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Too Long ...

2006-11-09T10:32:00.000+08:00

Wow, it really has been a long time since i blogged. We have been so buzy with the house and in my new job that i have just not found the time. But enough with the excuses i guess and on with the update ...

The house has come a long way since the last photos i put up, heres where we are now.

So along with that front landscaping going in we have also had the limestone poored out the back, hte spa's gone in and the decks up, so now its just the garden shed, retic and garden to go out there. There really isn't anything else to do to the front yard, exept weeding, blaa :(.
The inside has had half the walls painted and a few more bits of furniture and decrotive pieces added. There are just to many photos to add so i'll do a few and if anyone wants to see the rest let me know and i'll e-mail them to you. Good to catch up, and i'll try not to leave it so long next time xXx

Why We Broke Up ...

2006-11-09T10:28:00.000+08:00

She told me we couldn't afford beer anymore and I'd have to quit.

Then I caught her spending:$65.00 on make-up, $150 for a cut & color,$30 for a manicure, $40 for a pedicure, $50 on vitamins, $300 on clothes and $600 for a gym membership.

I asked how come I had to give up stuff and not her.

She said she needed it to look pretty for me.

I told her that was what the beer was for and it's much cheaper.

I don't think she's coming back...........

Melbourne, House, etc ...

2006-06-05T17:47:00.000+08:00

Ok, so I've been a little slow getting the the blogging, so we're back dating a little. This is the progress of our house before we went away.

So that's how we left it ....

We left for Melbourne on Wednesday the 17th of May. We left here pretty early that morning and got into Melbourne at lunch time. Picked up our hire car and headed for Michael & Lisa's Place. We dropped all our stuff of, sat down for 5 the decided to go and find a Macca's store.
After our nutritional lunch we took a drive to Southlands Shopping Centre. Now for those who haven't been there or heard of it, this shopping centre in huge, 3 stories that span across the highway, yes that's right, there are shops that are on the bridge over the highway. Now I like to shop, but this was taking it to the extreme.
We headed back for home and got ready for dinner, we went to the pub on the corner and had a lovely meal, then called it a night after a long day.
Thursday we took off to do the Great Ocean Road, The weather wasn't the best, but it was certainly better than the first time Craig and I went. We took our time and saw the sites, got into Port Campbell at around 4, Checked ourselves into the Motel ....

(Our Rooms over looking the bay, Craig & I and Dana & I standing down at the bay)

We had a good hot shower, (funny story behind that comment, another time) a good night sleep and we woke up to a much nicer day, so we were off to go on our helicopter flight. It was fantastic, it's not cheap but well worth it, the views were just amazing, the photos really just don't do it justice.

So that is a just a few shots from our helicopter ride, there's plenty more and a DVD so if anyone wants to see the rest just let me know and I'll e-mail them, as it only wants to load them one at a time, which is very tedious.

To contine .... We then had an action packed weekend catching up with friends, Friday night we went to the Realito Tower, has some great veiws. On our last trip we went during the day, so this time we went once it was dark. i'll post some of the photos we took, but its really not the same. We then headed across the road to the Crown Casino, had some drinks and some laughs.

Saturday the boys went to a local footy match that one of there mates was playing in, while us girls had a big day of shopping. We started off at Chadston, and after some lunch headed to DFO which is Direct Factory Outlet (which i'm sorry, its the retailers way of sucking in millions of girls who think they are getting everything cheaper, but really it's just another shopping centre like all the rest). Saturday night we went to a pub in St kilda where we drunk some more and played on one of those old arcade machines that they had, a lot of laughs. Then it was home to bed before the footy on Sunday. We went to the Telstra Dome for the Eagles vs. Essondon game, and wasn't it great. We then went to the James Squire Brewhouse in the city square. If you haven't been there and your passing through Melbourne i highly recomend it, it was a really great place to hang out and have some drinks, and we had dinner there, the food was beautiful and they had a great menu, there was something on it for everyone. This is some photos of us Lounging around there.

After a busy weekend, we took the next two days a little slower, we took a drive out to the street they use to film Neiabours, in the afternoon we went and had a look at the Melbourne Jail where Ned Kelly was hung, after going buying Craig a leather jacket. Tuesday was our last full day there and Craig and i decided to take it easy, we hang around the house most of the morning before going to see The De Vinci Code in the arvo. We had another early night after repacking all our stuff ready to head home on Wednesday.

