BUSY TIMES

WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE

It has certainly been very busy these past couple of weeks, but have now finished my stint at work and hopefully will manage to have a couple of weeks break before we head off to Rockhampton. Phil has been working on getting the VK on the road and with some luck it will be ready for its roadworthy late next week. We took time out last Sunday 26 October to go and see the Rocky Horror Show which neither of us had seen and we had a great time, met Mel for a late afternoon tea before she headed off to a Crown funtion and we then meandered through the city checking out the shops until the show started at 6pm. We enjoyed the show and afterwards walked back down to Crown Casino where we had parked the car, had a little play on the pokies on the way through and even managed to go home with a little extra in our pockets.

Have some problems with my back, had physio with the hope that it would strengthen it up, but we seemed to have only aggrevated the nerve and I am now having some very painfull days while it is venting its displeasure at being made to do what it doesnt want to do. Hence the physio has stopped and we are now looking at the possibility of hydro to help it. Will see how it pans out, but at the moment doing nothing in the hope it will all settle down again.

Went to Jordja's concert the other night, it was good to see all the littlies singing and acting out the letters of the alphabet. Jordja is so tiny compared to the rest of them but she certainly enjoyed doing her letter. Its hard to believe that she has nearly completed her first year of school.

We spent our tax cheques last Saturday and finally replaced our table and chairs which we starting to show signs of ageing, we also bought a buffet to match so now have unwanted furniture to get rid of, which we will try to sell on ebay. Oops almost forget that we had to replace our dishwasher as well so you could say a new kitchen, just need to finish the painting and it will be done.

Other than that nothing much else happening, the Clark's are about half way through their holiday in Surfers and hopefully enjoying themselves. Christmas is looming fast, need to start getting organised for this year festivities, hopefully will get the cakes made this week.

MOVIES

Last night I went to the pictures with Trish and all the girls including Jordja to see Beverley Hills Chihuaha the new Disney movie. It was a good laugh and the dogs were great. Everybody enjoyed themselves. Have been working afternoons for the past week and a bit so time has been precious but am managing to get things done. Mel and Ben have been over twice, on Sunday,Mel and I took the opportunity to do some retail therapy while Ben and Phil worked on Craig's car and Ben also completed the paperwork so Phil could register his car the next day and then on Monday to collect the car and leave Mel's with us as she now doesnt have anywhere to park her car at the Penthouse as it only has one parking spot.

HAWTHORN V STKILDA

Tonight I went to see Robert Harvey play his last game of football. I was amazed that we actually made it this far to a preliminary final against Hawthorn. Have to say that I was disappointed with the Saints performance and that once again the so called big names in our team let us down. But it was great to see Harvey cheered from the ground and the crowds acknowledgement of him. It has been a pleasure to watch him play over all these years, he is a true champion in the real context of the word, a perfect example for all young players to model themselves on.

Well that's it for another year, hopefully next year will see the Saints perform better, it will be interesting to see who stays and who goes at the club but it is time for them to move on the ones that are not up to this level of football and blood some more of the younger players. But time will tell. Good luck to both Geelong and Hawthorn and I hope Geelong make it two in row.

CRAIG'S VK COMMODORE

VK COMMODORE
Phil bought the car on ebay and picked it up today. This is the car he will do up for Craig for his 21st. It needs a bit of work and the gas has to be inspected, an oil leak located and fixed, some work on the floor of the boot, then its mostly cosmetic and hopefully will pass the roadworthy and be back on the road in the next few weeks.
Since its arrival it has been washed, vacuumed and given a general tidy up, the stero works quite well and once Craig puts the seat covers that will help to tidy up the inside.

GUESS WHO'S DRIVING NOW

Congratulations Craig on passing your driving test with a pass rate of 99% a very good result.

SHORT TRIP AWAY

HOW LONG IS IT TO HOWLONG

As we both had time off this week we decided to take the Patrol for a short trip to see how it goes and what it was like to travel in for a couple of days and for me to get used to driving such a big vehicle. We set off on Tuesday morning and made our way cross country to Euroa where we stopped for lunch, unfortunately the local bakery's pasties were not up to scratch and must say they were one of the worst pasties we have ever had, never mind the apple cake was good. From there we headed up to Rutherglen for a look around and we had coffee and bought several bottles of red at the local IGA supermarket at a very good price. From there we took a slight detour and went to have a look at Chiltern. Sadly not much to see at Chiltern these days so we then made our way to Howlong for the night. We stayed at the only motel in town at the Golf and Bowling Club. Our accommodation was very nice and the price even better. We played the pokies and at the end of the night broke even which was good. In the morning we went into Lavington to SPC outlet store and stocked up on goodies then on to Holbrook to see the submarine and have a coffee break before heading up to Tarcutta to see the memorial wall to truckies, found Phil's friend Rooster and his photo, then had lunch at the truck stop before starting our return trip home. We had a lovely time, the weather was great, it was fun driving the 4wd and it was good to get back home even if we did nearly run out of diesel on the way home.

PHIL'S NEW TOY

BUSY WEEK

This week has passed in a blur, worked on Monday, Tuesday had to take the Sebring to Werribee for its one year or 24,000k service, which was a laugh because have only done 15,000kms, but still needed to be done. Had organised for Trish to pick me up and to go shopping while the car was being serviced. To kill time while I was waiting went for a stroll around the used car section and what did I behold but a 2004 Nissan Patrol, auto, diesel with dual fuel tanks and in very good condition and the price was very good, so rang Phil and told him about it with the end result that they brought the car out home for him to have a look at and after some wheeling and dealing we are now the proud owners of a new vehicle. Phil traded the ute which he bought when we started the business so it was sad to see it go as it had been a very reliable car.

Trish and I had a great time shopping at Werribee and managed not to spend to much money but had a nice time. Thursday we had lunch in the city with Mel and Ben and on Friday I worked the morning at the Centre. Saturday night scrapped with Trish and thats about it.