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Archive for April, 2009
Play school
Josh has been going to child care/play school for 3 weeks now. Every week has been a bit of a fight for Deb to get him through the front door. Today it was my turn... He got into the car, no problem. He gave me directions to his school, no problem. We got out and went through the front door, still no problem. We entered the class room, getting [...]
Recovery
No, not me. Although I had a pretty rough weekend too! We had some friends down from Sydney at the weekend and took a drive up to Healesville on Saturday. We went via Yea (pronounced "Yay") and caught a glimpse of the devastation that the fires had caused. Still lots of burnt out cars and sheds around, but most of it has been reduced to rubble [...]
Easter weekend
Easter was a five day weekend for me - apparently academics (not me!) don't do the Tuesday after Easter, so the Chancellor of the Uni gave us an extra day off. Our trip to the footy (as in AFL, not soccer) was a success. The underdog Bombers (my side) defeated the fancied and unbeaten Blues. It was a close game with the lead changing often. We [...]
Hybrid
Today I drove my first Hybrid car - a Toyota Prius. It was a little weird at first, but now I want one! When you start the car, you hear nothing - it is completely electric. If you drive slowly, you hear nothing and feel no vibration except the road. Put your foot down or take off on a hill and you feel the petrol engine kick in immediately. I [...]
African getaway
This is quite a long post - I won't be offended if you get bored. Not sure why Wordpress won't allow me to use paragraphs! What is there to say, we loved it! We had a fantastic time, fantastic weather and caught up with loads of friends and family! On the first Saturday, we had our ‘wedding reception’ at the eco-lodge above Herold’s [...]