We came home to find that homebuyers centre had booked our final inspection of the house for the Friday. It was great to see it, they had done so much. The Driveway and path were done, and on Monday we had the cross over finished. The flooring is in and the blinds are up, theres mirrors in bathrooms and the power and water are on. Its all but there, there is just a few final things to be touched up and finished here and there. The only real thing we're waiting on now is the final part of the financing to go through. We had been under the imprestion that we would be moving on the weekend of the 17th and 18th, but as with everything else to do with this house, the finance has delayed that to the following weekend. This i'm sure is the longest 2-3 weeks of my life, we are so close yet it still seems so far.

Here in Melbourne

2006-05-19T15:26:00.000+08:00

We're here in Melbourne, weather is crap but I guess I can deal with that. We got in on Wednesday at lunch time, and dropped our luggage of at Michaels (my brother-in-law) and then took a drive down the Southlands shopping centre. We had a good nights sleep and then set off to the great ocean road, saw all the sites and then stayed the night at Port Campbell. We headed back to the Twelve Apostles this morning and took a scenic Helicopter fight. It was awesome, well worth it, I would recommend it to anyone headed down the way, the drive is a great experience but the flight really makes it worth while. When I get home I'll post up the photos, there are some great shots that I'm sure you'll love (Grandpa in particular). We have some good stuff planned for the weekend, Stephen is cooking us all a curry at the moment and then we're off to the Crown to meet up with some friends and will wander across to the Rialto tower to check out the city. Tomorrow is shopping day with the girls and Sunday we're off to the Telstra Dome for the Eagles vs. Essendon Game (Carn the Eagles). Not sure what plans are for next week, we want to see the goal and the museum. Will do my best to post again soon, have a good weekend .... Shee Ya !!

Quickie ...

2006-05-14T19:14:00.000+08:00

Hey, just a quick note to say hi, and post some updated photo's. I wanted to put everybody's mind at ease in regard to our shower heads and taps. we do now as you can see have them, its just that at the time that the last photos were taken the tiles had only just been finished and the plumber hadn't been back. But they are now, for all those concerned, firmly in place now.

I will possibly not get a chance to post again for the next week or so, as we are off to Melbourne on Wednesday. Should be good, i'll let you know ...

2006-05-09T20:43:00.000+08:00

Wedding / Marriage Jokes

2006-05-09T20:15:00.000+08:00

Hey, found these on a website for a Celebrant we ar ethinking of going with, don't worry, there not from him, people visiting his site post them.

This couple were married for 59 years.The husband was asked ; 'if in all those years had they ever thought of divorce'."Heavens no" he replied."Murder yes, but never divorce".

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There were these two women who were friends and neighbours.One noticed that the other always seemed to have lots of new goodies; jewelry, furs, latest fashions, frequent hair salon trips & manicures, etc. She asked:" how do you get all that great stuff?" " I do it by charging my husband ten dollars every time we have sex", she said; "and you can do the same, it really adds up. But you must remain firm. Don't let him talk you into accepting less, don't let him coax you into doing it for no charge". " Great", she said, "that sounds easy, I"ll do it". So, the next time her hubby wanted to have sex, she said: "from now on, you have to give me five dollars each time we have sex" She also told him why. "Oh, I see", he said; "okay". He then went to get the money, but realized that he had only $9.50 She refused to accept it: "If we have sex you must give me the full amount, five bucks". He said: "Alright, so we can't have sex; but can I touch you for the $9.50? "We'll just make-out, okay?""Okay" she said. As her hubby kissed her, fondled her body, rubbed against her, etc.she got really hot and bothered. Finally, she was so turned on, that she said to him: "If it's all the same to you, I'll lend you fifty cents until tomorrow".

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My friend married a doctor.At a certain point he told her: "You need to do something to spice up our love-making".Shortly thereafter, he came home and found her in bed with another man who is also an M.D."Why?" asked her hubby."You said I needed to do something to spice up our love-making;I just wanted to get a Second Opinion", she told him.

