent job getting things to grow here... that garden was just dry, barren soil before he worked on it.

We are going to have so much home grown produce soon.  Especially tomatoes!  There's some tiny cherry tomatoes ripening up right now.  

And that is it from me for now, catch ya later.

Have an awesome day, do something that is fun and makes you happy.  Eat chocolate, or in Dogstars case, cheese!  lol

ONWARD...

11.03 am:  Well, we have had a very successful morning out and about.

Stew got his glasses adjusted, and I visited the Chemist Warehouse for some essentials.

Then off to Mitre 10 for an umbrella stand (which we got), some hose fittings and ...

ABOVE: 'Robert'.  He's Richard's cousin.  He's not even started college yet, he's still in Primary School.

He's just a bit cute.

What worries me is ... there's room on that stool for another family member.  

I really should stay away from the shops.

But for now... I'm going outside to supervise Stew working.  Again.

Stew suggested we go to Chartwell Square for lunch.

So off we went.

And the 3rd shop we passed... Bed, Bath and Beyond.  That's where I got Richard the Reindeer.

And...

ABOVE:  Bloody hell!

What to do ... what to do...

ABOVE:  Ruby and Randy on their way home.

ABOVE:  Ruby is studying to be a Beautician, and Randy. His full name is Randolf, but he doesn't like it. Randy has just started high school.  He wants to be a basketball player one day.

I think that's all the reindeer we will be getting this year.  😅😂😊 

OK.  It's almost 6 pm.  We had a really nice walk around the gardens this afternoon.

I've got 'a few' photos: 

ABOVE:  Not gunna do a caption for any of them!

I even have a few more... but will 'save' them for tomorrow.  I think it's just of some flowers.

The kids are now cooking dinner.  It's going to be a late dinner as we didn't get back from the gardens till quite late.  But never mind... we are not starving right now.

ABOVE:  These two worked in my kitchen for two and a half hours, and produced a delicious dinner of Butter Chicken (made from scratch) and Pull Apart Garlic Bread (again, made from scratch!).

ABOVE:  The bread... it was AMAZING.

They can cook again for sure.  lol

And now?  Going to bed soon, really tired after a busy weekend.