On the 10th April we were camped at Inglewood, Queensland and Darryl said he wanted to take me out to dinner :) - so we went for a walk down the main road and found a great little cafe - Dorries Takeaway - who do Gluten Free meals. Yee ha.... Lovely crumbed fish with sweet potato wedges and salad. YUM. Darryl had ordinary fish and sweet potato wedges and Buster was with us the whole time. Was lovley sitting in the garden beside the Cafe. [The other cafe that we have found that offers GF options is on the main road at Nanango in QLD].
Friday 11th we awoke and decided to head to Jimboomba and spend some time with the grandchildren as they are on school holidays. We arrived just on lunch time and had a great lunch.
Spent quality time with Beckie and the three oldest children before 'Lucky Last' woke from his sleep. Ben managed to call in on his way to Kooralbyn and it was great to hear about his drive up north and his stay at Nebo.
We then spent some time with him when Mum, Brad and Gemma went up to the shops.
We decided to stay the night so that we could also spend some time with Matt - which was good.
Saturday we packed up just before lunch and headed homeward. Parked the van on the verge and then headed off to Ben's place to have some birthday drinks with Daniel. His birthday wasn't until Monday but was great to catch up with him over a couple of drinks and a great BBQ dinner.
Sunday we got out and tidied the garden and started doing the mowing before it rained --- yep we had an inch in 24 hours - which will do the garden good. We will need to tend to the garden once the ground dries out a bit. There are a few trees that need trimming back but will have to see how we go there as we only have the green-waste bin to put it into.
Our clothes line needs replacing as a palm frond fell on it a couple of months ago and the rotary part of it is sitting at an awkward angle and is making it difficult to hang the clothes - thank goodness for the extend-a-line under the patio. We are trying to see if we can just get the rotary part - as the base is in 20kg of concrete and I don't really feel like trying to get that out of the ground. :)
Monday I got stuck into some sewing of the quilt that I am making for 'Lucky Last' and it is coming together well. It is a 'quilt as you go' quilt so working with manageable sized pieces which are quilted and then joined together with bias binding on the back. Managed to get all our washing done and dry - so can repack the van.
Today we went and had our 6 monthly bloods done and did some shopping to re-stock the pantry. It is amazing how the cost builds up :(.
As we were returning from the blood tests we noticed a marked wheel wobble in the front so called into Dunlop Tyre service at Victoria Point and had a wheel balance attended. The drivers side had 10/30 and the passenger side had 30/60 - which apparently is NOT very good. Now the wheels are balanced and the car is not shuddering as we drive. We have also booked the car in for its service next week with our friendly mechanic - Paul.
I am now booked in to have my hearing aids fitted on the 1st May. Because of all the public holidays over the next two weeks there is a BIG delay. Will be good to have them in and not have to blast people out with the high volume on TV and radio, and not miss out on conversations. We will then have to stay around Brisbane area for about a month - so that they can be fine tuned. So we are looking at what needs doing here at the house and on the van.
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