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A man is walking down a beach during sunset when he stumbles across a lamp. Picking it up he says to himself, "I wonder if it's magic. I think I'll rub it and find out." Well sure enough this man rubs the lamp and a genie pops out. The genie says to the man, "I'm your genie and I am at your command. I shall grant you three wishes on one condition. Everything you wish for, your wife gets double."Well the man thought about it and finally blurted out, "Give me a million dollars." So the genie gave him a million dollars and his wife two million while reminding him of the "one condition".Next the man said, " I'd like a house on the east coast and a house on the west coast." So the genie gave him his two houses and his wife four houses.Finally the genie said, "You have one wish remaining but remember, your wife gets double." So the man thought for nearly an hour about his final wish. Looking up at the genie hovering over the sand he said with a sly grin on his face, "Ok Genie, I want you to flog me half to death."

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A successful husband is a man who can make more money than his wife can spend.
A successful wife is one who finds such a man!

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To be happy with a man you need to understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman you need to love her a lot and understand her a little.

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John and Mary were having dinner in a very fine restaurant. Their waitress, taking another order at a table a few paces away, noticed that John was ever so slowly, silently sliding down his chair and under the table, while Mary acted quite unconcerned.
Their waitress watched as John slid all the way down his chair and out of sight under the table.
Still, Mary appeared calm and unruffled, apparently unaware that John had disappeared under the table.
After the waitress finished taking the order, she came over to the table and said to the woman, "Pardon me, ma'am, but I think your husband just slid under the table."
The woman calmly looked up at her and replied firmly, "Oh, no. He did not. In fact, he just walked in the front door."

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A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers your wife will give to you for free.

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I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.

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I haven't spoken to my wife for 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.

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Marriage is a 3-ring circus: Engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.

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The last fight was my fault.

My wife asked: "What's on the TV?"

I said: "Dust!"

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In the beginning, God created earth and rested.

Then God created man and rested.

Then God created woman. Since then, neither God nor man has rested.

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A beggar walked up to a well dressed woman shopping in Raine Square and said: "I haven't eaten anything in four days."

She looked at him and said: "God, I wish I had your will power."

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Do you know the punishment for bigamy?

Two mothers-in-law.

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Young Son: Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts of Africa, a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?

Dad: That happens in every country, son.

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A man inserted an 'ad' in the classified: "Wife Wanted".

Next day he received a hundred letters.

They all said the same thing: "You can have mine."

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The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.

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First guy: "My wife's an angel!" Second guy: "You're lucky, mine is still alive."

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How do men define marriage?: An expensive way to get laundry done for free.

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Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life thinking they had no faults at all.

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If you want your wife to listen and pay undivided attention to every word you say, talk in your sleep.

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Then there was a man who said: "I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; and then it was too late."

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2006-04-30T15:30:00.000+08:00

As you can continue to see our house is moving alone quickly now. The render has gone on the front. It looks a little funny in the photo's but when your there it really looks great. You also can't see it in the photos but the concrete has gone down in the garage, the painter has been in and done the ceiling, doors, door frames and wall capping. Some of the taps have gone in with the remained to go in once the tiling is finished. Speaking of the tiles, the tiler was there this morning putting in the bricks that you can see in the photos, so we presume that means he'll (they'll I should say, seeing as his 50 yr old wife was his laborer) will start the actual tiling tomorrow. So there is not much to go. Our final inspection is due in about 3 weeks, which of course is the week we are in Melbourne so that's pain, but we'll work it out.

New job is going well, I'm back in the branch and it's going well (with the exception of my mix up of canisters for the ATM on thurs which resulted in people getting $20 notes instead of $50 notes, it left customer wanting to withdraw $100 get $40 instead, not good). It all got fixed though so its all ok.

Zac - it would be great to see you while you are out here and if you would like to go and see the house we can. Craig and I are in Melbourne from the 17th to the 24th for a holiday, but I'm on holidays till that weekend so we can try squeeze it in on the 25th if your free. Let me know closer to the time.

Well, things to do so I'll post again soon. xXx

Should have just waited!

2006-04-24T19:23:00.000+08:00

Well, they are moving so fast on our house now that if I had just waited that extra day then I would have been able to post these photos in the first place ... The cabinet maker was there on Saturday and install all the cupboards and today we gave them the taps and they started installing them ... It's looking like such a real house. Their saying that it should be finished in about 4 weeks and that's when we'll do our final inspection and get them to fix anything that not right ... Then 2 weeks from final inspection we get to move in ... That's just 6 weeks, how exciting !

Hellooo ... !!

