On Monday, my friend, Maureen, and I went out for lunch and a movie - Maureen is about Nana's age and we get along really well. She was one of my counsellors when I was the Primary President. We enjoy going out for something to eat and to a movie whenever we get back from one of our trips. This time, I chose the cafe for lunch and she chose the movie - it turned out to be in the same place. The movie theatre here has a lovely little cafe attached to it where we were able to get an iced chocolate and a chicken wrap before watching the movie. It's always nice to catch up with friends. The movie Maureen chose was called 'Red Dog - True Blue' - she had seen the first movie called 'Red Dog' which was actually the sequel to the movie we saw - kind of confusing, I know. The movie we saw started with Red Dog being found in the middle of nowhere and explaining how he came to be there and the first movie ended with him being left in the middle of nowhere and his adventures from then. It was a beautiful family movie which we both enjoyed - I was glad about this because the last two movies we have seen were not very good ones.
On Tuesday, I met up with my friend, Chantelle, who I used to teach with (iced chocolate time again) - she was doing her teaching country service for four years way up north and has decided to take a break from teaching here in Queensland and is moving with her boyfriend to northern New South Wales for a while. It was great catching up with her - she is younger than Krystal, but we get on really well, too. I love it how, when you get to be in your 20's (and older), age doesn't seem to matter as much when it comes to making friends. 😊
On Wednesday, Dad and I drove up to the Jayco dealership in Bundaberg. The fellow up there had sent us some samples of colours to choose for our trailer, but we couldn't get a good idea of them on the computer, so we decided to make a day of it and drive up to see him in person. We looked at the swatches of colour (for the couch and dinette seats' cushions) and the laminate colour (for the countertops). I had chosen the colour I thought I wanted and Dad was happy with my choice, but when we got up there and looked at them again and talked about it, we decided to go with other colours.
On Thursday, I got together with my friend, Haidi, from church - another iced chocolate. 😊 Dad and I enjoy hanging out together and chatting, but it's just different with our female friends, isn't it? I love it that it can be ages between our visits and yet we just pick up where we left off. That night, we had the missionaries over for dinner - Elder Ha and Elder Potter are very diligent missionaries and I love the spirit that is in our home when they visit and share a message with us.
On Friday, Dad and I drove to the house of a young girl in our church. She was moving and getting rid of a lot of stuff she couldn't take with her to her new place. She told me that she had remembered how much I loved a ceramic giraffe she had in her garden and asked me if I would like it. I couldn't believe that she had remembered this as it was a number of years ago. I was thrilled that she did remember, though, as I really did like it and was so happy to be able to bring it home and put it on our back patio. I am loving all these different giraffes I am collecting - especially since they are all so different, especially with the material used to make them.
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