This has been another week of appointments: chiropractor, doctor, physiotherapy, another facial and haircuts (I got foils this time). We always seem to be so busy when we return from being away - it's supposed to be a relaxing time, but it seems like it's been full-on this week.
We got our kitty cat back on Monday - Peaches - and it's been wonderful having her back in our home. It's so nice being able to have a cat here when we are here, but good that we can take her back when we leave. We will only have her for ten days this time, but ten days is better than not having a cat around. :-) Peaches seems a lot calmer this time around and less skittish when we come near her. She has even taken to sleeping on our bed at night and loves to be petted. She does, however, also like to go into our closet or under our bed during the day.
On Monday, we were invited to dinner at the Cooper's (members of the ward) and the Kingsleys were there, too. (I can't believe that I forgot to take our camera with us - sheesh) We had a nice time chatting while we ate and then, afterwards, we had Family Home Evening with them. We watched a video about some people from the Book of Mormon (Moroni and Zarahemnah and their armies) who were fighting each other, although Moroni didn't want to - he wanted peace - and only fought to help protect his people. Afterwards, we had a good discussion about it and then spent some more time chatting before coming home.
On Tuesday, I went to our Bishop's home to help him and his wife, Diana, pack up their stuff (our friend, Jan, also joined us). I was so glad to have Jan helping out as she is very visual/spatial and was fabulous at packing the boxes. I ended up wrapping up the fragile pieces in paper and then handing the items to Jan to pack. Diana and Bishop sold their house in record time and so are going to rent until they move further south in Queensland to be nearer to their daughter and grandchildren who live in Brisbane. We were able to get all of the packing done except for their clothes and the things they are going to need to use until they move next week.
On Wednesday and Friday, I went over to Robyn's house to work on Relief Society Activity stuff for the upcoming activities for this year. I am so pleased that we have been able to organize so much during the time Dad and I have been home.
I had another facial on Thursday and it was fabulous! Helen is really skilled and she even told me that day that two of her teachers from TAFE (college) are now her clients! After that, it was 'Dad to the rescue' with his technology skills. We spent two hours with one couple in the ward getting their tablet set up and downloading church stuff onto it. Dad then spent some time teaching them how to use the tablet, especially so that they could use it on Sunday at church. Then, it was off to Robyn's to help her with a printer problem and then to our friend, Denise's, to help her with a printer issue. Our friends sure were grateful to Dad that day for all of his help.
On Friday, Dad received his schedule from work for the first six months of this year. So far, he has February off and then we are coming to Canada for the month of March for him to teach in Toronto. A week after we get back from Canada, we head off to Perth for the month of April and then we are home for the month of May. We then are scheduled to head back to Perth in June for seven weeks. Dad might get more work than this as things often come up at QAC, but for now, Dad's happy with the amount of courses he has been asked to teach.
On Saturday, Robyn and I went for a swim near her place since it was such a lovely, warm day. The water was a bit chilly to get into at first, but we were soon wet all over and spent about an hour just bobbing in the water and chatting. It is so nice to live so close to a beach. After our swim, we went back to Robyn's to work on some quilting samples which is our February R.S. activity. The sisters are going to be learning how to do 'sashiko' which is a form of decorative reinforcement stitching (or functional embroidery) from Japan. We are using this stitch to make a square each of a quilt which will be sewn together and then donated.
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