So it's been AGES! (well, in blogging terms)
With the house in pieces and our lives under constant demand, I've had very little time to write in this thing.
BUT let me recap some important events over the past week or so:
Nene's holiday
Janene went to Collaroy on Friday for the Women's Bible Convention. The ladies all went in one car. They listened to Chick Yuill's message (6 cds!!) from the Men's Bible Convention last year (which rocked!).
Work
Rural Flyer is back from the printers. It looks GREAT and I'm very happy indeed.
Country Catalogue, March edition is finally out as of today. The lead up to this was mildly hectic and I ended up working until late/early in the morning on Friday and Saturday nights.
Building
Our home renovation project is well underway... the builder, John Parker, had another job postponed, so he has been able to spare an extra week here. John is a nice guy, but probably a bit lonely. His kids are all grown and left home, and he's not with his wife anymore ("estranged" as he described her).
We invited John for dinner one night, and I think he appreciated that. I probably saved him one more lonely night eating a TV dinner.
The kitchen is kinda finished... the worst wall is replaced. We now also have a door exiting the laundry to outside. We have to have a small landing and stairs built there so we don't fall out on our faces.
There are a heap of wasp nests under the eaves of the roof which are proving difficult to get rid of. I've sprayed em a few times and made a dash for it while they got angry and looked for someone to sting.
Kids
Eli has been enjoying school. He still manages to smuggle a toy car in his pocket or somewhere. We've tried to stop him, but now he's convinced us he only wants to take one to play with under the "Peppers" (it's an area where the kindergarten and year 1 kids play - probably under some peppercorn trees).
Clayton is also enjoying his time at daycare. His current habit is putting rocks in his mouth. If you see him with a bulgey mouth, you know he's sucking on a stone.
I can't say much else interesting has happened. Life is really hectic while we're living in half a house - one half in pieces, the other covered in dust.
Intresting stuff will be posted as it happens!
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Croup again
Eli woke up with croup
Eli has had croup for a couple of days running now, and this morning he had it back. So I stayed home with Eli and Clayton while Janene went to church. We stayed home and lazed around, watched some Veggie Tales, Fantasia and I played some music on clarinet and cornet.
I sat outside in the warm morning sun and chose a heap of songs ready to try out for the upcoming trip to the Dubbo Nursing Home at Easter. I hope we can have a brass ensemble ready for that.
After church, Janene went to a craft thing of some sort with Linda O'Brien, so Eli and I watched Big Fish. Turns out he has already seen it, so he let me know stuff before it happened... THANKS ELI!.
When Janene came home later in the afternoon we had yummy honey-soy chicken bits with salad wrapped in lebanese bread for dinner. Janene is a clever cook. Then we all went out into the garden and went crazy. I fixed the gate, trimmed back the wisteria to a single, long twisted, branch and Janene did some weeding and cleaning up in the front gardens and trimmed the jasmine.
Clayton and Eli played in the sand, and generally got in the way.
Another good day with good progress! It was the first day in years where I had messy bed-hair the whole day long. It's nice to be able to do that every now and then.
Back to work tomorrow, and the building starts.
Eli has had croup for a couple of days running now, and this morning he had it back. So I stayed home with Eli and Clayton while Janene went to church. We stayed home and lazed around, watched some Veggie Tales, Fantasia and I played some music on clarinet and cornet.
I sat outside in the warm morning sun and chose a heap of songs ready to try out for the upcoming trip to the Dubbo Nursing Home at Easter. I hope we can have a brass ensemble ready for that.
After church, Janene went to a craft thing of some sort with Linda O'Brien, so Eli and I watched Big Fish. Turns out he has already seen it, so he let me know stuff before it happened... THANKS ELI!.
When Janene came home later in the afternoon we had yummy honey-soy chicken bits with salad wrapped in lebanese bread for dinner. Janene is a clever cook. Then we all went out into the garden and went crazy. I fixed the gate, trimmed back the wisteria to a single, long twisted, branch and Janene did some weeding and cleaning up in the front gardens and trimmed the jasmine.
