Recovery week...(I wish!!)

I've spent this week recovering from the horrors of the Cub Camp.!
On Monday Deborah took the Dodge into the tire shop to get the winter tires put on. I dropped the loaner wheel round to Scott and left the punctured tire with him, only to be told that it had already been fixed! Even better - they didn't charge!. I also took the Dodge along to Maaco (Canada's Bodyshop apparently...) to get an estimate for the repair of the rear bumper. $460 including tax. I took the quote round to the house of the people who ran into us expecting to run into some resistance, but they were pleasantly surprised by the amount. So that was a bonus....What was even better was they called Maaco on Tuesday and paid the bill! All we have to do is take the car in and they'll sort it. It goes in Monday evening 5pm and we should get it back Wednesday at the same time.
Monday was a busy day - Deborah also managed to secure 2 tickets to see Il Divo who are coming to Halifax in April. Can't believe how popular it was. As she was taking the car in to get it's tires sorted at 9am, and the box office opened at 9am, it was left to me to order the tickets. The website went down at about 1 second past 9 and so I tried the phone - I couldn't get through, it was permanently engaged from 9am. In the end she went over to Atlantic Superstore who are ticket agents, and joined the queue. Thankfully two tickets were bought and we don't have to source them on ebay!!!
I got a call this week from L-3. Now I did apply to them for a job before I arrived in Canada. I had met them a couple of times to discuss openings, and they actually had a couple of Sim Tech jobs last year - but I think they were in the situation of having to advertise them, even though they were filled (don't you love Unions?). Anyway, they had my cv and knew I now worked in Logisitics for IMP. They are in the bidding process for a new ship for the Canadian Navy and are part of one of two consortiums bidding for the work. Anyway, bottom line is they now have my updated cv and we'll see what comes of it...
Cub meeting went well on Wednesday. I actually led the meeting AND remembered the words to Oh Canada!! We were filling stockings for homeless people. Basically it was a decent pair of socks filled with soap, disposable safety razors, deodorant (stick type), toothbrush, toothpaste, bag of candy and Lip Balm. No aftershave allowed (they drink it), no aerosols (they sniff them) and no razor blades (you can imagine...). The cubs then made festive stamps out of potatoes and stamped pictures onto Christmas Cards to accompany the socks. All very successful and we sang God Save the Queen to finish. Put it this way, it was a damn sight more fulfilling than the camp!!! Talking of which, the next one is planned for January 6/7th. However, this is with the Scouts so it should be easier. We'll make sure the kids are split up and kept occupied. However, when the letter went out, it was stated that unless there was a marked improvement in behavior, this would be the last one.
Thursday of course was Deborah's birthday! I bought her two tickets to see 'Lord of the Dance' in January and also a very attractive Pink ribbon mug in aid of cancer research, as well as a delicious box of Laura Secord chocolates. Matthew and Emma bought her a book. We decided to go out to dinner on Saturday for a couple of reasons. It's easier to get a babysitter, and I have Toastmasters on Thursday! (I did come straight home though instead of going to the pub afterwards!) We went downtown and ended up going to McKelvie's - a very nice seafood restaurant. I came away stuffed! Fish is so filling!
Saturday morning was spent trying to get my winter tires fitted (and failed), followed by shopping in Bedford and we bought our Christmas Tree on the way home. The afternoon was spent helping load Leo & Jeanette's hire van with all their stuff from our basement. They moved into their new house on a semi permanent basis. Although they are in and the furniture is in, they haven't got full power connected. They need to be inspected by NS Power. Once done, it can all be connected up and they are done. The house is very nice. I'll get Deborah to take a couple of pictures and I'll post them next week. We also finished putting up the Christmas Decorations, decorated the tree and as promised, have put a picture of our nodding polar bear on here for you to see. It looks better from a distance!! Also, put on a picture of the house with all it's lights. Sadly the picture doesn't do it justice - the gutter lights are a pale blue and match the house beautifully!! Only thing left to do is try to figure out how to attach lights to the tree at the end of the drive.....