My bloggy rehab weekend: Part 2

Good evening, PB friends, all 153 of you! Now I’m going to make this a quickie so I can a. get to bed earlier as per bloggy rehab rules and b. be more succinct as requested by some regulars ☺. After my restful break at Salamanca Market, the pixies returned with Mr PB, full of stories. A visit to the School Fair at my old primary school soon followed. It’s also where Joshie will be starting Prep next year so he was most excited to check it out. He and India enjoyed pony rides around the oval.

It was the strangest sensation spotting people I’d been to school or Brownies with – now they’re all responsible parents towing youngsters around! The lucky dip was a huge hit and they scored a handful of dinosaur and fairy books for a few dollars – they were happy campers! Here they are, decorating their own biscuits.

I then had a delightful dinner with a dozen old school friends at a restaurant on the River Derwent’s Edge. I hadn’t seen one of them since we left school in 1988! It was fascinating to see each other again after such a long break. Some of them had lived interstate for years before returning to Hobart, like me, whilst others have never left. Most of us have recently turned 40 and all are mothers. The latter proved the great leveller and ensured we all had plenty in common even although our children ranged in age from 17 to 1! There’s nothing like old friends who have been with you through your early years, don’t you think? Long-buried memories floated to the surface, providing us with hours of entertainment.

On Sunday we got stuck into the garden which required a lot of TLC due to its recent neglect. Mr PB fired up the lawn mower and I then found myself weeding. For the first time in my life. Terribly mundane and boring, I know, but also strangely satisfying. After my week of bloggy frustration, it was rewarding to do some physical (as opposed to mental) work and see a tangible result.

Here are the pixies planting our new vegie garden. They love gardening! Now we just have to keep watering and waiting, something which the pixies find difficult. And now to bed!