Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 340: No picnic, lots of shopping

We cancelled the picnic based on cataclysmic storm predictions for today which as it turned out to be not much of anything. Instead of torrential rain and hail we got, well, blue skies and soft breezes, perfect picnic weather. Colour me very unimpressed but good side of it all was Steve was exhausted, we got a day of Christmas shopping in at broadway, and a chilled night with Aidan and Greg to mark our annual housesmates Christmas dinner and present exchange which was wonderful.

And there's always next year ... the picnic shall rise again ...

Zara got a Christmas tree!

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 339: Lots of things done

After a lovely sunrise out walking, and getting a fab pic of Zara with her dad showing off her Christmas art, I walked to Marrickville Metro to get mince, fruit and dips and things for the Christmas picnic - despite the fact that all the rolling storms made cancellation quite likely - came back and stuck a number of ornaments on the tree then went for a walk in the afternoon to see how wet the grass was in Sydney Park.

It wasn't wet at all but I had to scurry back home in a hurry when another storm threatened, only just making it home in time where I had a mango, cooked the meatballs I'd made earlier, and watched a sunset before Steve came on over and did silly things with cushions ...