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On Sunday, wife and I visited our favourite Op Shop. While I didn't see anything inside that interested me, on the outside "free" rack I found a red cardie. Wife wasn't surprised when I took it saying "it was a Rachel colour".

I had a Monday morning meeting in the CBD, but decided on having 45 minutes of relaxing "Girl Time" at Standing Room Cafe (obviously no make up as it was an important client meeting) with my new free cardie. No newspaper for me to read so just did some people watching as hundreds of Uni students unloaded at the bus stop outside.

I've been itching to visit a cafe down Ardmore way I've heard alot about from multiple friends as they have dog walking farm tracks and excellent food. Well I finally managed to visit the cafe and it was a lovely stop for a snack. I had a deliciuos "Sin in a Bun", okay I actually only had half as it was too much for one session and I didn't have anyone to help me eat it. Pity wife doesn't like going out with me when I'm dressed up 😞, but it's just not her thing ( I believe she prefers me looking hot and sweaty doing garden work, shirtless).

Working weekend

Saturday- relaxing with family - nope, helping launch a couple of yachts in the morning and in the afternoon picking up a cubic meter of sand for a garden base and by nightfall wife and I had the weedmat down.

Sunday relaxing - well a little bit, managed an hour of shopping, trying on clothes etc.

Wife really wants the garden area sorted, so I got changed in the car into something more fitting strenous work, but before I start the hours of landscaping, I need second coffee. Again I walk into the shop and the lady says "the usual?" okay it was only three weeks ago I was last there.

I picked up 3/4 of a cubic meter of river stones (about 1.200kg) from Central Landscape. It was so heavy I had to transport it in two trips

The crew at Central Landscape were wonderful, probably not often they have a crossdresser picking up material. When I mentioned I was there the day before for the sand, they asked if I could remove my wig, so I did and she then remembered serving me. We had a bit of fun conversation after that.

I unloaded the trailer onto the drive, then wheelbarrowed it all to the other side of the yard. The work was so strenous, I had to ditch my wig and boobs 😞, not sure what the neighbours thought of that.

Monday - 

body is sore everywhere, been encouraging other staff members to get my coffee as I grunt to stand up or sit down, they think I'm old (okay, I'm the oldest in our section). 

Wife has already put pieces of furniture that have been "looking" for somewhere to belong for 18 months but it will still change over the next 6 months.

 

Ever had....

That sort of weekend, when wife decides she wants a new garden area - one that's sloped to be flat?

I mean we have one nice area that oversees the house, but she wants a different area for a more medatative feel, maybe a small water feature (that's wife job to organise).

As for me, I'd like a few hours of "girl time". I got up early for a coffee and was kind of planning to visit the mall. I'd like to get a scooter, not sure if I should get a push scooter or electric to keep up with the grandkids. 

Just as I'm planning of going to the mall, I remembered there's no breakfast food for wife when she wakes (about 9am is her normal). I panicked and decided to get some bread and peanut butter for her (wine would have been nicer).

So by 11am, I'm lugging about 120Kg of timber around and framing the new garden and as usual, I run out of screws and need to go to Bunning for a box of screws when I only want 6. Might as well pick up some drainage gravel and have an afternoon coffee while I'm there.

Next was removing some concrete and leveling with soil I have elsewhere around the property.

I'm getting old - even my doctor said the same this week, my back is sore and when I mentioned to the doctor how I see a sexy girl and my brain wonders if she likes hiking or tennis. Doc even gave me some Viagra so I can relive my youth, but I really want to re-paint my car and don't think Viagra will help.

I like to pretented to be young and sexy, but this morning I'm still thinking "old", maybe even too old for crossdressing or carrying 35kg, 5 meter lenghts of wood around.

Busy month

Lots of projects on around the house, and the houses of my kids.

But I'm still surprised when you visit a coffee shop and they remember your preferance from a month or two ago. I thought I blended into the background, but the shop ladies remember me and my coffee. Okay I'm on first names basis with 2 of my locals.

Before wife realised how hard it is to refurbish furniture (yep, she's given up now), I had to pick up drop sheets and other stuff from Bunnings for her

We recently visited New Plymouth, unfortunately I forgot to take make up or shaving gear, but wife loved their gardens, the beach walks, lovely lakes and a romantic sunset with a glass of wine. We had an amazing time (without work pressures or pets or children to attend) and enjoyed a couple of pub dinners in town.

Before you knew it, we were back at work, back in the ususal routine 😞

Just been conned

Wife has a new interest - doing up old furniture

(okay, 1 week later - she likes it when I sand the furniture down, repair and re-paint paint them now she knows how much work is involved)

She also enjoys renovations at home

So here I am, removing all my clothes from the chest of draws from five big, deep draws so she can sell them and replace with her re-furbished set

And they have been replaced with "suitable" draws, that only fit my male clothes.

Perhaps my revenge should be storing all my female clothes on the lounge chairs (will mean I have to "lose" quite a few of her cushions).

So now most of my girl clothes live in boxes in the shed, so I need to plan a bit more before going out. Before the draw changes I had coffee out like.....

But now it's like whatever I can grab on the way out