Still Sick! Bugger!
Haven't been doing anything, just sitting around home playing on the Internet.
So what's the Sexual harassment bit about then? Well, there is a contract worker at work who sits in stack and he makes a point of saying hello to me all the time- just a hello and that's it, then he checks out my ass or whatever pervert poofters do. ( A normal bloke would say how'd ya team go in the weekend or something blokey like that- not this guy).
On Friday this reached it's zenith- as I'd been sick from work for a few days- I didn't make it to this part of stack till Friday, when this guy says "Haven't seen you for a while" or something like that, so I mumble 'yeah i've been sick'. Anyway, I've got a good mind to get Perry to have a word to this guy and say "Keep your eyes off my meat, bitch" or get my wife to have a word with him, that'll really mess with his head!
It's been a quiet weekend. I went to watch the Canes on Friday nite. Had work on Saturday.
Did nothing Sat nite- Di has somehow managed to catch my cold.
We did nothing today.
I sussed out this great store in Brooklyn that I wanna check out, they have about 1000 different beers, over 200 cheeses and lots of chocolates- yes that's right, it's a health store!
Check out the site here.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
week starting 20th April
On Sunday nite Vinnie spoke to me on the phone, of course he called me a 'pooh bum' and I said he was, but he did speak to me on the phone and he doesn't do that alot.
Hayley has put some good shots of Gus and Vinnie on Facebook.
Tuesday: Tonite we watched a program called "Around the World in 80 Gardens". The reason I tuned in cause it was going to Oz & NZ. The last garden the guy went to was in New Plymouth(!) called Te Kainga Marire. I've never heard of it but it's not far from the Te Henui walkway. So I'll have to go there next time I'm back.
Went to Volleyball and lost.
Felt a bit sick Friday- sore throat but made it thru the day- didn't go to watch footy after work. Had a really crap sleep and woke up feeling worse- so I didn't go to The Local for the ANZAC day brews and I'm sitting home drinking water. I think I will go and watch the Canes v Brumbies game. The Canes killed it, thrashed the Brumbies big time 56-7! First time The Canes have been at the top of the table as far as I'm aware.
The pub was busy as it's Anzac Day.
Sunday: My cold/flu is in full force- feeling pretty lousy and probably won't go to work tomorrow. Still went to Dapto tho to pick up my wife.
Hayley has put some good shots of Gus and Vinnie on Facebook.
Tuesday: Tonite we watched a program called "Around the World in 80 Gardens". The reason I tuned in cause it was going to Oz & NZ. The last garden the guy went to was in New Plymouth(!) called Te Kainga Marire. I've never heard of it but it's not far from the Te Henui walkway. So I'll have to go there next time I'm back.
Went to Volleyball and lost.
Felt a bit sick Friday- sore throat but made it thru the day- didn't go to watch footy after work. Had a really crap sleep and woke up feeling worse- so I didn't go to The Local for the ANZAC day brews and I'm sitting home drinking water. I think I will go and watch the Canes v Brumbies game. The Canes killed it, thrashed the Brumbies big time 56-7! First time The Canes have been at the top of the table as far as I'm aware.
The pub was busy as it's Anzac Day.
Sunday: My cold/flu is in full force- feeling pretty lousy and probably won't go to work tomorrow. Still went to Dapto tho to pick up my wife.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Week starting April 13th
It's Tuesday already. It's almost 11 and Di hasn't got up and made my coffee!We did nothing yesterday- the weather wasn't great.
In the 80's in NZ a movie called "Goodbye Pork Pie" was released- it was about a couple of guys who took a stolen Mini from Auckland to Invercargill and the hi-jinks that happens on the way. Since it's the Mini's 50th birthday, a car club in NZ has arranged a fun drive fundraiser that tracks the trail of said movie. I mention this because my Dad is on this trip with an old mate of his at the moment- i got a text from him today. It sounds fun!
My Duvel t-shirt arrived in the post- thanx Carol. (I look hot in it!)
