I have been a bit slack with getting back to my blog after being in Canada, but here I am again, back on track. It was nice to be able to pick up Dad from the airport on the 6th of April on his return from Canada. I really don't like being by myself - just too boring without Dad here. Dad only had a few days at home before setting off again, so it was a busy time fitting in appointments (haircuts and chiropractor) and two dinners with friends. Dad and I also found one geocache - he had one travel bug from Canada to put in here in HB. After that, we went for a walk on the beach - it was a perfect day and the beach was beautiful. Then, on the 10th, Dad was off again to Melbourne. He was only there for the week, so I was not able to go with him.
I filled up that week so that I was very busy: swimming with my friend, Diana; working on Homemaking stuff with my friend, Jan; baking bread with my friend, Denise; afternoon tea and a movie with my friend, Maureen; hanging out with my friend, Haidi, at her place; going to an aquafit class and a pilates class; and getting a lovely facial. PHEW!
Yesterday, it was our homemaking meeting at church - baking bread from scratch. My friend, Denise, was supposed to teach it, but on Thursday, she told me that her husband was taking her away for the day and that I would have to teach the breadmaking class. I was very stressed and very anxious - I had had two lessons with Denise, but I didn't feel confident at all. My friend, Jan, and I set everything up on Friday, so we didn't have to do it on Saturday before the meeting. We had planned on having bread for the refreshments for Homemaking which I had started making at Denise's on Thursday and then finished at home - I wasn't positive that the bread and buns were good enough for refreshments, so I went out to a real bakery and bought two loaves of bread, just in case.
There were 15 sisters at Homemaking - I was really pleased with that turnout. We had set up the tables outside so that there wouldn't be a mess on the carpet in the classrooms. I gave the sisters the recipe for the bread and had the ingredients ready for them to use. I stood in front of the tables and instructed them on what to do. Fortunately for me, there was one sister at one of the tables who knew how to make bread, so I asked her to keep an eye on the sisters at her table while I assisted the sisters at the other table. Once the sisters got the dough ready and it was doing its first rise, we had the bread/buns for refreshments. Although the ones I had made were a little dense, the sisters said that they tasted good - I was so happy! Saying a prayer before the meeting started really helped me to calm down - I completely forgot about my anxiety - and the whole meeting went so well. One of the sisters even sent me a picture of what her bread looked like after she took it home and baked it. So far, we have had four really good Homemaking meetings this year - I hope the rest turn out as well as these four have.
Last Friday, Dad left Melbourne and flew to Brisbane. We were hoping that he would be able to come home for a day or two before he went off to his next teaching assignment, but it wasn't to be. He stayed overnight in Brisbane and flew to PNG (Papua New Guinea) yesterday - he will be teaching there for three weeks It is not our favourite place for him to go to as it's not a safe place in general - fortunately, Dad is staying in a really safe hotel which is heavily guarded and he also has a driver who drives him back and forth to work. He eats breakfast and dinner at the hotel and takes soup and snacks (which he buys at the grocery store - driven there by his driver) for lunch. We will both be happy when he comes home from there. So far, he says the course is going well and the 14 guys on the course seem to be taking all the info in and have been asking lots of questions which Dad likes.
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