FIGHT!

 Well!

I put our possum skin on the front door stool.

The dogs had shown very little interest in it, so I thought it would be fine there.

WRONG.

Around dinner time last night I heard the dogs have a massive fight in the garage.

Then silence.

Stew arrived home just after that and he came into the family room carrying the possum skin.

Seems the dogs were fighting over it!

So now, I don't know what to do with the bloody thing!

Any ideas?

Today Lacy is coming to stay for a little while.

So, nice to have some company I suppose.

And someone to do the vacuming!  Yeah.

Today I'm going to 'advertise' our goldfish on Facebook.  FREE to a new home.  Hopefully I get someone who wants them.

I don't think flushing them down the toilet is quite right eh?

And putting them in a stream or lake isn't right either I think. 

So... best find a new home for them.

With that in mind, I might start trying to catch them.  I can put them in the dogs paddle pool till they get a new home.

9.30 am:  Well the fish will stay in the pond until they have new homes.  Good idea Christine (Dogstars).

Stew got a phone call this morning from... THE ASPHALT COMPANY GUY!!!!!!!

After some chit chat, and bullshit about him making sure 'you guys get a win over me'... he is meeting with Stew, here, next Wednesday.

PROGRESS finally?

He still maintains all the issues with the driveway are NORMAL!  WTF planet is he on?  But then, he's not seen just how bad it is now, so it will be interesting to see how he justifies it next Wednesday.

I'm going to make sure there's PLENTY of witnesses to that conversation!

I got on the scales this morning.  I've gained another 3 kilos.  That takes me back to where I was about 2 years ago.

I know I said I am never going on a diet again... but perhaps I need to do SOMETHING to halt the gains!  

I don't feel well.  My fitness is 1000% gone.  I'm a little bit miserable about myself and my utter lack of control right now.

I don't HATE myself, but I am simply not happy.

So.  What to do? 

- CUT PORTIONS.

- Make healthier choices.

- Get some more exercise.

OK... moving on.  I am going to make a start on the back 'yard' area.  A few changes about to take place there.  Nothing major.  Just changes.

10.25 am:  And Lacy arrived.

So I got her to help me fish some goldfish out of the pond....

ABOVE:  I'm going to TRY to keep a couple alive in the 'Goldfish Bowl'.  

I killed the plants that I put in there, so I'm picking the fish won't last long either.

Lucky I managed to raise 8 kids without killing them!

ABOVE:  First up, we must do a dump run this weekend!  The backyard dump pile is huge.

After taking this lot away, we should actually have nothing left to take to the dump!

Yaaa to that.

ABOVE:  Now.  The grapevine, the 'trellis' around it and well, everything there is GOING.

We are turning it into an extension of the grassed backyard.

All the stones will be washed and put in the front door rockery.

No more weeding back here.

I have sprayed all vegetation there with Roundup, so hopefully by the weekend it will be ready to rip out.

Then we can prepare it for grass.

Well... Lacy's stay was LIKE SUPER SHORT!  Only a few hours!!!!

She's found somewhere to stay already.

Excellent.

Our son Steve is having some real issues with his health right now.  I hope he is going to be OK.

He's in hospital on Friday for a few procedures.  

Such a worry.

Bex and the boys visited me twice today.

Second time they arrived with Steve in tow.

Steve and the boys had a swim.

Bex and I opted to sit and yak.

Then my friend Sue B arrived, yakked for a good hour with her, then she left with three goldfish.

I think there's about 5-6 left in the pond.

Dinner tonight was chicken and salads for Stew and I.  That was rather yum.

Now... I'm gunna have a shower, wash me hair and chill out for the remainder of the evening.

Catch ya tomorrow.