Clayton and Eli played in the sand, and generally got in the way.
Another good day with good progress! It was the first day in years where I had messy bed-hair the whole day long. It's nice to be able to do that every now and then.
Back to work tomorrow, and the building starts.
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Hidden treasure
Saturday morning, let's do some damage!
Before we could start tearing into the walls, we needed a sleep in. So we did that and were up n at 'em by 9:30. We went and borrowed some tools and a trolley thing for moving heavy items from Capt Chris Radburn.
We moved everything out of the way and started hacking the lining off our wall on the kitchen and laundry side. There was a bit of damage in there from previous termite damage, but nothing as terrible as we imagined.
Turns out that the top half of the walls are made of asbestos fibre cement sheeting, so we avoided ripping into that. We just removed the bottom half which is primarily oregon timber. I also removed all the tiles from the laundry wall, and took out the laundry tub.
While I was hoping to find a rare penny or gold watch, I did find 10 cents. So... I guess that can go straight back off the loan :D
After we finished removing all this stuff, we decided to keep going and remove the lino from the kitchen floor, which was laid on top of masonite sheeting, which was on top of the original floor boards. The floorboards underneath were not looking that great. They're probably not worth the effort trying to restore, since there are some weak areas and also a few splits and missing chunks.
Evidently there was some old newspaper on top of the floorboards at some stage. Although it was gone now, you could still see a ghosted stencil of the pages on the floorboard. One page I could make out had a Christmas feature headed "Gay ways to wrap your gifts". I found the corner of an old newspaper which was from the early 60's, so the above headline is just another example of how certain "things" have perverted our society and taken ownership over some old words. Dare I say any more, even in my own journal?
We did a lot today, then went to Narromine to pick up the boys and stayed the evening. We had chinese for dinner (again!) and watched some investigation shows about murders on mum and dad's pay tv. Sad and scarey stories!
It was a long, but FRUITFUL day! Can't wait til things get rolling on Monday.
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Before we could start tearing into the walls, we needed a sleep in. So we did that and were up n at 'em by 9:30. We went and borrowed some tools and a trolley thing for moving heavy items from Capt Chris Radburn.
We moved everything out of the way and started hacking the lining off our wall on the kitchen and laundry side. There was a bit of damage in there from previous termite damage, but nothing as terrible as we imagined.
Turns out that the top half of the walls are made of asbestos fibre cement sheeting, so we avoided ripping into that. We just removed the bottom half which is primarily oregon timber. I also removed all the tiles from the laundry wall, and took out the laundry tub.
While I was hoping to find a rare penny or gold watch, I did find 10 cents. So... I guess that can go straight back off the loan :D
After we finished removing all this stuff, we decided to keep going and remove the lino from the kitchen floor, which was laid on top of masonite sheeting, which was on top of the original floor boards. The floorboards underneath were not looking that great. They're probably not worth the effort trying to restore, since there are some weak areas and also a few splits and missing chunks.
Evidently there was some old newspaper on top of the floorboards at some stage. Although it was gone now, you could still see a ghosted stencil of the pages on the floorboard. One page I could make out had a Christmas feature headed "Gay ways to wrap your gifts". I found the corner of an old newspaper which was from the early 60's, so the above headline is just another example of how certain "things" have perverted our society and taken ownership over some old words. Dare I say any more, even in my own journal?
We did a lot today, then went to Narromine to pick up the boys and stayed the evening. We had chinese for dinner (again!) and watched some investigation shows about murders on mum and dad's pay tv. Sad and scarey stories!
It was a long, but FRUITFUL day! Can't wait til things get rolling on Monday.
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Friday, February 11, 2005
Home alone
This evening Eli and Clayton were palmed off to Grandma and Pa. They left before Janene came to pick me up at work.
After leaving work, we went to music group, which was our first group lesson in the new year. It was attended by myself, Janene, Linda and Don. For a first week back after a long holiday, I say we played surprisingly well!
