Skate-o-rama

Finn's first skating night at the local rollerdrome

Bikemod

I took finn into the fireworks last night and we knew parking would be tricky so I modified my bike with some pipe, cable ties, tape and cunning. The upgrades include additional handlebars, footrest and super padded crossbar. On the way home he was tired and getting bored so i velcro'd my phone to the centre of the handlebars and we watched ice age 3 for the last few km's. What a way to travel in style.

Ozzie day bbq

Shrimp on the barbie

More gardening

Earning his rent

Finn stayed over last night, here he is volunteering for garden duty

Cold turkey

Its ok, I can quit any time, its only when I'm drinking.......

Duets

Here we are at a sleepover with the finn man performing an eclectic duet in e minor in front of the fire

New room

We are gradually moving into the new place, preparing rooms as we go, this is the latest, our music room. We have always had a room that was multifunctional (cinema/lounge/bunk room etc.), but now we have one specially for music. We have all our instruments and books in there and can leave stuff out if we like. Spiffing.

Rollerama

We went to the rollerdrome the other day,it was hilarious. I haven't skated in eons, it was two hours long and I didnt fall until the very end, and couldnt get up for ages. mighty craic. Can you name all the charachters in the sign?

Upgrade

We inherited a newer bbq the other day so the old beefmaster 2000 got donated to the lads across the road.

I saw that

Leyroy's new sausage cutting technique

The diplomat

Finn pointed out that the cones were too small so negotiated himself another.

New blogging settup

Hey guys, this is my new blogging settup, its my new Nokia N8 with bluetooth keyboard and mouse (apple magic mouse, the best and only apple product I have ever bought}. It is possible to plug the phone via its HDMI output into either the plasma screen or the projector for giant internetting. I use this all the time now instead of the laptop, Nokia have really done well for mobile computing this time.

Universal studios

Here I am in singapore, santoza island, at universal studios. I had never been to a real theme park before, the layout was really great, 5 different theme zones, jurassic park, water-world, shrek, new york and future-robo-zone. The shortest que (only 35 mins) was for a 4D shrek mini-movie where the 4th dimension was shaky chairs and getting sprayed in the face every time there was water onscreen, mighty craic.

Retro-phrenology

I was in bunnings a few weeks ago and came across this selection of hammers and was reminded of Terry Pratchets theory of retro-phrenology. Phrenology being the 13th centuary method of identifying ailments by examining the shape and lumps of the head, Terry postulated in one of his books that by manipulating the bumps and grooves of the scalp one could alter the state/condition of the person, and then he went on to describe the selection of hammers required, and it looks like bunnings has the lot.

The spice rack

Check out my collection of chilli sauces, ranging from mild to face-melting.

A match made in heaven

The aftermath of a party we had over christmas at home, beer and lego, how can it get any better?

Fionns new do

Here is Fionn mid-wash a few weeks ago, check out his muttfro...

Cookin up a storm

Huzzah, the blog is back, i found a really neat way of blogging direct from m new Nokia N8. Ever since we moved house our computer stuff has been all over the place, and because I havent been at my work PC in over a month I am out of my usual routine, so thanks to pixelpipe we are back in business. HAPPY NEW YEAR everybody! 2011's new year resolutions are in full effect, exercising, drinking slightly less and trying to make more time for family and friends all kicking off. Not really looking forward to going back to work, these teachers holidays are almost too long. House renovations are coming along pretty well, we have hosted a few parties here and the new house is well and truly broken in.

This is a photo from yesterday, Finn and Oliver came over for the day so we went to the playground with the dogs, the cinema and even baked some cookies, these little dudes are great fun.
Anyhooo, good to be back in action, watch this space.

Pong On

Twas my birthday last week so I hosted a ping pong tournament, might fun, and here is the cake Jane made, a giant rice crispie cake with table tennis features including a white lindt ball

Pong off 2010

This was the trophy for the competition.

A little help around the house

Aer pringus

Inventive leathermanery

Ibass

Saw this in singapore on holidays

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testing new blog feed