Monday was Labour Day here in Queensland and so there was another holiday Monday. That meant no Tai Chi, but fortunately for me, Robyn invited me to drive with her up to her son's place in Bundaberg (90 minutes from HB) for the day. Her son, Mark and his wife, Naomi have four children and Robyn's daughter, Sandra and her husband, Joe, also have four children. Sandra and Joe live in HB and they also drove up to Bundaberg and we all met at Mark and Naomi's and then proceeded to drive to the beach. We spent about 1 1/2 hours there just enjoying swimming in the ocean (while Mark and some of the kids surfed near us). I love being in the water - I think I was meant to be born under the sign of Pisces. After the beach, we went back to Mark and Naomi's where we had a nice light lunch. We then just hung around and chatted for the rest of the afternoon before we headed back to the Bay.
I did my usual Aquafit classes on Tuesday and Thursday and Yoga class on Wednesday. I love my time in the water (ocean or pool, I am in my element). The yoga class was led by a different teacher this week - she was okay, but I prefer the one we had last week who is our regular teacher - she tends to do more moves which encourage stretching. I also had my standing facial appointment which, as always, was wonderful and relaxing.
On Wednesday, after yoga (which Robyn came to) we drove to our Bishop's place to go swimming with his wife, Diana, at their complex - yeah, I just can't get enough of being in the water. :-) We had a lovely lunch there with them and spent the afternoon yakking and laughing - a lovely day.
On Thursday, Robyn and I had lunch together and then went visiting teaching. I really enjoy VTing - I love getting to know the sisters better as it's hard to do much socializing on a Sunday. The furthest you have to drive here in HB, though, is only fifteen minutes which is a lot less time than I used to have to go sometimes when we lived in Canada. After we finished VTing, Robyn came over for dinner. I had bought some curry sauce to make a chicken curry with and I wanted to share it with her. I can't have curry when Dad is home because he can't handle the smell and it also has affected his stomach when he has eaten it in the past. I love curry and it was great to be able to try Chicken Tikka Masala - on the packet, it said it was 'mild', but Robyn and I both agreed it was more like 'medium'. We decided that we would need some yogurt for it when we ate the leftovers.
On Friday, Robyn and I went out to lunch with our friend, Alison - she is a member of our ward here and is going through a difficult time, so I thought it would be nice to treat her to lunch to celebrate her birthday. We went to a cute little cafe called 'Migaloos' which is right by the beach and had a nice time chatting and eating.
After talking with you girls yesterday morning, I went to our ward activity which was a barbecue at a park by the beach. Again, it was a relaxing time just chatting with some of the members of our ward. It was a lovely day - the temperature was 27C (what a surprise ;-), the sun was shining and there was a nice breeze. Hamburgers were barbecued for lunch by the men and it was great to just sit around and be served. :-)
After the barbecue, I went to Robyn's to make molded chocolates. We weren't sure if the men had organized anything for the women for Mother's Day and so we decided to make some chocolates to give to the sisters today. I had bought a mold which was 16 hearts and Robyn had a mold which was a variety of shapes. We bought both milk chocolate and dark chocolate buttons to use for the molds. We gave them to the sisters today and they were very much appreciated.
I picked Dad up at the airport this afternoon - YAY! It is so nice to have him back home and he is very very happy to be home. He will only be home for four days before he heads off to Dubai on Thursday, but at least it's four days, right? :-)
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