It is lovely waking up to sunny days!

After taking Totty out for a walk when I met a nice lady in the park called Bev who is a childminder and had three little ones with her (she showed me her house and told me to pop round for a cuppa) I came home and Bronwyn Anne called to say she was free at about 11.00 and we could have a drive around and check out the doctors.

We had a lovely time and she showed me some surgeries, you can register anywhere you want, the doctors never do house calls! She drove me around the town showing me various places and then we went to the Naked Grape on the front overlooking the port where there was a cruise ship in and had a coffee sitting watching the world go by and we had a good natter. Her husband has bowel cancer but is doing OK at the moment so fingers crossed he continues like that. We get on very well and she is a very easy person to be with. She conducts civil wedding and does naming ceremonies and funerals. Her husband was a shipping captain and they have lived many years in Singapore so she knows what it is like to move to a new area. She showed me where to buy fresh fish and took me to the fruit and veg market which was lovely. She is very kind and told me she just knew she wold get on with me as soon as she met me. She said she will take me shopping anytime I want to just ask her and if she is free we can go.

When I got home Jon was just finishing his lunch and ready to go back to work! It must be a relief for him to know I am getting out and about.

The girls and Jame are having a few problems settling in together which is only to be expected. One day all is fine then the next not so fine. They must remember to talk about things and not let things fester as they need to get tings out in the open and then they don't seem so bad. I'm sure things will sort themselves out they just need to give things time.

I spent the afternoon ironing again and watching the tennis.

We need to get to the supermarket and get some shopping done. The fridge looks more empty than Heather's fridge in Derby. We don't throw anything away here, not so much as a slice of bread. As I can't get to the shops on my own Jon buys just what we need on his way home so we are being very economical.

We decided to have fish and chips for dinner and Jon went down to buy it. It was cooked fresh so it took him about 20 minutes, next time we will phone in the order and then they have it ready for you. It comes wrapped in newspaper and was hot, crispy batter on hoki fish and was wonderful. We had two fish and two scoops of chips, far too many and that cost $9.40 (£3.75) total. What a bargain. We sat on the deck on a lovely evening with a bottle of wine mmmmmm!

It is bank holiday this weekend so we will be off out "doing" things. We need to go to the supermarket for some food and also pay a visit to the Aussie Butcher who I am told is better for meat than the supermarket.