Not much going on this week.
Just had Aboriginal Awareness Training- wasn't too bad really.
Check my leave-I have almost 60 days extended leave, almost 17 days REC leave and almost 60 days sick leave! So i've got plenty of leave up my sleeve for a decent holiday...I've got the time......
A pub I went to in Melbourne is opening a bar in Sydney, called The Local Taphouse in Darlinghurst. I hope to go their on Friday nite for a beer and maybe watch the footy!
OK I'm off to lunch.
Had two games of Volleyball on Thurs nite, I was knackered after the first game! (which we lost) but we won the 2nd game, just.
Slept really badly and went to work, after work I went to the Rugby Club and meet my mate Mick to watch The 'Canes v Crusaders game- Initially I fell asleep I was so tired! It was a bloody great game and I was very happy with the result.
I got home and we ordered some pizzas and called it a night.
We were so tired that we slept in and hit alot of traffic on the way to Dapto. Carol was driving so I just sat in the back and behaved myself. We picked Tim up at his work and got to Dapto about 1 ish or so. Harold had his lunch so I took off and got the usual.
A bit later I went up the mall to get pooh paper, fruit and a beer for the Chiefs v Sharks game. Everyone commented how funny I was as I drank more and more beer.
So Bessie seemed alot better and Harold seemed OK too- tho Harold likes to do active type stuff
that he shouldn't really do. We left about 8pm.
On Sunday I had work at 12- we slept in a bit again so Di and I didn't make it to a cafe for a coffee before I left. Work was OK, a little busy but bearable.
Left work @ 5 and drove to this new pub I mentioned above- Di and Carol arrived after I finished my first beer and we ordered another round, finished those and went upstairs to check the view and grab a bite. I had a beef burger which was super, Di had a vege burger and Carol had mussels. It was a nice finish to the weekend.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Still Sick
It's Wednesday and i'm still off work sick, I'll probably go to work on thursday tho my throat is feeling pretty crappy.
It's Sunday now. I went to work on Thursday and Friday.
Friday after work I went to the Rugby Club to watch The 'Canes v Highlanders game which was pretty bad and I nearly fell asleep! (This bar had Monteiths and Steinlager pure)
From their I made my way up to Oxford Street as I was meeting Di and Carol for dinner. I got there early so spent 30 or 40 minutes looking for a place to watch the 'Tahs v Chiefs game- the pub was seedy but I wasn't hasseled to buy a drink so I was happy and got to see about 20 minutes of the game.
So at 8:20 I headed off to Universal which is owned by Christine Manfield who is another chef book writer. I got their early so I walked in and got our table and looked like a loser waiting for those two- Carol is always late.
They arrived and we got a table away from the noise coming from the restaurant next door, got a few drinks and perused the menu. It's sort of a degustation menu in that the servings are small and so you can try a few things. I had a tamarind veal salad with betel leaf and sweet & hot dressing- once the heat kicked in it really kicked my ass! That was nice. I had Wagyu beef tongue salad which was nice too. For desert a layered trifle type thing with raspberries on top.
We all enjoyed the food and service. Yes it was expensive.
On Saturday about midday we headed off to Westfield Bondi , the traffic was really bad and took us an 1 hour and 15 mins to get there!! This shopping Centre is huge and I wasn't in need of anything so I just potted about pricing some mobile phones, car stereos and big screen T.V.'s.
Went to a little Japanese homeware store for a bite- Di got a very nice looking Udon with prawns and I just got some sushi.
Left Bondi and got home 5 ish.
7:15 and I headed off to my local to watch the Crusaders v Brumbies game- ran into two guys I knew and sat with them watching the game. Got a burger ($15.50) and a pint of Guiness ($6.50) to get me thru to 9:30. (I intended to give up beer for six months but that's on hold at the mo!)
Sunday: Had a little sleep in and a late breeky, went to Summer Hill for a coffee and get some groceries.
Bessie' illness has reoccured but she has seen a doctor - Carol has decided to stay on a bit longer cause of this- hopefully Bessie gets better as it's her birthday on the 13th of March.
