We live in a rural area with only tank water to rely on. If we have a power outage, we don’t have water in the house, because it has to be pumped from the tanks (with an electric pump).

Big power outage today for scheduled maintenance on the transmitter in our street, from 11am to 3pm. I leave before the outage starts. Hubby goes out after, forgetting to turn off the hot water tap in our downstairs bathroom.. no water coming out during the outage of course.

I get home at about 3.30pm, hubby is still out. Unlock the back door to be met by a wave of water! When the power came back on so did the water, and hubby had left the plug in the bathroom basin! Have just spent the last hour or so mopping up.

Can’t really blame hubby too much I suppose – although normally it is me who leaves the taps dripping – and I am always being told to turn them off tight!

Gotta love it when the crims come to you, hubby commented as he read a news article about a drunk driver who recently ploughed through the wall of a Gold Coast police station.

I dont know who would have been more surprised – the police on duty, or the driver when he realised he had just crashed into a police station! I exclaimed.

Nah.. hubby answered ..nothing fazes police officers.

Driving home today we were overtaken by a beautiful silver Porsche. H commented that the owner was either German or had a good sense of humour – the rego was “SCHNELL” (German for “fast”).

Watching our pair as we fed them this evening I reflected that one of the good things about dogs is, you can feed them the same food every night – they will always get excited about dinner!

I am helping my sister put up her website. She has been writing a book, and keen to publish, and I convinced her to publish some material online. She seems pretty enthusiastic about it.

The book is called Mrs Mopp’s Difficult Dilemma – a children’s story she has been working on for a number of years! It is with a collective sigh of relief that we watch Jo put the finishing touches to her book. She is now working on the illustrations.

While Jo is looking at publishing options, she hopes her new website will encourage feedback from interested readers.

I am also quietly hoping the experience of owning her own website will lead Jo to greater boldness on her computer and the internet. Presently her activities are restricted to her word processor!