Homes, Cars and Cookies

This morning started with Rob cooking me breakfast: eggs, toast and coffee.  He is a good man and I think I'll keep him.  After breakfast we looked for homes to rent on-line in Hobart.  We made some phone calls and appointments to view several places this weekend when we take a short trip over to Tasmania.  We got ready for the day and descended two flights of stairs to the espresso bar/night bar just below our flat.  Rob has talked to the owner of the bar and conveniently, he had a friend in the car dealing business.  While we stood there, sipping on lattes, he gave his friend a call and sent us over to take a look at a few cars.  Rob and I drove over to an industrial part of Melbourne (not too far from our place) and questioned only for moment if our coffee mate delivered us to "stab town".  Luckily, not the case for the Doyles.  We were met by man who doesn't usually deal with private sells, he does wholesale for vehicles mostly to dealerships or auction.  He gave us a quick tour of a warehouse and we zeroed into one small SUV that will likely suit our needs.  Room for Maggie to comfortably sit (she is always in the forefront of my mind) and for friends with suitcases.  See below picture for an idea of what we saw today.  We are having a mechanic take a look over the car and may end up purchasing it tomorrow or Wednesday.

On to the bank to make sure we have cash flow for our new set of wheels. Then we finally just browsed a few shops in town, not out of necessity but pure enjoyment.  We stopped to have lunch at small bakery which was recommended to us and baked its own bread, cookies and pies.  Over lunch, I phoned the quarantine prison where Maggie is staying to see if we could drop off two beds (yes, I said, two) and some treats for our girl.  Visiting hours are not permitted on Mondays, only Tues-Fri but I explained to the lady on the phone that we just wanted to drop off the items and that's all.  She wasn't super excited to have us drop in but agreed to my plea.  Before leaving the bakery, we booked up about a dozen cookies as... you know... a thank you to the quarantine "angels" who are so sweetly caring for our girl.  Once in the office, the staff received the dog items but kindly declined our box of... how should I say this... gratitude.  Something about it being against policy to receive gifts while dogs are in quarantine.  Gee.  If there was a policy like this in the hospital between nurses and patients then nurses would: a) weigh less and b) smile less.  Just saying.  Rob says to me, as we walk back to our car, what on earth we will do with all these cookies?  I have a plan.

The rest of the day consisted of a few last errands and nice dinner again at home.  Tomorrow night we having dinner with our friend, Alicia who lives in Hobart but will be in Melbourne for the evening.  We look forward to seeing her.

Just kidding! This hot rod was in the warehouse where we viewed cars but we wont be buying this gem.  I'll post a real pic of our wheels when we are the new happy owners.

Nothing suspicious here.  Just a book of cookies from Maggie.  She is so very thoughtful.

Look away "My Fitness Pal".  Nothing to see here.
"My Fitness Pal" is an app that helps track calories for weight loss. Unfortunately, it founds its way down under with us.