We need an appointment book
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381752)
Rockingham, Australia
December 17, 2019 4:57pm CST
We might need to buy an appointment book. I’ve thrashed the ‘taking photos at horse endurance rides’ to death but now we’ve been asked to take photos at a breed show next March. That was bad enough but now an endurance rider involved in a swimming club has booked us for a swimming event in February 2021!! We’ve only pencilled that one in but I guess it’s a good reason to go on living, isn’t it? That’s over twelve months away so who knows what might happen by then.
The weekend after New Year, we’re going to two beaches near here to take photos of people on the beach with their horses. Hopefully we’ll sell a few photos from the website after the event but more importantly, it should be fun. I keep reminding Vince we’re doing this for fun, not trying to get a business up and running. But the money will subsidise the pension so it’s all good. The first beach appointment is at 7.30am so we do make the odd sacrifice for our art!
Have a great day everyone. We’re off shortly to see our financial advisor and to do some last-minute shopping. And we’ve been told we’ve used all our data for the month so if I go missing, you’ll know why.
The photo is of a hemi-parasitic tree, Nuytsia floribunda, otherwise known as a Christmas tree as it flowers around Christmas time.
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19 responses
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
18 Dec 19
yes ma'am, yer gonna need to fetch ya one 'f those, lol. i knew 't'd not take long 'fore folks were seekin' y'all out fer such services. i'm so happy fer y'all! hopefully some'll sell, too. ick'n the early morn hours, but 't least should be cooler then, eh?
bummer 'bout'cher data thingy. if'n we don't hear from ya, wishin' y'all a merry Christmas'n a wonderful new year!
what a gorgeous tree!
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@JudyEv (381752)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 19
The tree is beautiful, isn't it? We don't really mind the early mornings. As you say, better early than during the heat of the day. We're online again now but the service provider man is ringing back tomorrow with hopefully an answer. Vince has been on the phone with him for several hours. It seems very strange.
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@JudyEv (381752)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Dec 19
@crazyhorseladycx Carting hay in 115F would be awful. I'm surprised you survived at all. Nowadays it is so much easier with bale-loaders, etc.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
18 Dec 19
lovely tree.
I can understand calendar management, I try to do that all the time.
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@JudyEv (381752)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 19
@DocAndersen Aha. That's what I need. I'll put it on my Christmas list. 
@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
18 Dec 19
Have a fun day..I remember those days of using all my data up they were frustrating..I have techically unlimited but have never pushed it passed 40gb to see what would happen.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
19 Dec 19
@JudyEv That is strange..Maybe there is something running in the background that is eating data. Some sort of process going on you are unaware of. That is all I can think of.
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@JudyEv (381752)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 19
There is no way in the world we should run out but a nice man in India is helping us try to work out what is happening. We've never come near using our allowance and we haven't changed our pattern of usage so I don't know what is going on.
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@JudyEv (381752)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 19
@snowy22315 That's what we think too but we can't work out what it is. Hopefully the technician will have some answers. We thought we had it sorted but we haven't.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Dec 19
Very pretty tree. It sounds like you do need a book.
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Dec 19
And you and Vince thought you were retired! Haha, you're busier now than you ever were when you worked! Your new full-time job is serving as a photographer! But at least you will have fun with that!
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Dec 19
@JudyEv And I'm sure it keeps you young at heart as well. Keeping active, even in retirement, is good for the body and good for the soul!
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@JudyEv (381752)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Dec 19
@moffittjc Yes and keeping active can make such a difference to a person's mental health.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Dec 19
Yes you need one!
Awesome photo of that amazing tree.
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@JudyEv (381752)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 19
It's pretty, isn't it? We are seeing more and more of them now.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Dec 19
That type of tree never grows tall?
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@JudyEv (381752)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 19
@JohnRoberts Yes. They feed off the roots of other trees. I wrote about them in 2017 so I'll add the link here:
The photo above is of the beautiful West Australian hemiparasitic plant known locally as the Christmas tree as its bright flowers appear over the Christmas...
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Dec 19
@JudyEv They are indigenous?
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
19 Dec 19
Looks like you've stumbled upon a fun way to subsidize your pension. Get that appointment book...I think you're going to need one
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@JESSY3236 (22199)
• United States
18 Dec 19
cool tree. You two are going to be very busy next year.
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@JudyEv (381752)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 19
It seems we will be busy but that's probably a good thing.
@JudyEv (381752)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 19
I have a month per page on a Word document. I print that and put it on the fridge then add to it as need be.
