The grandsons were on school holidays, mid term break and Easter. Bernie was home working on the house but last week he had to go to USA for work. Sonya took a few days leave and took the boys to the beach for a few days. She invited us to go with them and Carol flew from Melbourne to spend some days with us.
Our lovely daughter and family invited us for lunch on Easter Sunday. Sonya made a booking at the Lighthouse Restaurant on Cleveland Point. Cleveland is a bayside suburb in Brisbane. The bay is called Moreton Bay and Cleveland Point is a peninsula sticking out into the bay. I love this restaurant but it isn't cheap but the food is delicious. I had half a lobster mornay, the boys and Bernie had steak, Sonya had Barramundi fish and Bill had flathead fish. It was a beautiful day and so great to be with family. I wished our other daughter and son in law were with us too. With the petrol problem and flight delays it was best for them to stay home in Victoria.
After waiting 18 months for our new house to be completed, we could finally move in in June 1989. I was so annoyed with our useless builder, who went broke before completing the house. His suppliers refused to sell him timber, bricks and windows because he couldn't pay his bills. Luckily our bank came to the rescue and paid for the supplies and the house got finished. (sort of). Bill had to do a lot of the finishing touches.
For years I had been walking in Daisy Hill Forest. We have lived in four different homes but all were close to the forest. Now we live right next to the forest. That was one of the reasons that we chose this retirement village. However, due to back problems I couldn't walk long distances. After back surgery and reliance on pain killers, I could walk distances again but my friends and I all getting older took to walking an easier route through Priest Gully Park. However, I have been stacking on the weight lately and I decided to do some extra days walking with a different group of friends. They go into the forest some days so I went with them and was proud of myself to be able to keep up with them, they are all some years younger than me. I must admit that I am pooped when I get back from the walk. Its about 4k and hilly.
Our lovely Dinner Committee organised a St Patricks Dinner with our chef Poz. We tried to all dress in green and the green and white chairs were out. We arrive at 5:30 and picked a number out of a container to tell us which table to sit at. There are two containers of numbers. One for couples and one for singles so it organises two couples and two singles at each table.
Our lovely family often come for lunch on the weekend. They always cook it for us. Last weekend they cooked Burritos.
When I was teaching at Kuraby State School, I made friends with the staff. It was only a small school when I started there in 1990 but numbers grew each year. The administration clerk was Ann. She had been at the school for years and just about ran the school because the principal was a teaching principal when the numbers were small. In the early 2000 many of us were retiring but we kept in touch. You may remember the Birthday Bear lunches we used to have to keep in touch. We also went on holidays together. However, Covid put an end to all of that but we have kept in touch on line. Last week we were invited to Ann and George's 60th wedding anniversary. It was so much fun because beside friends and relatives there were past teachers from the 90's at Kuraby School. There were even some past students there as well.