Following the group lesson, I stayed back as usual for my private lesson. It's amazing what the most minute adjustments to my embouchure can make to the quality of the sound made with my cornet! Chris Harrison (my teacher) is remarkable the way he can hear my sound and tell me exactly what I need to do to make it much cleaner.
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So Janene and I were alone for the evening and planned to get stuck into the demolition task at hand as soon as we could. But before we could do that, we had to savour the moment of temporary childlessness. We hired 2 videos - Around the World in 80 Days (Jackie Chan) and Big Fish.
We went and bought some chinese food from Jimmy's Kitchen, cos he rocks. We went home and pigged out while watching the Jackie movie. I was surprised to find it was a cool movie, and very funny. I kinda expected the worst and got something pretty close to the best.
Apart from that time with Janene, that's about as romantic as we could get, considering how tired we were. So we went to sleep ready for a big day tomorrow.
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After leaving work, we went to music group, which was our first group lesson in the new year. It was attended by myself, Janene, Linda and Don. For a first week back after a long holiday, I say we played surprisingly well!
Following the group lesson, I stayed back as usual for my private lesson. It's amazing what the most minute adjustments to my embouchure can make to the quality of the sound made with my cornet! Chris Harrison (my teacher) is remarkable the way he can hear my sound and tell me exactly what I need to do to make it much cleaner.
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So Janene and I were alone for the evening and planned to get stuck into the demolition task at hand as soon as we could. But before we could do that, we had to savour the moment of temporary childlessness. We hired 2 videos - Around the World in 80 Days (Jackie Chan) and Big Fish.
We went and bought some chinese food from Jimmy's Kitchen, cos he rocks. We went home and pigged out while watching the Jackie movie. I was surprised to find it was a cool movie, and very funny. I kinda expected the worst and got something pretty close to the best.
Apart from that time with Janene, that's about as romantic as we could get, considering how tired we were. So we went to sleep ready for a big day tomorrow.
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Thursday, February 10, 2005
Less walls, more money
Tear down the walls!
Janene got a call the other day from John Parker (the builder), who informed us he has a spare week next week. He will attempt to make as much progress as possible on the kitchen walls so that they are prepared, ready to go for the new kitchen.
To save money, John told us we can rip off all the wall panels in the kitchen and laundry so that he doesn't have to do it. There is asbestos in the wall, so we'll do as much as we're comfortable with.
Salary sweetner...
After sending an email to Tim the other day expressing my frustration with my salary, and the fact that it hasn't been reviewed since I start work for Panscott 20'ish months ago, he replied by calling me to a meeting today.
In our private meeting, Tim was apologetic for being forgetful about reviewing my pay, and subsequently bumped my pay up to $40k, which is going to ease the burden of our current financial situation.
Somehow, I spent the rest of the day on a bit of a high, and already feel a renewal of my original love for my job! Yippeeee :-) It's not the extra money, but the recognition of my worth that makes me feel good about things again.
Janene got a call the other day from John Parker (the builder), who informed us he has a spare week next week. He will attempt to make as much progress as possible on the kitchen walls so that they are prepared, ready to go for the new kitchen.
To save money, John told us we can rip off all the wall panels in the kitchen and laundry so that he doesn't have to do it. There is asbestos in the wall, so we'll do as much as we're comfortable with.
Salary sweetner...
After sending an email to Tim the other day expressing my frustration with my salary, and the fact that it hasn't been reviewed since I start work for Panscott 20'ish months ago, he replied by calling me to a meeting today.
In our private meeting, Tim was apologetic for being forgetful about reviewing my pay, and subsequently bumped my pay up to $40k, which is going to ease the burden of our current financial situation.
Somehow, I spent the rest of the day on a bit of a high, and already feel a renewal of my original love for my job! Yippeeee :-) It's not the extra money, but the recognition of my worth that makes me feel good about things again.
Saturday, February 05, 2005
What a nice day
Plenty achieved...
It was the kinda day you can look back and and be satisfied it wasn't wasted. Thanks to the kids, we were awake around 7am (earlier for Janene, who went back to bed after I took over).
Mum and Dad came into town and Tim Newby came over and we helped dad go and load a huge bird avairy onto the back of Dad's ute. It was heavy, and apparently it took 5 people to move it last time. Well, us three strapping lads moved it about 20 meters and up and onto the ute without needing further assistance. We did it all in our stride without pulling a single muscle :-)
After that, we had lunch while Mum, Janene and Clayton went out and bought stuff down the street. They came back and Clayton fell asleep on his feet and nearly fell over and donked his head... but I caught him.
So I put Clayton to bed and the girls went out again. Dad and I checked the boxing on my cementing project, then I cleaned the gutters on the roof while Tim and Eli played cricket.
After our lunches and after mum and dad went home, we all jumped in the car and went out to Tim's house (out of town) and enjoyed a cuppa. We checked out their self-built extension on the house. They've done a very good job and only needed one professional tradesman in the whole process (the wall plasterer).
That trip encouraged me to have a go of things a bit more, even if it's not a spic job, it'll be good experience.
So I got home and I finished the cementing of my garden edges, and I used the leftover cement to patch up some gaps in Eli and Clayton's cubbyhouse-to-be.
They played in the sand for a while longer and Janene cooked a lovely dinner, then we all sat together and enjoyed it :-)
The day wasn't complete without a practice on my cornet! And somehow, I even managed to fit that in... a good day all in all.
It was the kinda day you can look back and and be satisfied it wasn't wasted. Thanks to the kids, we were awake around 7am (earlier for Janene, who went back to bed after I took over).
Mum and Dad came into town and Tim Newby came over and we helped dad go and load a huge bird avairy onto the back of Dad's ute. It was heavy, and apparently it took 5 people to move it last time. Well, us three strapping lads moved it about 20 meters and up and onto the ute without needing further assistance. We did it all in our stride without pulling a single muscle :-)
After that, we had lunch while Mum, Janene and Clayton went out and bought stuff down the street. They came back and Clayton fell asleep on his feet and nearly fell over and donked his head... but I caught him.
So I put Clayton to bed and the girls went out again. Dad and I checked the boxing on my cementing project, then I cleaned the gutters on the roof while Tim and Eli played cricket.
After our lunches and after mum and dad went home, we all jumped in the car and went out to Tim's house (out of town) and enjoyed a cuppa. We checked out their self-built extension on the house. They've done a very good job and only needed one professional tradesman in the whole process (the wall plasterer).
That trip encouraged me to have a go of things a bit more, even if it's not a spic job, it'll be good experience.
So I got home and I finished the cementing of my garden edges, and I used the leftover cement to patch up some gaps in Eli and Clayton's cubbyhouse-to-be.
They played in the sand for a while longer and Janene cooked a lovely dinner, then we all sat together and enjoyed it :-)
The day wasn't complete without a practice on my cornet! And somehow, I even managed to fit that in... a good day all in all.
Friday, February 04, 2005
Eli's ear-opening experience
Early morning voyage...
We had to get up at 4:30am this morning in order to get Eli to Bathurst for his ear operation. We jumped in the car and got the heater going. Eli and Clayton snuggled up under Eli's Thomas the Tank Engine doonah and we hit the road just before 5am after a little prayer together.
Eli was totally unphased by the prospect of having an operation. Then again, he's never had one, so he wouldn't know what to expect. We weren't about to tell him it involved a big needle either.
It was a long drive when you're feeling like you should be in bed, so it was a relief to get there in one piece and on time.
Eli was weighed etc and taken into the waiting ward thing by a lovely lady with a strong Irish or Scottish accent... There he laid down on a bed to wait his turn. The proceedure only takes about 10 mins, so they churn em out pretty quick.
There was a little girl in the bed next to Eli, and she went in before him.
They allow one person in when they child goes under the anaesthetic, so Janene went in, and they both had to wear the ridiculous hats and gowns (pic to come!).
While the op happened, Clayton and I went and sat in the back of the station wagon eating chips and having a rest. Then later we went for a drive and got some bacon & egg McMuffins from McDonalds.
Eli went under anaesthetic at 9:30 and was done and fully recovered/awake by 10:10am, so we were allowed to leave soon after that.
Janene said that Eli mumbled some funny things while recovering from the anaesthetic in the recovery room. One that she remembers was that while he was sitting in the chair the nurse came to clean the bed that he came out on. She whipped the sheets off, wiped over the matress and flipped it over... and Eli (still sitting rather still, and mumbling as though in deep thought) said "If I was still on that bed, I'd be dead now".
tehehehe
Well after eating some lunch (again at McDonalds), we headed home. As if the trip there wasn't tough enough, now we really struggled! I was so tired even before leaving, and Janene was the same. I got as far as Lucknow (which is even before Orange) and had to pull over for a break and buy something to eat. I let Janene drive from there, but she only lasted until Molong (on the other side of Orange).
We spent 20 mins or so there, just resting and then walking around a bit. I took over driving again and was fine from there til Dubbo.
In Molong we saw a used car lot, and on the side they had some buses, so we stopped to have a look and asked the man there for some prices. We wrote them down and will pass them onto Capt. Chris Radburn. We still hope that at some point our church can afford a bus that I can drive around picking up the kids and adults for sunday school and church. Keep praying!
And was it worth it?
Eli's hearing seems to have improved already. He's still a rowdy kid and plays loudly when he gets excited, but now we don't have to yell at him to get heard.
We've done a few tests where he turns around and we whisper obscure sentences like "you have a banana sandwich on your butt" and he's been remarkable in relaying what he heard.
So yes, I think it was worth it.
We had to get up at 4:30am this morning in order to get Eli to Bathurst for his ear operation. We jumped in the car and got the heater going. Eli and Clayton snuggled up under Eli's Thomas the Tank Engine doonah and we hit the road just before 5am after a little prayer together.
Eli was totally unphased by the prospect of having an operation. Then again, he's never had one, so he wouldn't know what to expect. We weren't about to tell him it involved a big needle either.
It was a long drive when you're feeling like you should be in bed, so it was a relief to get there in one piece and on time.
Eli was weighed etc and taken into the waiting ward thing by a lovely lady with a strong Irish or Scottish accent... There he laid down on a bed to wait his turn. The proceedure only takes about 10 mins, so they churn em out pretty quick.
There was a little girl in the bed next to Eli, and she went in before him.
They allow one person in when they child goes under the anaesthetic, so Janene went in, and they both had to wear the ridiculous hats and gowns (pic to come!).
While the op happened, Clayton and I went and sat in the back of the station wagon eating chips and having a rest. Then later we went for a drive and got some bacon & egg McMuffins from McDonalds.
Eli went under anaesthetic at 9:30 and was done and fully recovered/awake by 10:10am, so we were allowed to leave soon after that.
Janene said that Eli mumbled some funny things while recovering from the anaesthetic in the recovery room. One that she remembers was that while he was sitting in the chair the nurse came to clean the bed that he came out on. She whipped the sheets off, wiped over the matress and flipped it over... and Eli (still sitting rather still, and mumbling as though in deep thought) said "If I was still on that bed, I'd be dead now".
tehehehe
Well after eating some lunch (again at McDonalds), we headed home. As if the trip there wasn't tough enough, now we really struggled! I was so tired even before leaving, and Janene was the same. I got as far as Lucknow (which is even before Orange) and had to pull over for a break and buy something to eat. I let Janene drive from there, but she only lasted until Molong (on the other side of Orange).
We spent 20 mins or so there, just resting and then walking around a bit. I took over driving again and was fine from there til Dubbo.
In Molong we saw a used car lot, and on the side they had some buses, so we stopped to have a look and asked the man there for some prices. We wrote them down and will pass them onto Capt. Chris Radburn. We still hope that at some point our church can afford a bus that I can drive around picking up the kids and adults for sunday school and church. Keep praying!