That's about it- we're just sitting around doin nought which is nice as I have work next sunday.
Friday after work I went to the Rugby Club to watch The 'Canes v Highlanders game which was pretty bad and I nearly fell asleep! (This bar had Monteiths and Steinlager pure)
From their I made my way up to Oxford Street as I was meeting Di and Carol for dinner. I got there early so spent 30 or 40 minutes looking for a place to watch the 'Tahs v Chiefs game- the pub was seedy but I wasn't hasseled to buy a drink so I was happy and got to see about 20 minutes of the game.
So at 8:20 I headed off to Universal which is owned by Christine Manfield who is another chef book writer. I got their early so I walked in and got our table and looked like a loser waiting for those two- Carol is always late.
They arrived and we got a table away from the noise coming from the restaurant next door, got a few drinks and perused the menu. It's sort of a degustation menu in that the servings are small and so you can try a few things. I had a tamarind veal salad with betel leaf and sweet & hot dressing- once the heat kicked in it really kicked my ass! That was nice. I had Wagyu beef tongue salad which was nice too. For desert a layered trifle type thing with raspberries on top.
We all enjoyed the food and service. Yes it was expensive.
On Saturday about midday we headed off to Westfield Bondi , the traffic was really bad and took us an 1 hour and 15 mins to get there!! This shopping Centre is huge and I wasn't in need of anything so I just potted about pricing some mobile phones, car stereos and big screen T.V.'s.
Went to a little Japanese homeware store for a bite- Di got a very nice looking Udon with prawns and I just got some sushi.
Left Bondi and got home 5 ish.
7:15 and I headed off to my local to watch the Crusaders v Brumbies game- ran into two guys I knew and sat with them watching the game. Got a burger ($15.50) and a pint of Guiness ($6.50) to get me thru to 9:30. (I intended to give up beer for six months but that's on hold at the mo!)
Sunday: Had a little sleep in and a late breeky, went to Summer Hill for a coffee and get some groceries.
Bessie' illness has reoccured but she has seen a doctor - Carol has decided to stay on a bit longer cause of this- hopefully Bessie gets better as it's her birthday on the 13th of March.
That's about it- we're just sitting around doin nought which is nice as I have work next sunday.
Friday, February 13, 2009
This weeks news...Mon.9th-Fri13th
So the weather has changed this week, wet and humid (91% as i type) and not getting above the low 20's. We left the fan on Monday nite and come Tuesday arvo my throat was feeling sore and got worse that nite- i couldn't sleep as i felt like i was drowning in my own phlegm!
So I went to the doctor on Weds- he said I had a throat infection and gave me 2 days off. While I was there i got him to check my skin for any cancerous growths as i've never had that done before, he didn't find anything that worried him so that was cool. I also weighed myself -85kg- as I'm planning on giving up beer for six months or so to see what effect that has on my weight. (I also got Di to measure my waist but didn't write it down, almost certain it was 97cm).
I cooked diner on thursday- bit of a disaster as the recipe i used was meant to be grilled not stir fried! What a dick! Tasted alright but not that great. I hope the house we buy has a gas stove top.
Today is the first day of the Super 14 which i had arranged to be off months ago! I'm meeting a few friends today and tomorrow hopefully.
I didn't win Lotto (2 ticket holders won $20 mill ea) or Powerball ($15 mill next thursday!). Lotto is $14 mill for Valentines day.
So I went to the doctor on Weds- he said I had a throat infection and gave me 2 days off. While I was there i got him to check my skin for any cancerous growths as i've never had that done before, he didn't find anything that worried him so that was cool. I also weighed myself -85kg- as I'm planning on giving up beer for six months or so to see what effect that has on my weight. (I also got Di to measure my waist but didn't write it down, almost certain it was 97cm).
I cooked diner on thursday- bit of a disaster as the recipe i used was meant to be grilled not stir fried! What a dick! Tasted alright but not that great. I hope the house we buy has a gas stove top.
Today is the first day of the Super 14 which i had arranged to be off months ago! I'm meeting a few friends today and tomorrow hopefully.
