PGHS 35th Reunion

Saturday 28th July 2018

Kerrie Butters organised a get together at the Oatley Pub as Janet Cook was visiting all the way from Sweden, so the reunion was brought forward.

I arrived on time to find that Ruth was the only one sitting alone in the area set aside for our reunion. So we had a good catchup before the others arrived. So many familiar faces, but so hard trying to remember the names.

The one person I couldn't place a name to the face was Julie, she had pink long hair, but I did manage to have conversations with her and catch up on what she's been doing.

Bernice Blom and Julie Moss (nee Thompson) were also present and I managed to catch up with them. Seems Julie use to live across the road from me at Penshurst - so long ago, I don't even remember that.

Mark's 63rd Birthday

Sunday 22 July 2018

Mark arranged for dinner at Hurstville RSL for his birthday.  He invited the Chan's, Lily invited the Liu's.  All up we had 3 tables at the restaurant.

 I made 2 cheesecakes so there would be enough cake to go around.

After the dinner we had to take Fiona home.

Disney on Ice - 100 years

Sunday 22 July 2018

I booked tickets to see Disney on Ice and as Fiona was coming out that weekend, got her a ticket as well. Not that often that we get to take her out to see a show.  Mare, Jacq, Oliver and Juliette were also going.

Got Justin to drop us off near McDonalds, where we met up with Jacq and the kids. Lucky for us, Lily ordered on the app, because the queue to order was so long. We ate our burgers and fries before walking to the stadium.

Mare was running late, but made it in time just as the show was starting

 I think Fiona enjoyed the show, I did.

 After the show we waited for Mark to come pick us up.

Grains Festival, Summerhill

Saturday 1 July 2018

Although I am on a no/low carb diet, a festival is a festival, so when Jacq asked if I was interested, of course I was.  Was planning to train it there, but when Jacq offered to give me a lift, who was I to say no.

So the plan was for Jacq to leave home at 10.30am with Oliver and Juliette, however, they slept in and didn't leave home until 11am.  So by the time they came to pick me up, we arrived at the festival around 12noon.  Roads were closed, and parking was at a premium, lucky for us, we found a park 1 block away.  Had to cross a busy road, walk through a housing estate past their playground area to the light rail crossing, and we were there.  A line of stalls selling bread, pastries, bagels was busy with people hungry for food. It was lunch time.  The Bearded Bakers selling their instagrammable middle eastern dessert, knafeh, had the music blaring.  Only one stall was selling pasta. 

Taste tested some bread and also bought a fruit loaf from the same stall.  Jacq bought some pastries for her and the kids, who gobbled it down.

Mare rocked up after her piano lessons at Haberfield.  Jacq and I had lined up and bought knafehs.  $8 each, they are like a flat creme brulee, but with pistachio and sweet syrup. Not too sweet, this was my first time to have one, so I did enjoy it.  Jacq had Mare buy some pasta (gnocchi) for the kids. After eating, it was time to go, but not before some quick photos at the mural - to enter in a competition.

Jacq had to get Oliver to his 2pm tennis lessons and Mare was headed to the Solomon Islands get together at Narwee.   So Jacq dropped me off home before they went off to tennis.