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May. 20th, 2006 @ 06:29 pm
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Heather is cooking Indian in the kitchen.
Smells Good.
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Jan. 28th, 2006 @ 04:47 pm
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![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mebfeather is not happy with me at the moment. I managed to burn myself quite nicely on my back while mowing the lawn this morning (apparently that happens when you don't wear a shirt outside ;) ). It's a lovely shade of red/purple (or so i'm told). But I wore a hat, surely that must count for something ;) But the lawn does look nice though, so maybe it was all worth it.
In other news, our boss returns to work this week after having 2 weeks holidays. While it will be good to see him back, it will also be different as we (the assistant manager and myself) managed to formulate our own way of doing things while he was away - and it worked quite well.
Heather and I are off to a farewell party for a German student, who has been out in Oz for 7 months, tonight. Should be good. It will also be sad to see her go as she is leaving Australia as quite a different person in many ways. I'm sure there will be many tears shed tonight (of course none will be mine, lets be serious here). |
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Yes, I am still alive - contrary to popular belief :) Its been busy around here for quite a while, and while I have been keeping in touch with everyone else's journals, mine has not been updated as frequently as I would have liked. Work is good, despite getting the "What are you doing working full-time in a bookshop when you have a degree behind you and you can go places?" look. As funny as it may seem I do enjoy working where I am, and the people I work with are great - its not all about the money (at least not for me - but it is nice, don't get me wrong). I am paid at the award rate, so its not what I'd call a "raking in the money" job, but I'm enjoying it.
In other news, Heather is excited as she got an iTunes card tonight and is already busy downloading a couple of songs she has always wanted, and then consequently adding them to her ever growing playlist on her iPod. While i'm also exicted as I know what she is getting me for my birthday (as I helped choose it), but she won't let me have until my birthday. That is the only downside.
It is Australia day tomorrow (26th January), and I am looking forward to being able to celebrate living in "the lucky country". This also involves a BBQ with my parents and friends in the morning, moving on to a church BBQ for lunch, and then driving down to the Gold Coast for dinner with friends who are up from Sydney. So much for a nice relaxing day. But it could be worse i suppose, as I have a mate from work who has to move house on Australia day. Not the ideal way to celebrate one would have thought, but it can't be helped.
We also got the windows tinted on our car last weekend (as it was a Christmas present that we were given), and boy does it make a difference. And in my humble opinion it also makes the car look rather sportier - if that is possible. I'm sure Heather would argue on this point though. The tinting is nice though, and will hopefully help to keep the interior of the car in good shape for an extended period of time (as well as keeping us cooler to boot!).
I think that about covers it. So i'm off to bed (what is it about being married and going to bed early? - I mean we could hardly stay awake for New Years it was that bad), and i'm going to enjoy being in a sleepful state for as long as possible.Current Mood:  tired Current Music: Heather watching the TV in the background |
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Dec. 18th, 2005 @ 08:36 pm
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Man I am so outta form. Picked up a cricket bat and ball today for the first time in a year for a net session (just having a bit of fun with some friends), and I was woeful. Feet stayed anchored in one position, didn't watch the ball, reminded myself how annoying (yet essential) helmets are, and was just allround tentitive. A long story short, I must practise. I now also hurt in places I haven't hurt in for a long while.
But despite all this, it was fun :DCurrent Mood:  sore Current Music: Random TV show in the background |
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The weekend is here. Time to slow down for a couple of days in a row...hopefully. I, personally, do not think that we were desigend to live life at such a hectic pace, but then I suppose I would feel like I'm wasting a day if I didn't do as much as I do every day of the week.
Christmas time is always busy. Duh! One of my grandmothers is up from Sydney staying with my parents. This is great. I always enjoying spending time with her and with my family. For instance, Heather and I went around to my parents last night and had take-away Indian with them and Gran. We had such a great time that it was 10pm before we knew it and had to leave. These are moments that I think I will always treasure. I've never looked at it that way before, but then I've never lived away from my family either. So its kind of a new experience for me :) Sadly my other grandmother was supposed to be coming up as well to spend Christmas, but she isn't feeling particularly good, so she is staying in Sydney for Christmas.
New computer is great, and it has come in a really funky casing too! Here is a link to a picture of the casing. Unfortunately ours doesn't come with the light display on the front because it is currently not available in Oz. But it's still cool nonetheless. All the drivers are hidden behind panels in front display that you can open and close.
This has been a rather random post, just looking back at it to this point.
Anyway, I must away as I still have things to do today. Like Christmas shopping. Whoops!
Must fly.Current Mood:  refreshed |
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New Computer!
Very nice :) Have finally been able to get back ont othe internet - as mebfeather has explained our old computer died (hence the new one).
Will update in more detail later. Suffice it to say it has been rather busy both at work and at home - hence the absence of late.
Dec. 15th, 2005 @ 09:09 pm
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Work = Busy, but good.
Life = Busy, but good.
Cricket Results (Aust v. World XI) = Very Good.