Thursday:my volleyball team has a bye. After work I walk to my accountants place and pick up my tax refund, then walk up to The Cross and catch a train to Bondi. Di's paying off a lamp still.
Di and I get a BBQ Pork Soup- it was delish! Perry Goulder gets a foccacia and finished off Di's soup! We have a look around- Perry thinks i'm ill 'cos I didn't buy anything!
This week marks 6 months till we go to New York!! Any thoughts on what we should do/see/eat/drink? I reckon a big part of a trip is plotting and planning what you will or might do. When we went in 2004 I went to a bar (by myself) that i'd heard about on the net (go here) and since then I've heard of more bars (here, here, here, here and here) that have lots of US/Euro (craft) beers on tap that I wanna check out. They have good happy hours too, which makes it not too pricey! Di's sister lives near a bottle store that sells beer only- imagine that, beer only! So cool. (And it's run by a scary chick!) I'm going to work out a list of beers months in advance that I wanna get that you just never see over here.
This is my short list of bars:
View New York Bars I wanna visit in a larger map
This is an exhaustive list of bars, breweries and bottle shops:
View Beer Demystifier New York City in a larger map
Tonite I went to watch the Blues v Highlanders game- quite entertaining.
Saturday: got up late, had a coffe and next thing you know it's time to go & watch The 'Canes play (3:30 sydney time)- as per usual they took a while to really get on top, but hey a win is a win! Did nothing Sat. nite.
Sunday: Di slept in forever then we got a coffee. Got some groceries in Leichhardt and that was our weekend.
Work is getting busy so I figure this could be a long week coming.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Two Short Weeks, One Long Wknd
Had work Mon, Tues and Weds. We both have Thu- Tues off.
No big plans. Today after a coffee and a well earned we rest we went to a (big) Bunnings nearby.
Di got some garden stone things for her parents place then off to the Supermarket in Summer Hill to get supplies- the Queen is coming! Not HRH, but Perry Goulder in all his glory.
We are going to the local leugues club to see Abbalanche (get it?!) and hopefully i'll be multi tasking with a Hurricanes v Force game on somewhere in the building.
On Saturday we will go and see a friend from work who lives out in the suburbs somewhere.
Sunday will be Dapto.
Monday and Tuesday relax.
I had Volleyball on Thursday nite-we did next to nothing during the day.
On Friday we went to a B-day party for Louis- he turned 1. Louis is the spawn of Mark and Annie who live just a block away- and Di and I work with Mark. We had a nice time in the park, it was quite sunny and after a few beers we felt wiped out.
Perry came around about 6pm and we had a lovely meal- salmon with a champagne jus then, we went to see Abbalanche- do I need to say see the above photo? They started late (9:35+) which was a mixed blessing as i got to see The 'Canes come from behind and beat the Force-boy was I excited. Anyway, Abbalanche were quite good but we were a bit tired by the time it was over.
Perry stayed the nite, we got up late-ish and went for a coffee. At about midday we headed off in the car to Casula:
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This is where another friend from work lives, Maria P, and we had lunch with her and her daughter. Perry eat so much he turned white and couldn't move. Anyway we had a nice afternoon talking shop. Got home and was so full we didn't end up having dinner!
Went to Dapto today- meet Tim's girlfriend Emma who seems nice. Didn't do much. Those dogs are such a pain in the arse, I can't tell you!
Bessie and Harold have a new lounge suite, it's pretty good.
The week that was.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sick Again
My throat just started getting worse and worse yesterday and last nite I didn't sleep a wink.
My ears are blocked just to top it all off!
Saw the doctor on Monday and have the week off.
I'm now on Twitter - can't say i'll use it alot but now you know.
Just saw the bank guy today, not great news but not the end of the world either.
Thursday, I jumped in the car and met Di and Perry and Westfield Bondi- Di is paying off a lamp.
I had a delish BBQ Pork Soup ($13.50) that had these huge slabs of Pork in it.
It's Friday, i'm still off sick and Di has the day off- anything could happen!!
