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The weekend just gone was great. Saturday was balmy and warm. A normal routine of Johns gym and a coffee was had, then home for some gardening and lunch before we headed to John and Kate’s for a baby shower. We are almost the odd ones out now in that circle of Tims friends. Most have one or two young children and are battling careers, guilt, motherhood, fatherhood, constant chatter, and all the ensuring gear and organisation that children bring with them. Then we went for a birthday dinner at Chicco Palms with Anna, Phil, Orla, Lauren, her friend Trish, and Marianne. Chicco Palms is an old Barnacle Bills fish and chip shop on the cnr of Henley Beach Road and Rowells Rd. It was renovated approx 18 months ago and turned into a Italian Pizza restaurant (Chicco Palms doesn’t sound very Italian to me). Tim and I have sat at the lights in the car watching this new restaurant, full of patrons since it opened, and constantly full, with beautiful young people entering and leaving and have been ...

Reflecting on the last couple of weekends...the weekend of the 17/18 was busy. I think I was still catching up from having been away the weekend before, washing and chores, plus a haircut and cooking for the family.  The outdoor shower had been installed during that week, and it has proved to be better than I’d hoped and loved by Sadie as much as I’d desired.  A warm night and the nieces had fun with water play. On the Sunday I had a long run, a catch up with Brooke and Sue, then a church AGM meeting. Home for a few hours and then back into the city for a Fringe show. Tim had been busy painting the camper most of the weekend, and we both professed that we’re not up for things on Sunday nights. Too tired. But the Choir of Man show was great. However I think we might need a year off Fringe shows, or maybe my hopes are too high, not enough wow factor this year.