As you’ll have noticed if you drop by with any regularity, posts have dropped off a bit over the last week or two. This is as you also know, because my folks are here for Xmas and taking up loads of time. Well of course we don’t sit indoors doing nothing all day or I’d … More The Coffee Club, Blacktown

At long last there is a growing resentment amongst the general public about the way David Hicks has been treated and a realisation that if *he* can be abandoned by his government then so could perhaps *they* be if in trouble abroad! Having been left in hell for five years by the Howard government there … More Support growing for David Hicks

Ok… got the lights done. Got another chair painted… only two more to do then I can mow the lawn then move the furniture off the patio back onto it. Then I have to use some cleaner on the stone tiles and hose them down, and the outside will be good enough for the summer. … More Summer is icumin in… again.

Very proud of the eldest today. Her shcool ‘Presentation Day’ was today and she received two awards. The first was for ‘Proficiency in Music’… the second was a special award for ‘Co-Curricular Activities’. In part this was for her participation in Chor’us, Tae-kwon-do, Debating, Songmakers, Young Inventors, Stream Watch, Flute Ensemble, String Ensemble, Musicianship, Computer … More More 'family stuff'.

Calling it a concert because in most ways that’s what it was. The kids of the school turned up in the local shopping mall and sang and played their hearts out. Some of them are just *so* damn good!! From the kindy choir onwards they all did wonderful things. The kindy to year twos put … More Kids Concert

Sad news today with the loss of Peter Boyle who played grumpy but long suffering Frank Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond. He’s been fighting heart disease for some years but has finally lost the battle. He played a really good part and was a fine comedy actor.

We reported on the demise of our mattress at the end of November and the trouble we’d had with the insurance company but I forgot to mention that the ‘new’ name for NRMA insurance is IAG… no idea why they changed it, but they did. Anyway… just pointing out that despite them now knowing we … More More on IAG insurance

Visited a ‘gastrologist’ today… this is a *long* story whcih started 10 years ago… so I’ll write it up later. Without trying to be delicate about it, from the mid 1990’s tp date I’ve had what apparantly is diarhoea. I say ‘apparantly’ because I think *my* definition of what it means differed from the doctors. … More The Gastrologist calls.

As the old rhyme goes… When I was young and in my prime I used to do it all the time But now that I am old and grey… … I only manage twice a day. Of course this has nothing to do with the story and neither claim is true other than in my … More When I was young..

Doesn’t like the cold… of course she’s not overly enthusiastic about the hot either but that’s another story. This is just a short note about our table heater… a little gas powered warmer that extends our use of the patio in the evenings by warming us around the table as we eat… or whatever. I’ve … More My Mother