2006-04-21T21:11:00.000+08:00

I am sorry it has been so long in between posts lately, i have just had so much on. All good news that i bring you tonight. I have started a new job and it is going well, a few hic-up's but nothing i shouldn't be able to iron out. I now work for the Commonwealth Bank and a full time Customer Service Representitive which in the old terms means i'm a teller, but i'll also be learning the Customer Service Specialist role somewhere in the not to near future so that will be good. that job is where you are out the front at a desk doing things to help the customer that doesn't involve money, eg. opening accounts, personal loans, complains, credit card applications and stuff like that. i have had a week in my branch but am currently on a 2 week induction course in the city.

My other good news is that our house has reached lock up and tonight when we went to go see it, the cupboards, bench tops, sinks, bath and toilets have all been dropped off. it was great to see it, it really looks, feels and even smells like a house now. it's so exiting, it's moving so quickly. the key hand over is scheduled for the first week of June or 7 weeks till we're moving in. we are hanging out now and it is going so quickly, with me have a new job, we go to melbourne in 3 weeks for a week and then it's like only 2 weeks or something like it from there that we get to move in, so as i said it is moving by very quickly (as you can tell, i'm busting at the sides with exitment now). We have a new couch and t.v. unit on lay-by at the moment that will be ready for us to pick up as we move in so thats going to be great. The only problem is that we seem to be spending money like there is no tomorrow at the moment. We are going out to put our soakwells down next weekend, then there's the cross over and other little things that keep coming up, but we'll get there and i'm to exited to care at the moment. the only thing is that as exited as i am, it still doesn't feel altogether real, we have been 'building a house' for so long now, it's going to feel so strange living it, and its still strange getting my head around that. But anyway, here are the lastest photos, sorry there is a few of them. Love to all ... goodnight !

More Dresses

2006-04-07T10:23:00.000+08:00

We have had another dress idea. These dresses belong to my cousins, they were their bridesmaid dresses for there dads wedding. They are beautiful dresses and looked really nice on them on the day and in fact I myself have worn one of them to a ball that I went to with an old boyfriend of mine but we wont get into that. The dress is pictured here on Aimee, and she looks gorgeous in it. Dana, my sister in law and 1 of my other bridesmaids, has also tried it on and liked it, so now I just have 2 to go. Michelle who I've borrowed one of the dresses off is to believe that Intangible, the shop where it was brought, still sell it, so Dana and I are heading up there in the morning to have a look. If not and even if they do, depending on the colors that they have available we may just have someone re-make the dress and then we can make any changes that we want as well ...

Our House

2006-03-29T20:24:00.000+08:00

Can't be bothered writting, here's some photo's of our house ... night!

Every Woman

2006-03-13T16:53:00.000+08:00

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
A set of screwdrivers,
a cordless drill,
and a black lace bra.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
One friend who
Always makes her Laugh...
And one who
Lets her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
A good piece of furniture
not previously owned by
anyone else in her family...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
Eight matching plates,
Wine glasses with stems,
And a recipe for a meal that will
Make her guests feel honored.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
A feeling of control over
Her destiny...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
How to fall in love
Without losing herself...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
How to Quit a job
Break up with a Lover
And confront a friend withouy ruining the Friendship...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
When to try harder...
and when to walk away.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
That she can't change
The length of her calves,
The width of her hips, or
The nature of her parents...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
That her childhood
May not have been Perfect..
but its over...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
What she would
And wouldn't
Do for love or more...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
How to live alone...
even if she doesn't like it.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
Whom she can trust,
Whom she can't,
And why she shouldn't take it personally.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
Where to go...
Be it to her best friend's kitchen table..
Or a charming inn in the woods...
When her soul needs soothing...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
What she can and can't accomplish
In a day...
A month...
And a year...

WIFE

2006-03-12T21:17:00.000+08:00

Now don't take this the wrong way because i am still quite exited to be getting married but i have now realised that with our wedding only being a year away, it has also dawned on me that this time is a year i'm going to be a Wife ... how old am i getting !!!

So it's six months till my 21st and one year till i become a wife ... thats big transition. i guess it also means that i really need to think about growing up ... how scary!

2006-03-10T17:18:00.000+08:00

It's A Year Till We Get Married Today!

Test Your Eyes

2006-03-10T17:11:00.000+08:00

This is another one of those test your eyes or your brain on what it is we read.

ALZHEIMERS' TEST

Count every "F" in the following text:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE
RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC
STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS ...
(SEE BELOW)

HOW MANY?

.... 3?

WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.

READ IT AGAIN !

The reasoning behind is further down.

