2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/rosemarygibbons/rss.xml Preparing to move on from house sit in the Hunter Valley. Next stop is Leeds UK. http://www.getjealous.com/rosemarygibbons http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2776958&go=rosemarygibbons Sunday 5th May. Still no rain so I water a few plants and clean Jack's bedroom in preparation for June arriving next week and write up the week for the blog. Bake a few biscuits and prepare some hamburger patties too. Starting to look forward to leaving here and realise that home sits have their advantages and disadvantages. Isolation is not good for me. I could get very fat. Talk to Kingsley an... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2776958&go=rosemarygibbons Sun, 5 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2772543&go=rosemarygibbons Sunday 28th April. Start with planting the lettuce seedlings bought yesterday and picking heaps of limes off the tree to make marmalade. I had to buy jars yesterday as there don't seem to be any I can find in the cupboards or garage but it is a small price to pay for my stay here. French again for much of the day. No French TV news today but I just listen over and over to the audio of previous le... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2772543&go=rosemarygibbons Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2769750&go=rosemarygibbons Sunday 21st April. Glorious sunny day 18 degrees at 11am so looking promising. Need some exercise so head out to walk the roads nearby. The nearest house is around the corner I think a mere 2kms away. The old farmer backs up the road to check I am ok as I suppose it is odd to see a woman walking midday, and as he comments, without a hat! Laundry and car cleaning today. The flies here are someth... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2769750&go=rosemarygibbons Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2766835&go=rosemarygibbons Wednesday 17th April. On the road again big time!. It is a total of 1530 kms from Adelaide to the Hunter Valley. 17 hours according to my GPS ie. 2 day's worth of driving. Depart 7am not sure where I will stop tonight but would like to get the bulk of it out of the way today so an easy day tomorrow. Cross the state line into Victoria and pull over to check the GPS as I thought I was going into NS... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2766835&go=rosemarygibbons Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2765802&go=rosemarygibbons Thursday 11th April. Good sleep last night - but of course sleeping on the floor as I tend to do, especially when the temperatures are soaring, means I am totally accessible to Yuri and until he is over his nightly 'mental' cavort he chews my toes and pounces every time I move. Well he is a kitten... This morning after more toe chewing by Yuri I sit upstairs cat sitting and updating the blog whi... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2765802&go=rosemarygibbons Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2764322&go=rosemarygibbons Thursday 4th April. Now I am at June's place in Prahan. I'm housesitting for her (although she has only a few plants to care for and she is only away for a week or so.) Her floors are polished concrete and yesterday was the coldest day for 5 months. Max 17.8. I failed at getting the heaters to work so ran a huge hot bath, wrapped myself in the blankets and headed to bed after a local Thai takeawa... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2764322&go=rosemarygibbons Thu, 4 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2764297&go=rosemarygibbons Thursday 21st March. Ahhh. Melbourne. It is busy and exciting. The comedy festival is on so must buy tickets for that. My hosts Alan and Greg are just the same as ever. Their lives consist of eating brunch and dinners somewhere nice with friends at least 4 times a week. We start by picking up John and driving down to Station pier where the Queen Mary cruise liner is parked for the day. It is enor... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2764297&go=rosemarygibbons Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2757110&go=rosemarygibbons March 20th and here I am on a plane again. It's night time and the lights of Auckland are twinkling below as we head to that big West Island we call Australia. I've enjoyed the 4 week break from the diary updating. Demand for my time meant priorities just had to change, but still I couldn't help taking a few notes to remind my awful memory just who and what happened when. To summarise: I had 6 ... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2757110&go=rosemarygibbons Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2753824&go=rosemarygibbons Wednesday 20th Feb. Potter in the morning after the usual swim to wake up. It is not natural to swim first thing when you roll out of bed so I always have to discipline myself, “just do it” - and never regret it. I wonder where my grotty cockpit clean up towel has vanished to, look around the water and spot it lying on the ocean floor 5 ms down. No one else to blame for not clipping it to the ... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2753824&go=rosemarygibbons Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2749325&go=rosemarygibbons Friday 15th February. A quiet day today resting from the long haul yesterday. Too cloudy and cold to swim. Row to the beach and drag Willy high up. I"m just nosing around and am soon picked up by a couple of guys who have been fishing. They offer me a lift to town. McCloud"s Bay is far enough I say. Not much there either other than a general café so I walk the 5 kms back just in t... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=2749325&go=rosemarygibbons Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT