We have two dogs… an insane black Labrador called Snoopy (a.k.a. Stupid), and an old Australian Blue Heeler (Cattle dog) called Kit. Snoopy is only a few years old… 4 I think… can’t be sure as he was huge when we got him. Kit on the other hand is nearly 12 years old… or in … More Dog days.

As many of you will have been bored to tears hearing… I’m on yet another diet. Doing ok so far… but with a long way to go. One of my problems has been getting an attack of the munchies around the 5:00 p.m. or so… partly because it’s around then I’m getting dinner ready so … More So what's with the soup?

It’s always surprising when time flies by quickly. It really doesn’t seem like 4 days since I last updated the blog.It’s not as if a lot has happened either. Friday I was still recovering from walking so far on Wednesday… but took the oldies for their medicals anyway. Talking of which… we were in chaos … More Lordy… days have gone by!

Wandered around today carrying a 5 kilo bag of spuds in the backpack… not a good idea… walked several kilometres in 30 degree temperatures… and now my legs are so stiff I can’t type! Bearing in mind I’ve lost almost 20 kilos you’d think it might have been fairly easy putting 5 back on… but … More Diet… exercise… ewww.

Channel Seven unearthed a friend of Mercedes Corby (Schapelle’s sister) who was willing to ‘tell all’ in a paid interview. I missed the first of the two programmes and I almost wish I’d missed the second. There was very little of value in it, very little relating directly to Schappelle and her fight for freedom, … More Jody Power vs Schapelle Corby.

One of the youngsters pulled a box out from under the bed over the weekend. In it she found a pile of old photos we’d kept… as you do. A couple of them provoked some interest because they were of me around 15 years ago. Dunno about the kids, but I could hardly recognise myself. … More Old photos tell tales.

The old man has finally decided he wants to stay on with us for another few months so we’ve sent in the applications for a visa extension. The odd thing about this is that the visa requires a medical to establish if he and my mum are ‘fit to travel’. What’s odd? Well if they … More Oldies staying on!

Doesn’t it *always* happen? I ring the ISP to complain… they say try to downloading a file… and down it comes at 126 kbps… which ain’t too shabby. Ok says they… can’t see any problems… and off they go. Then it takes ten minutes to load another web page. I still think the wireless ISP … More Grrr…

It’s been raining here for the past two days. Nice for the plants and the flowers… also nice for the dam levels which are rising gently. For my Bigpond ADSL connection tho it’s been a disaster! No idea why but whenever it rains… the connection dies!! The contract only has a couple of months left … More BigPond ADSL

Wow. There’s a new version of WordPress available. I suppose I’ll have to upgrade eventually, but the process seems really tortuous and filled with uncertainty… well that’s how it seems to me anyway. Pro tem I’ll stick with the version I have (v.2.02) for now. it works, and the new issue might have problems… so … More New WordPress release available!