Interesting week......

I tend to be a bit of a hermit.....so when the opportunity arises to spend alot of time with other folks I will usually shy away from that.  But this week was busy and did not have any time to be a hermit.

Went to church to celebrate their 50th anniversary - beautiful service!  I can honestly say I never expected Bishop Scott to pull out his cell phone and read his scripture reading from his phone!!!!   I kept thinking that 50 years ago I am sure no one would have dreamt this would happen!

Then we had our Rotary Picnic - there we met 6 Australians here as part of the GSE team, Father Alphonse and our K-9 Police team, Jason & Kosmo and Tony & Carla.  It was a beautiful evening shared with approx 70 other folks.  The food was prepared by Rich and Pat Denno - wonderful as always!!

Here is what I learned from our Australians:  Chickens and turkeys are called meat birds;  If a young person wants to farm they must acquire their family farm or it is much too prohibitive for them to do it on their own;  They have had a 20 year drought with a 2 year flood;  Lamb is primarily their main meat source; Vegimon is a spread they use like peanut butter;  Good Day Mate is generally their greeting of choice; They have a horrendously large population of poisonous snakes and spiders;  Malbec wine is not their first choice of wine;   Our food is much saltier and sweeter than theirs;  Kangaroo and crocodile are considered exotic meats - not eaten on a normal daily basis;  Whew, there you have it - and I know I missed some things, but interesting silly trivia to start your Saturday!

Habitat for Humanity had their annual fund raiser.  I had the pleasure of sitting with our new home recipients.  I can say, they are such a sweet family!  Three kids.  11, 7 and 5.  Those three children were able to carry on a conversation and were so very polite!  Chad and Mary Frey were there.  I was dubbed Auntie Kim to their babies.  Awwwww, I have another two kiddos to add to my list!

Had the joy of having lunch with one of my adopted kiddos - Tana. 

Spent time with a group of coffee buddies and discussed ethics.  Ending each statement with "is that wrong" - and based on perceptions there was always a grey area......but many laughs.

Had the sadness of watching a community mourn the tragedy of losing one of our own in a car accident while coming together for the children that remain.  In those tragic moments people here come together.  Very proud of our community.

Life has a way of slowing us down........we must take take that time to listen.....