On Saturday we went to look at a house:here's the link . The photo's are kinda flattering. We liked it but it was overpriced and in a need of alot of work. Still interesting.
Sunday: we worked today.
A short week this week and then Easter, we have Thursday to Tuesday off, Yeah!
My ears are blocked just to top it all off!
Saw the doctor on Monday and have the week off.
I'm now on Twitter - can't say i'll use it alot but now you know.
Just saw the bank guy today, not great news but not the end of the world either.
Thursday, I jumped in the car and met Di and Perry and Westfield Bondi- Di is paying off a lamp.
I had a delish BBQ Pork Soup ($13.50) that had these huge slabs of Pork in it.
It's Friday, i'm still off sick and Di has the day off- anything could happen!!
On Saturday we went to look at a house:here's the link . The photo's are kinda flattering. We liked it but it was overpriced and in a need of alot of work. Still interesting.
Sunday: we worked today.
A short week this week and then Easter, we have Thursday to Tuesday off, Yeah!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Easter in our sight (Mar 23rd - 29th)
After what seemed like a long week we're hanging out for Easter.
Not much happened this week, tho the weather was nice.
In the news this week was a story about interest rates dropping to as low as 2%- so that was interesting-how much of that the banks will pass on remains to be seen.
So we are playing a bit of wait and see at the mo. I've been reading a few books about buying property and bought another magazine called "Your Mortgage". It's quite interesting.
Di went to Dapto on Friday morning, i went to work. After work I meet Mick The Record at the Rugby Club and watched The Blues v Warratahs game- the Blues lost. Got home 8 ish and played around on the net for a bit- went to bed late.
This morning (sat) I went to get my lotto at the crack of noon and went to pay off this big mirror Di bought down the road- it looks nice- the guy at Ellens was helpful and we used his van to take it to our apartment and we both lugged it up the stairs. Sorted.
The Lotto tonite is $20 Million- all up $30 mill was on offer this week.
I'm just being a bum and waiting for the footy to start and i'll probably spend the rest of the day/evening at the pub! Cool.
Dapto on Sunday.
I picked Tim up in Wollongong at got to Dapto 12:30 or so. Perry was there already of course.
Twas a nice day BUT I came down sick.........................
Not much happened this week, tho the weather was nice.
In the news this week was a story about interest rates dropping to as low as 2%- so that was interesting-how much of that the banks will pass on remains to be seen.
So we are playing a bit of wait and see at the mo. I've been reading a few books about buying property and bought another magazine called "Your Mortgage". It's quite interesting.
Di went to Dapto on Friday morning, i went to work. After work I meet Mick The Record at the Rugby Club and watched The Blues v Warratahs game- the Blues lost. Got home 8 ish and played around on the net for a bit- went to bed late.
This morning (sat) I went to get my lotto at the crack of noon and went to pay off this big mirror Di bought down the road- it looks nice- the guy at Ellens was helpful and we used his van to take it to our apartment and we both lugged it up the stairs. Sorted.
The Lotto tonite is $20 Million- all up $30 mill was on offer this week.
I'm just being a bum and waiting for the footy to start and i'll probably spend the rest of the day/evening at the pub! Cool.
Dapto on Sunday.
I picked Tim up in Wollongong at got to Dapto 12:30 or so. Perry was there already of course.
Twas a nice day BUT I came down sick.........................
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Week starting 16th of March
On Monday after work Di, Perry and myself walked to Perry's place in the Cross. Carol was outside Perry's waiting for us.
It was a lovely evening and from Perry's balcony you can look at the harbour and across the city. We had a bottle of bubbly and went looking for somewhere to eat- we ended up at Macleay Street Bistro which got busier as the nite went on. I had (wild) Barramundi which was very nice.
We caught a cab home and it was 10:30 or so-fairly late for us.
Tuesday. Carol heads back to New York today on a 11 o'clock flight. We got to the airport just on 9am-perfect timing by me! Carol went thru to customs a bit after 10 and we head off home.
