Happy Thanksgiving!
The Thanksgiving weekend is here, and we have three American guests, who will have a Thanksgiving party at our house. These are: Christine, Alfredo (Ariana’s boyfriend who arrived here from Puerto Rico on Thursday); and Rob, Alfredo’s best mate, who is married to Rebecca, a friend of Ariana’s. (Rebecca is also of the owner of the flower shop that provided the lovely bouquets for our wedding. And Ariana and Alfredo met for the first time at Rebecca’s wedding. Small world.) Christine got a turkey this morning, and the girls and Alfredo went shopping for groceries, while I cleaned up the house. And just on time, the landlord showed up to inspect — the roof! This was because from Monday until Thursday we had a roofer here, who hopefully fixed the roof for us, so we have no more water running down the walls when it is raining hard. We won’t know until it rains hard the next time. Shouldn’t take long though, because we have a La Niña climate situation in this part of the world, which makes it relatively wet in the Western Pacific region. The drought in the country still hasn’t broken, but we’ve had plenty of rain in Sydney itself. Summer is definitely here, and I’m now wearing a singlet all day, and no socks in my sandals, yippee!
By the by, the landlord likes a lot what Christine has done regarding furniture, and the general beautiful set-up of the place — he though the place looked better than when they lived here, and even asked if he could invite his wife in, who was waiting outside in the car — of course he could — and she liked it too. Oh, and come to think of it, so do I 🙂
The Thanksgiving stuffing will be a feast tomorrow — and maybe, just maybe, we will have something else to celebrate also, because today is election day. The latest polls indicate that John Howard will be booted out in no uncertain terms — but it’s not over till it’s over. Christine and I are going to the neighbours this evening, where they will be holding an election party — I do hope there is something to celebrate. John Howard has lied to us for long enough, and it’s about time we had someone new lie to us. Well, that does sound a little cynical doesn’t it!? Can’t help myself though, if elections could change the system, they would be illegal. More tomorrow — maybe.