And was it worth it?
Eli's hearing seems to have improved already. He's still a rowdy kid and plays loudly when he gets excited, but now we don't have to yell at him to get heard.
We've done a few tests where he turns around and we whisper obscure sentences like "you have a banana sandwich on your butt" and he's been remarkable in relaying what he heard.
So yes, I think it was worth it.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Oh whatta night
FIRSTLY & MOST IMPORTANTLY!
8 Years! Janene and I have been married that long! Sucked in to the divorce statistics :D I'm proud to be in one of the very few surviving marriages... and I think back to my critics who told me I was too young to get engaged those many years ago (nearly 10 years ago).
Janene and I have been together since 11-11-1993 (i.e. 11 long years!)
My midnight dash...
At around 12:30pm, while lightning flashed crazily around our skies and thunder followed in roaring support, I was awoken by the sounds of hail on our tin roof.
Now we love our car so much that we fill our shed with useless junk and leave the car in the driveway. So I sprang out of bed, Janene too, and she hands me one of the spare doonas and I rush outside in the pouring rain and still-light hail to cover the car. The theory was that the hail wouldn't damage the car so bad if we had something big and soft on it.
So I finally get the doona spread out evenly on the car, and it's already soaked through, just like me. Then I realise the hail has ceased, and looking at the ground I see maybe a dozen pea-sized hail stones. WOW! So I laugh to myself and go back inside, change my clothes and go back to bed.
It was a really crazy lightning show though! Lots of very bright lightning in a constant fashion, with the odd bolt striking somewhere nearby.
Bradsta's in a (toe) jam...
Brad stayed home today. Mostly because of his toe, but I bet if we were still doing DCN he'd have soldiered into work to complete the task at hand. However, the workload we have at this stage doesn't call for much in the way of heroics. Though we're starting to see a few ads come in now.
Eli a typical Phillips...
Need to snap him out of it fast, but Eli is already getting sent to stand against the wall and out the door, according to his teacher. I think it might be a case of over-excitement, and I'm sure a lot of other kids are finding it the same. We'll keep an eye on this and make sure he settles in soon.
Superman stays over...
Tonight Eli was Superman. He was wearing his red cape and consistently refered to us by name (Janene and Brett). He told us that he was in Dubbo to save people, and that he lives in Africa. He asked could he sleep over at our place because Africa was a long way away.
We let him stay.
Meanwhile, it's a cold night following last night's storms. We're rugged up in winter pyjamas and will sleep under the blankets tonight. This tonight, where the last few nights we've been so hot that the fans have been going and we're sleeping on top of our doona with minimal clothing. Strange weather. I love it!
8 Years! Janene and I have been married that long! Sucked in to the divorce statistics :D I'm proud to be in one of the very few surviving marriages... and I think back to my critics who told me I was too young to get engaged those many years ago (nearly 10 years ago).
Janene and I have been together since 11-11-1993 (i.e. 11 long years!)
My midnight dash...
At around 12:30pm, while lightning flashed crazily around our skies and thunder followed in roaring support, I was awoken by the sounds of hail on our tin roof.
Now we love our car so much that we fill our shed with useless junk and leave the car in the driveway. So I sprang out of bed, Janene too, and she hands me one of the spare doonas and I rush outside in the pouring rain and still-light hail to cover the car. The theory was that the hail wouldn't damage the car so bad if we had something big and soft on it.
So I finally get the doona spread out evenly on the car, and it's already soaked through, just like me. Then I realise the hail has ceased, and looking at the ground I see maybe a dozen pea-sized hail stones. WOW! So I laugh to myself and go back inside, change my clothes and go back to bed.
It was a really crazy lightning show though! Lots of very bright lightning in a constant fashion, with the odd bolt striking somewhere nearby.
Bradsta's in a (toe) jam...
