Saturday morning was the grand opening of a new little shop in Long Jetty. The Green Tangerine.

Owned by a lovely young couple, it is a bakery, deli and healthy grocery shop. Just gorgeous – as are the owners. They told me they were opening at 7am so I turned up at 7am in order to be their first customer! (that and I had decided to drive to Sydney that day to go to a big greys online sale! Since I was the first customer ever, Kathy gave me my special treat for free!!!

Yummy Yummy Yummy – a Raspberry, Almond and Pistachio tart.

Saturday was eventful. After finding out that the Renovation Boys had gone into liquidation and Greys online were selling off all their stock at ridiculously cheap prices so woke up early and drove to Sydney to see the sale. -Thanks for the tip Cherie! (Renovation for Profit guru Cherie Barber) I came home with a bath, a toilet, a vanity mirror and a music player. Couldn’t believe it all fitted into my little old CRV (you’d be amazed what I have put in that car over the years!!!). Can you imagine? A bath? Anyway, I am now more than ever motivated to get the bathroom renovated!

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It was my birthday yesterday. I won’t mention which one…just another one. Friends came to visit me over the weekend. They came to wish me a happy birthday, however mostly I think they came to check out the house and take a look at my ‘new’ life. It was lovely having the company, familiar faces, lots of laughs, and general catching up. We had lunch at the cafe, went for a walk to the jetty and later other friends arrived and stayed for a bbq outside on what turned out to be a beautiful evening. The next morning my friend Carol and I walked along the bike track to The Entrance, and had a lovely birthday breakfast! – Thank you, my dear friends.

By the way, what is with all the rain here? Is it normal to be raining every single day. One minute it’s sunny, the next pouring with rain. The locals are saying it is unusually wet. I hope so, because the swimming pool as not had a chance to dry up under the house!

More from me later…