Sunday, 23 August, 2015

On Monday, we went to the Animal Rescue place to pick up Garfield - however, when we got there, we were told that an older couple had adopted Garfield while we were in Melbourne.  That was great for him, but a little sad for us.  Marie, the lady in charge of the place, asked if we would take another cat and so we brought Peaches home.  She is a young cat - less than a year, we think.  At first, she was really skittish and when we would try to come near her, she would run away.  Over the week, though, she settled down and eventually came to sit/sleep with us - she likes being petted which we like.  We had to take her back on Friday, though, as we are heading to Brisbane tomorrow for two days and we didn't want to leave her at home by herself for that time.  We will pick her up again on Wednesday.

Peaches, our new Animal Rescue cat

Tuesday was procedure day for both Dad and me.  Dad had a biopsy on a mole on his shoulder done and he also had another mole completely removed.  We saw the doctor again on Friday and he told Dad that the results of both had been received by the doctor and both were clear - we were so relieved!  I had another one of my sebaceous cysts removed from my head - this was the third of four to be done.  This one was on the side of my head and the needles to freeze it really REALLY hurt!  This whole week my head has been so sore where my stitches are.  I felt a bit weak standing up and moving around for the rest of Tuesday and even didn't feel well on Wednesday when I got upright.  So, I spent the day laying in bed all day - thankfully, I felt better on Thursday.

On Thursday, I took Denise out to lunch.  She looked after our mail and house and plants while we were away in Melbourne.  We so much appreciate her for coming over while we are gone - it really makes us feel relaxed about leaving our house for so long.  I took her to a restaurant called 'EAT with Dan and Steph'.  Dan and Steph are a couple from Hervey Bay who won a cooking show here in Australia called 'MKR' (My Kitchen Rules) a couple of years ago and then opened up this restaurant the following year.  Denise and I both had a loaded corned beef sandwich.  It was so huge that we could each only eat half of it (I brought the other half home to Dad for his lunch).  Although it was a bit more expensive than I would normally spend on a lunch, it was nice to try out a new place.  After lunch, we went to the 'Coffee Club' to have an iced chocolate for dessert.

 'EAT at Dan and Steph's' restaurant

 My loaded corned beef sandwich (this was only half of it)

Denise and me at the 'Coffee Club' with our iced chocolates

On Friday, Dad and I had to go back to the doctor's so he could check out our incisions.  He was happy with Dad's, but thought that mine was a bit too red for his liking.  So, he gave me a prescription for antibiotics and asked me to come back on Wednesday to he can check it again.

Dad and I were treated out to lunch that day by our friends, Martin and Thea.  Martin is the High Priest Group Leader at church and Thea is the Relief Society President.  We really enjoy their company and it was lovely to go out to a new restaurant, which was right by the ocean, and have a relaxing meal with some lovely company.

 The view from our table at lunch at 'Aquavue'

 Dad with our iced chocolate from 'Aquavue'

Our chicken caesar salad Dad and I shared for lunch

Dad and me with Martin and Thea at 'Aquavue' 

 an iguana with its head in a hole in the tree - right beside 'Aquavue'

Dad's dessert - carrot cake - I had a few bites, too

Dad and I wanted to go for a walk down by the ocean and so yesterday we set off to do some geocaching along the esplanade.  We found two out of three of them this time - we were sure that the one we couldn't find wasn't there and when we came back home, Dad checked online to see if others had found it, and sure enough, the last six or so people had not found it.  So we figure that it must have been found and thrown out.  It was great to be outside in the sunshine and enjoy some exercising and the sound of the ocean waves.  We love living in Hervey Bay!

 we found our first geocache under rocks at the base of the tree

 see how close the ocean was to the tree where we found our first geocache

the tree in which we found our second geocache

Yesterday afternoon, Thea called me and asked me if I would teach the Relief Society lesson today.  Of course, I said 'yes' and then wondered how I was going to teach it - the lesson for today was based on a talk from one of the General Authorities which was in the Ensign magazine.  This is the hardest for me to teach because it means that I have to figure out how to teach it without just reading it or having others read it.  I prayed a lot for inspiration yesterday while I was preparing it, I can tell you!  I had a lot of people come up to me afterwards to tell me what a good job I did teaching the lesson - I told all of them that it was down to inspiration from Heavenly Father - and their participation.