Yesterday Trish managed to get Kate and Arj to the airport after getting James to kindergarten and Charli to school. Then it was pick up James at lunchtime, Charli after school and later get James to tennis and Charli to a kids' party. Finally it was collect James from tennis and Charli from the party!
Right now on Saturday morning Charli is at 'Dancing' and James has taken to the computer like a duck to water! He is having a ball with a school website and its Treasure Hunt Game and the Wiggles website. But it keeps him occupied.
Yesterday I rang home to ensure our pickup ride for midday Monday at Maroochydore Airport was organised and later I contacted the concrete guy to confirm a day to start our job at home. It looks like concreting things will happen on Thursday and if all goes well it will be finished on Friday.
As much as we enjoy visiting family it will be great to get back to our own beds and for us to be enjoying some warmer weather.
The hospitality we have received this trip has been warm but the weather has been cold.
We will leave our 'Melbourne' car with friends Keith and June on Sunday morning and then head over to Chris' place. We will take the kids with us in Kate's 4WD as Kate and Arj return Sunday night. On the way we will spend an hour or two over lunch with our daughter Kim and then around mid afternoon we will head to Chris' and family for our 'last' night. Chris lives close to the airport and will drop us off there on his way to work on Monday.
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Friends Keith and June came with us to the Hoa Tran our favorite Vietnamese restaurant on Thursday night. The meal was just sensational. Keith and June are not well known for their adventurous taste buds and just entering Springvale was an experience for Keith. But the Spicy Beef with Lemon Grass, Chicken with wide noodles, chicken spare ribs, Hokkien fried rice and salt and pepper squid was all just to die for! At around $20 per head is was just amazing.Click on the photo (Hokkien Fried Rice and Salt & Pepper Squid) for a larger view.
Then it was back to their place for a nightcap and I set up a DVD player for them on the 'big' TV.
This morning the weather is overcast and very cool. The promise of getting back to warm sunny weather is attractive to us.
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Thank goodness we have been a bit rainy and cooler. Maybe our summer from hell is ending. I wish you lived near me. In May last yeat we bought a nice Samsung DVD player/recorder and tape recorder/player combo. Supposed to put my old tapes on DVD. The machine is still sitting under the cabinet, never hooked up. Hopefully I can find someone smart enough with time to get it going for me this winter.
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