https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1637142#M424219 <P>Where's the sunglasses? &nbsp;The Bushine household is glistening from a distance.<img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.png" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Some simple lighting on your verandah sounds good. &nbsp;And&nbsp;some more vibrant stuff for the sunroom.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I will be thinking about my Christmas "staging" for the sideboard, and a bit of lighting within a particular window that can be looked upon by the neighbours upon my return - maybe next Sunday.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Well, I will be off to DD later this morning. &nbsp;She sounds a bit better over the phone and appears to be looking forward to some attention from me. &nbsp;We'll try to get into a better eating schedule, and taking meds appropriately. &nbsp;A little bit of &nbsp;pampering at the hairdressers for each of us is also planned.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>We will be digging out her Xmas decorations ready for display - she has a supply of a retail store display stuff - huge baubles, etc. that are normally hung from the trees around the rural property. &nbsp;The cows, dogs and native birds will be impressed .</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>A&nbsp;little rain fell here overnight, so the indoor plants are washed and&nbsp;have been brought back inside for the duration. &nbsp;The day lillies have still refused to open. &nbsp;However, my 3 year old jacarandas have each put out one single bract of flowers - hopefully a bigger display next year. &nbsp;I nipped the main stem from the red salvias to encourage bushiness and bigger display of flowers for Christmas.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hope everyone is rested from the weekend and on an even keel, although I notice Sandy has that nagging cough once more.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Freddie, I hope things are better for you. &nbsp;I didn't get back to you about the Bee Cutter insect. &nbsp;I had never heard of them. &nbsp;Did a bit of googling to explore. &nbsp;Unless they are prolific, I'd just let them be. &nbsp;I tend to let nature sort itself out, and if the flowers/buds are not damaged it should be okay.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I will conduct a final check in/check out a little later.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>DEB</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 30 Nov 2014 20:00:10 GMT lloydslights 2014-11-30T20:00:10Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517609#M387679 <P>After several hours during the week clearing and cleaning up a messy garden my day started like this <IMG align="middle" border="0" alt="before and after 002.JPG" title="before and after 002.JPG" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58369i8649DD04DC5A0A33/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:44:13 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517609#M387679 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:44:13Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517613#M387680 <P>and this <IMG align="middle" border="0" alt="before and after 004.JPG" title="before and after 004.JPG" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58371i0F46CEF7A2CFCC02/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:45:30 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517613#M387680 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:45:30Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517617#M387681 <P><IMG align="middle" border="0" alt="before and after 009.JPG" title="before and after 009.JPG" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58373i1EDB49757E0F092E/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:46:14 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517617#M387681 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:46:14Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517619#M387682 <P>wow, what a diofference!!!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>well done Freddie!</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:47:02 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517619#M387682 fiestas*girl 2014-09-19T06:47:02Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517623#M387683 <P>I have potted plants to put in yet <IMG align="middle" border="0" alt="before and after 013.JPG" title="before and after 013.JPG" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58375iCDC2C0072D524C31/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:47:39 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517623#M387683 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:47:39Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517625#M387684 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>You have been a very busy girl, well done, it looks amazing.</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:48:44 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517625#M387684 shepherdsrule 2014-09-19T06:48:44Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517627#M387685 Freddie ... why did you RUUUIIIN it?<BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR />Lovely job <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:47:57 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517627#M387685 katydidthat 2014-09-19T06:47:57Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517635#M387686 <P>Could this be an ongoing thread - My Day .... achievements from others, whether it be gardening, painting, bringing up the kid's, or just getting out of bed LOL</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:50:47 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517635#M387686 shepherdsrule 2014-09-19T06:50:47Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517639#M387687 <P>What a great idea gottbe....</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks for the compliments it was a good day.</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:52:07 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517639#M387687 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:52:07Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517643#M387688 <P>Looks very nice now, freddie. That piece of garden is a nice shape.</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:54:23 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517643#M387688 cherry*135 2014-09-19T06:54:23Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517649#M387691 My day has been weird. My son is out attending his first all night party ... here I am, all alone, no excuse not to party ... and I'm just worrying about him. Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:57:46 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517649#M387691 katydidthat 2014-09-19T06:57:46Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517653#M387692 <P>We have another up the side to do yet the area isn't as big. The gardens had old rotting wood chips and weeds/clay.</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:58:46 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517653#M387692 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T06:58:46Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517655#M387693 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/475288">@katydidthat</a> wrote:<BR />My day has been weird. My son is out attending his first all night party ... here I am, all alone, no excuse not to party ... and I'm just worrying about him.<HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Don't worry about him, he will be OK because you are his Mum and you taught him well. <img id="heart" class="emoticon emoticon-heart" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_heart.png" alt="Heart" title="Heart" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:00:35 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517655#M387693 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T07:00:35Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517661#M387695 (((Freddie))) ... I do KNOW that he will be OK. I think.<BR /><BR />I've just never been the mother of a 17 year old boy before.<BR /><BR />Did you check the wood chips for white ants? Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:04:51 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517661#M387695 katydidthat 2014-09-19T07:04:51Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517669#M387697 <P>Yes that was all checked by the Building Inspector. We have settlement on Wednesday <img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.png" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:08:50 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517669#M387697 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T07:08:50Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517675#M387699 <P><STRONG><SPAN style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida sans'; font-size: 36pt; color: #ff0000;">CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS AND MR ROOSTER!!!&nbsp;</SPAN></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:11:36 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517675#M387699 katydidthat 2014-09-19T07:11:36Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517677#M387700 <P>Thanks Katy it's very exciting ♥</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:13:58 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517677#M387700 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T07:13:58Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517685#M387703 <P>That looks lovely Freddie. &nbsp;Has everything been settled?</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:23:25 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517685#M387703 j*oono 2014-09-19T07:23:25Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517691#M387705 <P>Thanks J as good as settled but Wednesday is settlement day. I will need to ring the seller over the weekend and get him to call the RE and let them know we have puchased, they plan on doing an inspection on Wednesday LOL.</P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:27:42 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517691#M387705 freddie*rooster 2014-09-19T07:27:42Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517695#M387707 <P>Haha go around the house and put picture hooks wherever you want and then see what they say at the inspection <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😄</span></P> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:30:49 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/My-day/m-p/1517695#M387707 j*oono 2014-09-19T07:30:49Z