What a weekend!

I’m not sure the complete list from Friday was covered but hey ho! The car came back (or rather I picked it up) on Friday evening and guess what? The price they quoted INCLUDED VAT- that is unheard of- it was still exorbitant but still.... (For those elsewhere- if there is anybody that reads this- VAT is 17.5% sales tax- which actually is reduced to 15% at the moment to reinvigorate the economy- think it might need a new Government rather than a 2.5% reduction to achieve that!).

Then to Church for an EFY fundraiser- they raised over £500- wow! The young women had gone to so much effort- we had dance performances and a rerun of the roadshow. Then an auction- we got babysitters for £10 and a novelty cake of our choosing and design at some point in the future for £20- it was more about donating to the youth than getting a bargain- hence one of our ward gave about £50 for two cakes!!! Last year I helped organise the Multi Stake Youth Conference in Manchester- it was such an amazing spiritual experience for the youth (and me) that really I would do anything to have my children to attend (not until they’re 14 unfortunately). Eleanor slept over at one of the Young Women’s house- and didn’t return until midday the next day. She had a lovely time- she can’t wait to get to YW’s- there is a countdown of weeks on the back of her door.

Saturday was spent writing a Buddhist textbook. Oh the joys!!! Ruth was such a wonderful support- I was basically left in my office to work all day while she did the Taekwondo run, Tesco shop and everything else that needed doing. Meanwhile- in my breaks I order the Miley Cyrus autobiography for Abi with her spends (£4 from Amazon) and the Beyonce CD for Ruth.
Saturday evening was Wolverine!!!!!!!!! Went with some friends (Ruth stayed at home- goodness me- she’s a put upon wife). It was amazing- and his name is Jimmy!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday was Presidency meeting in the morning followed by Church- Martha was a complete pain- I think Friday night was catching up with her. Sunday night was a Youth Fireside- the first half hour (when I should have been chairing a Youth Council) was spent fixing the audio visual stuff so the YW could watch Conference. Home at 10pm!!!

After all that we were very glad it was a three day weekend- I love Bank Holidays. Swimming on Monday morning- Manchester are allowing under 16s to swim for free- so it was much cheaper morning than we envisaged. It’s also really nice that our local pool is the Aquatics Centre which was built for the Commonwealth Games. Then shopping for some children’s clothes- Gideon loves his new clothes. Ruth watched Hannah Montana with the girls this afternoon.

Then Psychology revision notes all night!!!!!!!!!!! I want to stop working!!!!!!!!