I didn't win Lotto (2 ticket holders won $20 mill ea) or Powerball ($15 mill next thursday!). Lotto is $14 mill for Valentines day.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Bondi on Sunday 8th Feb
This is what greeted me as I was walking down to the beach. Di's on the sand but it's too blurry to see her. (photo taken with my phone, 1.3mp)We arrived later than we had planned and struggled to find a car park but after trying for a bit I got a park (with a 2hr limit) two minutes from where this photo was taken. It was 11:45 and there was a nice breeze- a little gusty as we had to hold our sun umbrella a bit.
Since we only really had two hours I went for two swims, I can tell you the water was very cold as my legs and arms never really warmed up the whole time. And I could see the squirms on peoples faces as they got in- with a couple of girls screaming and heading away from the water.
So at 1:30 we headed to the open public shower to wash the salt and sand off-
got a cold drink and drove home. I felt cool for hours, tho I got a little burnt.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
It's called a Blog
I've been meaning to do this since I was last over and I've finally got the impulse - so here goes.
As we have a few plans I thought I'd write some of them down to see how they pan out and this way you get to find out what we are up to. Our plans are thus:
1)Buy a home
2)Buy a car
3)pay off credit card
4)Go for a holiday to New York.
Fairly lofty plans you might say, but i think we can do all these things.
Our savings for a mortgage are coming along and we will probably see a few banks in the coming months- so hopefully that will sort out our first three plans.
You may of heard that the Ozzie Govt are giving a $950 handout, so I'm going to use that towards a flight to NY, but, I have to put in last years tax return or I'll miss out on the $950!
(And I have to update my passport too).
So we'll see how these things come together. We haven't decided what suburb we are going to live in yet, we have thought of Sutherland way......
Check this map below: we live near Ashfield and have thought about living around Sutherland. The reason is that by train it's still a fairly quick trip to work on an express and it's not so far to Dapto. It does take about 45 min to drive thru the city/suburbs and the motorway starts just after Sutherland- it takes another 40 mins from Sutherland to Dapto.
It's been pretty hot over here for the last week or so. We are thinking of going to the beach early tomorrow to beat the mad rush. It will get to 43 out Penrith! (On thursday,payday, I bought some roses for Di to beat the rip off Valentines Day prices but they wilted the next day!)
This is a big week for lotto too: $40 mill on Tuesday, $10 mill on Thursday and $14 mill on Saturday = $64 mill up for grabs, surely there must be a spare million bucks for us!
It's late so i'm going to clock off. Later.
You can add comments if you want.
As we have a few plans I thought I'd write some of them down to see how they pan out and this way you get to find out what we are up to. Our plans are thus:
1)Buy a home
2)Buy a car
3)pay off credit card
4)Go for a holiday to New York.
Fairly lofty plans you might say, but i think we can do all these things.
Our savings for a mortgage are coming along and we will probably see a few banks in the coming months- so hopefully that will sort out our first three plans.
You may of heard that the Ozzie Govt are giving a $950 handout, so I'm going to use that towards a flight to NY, but, I have to put in last years tax return or I'll miss out on the $950!
(And I have to update my passport too).
So we'll see how these things come together. We haven't decided what suburb we are going to live in yet, we have thought of Sutherland way......
Check this map below: we live near Ashfield and have thought about living around Sutherland. The reason is that by train it's still a fairly quick trip to work on an express and it's not so far to Dapto. It does take about 45 min to drive thru the city/suburbs and the motorway starts just after Sutherland- it takes another 40 mins from Sutherland to Dapto.
It's been pretty hot over here for the last week or so. We are thinking of going to the beach early tomorrow to beat the mad rush. It will get to 43 out Penrith! (On thursday,payday, I bought some roses for Di to beat the rip off Valentines Day prices but they wilted the next day!)
This is a big week for lotto too: $40 mill on Tuesday, $10 mill on Thursday and $14 mill on Saturday = $64 mill up for grabs, surely there must be a spare million bucks for us!
It's late so i'm going to clock off. Later.
You can add comments if you want.
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