The Weekend

I'm sitting here watching the closing ceremonies and blogging, so if things don't make a lot of sense, you'll know why. I have to say - too many speeches so far.....

On Saturday it was overcast again (yay). I still get that Vancouver anxiety whereby if it's sunny we have to do something outside.

So - as it was drizzly and Vancouver like we headed to Big Brand Outlet (along with the rest of Brisbane). They were having a massive (they like the word massive here - pronounced mahsieve) sale (as advertised in the Brisbane News) and we need patio furniture. Of course, they didn't have patio furniture so we ended up getting two things we don't really need. Shelves (for Cyp's office) and a little table for the guest room (which will hopefully help the spartan feel it currently has).

So, I'm not getting off to a good start on my new money saving plan. We still need patio furniture (yes need) and a barbecue. I'm working on a barbecue right now though - got a bid in on a weber (charcoal). Trying to get stuff before mom and dad arrive. I figure dad can do the barbecuing as he got lots of practice with coals in Hawaii!

We came home and watched the hockey game for a bit and then drove to Bunnings (much like Home Depot) where we didn't buy anything. I feel that we should find patio furniture that is on sale as it almost end of summer. This end of summer thing is weird - I keep forgetting it's March and thinking we're in October. My seasonal clock is all screwed up.

On Sunday we drove to Toowomba. We ended up taking the tourist drive -not sure what was touristy about it other than the little cart wheel that was on the road signage that we followed. Cyp and I kept saying "this reminds me of the Okanagan, Hawaii, La Connor etc" We keep trying to reference everything to places we've already been. We drove by the Walloon Saloon on the way there and Shulte's Meat Tavern on the way home. Cyp really wanted to stop at the meat tavern, I could tell. I think the area we drove through is referred to as the Darling Downs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling_Downs

I kept wondering what it looked like during the drought. It is super green now. It has been raining a lot here. I no longer feel guilty about my long showers and what with our solar powered hot water I almost feel like it would be a shame not to have a long hot shower.

Tawoomba was very pretty - up on a hill with lots of great parks. We hit the park in the middle of the city and it was great.

We went to a museum that was ok - it had a couple of crafts for Ellis which was good. Afterwards we did a survey for a free coffee. The woman conducting the survey made a comment at one point how nothing beats a free coffee. Cyp is always highly suspicious of free (I still like it) but he is usually right. The survey was a tad tedious - but both kids were very well behaved (Ellis had daddy's iphone and Rowan had mommy's wallet - I still think I have all my cards) which she commented on. I must admit they are pretty good - not sure what my problem is not being able to cope with them.

On the way home, we passed food to Ellis in the back, who in turn passed it to Rowan. This had Rowan in stitches almost the entire way home (1.5 hours). It was great.