Happy Birthday Part 3
Deidre's birthday was… interesting. We had lunch on the day, and she started believing that I just wasn't going to get her anything for her birthday. She got upset, so I had to convince her that I really did get … Read more …
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Happy Birthday Part 2
Deidre's all excited about her birthday today, and we had a great time last night. Hehehe, I'm still chuckling to myself as I remember. On the way home from work last night, I was 'revving her up' about how I … Read more …
Friends
Many years ago, I had a bunch of friends in Adelaide, Sth Australia. Simon, Ben, James, Matt, Andrew… That was between 1988 and 1992. In '92 I moved to Canberra, ACT (Australian Capital Territory). Andrew had already moved there around … Read more …
Happy Birthday….
It's Deidre's birthday tomorrow. She turns 33. I bought her a present today – two CDs, both of kiwi artists. One is by The Feelers, and I think it's one she's always wanted but never gotten around to getting. The … Read more …
My first journal blog…
After playing with this blog format with my political blog (Eyes On The World, linked from the right there), I've come to really like it. So I've decided to continue my journal adventures using this format from now on. The … Read more …
Bloody hardware faults!
My laptop, the new one, has had a crisis yesterday. The screen started flickering and fading to darkness, and a high-pitched sound like something shorting out began at the same time. This happened just as I was turning it off … Read more …
Some updates…
I was notified of a pay rise at work today. It was a 12% rise. Not bad, but still less than what I was hoping for. I was hoping for about a 25% increase, considering that my new job description … Read more …
I bought an amethyst
While I was in Taupo last weekend, I spotted a new age shop and just had to go into it. In my explorations of the shop I found a bunch of crystals on leather necklaces, and remembered to when I … Read more …
On holiday – part 4
ay, I'm back home! It was good to see Eve again, and she was sooo happy to see us too! We missed each other, and she's been very happy to see Deidre too. That was nice. Anyway, the evening has … Read more …
On holiday – part 3
Right, I'm sitting here in the lounge room of a family friend of Deidre's, Mick and Debbie. I've had a great time since yesterday. Last night we watched Miss Congeniality, as I mentioned, and then went to sleep. We woke … Read more …
On holiday – part 2
Well, I'm 'shattered' all over again. I think being so relaxed has reduced my stamina or something. After breakfast we went out to Huka Falls and Waikato River, and went for a walk for an hour or so. Got some … Read more …
On holiday
We woke up Saturday at 5am. Finally got out of bed around 5:30 and got ourselves ready and the car packed. We left at 6:25am in order to beat all the traffic. It was the beginning of the ANZAC Day … Read more …