Guess I have to explain that story. We were driving around, looking at things on the island, and decided to stop for lunch at some pub along the way. We were actually looking for some picnic tables to eat at since we had packed out own lunch. They had picnic tables out front along the road, so we stopped. We went inside to get a couple of beers to have with our lunch and while I was in there, some guy came up to me and told me we were not allowed to eat at those tables unless we bought food from there. I argued that we had beers and we would be drinking them out there and he was not losing any sales but he said we had to go. And now that I have begun this story, I find it to be totally uninteresting, so I will jump to the end and just say the beer they served us must have been made from the water they keep the old oysters in. It had to be the worst tasting beer I have ever had. So, the gist of the story is, I am glad William has good taste in beer and only drinks the best.
We got the new car yesterday. Have not paid for it yet, but they delivered it anyway and took away the old car. It is the Kia van. Not a bad car, unless you compare it to the Territory, but it has some nice features. One of the big ones is we can play our phones through the car speakers. Either making calls or playing music, it works well. It did not recognize my iPhone in the iPod port, which I will have to investigate, but bluetooth worked just fine.
All the door are automatic, meaning they can be opened or closed via buttons or the keycard. Big help for Maeghan as all she has to do is push the button to open the door. It has DVD players in the headrests but we have not figured out how to use them yet. Lots of little buttons and storage compartments that we have not figured out yet either. The window tinting leaves a bit to be desired. Not very dark at all but we were not given a choice on how much window tinting to use. Have to be an after market thing if they will let me do that on the lease. I am guessing they will not, but maybe we will ask at some time in the future. Still waiting on the gas cards. Have no idea when they will arrive. Means we have to put gas in it ourselves until then. Since it is leased, we are supposed to have everything paid for, just sign and go, but until we get all the paperwork and everything, we have to do it ourselves. Maybe they will be here today. Would have been nice to have them before we got the car.
Maeghan and William start swimming lessons next week. The schools offers a two week program to teach kids to swim. Maeghan sent last year but they encourage kids to go until they can swim 50 meters by themselves. Maeghan can swim, but not that far. She gets tired quickly. William might already be able to do it. Not necessarily swim, but he can float forever and could probably make his way for that distance. He swims on his back when he gets tired and sort of dog paddles when he is trying to get somewhere. He has not been in a pool big enough to try swimming any distance. The pool they use for the classes is at another school down the road. I have never been there but I am told it is very large. They have an olympic pool at Mingara, which is where most of the school swimming carnivals are held. Maeghan has been in that pool. they also have a play pool at Mingara which both of the kids have been to. In fact, this is the same pool where William once almost drowned and consequently stayed out of the water for a couple of years after that, but that is another story I think I have already told somewhere.
Now that I see the clock, I am going to have to cut this short. I am supposed to be somewhere in about 20 minutes. I was really doing this to try out some new toys. I back up the computer using Carbonite. I was trying to restore the files from that backup on this computer, my work laptop, and found some strange things about doing it. I eventually got it working, sort of, so I downloaded the picture you see here and posted it. I might have to figure out better way of doing it, but I do not have the time. Should not have wasted time on that first lame story about the beer. Live and learn. Have to go now.
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