The brain cannot process "OF".
Incredible or what? Go back and look again!!
Anyone who counts all 6 "F's" on the first go is a genius.
Three is normal, four is quite rare.
Send this to your friends.
It will drive them crazy.! And keep them occupied
for several minutes..!

Sunset!

2006-03-08T19:55:00.000+08:00

Now I did try to ad these photo's onto the last post I made, but this thing doesn't seem to want to co-operate with me when it comes to photos, sometimes it just gets subborn. But they have uploaded successfully on this blog and if you click on them you will be able to see them bigger. The colour I would like them to be in is about 2 shades darker than this and is lovely, now I just have to convince everyone else of that.

It was quite hot over here on the long weekend, so Craig and I went to the beach, and it was lovely. It was beautiful and cool, and we found this small like peace of beach just down from were we live and there were very few people there. you start in the car park and then there is these great park with nice green grass and bbq's (which we will endeavor to make to make use of) then you follow the path down to the beach and if your keen to climb over a small pile of rocks you end up having to share with almost no-one! We went late in the day and were there long enough to catch this beautiful sunset.

General Chit Chat!

2006-03-08T19:02:00.000+08:00

Well, I'm sitting here home alone editing some things, reading some e-mails and just general surfing of the net and thought that it would be nice to post a new post on my blog, but you know other than our house I just dunno what to talk about. Craig and I don't really live very exiting lives, we get up most days and go to our mundane jobs, come home, eat, shower and sleep.

But I am still pondering over these bridesmaid dresses, now I know having 4 bridesmaids was never going to be easy, but I also didn't think it would be this hard. When we stated talking about these dresses I promised that I would be flexible as to what we brought, but I get the feeling that I'm being tested as to how far I will go. These are a series of words I promised myself I wouldn't use out loud, but "it is my wedding", (or should I say our wedding but Craig wouldn't be worried what everyone wore), and I really wanted the theme to be cornflower blue/ Sky Blue and silver, its what I liked and pictured (similar blue as this text). Now so far no one has complemented my idea but instead found a whole other range of colours it could be and although they are nice ideas, I just like what I had picked. But without sounding like I have the biggest case of bossy bride syndrome, how do I make it clear that these are the colours I want for "our wedding".
But this is getting me nowhere as the larger percentage of people reading my blog site are males and do doubt stopped reading 2 sentences into this paragraph thinking what a winge or really wouldn't know where to start in advise over this problem. I just wish there was an easy answer ... so if anyone has any, please let me know. Maybe "the wedding planning specialist" has some experience and/or advice?

On a cheerier note, Craig and I are or on a river cruise on Sunday. Its adrads belated Christmas do, as trying to organise something before Christmas was so difficult, thought January and February haven't been much better ... but the time has come and we're off and boy are we looking forward to it. It's going to be great weather, nice and warm but not to hot. It leave Barrack street jetty down to Fremantle for a feed then back up to Barrack street jetty. Should be a great day, I'll try get lots of happy snaps to show, just so your really envious. By the way Aimee, I'm coming over tomorrow to borrow some cloths (he,he, hope that's ok).

Well, I think I have found enough to talk about, time to go cook dinner for when Craig gets home... Night!

House has a Roof!

2006-03-07T10:42:00.000+08:00

Our house has it's roof all finished, and it's really stating to look like something we are going to be able to live in and it feels great! Had the long weekend off work, which was a nice break, still worked my second job on Saturday night, but that's only a few hours, but to have the days free was great, haven't had a weekend in so long I can't remember, so to have the whole long week end was great.

Spent all day Saturday Bridesmaid shopping, which didn't go as well as we would have liked, of the 20 odd shops we went to only found 1 dress that we liked and we all like it in a different colors. I liked the lighter color blue but nearly everyone else wants a dark royal blue, so it looks like I'm out voted and I'll just have to deal with it!

Sunday we went to the home idea's expo and got lots of flyers and things, now full of lots of big ideas, we just need to come into some money now and we'll be right. The prices of everything has gone up but unfortunately our wages haven't so we having our moments of difficulty at the moment ... trying to pay rent and a mortgage. We got some prices to have out Patio put up and paving, which we hope to have done by Christmas as everyone is coming to our house for Breakfast ...