We decided to take the TV to the technician- it was really heavy and awkward to take down the stairs and we had to put it in the boot with the lid tied up with wire.
I drove it around the corner to the tech guy- it ends up he's going on holidays starting this saturday! (I spoke to him today-$250 to fix it)
On Monday I saw an article in The Sydney Morning Herald website about Delta airlines offering cheap flights to the US- we were waiting on these! I did a quick check then and there and it ended up being $1100 return, including taxes!! So, on Monday nite I tried making a booking but the last step wouldn't work. I tried again last nite and I was able to get a ticket for Di but had problems with the credit card transaction trying to get my ticket.
So after nite shit on Tuesday I tried to make the bookings again and finally after speaking to my credit card/Mastercard people that the security alarm went off on my card 'cos I was making a big overseas transaction. It was a real headache and it was stressing me out!
Today at work I spent another hour on the phone and I still haven't got to the bottom of it.
Bottom line is: Di and I are going to New York in October!! Yahoo, it's been a long time coming.
The exchange rate isn't great but who knows what will happen between now and then.
Got the TV fixed-turned up to the guys shop about 5:30 and convinced the guy to help me take it home...went in his van and he and I carried it up the stairs into our apartment. Yeah!
Went to Volleyball and although our team defaulted due to lack of players I still had a game for almost two hours! I was knackered! Got home @ 10 went to bed after a shower.
I had work on Friday, but Di had the day off.
After work I went to The Rugby Club to watch the 'Canes lose and then came home.
Saturday had a bit of a sleep in and then a coffee. Di and I went to a BBQ with some Volleyball people in Kingsgrove. We stayed for a a few hours and had a nice time.
Came home a bit tired as it was quite a hot day- had some dinner and I went to the local pub to watch the Crusaders v Warratahs game- it was pretty exciting, the Crusaders won!
On Sunday we headed to Coogee again- got their about 11 ish and after 5 mins found a great park just across from the beach for free for 4 hours. It was really nice- I went for 1 swim.
Came home and took it easy.
It was a lovely evening and from Perry's balcony you can look at the harbour and across the city. We had a bottle of bubbly and went looking for somewhere to eat- we ended up at Macleay Street Bistro which got busier as the nite went on. I had (wild) Barramundi which was very nice.
We caught a cab home and it was 10:30 or so-fairly late for us.
Tuesday. Carol heads back to New York today on a 11 o'clock flight. We got to the airport just on 9am-perfect timing by me! Carol went thru to customs a bit after 10 and we head off home.
We decided to take the TV to the technician- it was really heavy and awkward to take down the stairs and we had to put it in the boot with the lid tied up with wire.
I drove it around the corner to the tech guy- it ends up he's going on holidays starting this saturday! (I spoke to him today-$250 to fix it)
On Monday I saw an article in The Sydney Morning Herald website about Delta airlines offering cheap flights to the US- we were waiting on these! I did a quick check then and there and it ended up being $1100 return, including taxes!! So, on Monday nite I tried making a booking but the last step wouldn't work. I tried again last nite and I was able to get a ticket for Di but had problems with the credit card transaction trying to get my ticket.
So after nite shit on Tuesday I tried to make the bookings again and finally after speaking to my credit card/Mastercard people that the security alarm went off on my card 'cos I was making a big overseas transaction. It was a real headache and it was stressing me out!
Today at work I spent another hour on the phone and I still haven't got to the bottom of it.
Bottom line is: Di and I are going to New York in October!! Yahoo, it's been a long time coming.
The exchange rate isn't great but who knows what will happen between now and then.
Got the TV fixed-turned up to the guys shop about 5:30 and convinced the guy to help me take it home...went in his van and he and I carried it up the stairs into our apartment. Yeah!
Went to Volleyball and although our team defaulted due to lack of players I still had a game for almost two hours! I was knackered! Got home @ 10 went to bed after a shower.
I had work on Friday, but Di had the day off.
After work I went to The Rugby Club to watch the 'Canes lose and then came home.
