Wow, the time has gotten away from me again - I will have to do better in writing these blogs, won't I? :-) Well, the big news actually happened to day - we bought a SCOOTER - a BIG one - 125cc - like a small motorcycle, but it's an automatic! We knew that we wanted to buy one, but we were going to wait until we got back from Canada. Today, the guy from the Honda dealership, Terry, called us to say that they had sold one and that two other people (from NSW) had been making enquiries about the second one they had. Since we had shown interest and they would really like someone riding it around in Hervey Bay, he thought he would call us and tell us about a deal which they were having - the would pay the registration fee, the taxes and third party insurance for six months. We were so thrilled as this made the price much more affordable and we jumped on it. We were over there this afternoon and signed on the dotted line. We told them that we were going back to Canada for two months and they offered to keep the bike in their store if we just put a deposit on it. That way, it won't get registered until we get back (saves us paying for two months of registration and insurance when we are not going to be here). I can't wait to learn how to ride it and start riding it around town. I have to buy a helmet and gloves as well when we get back. Here comes a motorcycle momma - well, a scooter momma anyway. :-)
On Sunday, I was called as the new Primary Presidency of the Hervey Bay branch (soon to be the Hervey Bay ward). A first counsellor was also called - Maureen Hensley - and my second counsellor, Debbie Davis, was recalled. The teachers remained the same as did the nursery leader. I have asked for a secretary to be called and a pianist. I am working on getting someone called as Achievement Girls and Cubs leaders and an assistant nursery leader as well as a Sunbeam (3 year old) teacher. I also need a chorister to lead the children during singing time. The previous Primary President told me that she will stay on and help with Primary while I am gone. It's going to be quite busy when we get back until it's up and running smoothly, but we will figure it out especially since there are good people working in Primary.
We spent Tuesday cleaning the house - I wanted to make sure that it got a good clean before we head back to Canada. I even did the windows throughout the whole house - how's that? :-) It actually felt good getting it all done - it's easier when there's not as much furniture in the house. We asked our friend, Rob, if we could use his trailer to take back the furniture which friends had loaned us - he graciously agreed to loan us his trailer and himself to help Dad load and unload all the stuff. We bought my two friends who loaned us the stuff a miniature chocolate variety pack each to say thanks - we really appreciated them loaning their items to us so that we could take our time to find what we wanted and buy them at a good price.
A serviceman also came to fix our rainwater pump - it had been leaking (not working) since we moved into the house. The company which manufactured it went out of business and so someone else had to be found who would service the pumps. Finally, someone was found and we asked if they could come and do ours first since we were leaving for two months and would be gone during the time the guy was going to fix all the rest which were broken. The guy took about an hour to fix it, but it looks great and works even better. Dad says he loves the sound of the pump working - it means we are saving money because our own rainwater is being used now instead of city water. Rainwater, in the tank, is used for the toilet, the washing machine and outside water use, so it's going to save us a lot of money now that the pump is working.
Tomorrow, if the weather holds out, we are going to spend some time at the beach - we want to get in some more beach time before we have to come back to the snow. :-)
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