ETA:
New BBQ Acqquired last night = Very Nice
Oct. 11th, 2005 @ 05:21 pm
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Its been quite a while since I properly updated my journal, so I thought I'd suprise myself and everyone who reads this by doing so.
I've recently started a full time job with Word Bookstore. They have one store in Brisbane already (at Eight Mile Plains - about a 30 - 40 minute drive accross city from our house) and are opening a new store at Alderly (2 minutes down the road from our house :) ), while keeping the other one open, which is where I will be working. I've been training down at the other store for the last two weeks, and starting on Tuesday we all head up to the new store to spend the next week and a bit taking in stock, setting up store and doing all those wonderful things. Apparently we have 15 pallets worth of stock arriving on Tuesday alone. Thats a lot of books!
And one of the exciting things to happen during the last two weeks....the computers went down at work on Monday, and we couldn't use them again until Friday. That meant we couldn't really handle any customer enquiries, order stock, put sales through on the system etc etc. Anything! So we had to do all sales manually and go through later and enter them back into the system. Thankfully all the customers who came through were really thoughtful and didn't feel like taking a swipe at us for it. And the reason that our computers crashed? The program we use is internet based and links up with head office in Melbourne. We are changing our ISP on Monday, and whether out of spite or whatever (who knows) our current ISP decided to cut our contract off a week early. This didn't just cripple us, it crippled the whole company nation wide. A rather large mistake.
But I am really enjoying the work and am looking forward to being a part of setting up the new store from scratch. There is something to be said about starting with nothing and then being able to sit back and look at what you have accomplished. I'm looking forward to it (call me stupid if you will) :)
Sep. 3rd, 2005 @ 09:32 am
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Phew. Started a new job yesterday (and its been crazy!busy seeing they have a two week sale on atm. So my head is going to explode soon) but that is still no excuse.
belated BIRTHDAY stars_like_dust
Sounds like you had a fabulous day :)
Aug. 25th, 2005 @ 06:11 pm
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Just a small update. And i'm not going to mention much about the cricket. Its just.....yes. That bad.
Had a good weekend. Its not what you would call a busy weekend, or a weekend that is a standout from amongst the rest, but a good weekend notheless.
Had L's (our pastor) 50th birthday on Friday night. It was a suprise party for him. But instead of the usual ploy where everyone waits inside to suprise the guest of honour, we all had to wait outside. And I think it was also the coldest night we have had all winter so far to boot! But it all came off which was good. Was a very good night.
Had my family over for dinner last night, which was really nice. Haven't had them over for a meal, which both Heather and I wanted to do, so when we found out we had a free evening we jumped on the opportunity to invite them over.
Then after church this morning a group of us decided to grab a takeaway lunch and go and picnic in the park. It was beautiful weather for it to. A nice warm and sunny winters day. The kind of winter weather where you just want to curl up on the blanket and lie in the sun. Beautiful.
I have also decided that I want to get into the habit of carrying my digital camera around with me more often. Just to capture those moments that you always seem to miss when you don't have your camera with you. Like they say, a picture can tell a thousand words.
Aug. 7th, 2005 @ 04:55 pm
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And on another entirely different note, go the Aussies!
One up, but still four to play. But it is always good to get the first win under your belt, otherwise you spend the rest of the series on the back foot.
Oo Ah Glenn McGrath!
:)
Jul. 25th, 2005 @ 12:05 pm
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Hi all.
I'm just letting you know, on Heather's behalf, that the wedding photo of the bride and bridesmaids that was incorrectly posted has been ammended.
That is all :)
Jul. 25th, 2005 @ 12:03 pm
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As you all doubt already know, Heather and I are back and had a wonderful time. If you want to know anything, feel free to go over and read her journal and read what she has written. She basically covered aeverything I wanted to say as well :)
Just wanted to drop a note and say hi!
Jul. 18th, 2005 @ 08:53 pm
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The letter, shown below, is a reportedly actual letter that was sent to a bank by a 96 year old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times.
( Dear Sir, )
On another note I must admit to being slightly tired seeing I stayed up till 1 this morning watching the first couple of hours of the cricket match between England and Australia (Go Aussie Go!) *g*
I also picked up the keys for our house this morning. Yay!
And who said it could get to under 6 degrees in Brisbane. That's just wrong! (but oh so nice at the same time *g*).
Jun. 24th, 2005 @ 10:23 am
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I just realised how long it has been since I actually sat down and last updated my journal. Sadly though despite having done a lot since then I can't remember anything that happened, or can think of anything worth writing down. Heh, my life seems to be boring sometimes (actually a lot of the time).