Saturday had a bit of a sleep in and then a coffee. Di and I went to a BBQ with some Volleyball people in Kingsgrove. We stayed for a a few hours and had a nice time.
Came home a bit tired as it was quite a hot day- had some dinner and I went to the local pub to watch the Crusaders v Warratahs game- it was pretty exciting, the Crusaders won!
On Sunday we headed to Coogee again- got their about 11 ish and after 5 mins found a great park just across from the beach for free for 4 hours. It was really nice- I went for 1 swim.
Came home and took it easy.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
TV Blew Up!
So, this week Di went to Dapto on Monday morning with Carol for the week.
I was left to fend for my wee self!
Eventually I cooked and prepared my own meals but I did have pizza for lunch and diner over a day or too!
I made a butter curry which was unimpressive and likewise so was the Greek Salad I made with ingredients that just weren't quite fresh enuf. Oh, well, nevermind.
On Thursday I was getting ready to go to Volleyball and thought I'd check the weather report on TV and then it happened. The TV made a fairly loud electrical sparking sound, the picture decreased to just the centre of the screen and then disappeared altogether! And then it started to smell- so i turned off the remote and switched it off at the wall! Bugger.
I had Friday off so I went to see a technician nearby and told him what happened and he gave me the impression it wasn't that uncommon and it should be repairable, so I'm not sure when I can take it to him which means we'll be without a TV for a little while.
Friday the 13th was Bessie's birthday so I drove down and got to Dapto for midday- picked up Di and drove to Wollongong to pick up Tim and his new girlfriend Emma who wasn't feeling well so I didn't get to meet her. We then went to The Lagoon and Carol eventually arrived with Bessie and Harold. We all had a nice lunch and a nice time was had by all.
We then returned to Dapto, I got some groceries at the Mall and came back to watch the footy(Blues v Cheetahs). We stayed to watch the first game of league between the Melbourne Storm and The St. George Illawarra Dragons which was quite good and ended up with a Golden Point win to The Storm.
So we left late and got home late.
Got up at 7am for an early weekend shift- Di started at 9:30 and me at 9:45. We had to get a train as their was something going on in the city with roadblocks in place. I finished at 2:45 and we got a train back.
Carol came up from Dapto and at about 7:30 ish we took off for a bite- we decided to go to The Bondi Iceburgs which has a flash part and a RSL club part. We had dinner in the RSL part which was nice with a table looking out to see and lots of lightning flashing about. We then went to the flash part for a drink which was nice too. The valet was $35!! Got home and crashed.
Sunday, we got up late and decided to go to the beach- I suggested we try Coogee. We took off about 12 without knowing exactly how to get there and hit a bit of traffic on the way- it takes so long to get anywhere in Sydney!
We managed to get a great park near the beach and unlike Bondi they are free! It was very nice.
I went for a swim and got dumped onto my chest! I might be sore tomorrow.
But it was a lovely end to the weekend.
I was left to fend for my wee self!
Eventually I cooked and prepared my own meals but I did have pizza for lunch and diner over a day or too!
I made a butter curry which was unimpressive and likewise so was the Greek Salad I made with ingredients that just weren't quite fresh enuf. Oh, well, nevermind.
On Thursday I was getting ready to go to Volleyball and thought I'd check the weather report on TV and then it happened. The TV made a fairly loud electrical sparking sound, the picture decreased to just the centre of the screen and then disappeared altogether! And then it started to smell- so i turned off the remote and switched it off at the wall! Bugger.
I had Friday off so I went to see a technician nearby and told him what happened and he gave me the impression it wasn't that uncommon and it should be repairable, so I'm not sure when I can take it to him which means we'll be without a TV for a little while.
Friday the 13th was Bessie's birthday so I drove down and got to Dapto for midday- picked up Di and drove to Wollongong to pick up Tim and his new girlfriend Emma who wasn't feeling well so I didn't get to meet her. We then went to The Lagoon and Carol eventually arrived with Bessie and Harold. We all had a nice lunch and a nice time was had by all.
