Remember this

7.30 am...a good time for grocery shopping. Pak'n'Save wasn't as empty as I had hoped but there weren't the usual crowds either. I don't like to be rushed when I shop - one can't easily decide between the tinned, bottled or boxed tomato paste when desperate housewives are trying to aim their trolleys past the solitary stationary one. Today I went with bottled, as well as tomato ketchup AND tomato sauce. The luxury of choice! By 9 am I was home, the groceries were unpacked and everyone had managed to get their own breakfast. It was so early that I still had time to bake date squares, brownies and granola bars before attending the funeral service of John Corder, aka John the Cleaner - employed at TCS for several years and well known to many of the children. You may recall that we visited him at the hospice a few weeks ago. The school did a tribute to John in singing Amazing Grace, and Grant managed to share the gospel in his 3-minute spoken tribute.Matt needed Nick's help with hay making in the early evening - they say you should make hay while the sun shines, and this was certainly a good opportunity. Took our hotdogs over to the Camerons and ate during a break in baling.And finally, today marks our one-year anniversary of leaving St Helena Island. We looked back at some photos of the occasion and got very sentimental and teary. To the blog-readers on the island, hello and we miss you! You are all still very dear to us and definitely not forgotten.