Aftermath

So how did the schedule go?
Well we arrived at the Maritime Museum in plenty of time. Joined as members, which was only $20 more than the entry fee so we now have a years access available if we want it.
The intention was to go to the Wet World exhibit but we ended up spending the [...]

Tomorrow’s Schedule

Tomorrow is set to be ‘interesting’. The youngest is going to an ice-skating lesson at 5:45 a.m. so I’m going to drag both kids over and then ‘make a day of it’ afterwards.
There is an ‘event’ called Wet World which is aimed at 3 – 9 year old kids… but mine want to go see [...]

And so this is Christmas…

And so this is Christmas, and what have we done?
Well today we spent the entire day outside Woolworth’s running a BBQ with other parents raising money for our Senior Guides to go to the International Jamboree in Melbourne 2010. It might seem a bit early to start fundraising for a specific event, but with out [...]

A nice side of Christmas!

Yesterday the eldest daughter and some friends decided they would try to raise some money for ther trip to Melbourne in 2010 to attend an International Girl Guides Jamboree. The method the chose was *busking* at the local town centre!
Despite not having rehearsed much off the went. You can see how pleased they were with [...]

So much could be said…

There’s so much that could be said but through my brother, my father has requested not. Cryptic or not, so long as some of us know what I’m on about that’ll do.
Just wanted to say thanks… and well done… to my brother.
I’ve been feeling the tears welling up for the past hour or so and there’s [...]

Halcyon Days – again?

Yet again the name of that idiot Garry Houghton, owner of the landscaping company with the laughable name of ‘Halcyon Days’, has popped up because of his shoddy slap-dash approach to his responsibilities.
Despite the incredible problems we had with him, despite having the local Fair Trading people finding against him in our dispute, despite his [...]

Too much reading is bad for you!

With my cold finally in retreat I’ve been feeling a lot better so was intending to nip up to the Guide Hut today to mow the grass and get ready for the District Camp Fire which is on tomorrow evening.
Instead I spent a lot of the day finishing off re-reading a series of books I’ve [...]

Xmas is coming

You probably are aware that Xmas will be here in just a few short weeks… if not you must be living under a rock! So are we ready? No we are not.
As usual all is chaos here. Financially we’re trying to assess the damage the recession is having on our outgoings and come to terms [...]

They’re coming!!

We’re a scruffy bunch here sometimes. For example, I like a bit of ‘wildness’ in the garden and so apart from throwing handfuls of slug pellets out now and then I tend not to do much in the way of pest control. Likewise I do *very* little pruning in some areas.
Once such area is the [...]

Artec, Artec, all fall down

So, the Strimmer (whipper snipper, brush cutter… whatever) is in for repair. At the back of the garage buried under tons of junk is… wait for it… a *spare* Strimmer. This is an electric thing made by Arlec Industries that I’d bought when the last one we had (a Ryobi) gave up the ghost. It [...]

Last Xmas he took it apart…

Last Xmas the daughter and son-in-law (plus kids) were here for a few weeks… not long enough really but that’s another story, but one of Mark’s best features (apart from really being good for the daughter) is how hard he works. Even on holiday it was hard to keep him still!
Something he did [...]

Something’s bugging me!

Out in the garden last summer the air was green with these little bugs. They are around a centimetre long at their largest and seemed to be congregating from choice over the orange tree.
Clearly odd little sap sucking leaf hoppers of some sort but my dilemma is what to do with them? If I leave [...]

We seem to be back!

After an extended absense during which a large portion of the house was cleared of accumulated junk… as per pervious messages… I think it’s safe to come back.
Loads has happened in the world that’s worthy of comment but I don’t think I’ll be covering much of it, there’s been enough said as it is. [...]

Spring into cleaning!

A couple of months ago I decided it was about time I took our house ‘in hand’. I’ve done next to no real maintenance in years and my growing collection of the bloody useless has slowly mounted up until I couldn’t see the floor for the mess! Since it’s Spring over here I figured this [...]

Don’t mention the air-conditioning!

As you may recall I’ve been wittering on periodically about the breakdown of all our aircon machinery in both car and house.
You might also recall that I took the car to the service station to be sorted out and was told the system simply needed re-gassing to ‘fix’ it, and also had arranged for a [...]

The perils of daylight saving.

Daylight saving started here yesterday… and ended in the UK (or is it the other way around?) anyway the clocks went forward by one hour. Went forwards everywhere… except that is, at our house.
Normally I’m up coughing with the sparrows resetting all the timepieces around the house to the correct time which as you will [...]

More on the weather.

I mentioned a few days ago that both the air conditioning in the house, and in the car had failed. I took the car in to be repaired this morning and left the house at 7:30 a.m. I looked at the temperature gauge and it told me it was already 27ºC. By the time I [...]

Girl Guides – Jamboree 2008

Jamboree 2008 is in Tara, near Warragamba Dam and lasts from 27th September to 6th October. They ran from 1966 as ‘musters’ but the name was changed in 2001 to bring NSW into line with the other Guiding groups.
They’re held every two years unless there’s an international Jamboree happening and the kids love them! It’s [...]

Life changing experiences

Most of the media commemorations of the 9/11 attack on New York were written and published yesterday… ours memory is slightly different so waits until today to write.
It was seven years ago this morning that I switched on the television. The wife was on a business trip and I never sleep well when she’s away [...]

‘Twas Fathers Day yesterday!

Yes, yet another Hallmark Day has come and gone and I’m here to tell the tale! The kids outdid themselves… in some ways. In others, well same old same old. The eldest daughter bought me a clock… much as she did last year! Perhaps she thinks I have some sort of fetish? It’s a nice [...]

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