Auto Escapades

It's been a lively week for automobiles. My sister-in-law in SA has had an exciting experience as the result of some "affirmative shopping" by car thieves. These were very determined thieves, as neither the "club" nor other measures deterred their original interest, but simply led to lots of bent and broken bits before they abandoned the process as impossible. Fortunately, they abandoned the car as well, but not before inconveniently pushing it out of the driveway.

My own auto problems are, on the other hand, the result of "affirmative stopping." Someone stopped unecessarily and suddenly on a damp road in front of a driver, which caused another driver to have to stop suddenly, and so on. As a result of that melee, I now have a car which is driveable, according the constable, but I can't get the bonnet up. It's a bit up on its own anyway, with a nice pronounced bend.

Of course this happened as part of Dad's exciting Australian Adventure, which previously included an emergency trip to the dentist earlier they day before due to some unexpected crown problems.

Other than that, today is Anzac Day, and we were hoping to find a local parade, but it seems this year all the services are either in the city or in towns not near us. As much as Dad loves taking the bus into Melbourne, he decided he wasn't up for a dawn service in the city. There will be some programs regarding Gallipoli on the telly, so he'll be able to learn a bit more about Anzac day from a warm, dry lounge room.

Resurrection Day!

I hope eveyone had a great weekend as we celebrated Jesus' resurrection! I did miss posting this blog on Easter. It's not even still Sunday in Hawaii. But it is still Easter Monday...

Friday morning was our church's Easter service & breakfast. Friday, Saturday and Sunday were spent cleaning and cooking, and I even spoke to my folks a couple of times over the weekend via phone & internet. On Sunday we had a lovely time hosting family and friends for dinner. My official paid holiday (today) included digging into the bits of paper that clutter my office and trying to turn it into a respectable guest room for Dad's visit. It's getting there.

We also managed to mow part of the lawn & dirt this weekend (it's a BIG lawn, and the lawn guy hasn't shown up yet), get quite a few loads of laundry done, and finally got both bed and bath put back together again in the later hours of this evening to allow us to shower and sleep...although not necessarily in that order.

I suppose I'd better head off now and decide which one to do first...