Today was another one of those days.
Our plan for the end of this week, was to help Aussie H write out her birthday party invitations on Thursday afternoon after lunch (today). BGWLBH is a wizz with calligraphy, so she offered her skills to Aussie H.
Then on Friday we would drive to Bundaberg (just over an hour north).
Adoring Husband was going to look at camper vans and the drink factory while BGWLBH and I shopped at Spotlight for wool and other arty farty crafty bits and pieces. Perhaps do lunch and show BGWLBH around because she has never been to Bundaberg.
Then on Saturday, we were going to drive to Eumundi (about two and a half hours south) to see the rest of the markets and so that BGWLBH could buy some gifts for friends and family back home.
This morning, just before BGWLBH and I were about to walk out the door for our morning exercise routine, Adoring Husband asked if we could change our plans and go to Bundaberg today, so that he wasn't driving two days in a row.
After contacting Aussie H via text message, we re-arranged our plans, came home early from our walk, got ready and just after 9.30am, we headed north.
Halfway there, the dark clouds closed in and the rain came down. Miserable.
We wanted to do some geocaching on the way, but I lost mobile coverage before I was able to download the app, so we decided to wait til we got to Bundaberg, set ourselves up with the app and do it properly on the way home.
Well, we arrived in Bundaberg with a plan in mind for where to stop first.
We stopped ... and the store was closed.
It's 'show day' in Bundaberg ... which means it's a public holiday ... which means that almost all the shops were shut, especially the shops that WE wanted to visit.
After a little cursing, the decision was made to find coffee.
About 30 minutes later, after driving past MANY closed coffee shops, we found a quiet little coffee shop attached to the drink factory that Adoring Husband was going to visit. We sat down and ordered coffee, but there was no food available.
I downloaded the app for geocaching and searched for the cache in Childers that we wanted to find.
Our next change of plans, was to find a calligraphy pen for the invitations, go to Joyce Mayne to look for a big torch (like the one that The Nikonian has for night photography), do a little grocery shopping and then head to Childers for lunch. After lunch we would geocache and then go home.
It took us a while to find a calligraphy pen. Joyce Mayne had no torches. We did our groceries. We drove to Childers and as we arrived there, the heavens opened up again. We found our cafe (where we regularly stop for sustenance) was also closed for the show holiday!!
Taking our bad luck into consideration, it looked like lunch at home was the next best option and as we walked back to the car, Adoring Husband's bad knee buckled under him and he began limping.
Thank goodness, he was ok to continue driving!
In the downpour, we missed the turn/stop for the geocaching and the weather was too bad to stop and turn around, so geocaching was cancelled.
Further down the road was an unmanned fruit stall selling oranges, lemons and mandarins. We had seen it on the way to Bundaberg and agreed to stop on the way home for fruit.
We stopped.
Adoring Husband added up what we wanted to buy and put the money in the locked box provided - then discovered that the tray of juicing oranges was actually a tray full of 1/4 oranges and 3/4 mandarins, which is NOT what he wanted.
Meanwhile it is still pouring with rain and Adoring Husband is standing in it trying to decide what to do, since he can't get his money back now. "Just take the tray!" I blurted. So he did.
We finally arrived home at 2.45pm. Hungry, tired, cache-less, wool and craft-less and with more mandarins than anybody can use in a lifetime :o)
The highlight of the day was when the radio played Ganggajang - Sounds of Then (This is Australia) and BGWLBH asked Adoring Husband to turn it up really loud, so that we could sing.
He complied with the request and we sang loudly (and badly) hoping that perhaps some lightning may crack from the sky over the canefields as we sang.
So the 'Adoring Husband Phenomenon' strikes again ... if it's gunna happen ... it's gunna happen to Adoring Husband!
It wasn't a complete loss. BGWLBH got to see Bundaberg for the first time. We sang a good Aussie song loudly and badly. We arrived home safe n sound.
Adoring Husband cooked a delicious leg of lamb with baked vegetables tonight and the icing on the cake was when he tried to make gravy with stock powder instead of gravy powder and couldn't figure out why it was so salty!
After we got that all sorted out, dinner was REALLY good. Adoring Husband did the dishes (in the dishwasher) and then we played trivia.
Adoring Husband's luck had finally changed!! He has now taken the title of trivia champion!!
Tonight I finish off with a photo of a visitor at the Seat of Knowledge this morning.
Nite all.
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