Had church camp on the weekend, but due to Heather having an exam on Saturday morning we weren't able to head up the coast to the camp until Saturday afternoon (with the camp having started on Friday night). Much to my amusement (and later on constanation) I found out the the guys in the dorm I was in had placed a stink bomb in the girls dorm the previous night and therefore created all sort of havoc. I don't think they got much sleep that night due to the smell. While this may seem rather childish and immature it was rather amusing. But the girls retaliated the next night (and the only night I was there) by sneaking into the guys dorm and hiding 4 alarm clocks in our room timed to go off at different times during the night (ncluding hiding one way up in the skylight). Sadly though of the 12 or so guys in our dorm, the alarms only woke about 3 of us up. Talk about a bunch of heavy sleepers!
Wedding plans are coming along well, and as you are all probably aware of by now Heather and I managed to successfully apply for a rental house. Its a nice place that is closer to the city (and therefore Heather's work), closer to church, close to public transport...and the list goes on. So we have been very blessed. Unfortunately my job situation is still not the best it could be, but that is another story entirely.
Spoke to suds_from_aus on the phone last night. No doubt I sounded rather dopey and out of it but as always it is good to chat to her, tease her with something to do about Tassie, and generally catch up with each other. Very cool.
My car has gone in for a service this morning and already I have had 2 calls from the service people saying this and that needs to be done on top of the regular servicing - I agreed to 1 of their request and declined the second. *sighs* This is the only downside of having a car. But if this is the worst that happens then I'm doing well :)
I think that about covers it all for the moment. Must dissapear and do something or other. Something important. Just can't remember what it is at the moment.
Jun. 20th, 2005 @ 11:36 am
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Went to a James Morrison concert at The University of Queensland last night with my dad ( mebfeather piked on me, something about her being at home and sick in bed... I don't know, I just think she didn't want to come *shrugs* ;D ). But back onto topic. The concert was excellent. It never ceases to amaze me how gifted and musically talented this man is - he plays about 40 instruments and does it all without practising apparently (which makes some people, myself included, slightly green with envy *g*).
Perhaps the best part of the evening was the penultimate song - Mack the Knife (which apparently is the most requested jazz song world wide) - which got a huge standing ovation. At this point it was just a 5 piece band (Sax, Guitar, Drums, Electric Double Bass, and Trumpet), and after the song they left the stage. Everyone was calling for an encore, so James came back onto stage by himself, told a few jokes, then proceeded to play perhaps the best rendition of 'Basin Street Blues' I have ever heard - solo. With his right hand he was playing his favoured trumpet, leaving his left hand to dance up and down the piano at the same time. It was quite amazing.
But as ever he was backed up by an equally talented group of musicians including vocalist Emma Pask (amazing voice), his brother John on drums (never short of a word, or a joke *g* - and don't even get me started on his superb 8 minute drum solo where he didn't remain behind the drums, but got up and jumped off stage proceeding to tap and hit everything in sight with his sticks, and all while keeping a perfect rhythm), his brother's wife playing the electric double bass, and 2 local sax and guitar players whose names excape me at the moment.
All in all it was a great evening to raise money for diversity, care of the chaplaincy, at the U of Q. Here's hoping its not too long till James and his band are back up in this neck of the woods :)
May. 10th, 2005 @ 12:23 pm
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- Watched Star Wars Episodes I, II, VI, V & VI twice. (I have Star Wars on the brain. Episode III here I come!)
- Watched 'Conquest of the Earth', an old Battlestar Galactica movie. It was made in 1981, and was worth a few laughs. I have watched this movie twice as well.
- Watched Australia win the 2003 cricket world cup three times.
- Watched highlights from the 2000 Sydney Olympics twice.
I think that about covers it. Guess what movies, etc, I won't be watching again anytime soon! :D
ETA - Just so you all don't think I'm not doing any work here, I am. Its just that we have to have movies playing in the background, and our selection is a little thin atm. Its all supposed to add to the atmosphere. *shrugs*
Apr. 19th, 2005 @ 04:46 pm
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To add to my previous post, it has been a good morning. Just made my first sale - a signed and framed image of Steve "Stone Cold" Austin (a wrestler for those not in the know). I'm happy.
On the flip side though, i've tripped of the mouse cord 3 times! The way this computer is set out, the mouse cord dangles on the floor right where I continually walk. And I can't change it around. So I guess the lesson learnt here is to watch where I walk. The only good thing about tripping over is that I haven't done it while anyone has been in the store...yet.
Apr. 11th, 2005 @ 11:57 am
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A friend from church asked me to watch a store he owns (a sports memorabillia (sp?) store at that) while he is away on contract work. Its only a couple of days a week, but its work none the less. So I have started this morning, and am presently sitting in the store watching highlights from the 2003 cricket world cup in South Africa. Can't complain :D
Mind you, everyone who has walked into the store this morning is asking me about getting items they have framed. This is not my area of expertise unfortunately. While custom framing is done here, they are all asking me to give quotes. Hmmmmm..... Slight panic :S
Oh, the Australians just won the world cup. Again. For the seoncd time this morning. Go us! *g*
Apr. 11th, 2005 @ 10:23 am
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Teyla | | 67% | John | | 67% | Carson | | 58% | Elizabeth | | 50% | Rodney | | 33% | Aiden | | 8% | </td>
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