Hello
all well October has come to an end with my baby brother turning 38,
seems only yesterday that I was changing his nappy and helping mum
take care of him and my baby sister Sandra who turned 39 a couple of
weeks back. To be honest I remember spending more time with Sandra as
a baby then Dave, I use to take Sandra into my room while I listen to
very loud music and when I would just sit in my room and read. Sandy
also would come and get into bed with me during the night or first
thing of a morning.
October
also saw my dad turn 74 and my sister Sue turn 48 damn we are all
aging but getting older is ok it is better then being dead and not
getting any older.
Tim
has been annoying the hell out of me at times recently with all the
complaining about how much money I spend on gifts for the family at
Christmas and birthdays he keeps going on about cutting back and not
giving gifts to my nieces and nephews, now I only give to the young
ones not the nieces and nephews who are all grown. I am talking about
Dave's children and Sandra's daughters who are very young they are
the ones I buy for.
I
buy a lot of gifts from clearance lines and online from Groupon or My
Deal sites and I also get some gifts from Chrisco or Hamper King
which I pay off during the year and Tim goes on and on about what I
buy from them as well although last year I didn't order much at all
so he should be happy but that said he will complain when or if I
have to ask him for money to get stuff it will be why do we really
have to haven't you spent enough and we can't afford it.
This
month also saw Natasha move out of our home after a fight with he
dad, she is now renting a place about 5.10 minutes from us I hope she
is happier, I think she will be and I hope Blain is happier and that
it is just him and his mum that is what Blain wants.
Tim
and I will be going away in the caravan in a couple of weeks this
time we are going to Port Macquarie again for only two nights.
At
the end of the week I am going my brother's place to dog/house sit
for him while they go away for week.
Today
is Halloween but not for me as I don't do Halloween, my daughters and
grandchildren do but that is ok for me it was not a thing when I was
a child or even when my daughters were children to me it is not an
Australian thing it is something the stores here have adopted to make
more money.
"Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many" - a very true quote.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear Tim and you have different views on how much to spend on Christmas gifts. I consider money spent on loved ones money well spent.
I didn't grow up celebrating Halloween here in Switzerland - it still became one of my absolute favourite holidays. Same goes for St. Patrick's Day. People may shake their heads, I don't care :-)
I will be 54 in two days the 16th and I am happy to tell how old I am not one of those women who want to keep their age a secret my nan was like that she didn't want anyone to know how old she was, she is 95 now and right now she has been really sick.
DeleteChristmas is my favourite time of year and I like to buy gifts for my family, I like getting gifts but I think at times I love giving a tad more.