And then on Monday we went out to our house has put in some power points in places that will be to hard to get to once the ceiling in and put speaker wire around so we can put up speakers outside and in our gazebo, games room etc. so when we are entertaining we can switch them to whatever room we are in ... hi tech ... our house is gunna be cool! We just need a stereo now.

Well I best get back to work and this time I'll try not to leave it so long to post!

Valentines Day!

2006-02-14T10:26:00.000+08:00

So, it's Valentines Day. Just another day in the week, especially if your fiance is away on a business trip. So as we are trying to save as much money as we can, decided that we weren't going to do anything for Valentines day (being that it is just another Hallmark day, like they don't make enough money). So I thought, get a card and at least say how much you love him.
Well this plan has gone well until I got a dozen red roses sent to my work which are just beautiful, but this has left me in a predicament, what now can I get for him ? It's easy to buy for a girl on Valentines Day, Chocolates, Flowers or even a suffed animal will go down a treat. But what is it that you get for a man that isn't corny and something that will get chucked under the bed and never looked at again but still says I love you?

So I put it out there to everyone reading this in the blogging world, What do I get for my fiance for Valentines Day ?

Can you read ?

2006-02-13T15:32:00.000+08:00

I thought this was great, especial because i am not a great speller.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde

Uinervtisy, menas it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a word are,

the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amzanig huh?

yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!

Answers!

2006-02-13T15:01:00.000+08:00

Well, the update on our house is that the gables are in, gutters are on and the eves are in so we are just waiting for the colourbond to be dropped off and then the roof is finished. We forgot to take the camera so I don't have any photos yet but when I do I'll figure out a way to get them on here.
Aunty Merle, in answer to your question, yes Aimee has a room for when she visits. She often comes and stays with us and we love having her around, although with her working, starting year 11 this year and that busy social life she has its getting harder to find the time.
GP - My favorites side bar isn't on anyway so that doesn't help me. It's just that it was fine then the other day it just disappeared.
UM - I'll see how I go with my next lot of photos, it may have just been those ones because of the way I took them off the camera, but if I'm still having problems I'll give one of those programs ago. I just am trying to avoid that if I can as I blog from both my home computer and the work computer, which is provided by someone else so limits what I can install.

Finally!

2006-02-09T21:08:00.000+08:00

Sorry it has taken so long, I had put a new post up and it wouldn't let me publish the photos, so I thought, save it without them and then go back and edit the post later to add the photos. Well that was all well and good till I went back the next day and tried to edit, but although the post was showing up on the page you all look at, it was no longer on my list. Thinking that the site must still be having problems I left it another few days as I have been so busy, haven't had a chance to get back to it till today. So I have returned to try and do it tonight and I have discovered that the whole thing has just disappeared like it was never there, so I apologies that it has taken me so long to update but now you know why.
At this stage all I have to update you with about the house is that all the roof timbers are up and the gutters are on, but Fridays is our day for going and checking out the progress so as soon as I have soon more info I will let you know.
Aunty Vicki has sadly left us today to go back to the farm, it has been great having her around but hopefully it wont be so long between visits this time. Craig and I were talking tonight and were think that it would be nice to go across to the farm as I have never been there and I would be nice to be away from everything for a few days. Although I'm sure Uncle Rex (Donald, hehe) will find some work for us (or just Craig) to do.
Having Aunty Vicki here also meant that Nanna has also been up, so it was great last week that we were able to spend the day all together (Aunty Vicki, Nanna, Mum and I) . i got to get lots more advise and ideas from the 'The Wedding Planning Specialist'. I'm going to miss the idea's and opinions now, especially after our day out last week. It inspired me to get everyone into gear, so the Girls and I have set a date and we are going shopping. I can just see a few men out there cringing, but it's ok, it's just us girls, Craig has purchased himself a new petrol powered car and is looking to join a club in Bayswater where you get to race them, but that's a other story. So as I was saying the girls and I are going dress looking rather than shopping as we are just getting ideas at this stage. Aunty Vicki and Nanna I will send you an e-mail and let you know how it goes, we have planned to go on Saturday the 4th of March.
Well that is enough of my ramblings for today, I will try to get back tomorrow night with the updated photos of our house.

Newsflash!

2006-01-31T18:16:00.000+08:00

Well, good news. Today the brickie has finelly finshed our house, 3 days over scedule mind you, but at least its done. so we now have all our rooms kitchen etc. and the even better news is that the roof carpenters have already started which hopefully means that things sould move a little faster now. i don't have any photo's yet, but as soon as i do i'll post them up for everyone to see ... for now thought i don't have any other news, so a short blog this will be. bye!

