Attorney

We had a brilliant evening last night. Kim had recommended a show called "Last One Laughing". We thought we would give one episode a try and ended up watching the whole series back-to-back. It was probably the best Saturday evening's entertainment for many months.

We woke without external stimulus. For me, that meant 7:15, and for Di, it was closer to 8:00. There was no imperative that would drive us, but Di had an appointment with Zoe and Ellie to go shopping late morning.

I spent the morning and part of the afternoon dealing with some admin. We had to face facts and acknowledge that we are getting older and may not always have all of our marbles. To that end, there is a construct called a "Lasting Power of Attorney" that permits others to make decisions on our behalf, should we be unable to do so. There are two flavours of this, one that has access to financial and property affairs, and one that deals with health and care. I spent the morning and part of the afternoon preparing one of each each for Di, and another set for me. It went fairly smoothly, and I now have to get the various trusted parties to provide their signatures on the documents.

Zoe called. She wanted some muscle to help her move some plant pots to the front garden. I wandered around the corner and helped. Diane also wanted a shrub cut down and some of our own planters moved. That was soon accommodated.

Finally, we managed to sit down and enjoy the warm afternoon sunshine in a sheltered corner of the garden, before I returned to the kitchen to prepare a nice beef top rump roast for our dinner.