A good day

Last night's dinner was amazing. Way better than takeaway. I am a messy eater, especially with thing like hamburgers (and eggs and pasta and soup and gravy and and and). When Alice was a baby Amy made her some bibs. After a particularly spectacular fail with bacon and eggs I said I needed some, too. She made me three. I wear them when I need to - probably not as often I should if truth be told. I knew last night's dinner would be a challenge so I wore this one ... 

And this was dinner. Home made hamburger with cheese, bacon and onions (and the ubiquitous lettuce and tomato) with potato cakes (or scallops or fritters or whatever they are called in your neck of the woods) and onion rings. So good.

We went to our appointment with centrelink. I still don't know what the issue was but it seems you cannot do ANYTHING in advance. 

On Saturday, when I turn 66 and a half, we will no longer be eligible for our current govt benefits and the cards associated with them which means we will no longer get reduced pharmacy, medical etc. We are eligible to apply for a commonwealth seniors health card but we can't do that until Sunday. And it can take up to 28 days to receive. Anyway, the woman we saw was so helpful and we are going back on Friday with a *gasp* paper form to fill in to apply for the health card as we can't apply on line before Sunday. One of the team working today is working overtime on Sunday and she will enter the details into the system and the team leader has approved everything so hopefully we will have the card by Monday. Confused? I don't blame you. 

It wouldn't be an issue but Himself has a whole lot of stuff booked for next week and we really don't want to have to pay if we don't have to. MRIs ain't cheap.

Lakes Entrance update ... today is a maybe day. We have pretty much decided that unless we win lotto, building is out of the question because of the costs of renting etc during the build. We now have to decide if we are prepared to risk selling here and hoping the right place will come up for sale down there when we are ready to buy. So, yes. Today is definitely a maybe day.

Dinner tonight is BLTs with potato cakes and onion rings. When we were at Aldi getting bacon (they have the BEST bacon and it's not expensive) I bought meals or the makings thereof that will see us through the next 3 nights. Plus there is stuff in the freezer. 

I am over meal planning and eating well at the moment. I know this will pass. A lot has to do with the whole centrelink stuff which is nearly over. 

Several people commented on the scarf I posted about yesterday. For those who are interested here is the link. It is a free pattern on Ravelry. Basically it is a twelve stitch repeat. k5, k2tog, k4, kfb. The pattern calls for 96 stitches but you can make it wider or narrower. Once you get into the rhythm it is very easy. My tip is to put a stitch marker at the end of every repeat so if you stuff up (as I do regularly) you can easily count back to see where. It works beautifully with variegated sock yarns. It is such a good pattern for an inexperienced knitter (as long as you can count!) and the results are beautiful.       

I found my WIP (work in progress for non-crafters). I am using a self striping yarn that is a bit thicker than sock yarn so using 4mm needles. I really should finish it.                                                                                  

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