Brad stayed home today. Mostly because of his toe, but I bet if we were still doing DCN he'd have soldiered into work to complete the task at hand. However, the workload we have at this stage doesn't call for much in the way of heroics. Though we're starting to see a few ads come in now.
Eli a typical Phillips...
Need to snap him out of it fast, but Eli is already getting sent to stand against the wall and out the door, according to his teacher. I think it might be a case of over-excitement, and I'm sure a lot of other kids are finding it the same. We'll keep an eye on this and make sure he settles in soon.
Superman stays over...
Tonight Eli was Superman. He was wearing his red cape and consistently refered to us by name (Janene and Brett). He told us that he was in Dubbo to save people, and that he lives in Africa. He asked could he sleep over at our place because Africa was a long way away.
We let him stay.
Meanwhile, it's a cold night following last night's storms. We're rugged up in winter pyjamas and will sleep under the blankets tonight. This tonight, where the last few nights we've been so hot that the fans have been going and we're sleeping on top of our doona with minimal clothing. Strange weather. I love it!
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Thunder threatens blog entry!
Lightning fast typing...
As I type, there are white flashes pouring through the gaps in my office curtains. These are the thunderstorms that the local news reporter warned about. We haven't had much more than a few specks of rain though at this stage.
The day itself...
Today started with a rush to get ready and get both Clayton and Eli to their respective destinations, and then Janene and I getting ourselves to work.
As we were getting into the car, I noticed Eli's shirt wasn't tucked in. I said "Eli, you have to tuck your shirt in for school you know!?", to which he replied "No! The girls don't!!" Smiling, I informed him that "The girls wear dresses mate, not shirts."
Then at work we had a fairly quiet sort of day, though we did get the chance to do a few ads. We're finally talking about uniforms too. Let's hope we all have fair input so that everybody's opinion is heard, and ultimately they all agree with ME! I'm thinking a light orange/brown (or "camel") shirt with v.dark green pants.
THE PLATE SELLS!
The auction for the commemorative plate closed today, and I was extremely nervous leading up to the close, as there was still only the one opening bid of $175. I thought that was all I'd get. Even 5 mins before close I hit refresh and still nothing more.
So I had left it at that, and went and played some more Cricket 2004. When I came back, it turns out some very keen antiques dealer snipered the lone bidder with a big maximum bid that out-did the other guy. So the winning bid and final selling price was $256! YIPPEEE.
COME ON DOWN! Time to sign off, and as I do so the rain has finally started to fall, and it smells BEAUTIFUL! Thanks Lord, I love the simple things you do :D
As I type, there are white flashes pouring through the gaps in my office curtains. These are the thunderstorms that the local news reporter warned about. We haven't had much more than a few specks of rain though at this stage.
The day itself...
Today started with a rush to get ready and get both Clayton and Eli to their respective destinations, and then Janene and I getting ourselves to work.
As we were getting into the car, I noticed Eli's shirt wasn't tucked in. I said "Eli, you have to tuck your shirt in for school you know!?", to which he replied "No! The girls don't!!" Smiling, I informed him that "The girls wear dresses mate, not shirts."
Then at work we had a fairly quiet sort of day, though we did get the chance to do a few ads. We're finally talking about uniforms too. Let's hope we all have fair input so that everybody's opinion is heard, and ultimately they all agree with ME! I'm thinking a light orange/brown (or "camel") shirt with v.dark green pants.
THE PLATE SELLS!
The auction for the commemorative plate closed today, and I was extremely nervous leading up to the close, as there was still only the one opening bid of $175. I thought that was all I'd get. Even 5 mins before close I hit refresh and still nothing more.
So I had left it at that, and went and played some more Cricket 2004. When I came back, it turns out some very keen antiques dealer snipered the lone bidder with a big maximum bid that out-did the other guy. So the winning bid and final selling price was $256! YIPPEEE.
COME ON DOWN! Time to sign off, and as I do so the rain has finally started to fall, and it smells BEAUTIFUL! Thanks Lord, I love the simple things you do :D
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