Two Women In Heaven

2006-01-30T13:31:00.000+08:00

Two women are new arrivals at the pearly gates and are comparing stories on how they died:

1st woman: I froze to death.

2nd woman: How horrible.

1st woman: It wasn't so bad. After I quit shaking from the cold, I began to get warm and
sleepy, and finally died a peaceful death. What about you?

2nd woman: I died of a massive heart attack. I suspected that my husband was cheating, so I came home early to catch him in the act. But instead, I found him all by himself in the den watching TV.

1st woman: So what happened?

2nd woman: I was so sure there was another woman there somewhere that I started running all over the house looking. I ran up into the attic and searched, and down into the basement. Then I went through every closet and checked under all the beds. I kept this up until I had looked everywhere, and finally I became so exhausted that I just keeled over with a heart attack and died.

1st woman: Too bad you didn't look in the freezer -- we'd both still be alive!

Nearly There!

2006-01-29T18:09:00.000+08:00

Well we are nearly there, just the kitchen to go and the brick work will be finished. We went out to have another nosey around today, got mum and dad to come along, and to our great surprise when we got there we had 2 extra guests. Nanna(Jaquie) and Aunty Vicky had come for the drive. Aunty Vicky is over in Perth getting some treatment on her back (which we certainly hope helps) and so Nanna and Walter are also up. It was great to catch up, we had them back to our more livable house for afternoon tea where we were able to get out our colour samples and house plans. I also had the pleasure of talking weddings with Aunty Vicky, who most of us know has had both her sons get married in the last few years ... It was great to get some ideas and knowledge from her and I look forward to receiving many an e-mail in the near future with lots of photos and more helpful hints for the day. Lastly I've added the photos of Aimee's bedroom as requested, apparently it's the best room in the house. (Click on them to see them bigger).

Jack and Jill

2006-01-21T14:45:00.000+08:00

Jack was about to marry Jill and his father took him to one side "When I married your mother, the first thing I did when we got home was take off my trousers," he said. " I gave them to your mother and told her to put them on, which she did. They were enormous on her and she said to me that she couldn't possibly wear them, as they were too large. I told her, "of course they're too big. I wear the trousers in this family and I always will." Ever since that day, we have never had a single problem."

Jack took his father's advice and as soon as he got Jill alone after the wedding, he did the same thing; took off his trousers, gave them to Jill and told her to put them on. Jill said that the trousers were too big and she couldn't possibly wear them. "Exactly," replied Jack. "I wear the trousers in this relationship and I always will. I don't want you to forget that".

Jill paused and removed her knickers and gave them to Jack. "Try these on," she said, so he tried them on but they were too small. "I can't possibly get into your knickers," said Jack. "Exactly," replied Jill. "And if you don't change your f*cking attitude, you never will."

Slowly, Slowly

2006-01-19T13:45:00.000+08:00

The Progress of our house is coming alone slowly, this was Friday the 13th. We finally have our front wall(don't panic about the look, it's getting rendered), and all internal wall are going in as we speak. All brick work is scheduled to be finished by the 27th of January. We found out that construction is scheduled to take another 19 to 20 weeks. Which puts key hand over for June ... Yah !!

Definition of a BBQ

2006-01-19T13:22:00.000+08:00

Definition of a BBQ - It's the only type of cooking a real man will do.When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

1. The woman does the shopping.

2. The woman makes the salad, vegetables and dessert.

3. The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man, who is lounging beside the grill, beer in hand.

4. The man places the meat on the grill.

5. The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.

6. The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is burning. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer whilst he deals with the situation.

7. The man takes the meat off the grill and hands it to the woman.

8. The woman prepares the plates and brings them to the table.

9. After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.

10. Everyone praises man and thanks him for his cooking efforts ... (and so they should!)

11. The man asks the woman how she enjoyed "her night off." And, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women!

My First Blog

2006-01-19T11:09:00.000+08:00

Well, i'm not nearly the creative writer that the others of our family are, but hell i thought i would give it ago. If i bore you i do aploigise, but then no-one is making you read on ... but for those that are sticking with me most of what i will add will be funny stories and jokes i receive and find, updates on the constrution of our house and the planning of our wedding. Now hopefully in time my writing skills will improve and there will be more exiting things to read than this ... my first blog!