Sunday, 12 November, 2017

This week was another week of prepping for Dad - he still hasn't heard if the course is going on for sure - the last he heard was that his boss was trying to secure permission to use some company's airplane for this practical course.  Dad reckons the prepping will be valuable in the future even if this course doesn't happen.  He has basically been prepping from 9am to 5pm each day with only a short break for lunch. 

I have been able to go to a few exercise classes this week which I was really happy about - back to Tai Chi, Aquafit and a new class called 'Bands and Movement' which was pretty much as the title suggests: a lot of using the stretch bands and a lot of walking back and forth in the room.  It wasn't exactly exhilarating, but I find that I am more likely to 'get up and move' if I have a class to go to, so I might try this class again when we are back in town on a Friday. 

I also got in a little pampering this week: a facial, a haircut (I got foils put in my hair this time - Christa, my hairdresser, chose to put in three different dyes) and a lunch out (with Robyn).  Robyn also came over for dinner twice this week - once the missionaries joined us.  We have a new missionary in our ward who just arrived this week and it was nice to get to know him and hear the message they shared about the 'Plan of Salvation'.  Elder Prows used some visual aids which his sisters had made for him to use out on his mission - I thought that was really sweet of them to do that for him.

 Just thought you would like to see what my hairdo looks like after Helen has finished her facial on me - she does some massaging of product on my face and then puts on some more product which needs to be left on for a while - during that time, she massages my head and this is what I look like when she is done :-)  I told her that she had outdone herself this time

Showing the colours of my new 'dye job'

My new haircut

 Robyn and I went out for lunch to a cute little cafe called 'Cereal Addiction' which also sells American cereal - I ordered a sumptuous roast beef toastie and Robyn had the taco toastie and then we shared half with each other

 Robyn and her iced chocolate - we both had one - very yummy :-)

Our missionaries - Elder Prows from Utah and Elder Choi from South Korea

Elder Choi has never had pavlova, so we made him one for dessert - he loved it - and so did we! :-)

Last night, I babysat the Louws girls - Scarlett and Indiana - who are 6 and 5.  I have babysat them a few times and they are adorable little girls.  Neither of their grandparents live in Hervey Bay, so I guess I am like a substitute grandma when I am in town.  I brought over books to read to them, a puzzle book to work on with them plus a cookie mix to bake with them - they loved doing all  of the activities and it was fun being with them.  Their parents, Lisa and Ben, just had twin baby girls, Harper and Macy, last month, so I got to get a little cuddle in with them when Lisa and Ben came home - it's so nice to cuddle with little babies. 😄