We then returned to Dapto, I got some groceries at the Mall and came back to watch the footy(Blues v Cheetahs). We stayed to watch the first game of league between the Melbourne Storm and The St. George Illawarra Dragons which was quite good and ended up with a Golden Point win to The Storm.
So we left late and got home late.
Got up at 7am for an early weekend shift- Di started at 9:30 and me at 9:45. We had to get a train as their was something going on in the city with roadblocks in place. I finished at 2:45 and we got a train back.
Carol came up from Dapto and at about 7:30 ish we took off for a bite- we decided to go to The Bondi Iceburgs which has a flash part and a RSL club part. We had dinner in the RSL part which was nice with a table looking out to see and lots of lightning flashing about. We then went to the flash part for a drink which was nice too. The valet was $35!! Got home and crashed.
Sunday, we got up late and decided to go to the beach- I suggested we try Coogee. We took off about 12 without knowing exactly how to get there and hit a bit of traffic on the way- it takes so long to get anywhere in Sydney!
We managed to get a great park near the beach and unlike Bondi they are free! It was very nice.
I went for a swim and got dumped onto my chest! I might be sore tomorrow.
But it was a lovely end to the weekend.
Monday, March 2, 2009
It's March already!
Can't believe it! Just on a month of Daylight Savings left.
It's now Monday the 9th.
Fairly uneventful week. Thursday Volleyball.
Friday went to the The Rugby Club again to watch 2 games. Di and Carol picked me up on the way back from Perry's place.
On Saturday we went for a coffee. Di put a deposit on a big mirror from the Interior Decorating place in Summer Hill.
I went to my local to watch The 'Canes v Cheetahs game which wasn't that great. It finished 2:15pm here. I then caught a train to Bondi Beach and meet up with Di and Carol- soaked up some rays and chilled out.
We got home 6 or so, had a shower and went to The Wests Leagues Club which is near by. They have an Italian Restaurant that is a sister one to another place in Haberfield that we go to a bit. I didn't really get what I ordered (calzone) but it was OK all the same. There was this old guy playing a piano/keyboard (sounded bad whateva it was) and singing and occasionally walking around the room playing a trumpet- we did our best to ignore him.
On Sunday we went to Westfield Bondi - $10 valet parking only! Got a coffe and potted around.
I bought nothing except 2 rice paper rolls ($5) and just went in the tech stores looking at LCD TV's and car stereos. Very boring.
Got home and had pizza- it wasn't a health food weekend!
Di and Carol have gone to Dapto for the week. It's Bessie's bday on Friday the 13th!
So I have Friday off work and I'm going to drive down for the day. We both have work on Saturday.
It's now Monday the 9th.
Fairly uneventful week. Thursday Volleyball.
Friday went to the The Rugby Club again to watch 2 games. Di and Carol picked me up on the way back from Perry's place.
On Saturday we went for a coffee. Di put a deposit on a big mirror from the Interior Decorating place in Summer Hill.
I went to my local to watch The 'Canes v Cheetahs game which wasn't that great. It finished 2:15pm here. I then caught a train to Bondi Beach and meet up with Di and Carol- soaked up some rays and chilled out.
We got home 6 or so, had a shower and went to The Wests Leagues Club which is near by. They have an Italian Restaurant that is a sister one to another place in Haberfield that we go to a bit. I didn't really get what I ordered (calzone) but it was OK all the same. There was this old guy playing a piano/keyboard (sounded bad whateva it was) and singing and occasionally walking around the room playing a trumpet- we did our best to ignore him.
On Sunday we went to Westfield Bondi - $10 valet parking only! Got a coffe and potted around.
I bought nothing except 2 rice paper rolls ($5) and just went in the tech stores looking at LCD TV's and car stereos. Very boring.
Got home and had pizza- it wasn't a health food weekend!
Di and Carol have gone to Dapto for the week. It's Bessie's bday on Friday the 13th!
So I have Friday off work and I'm going to drive down for the day. We both have work on Saturday.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Week starting Mon 23rd
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.
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.
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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