Summer Toons

You know that thing that happens every year when you "Get That Summer Feeling"? Well, it's definately here today and to mark the occassion I've put together a Summer Toons play list. Here's what computer code is being written to today...

Ash - Shining Light

Athlete - Wires

Coldplay - Fix You

Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

David Gray - This Years Love

Dido - Sand in My Shoes

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Gorillaz - El Manana
Guns & Roses - Estranged
James Blunt - High
Johnny Cash- Wanderer
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
The Killers - All These Things That Ive Done
Led Zeppelin - Going to California
Madonna - Hung Up
Madonna - Music
Oasis - My Big Mouth
Oasis - Magic Pie
The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
The Strokes - Reptilia
The Strokes - 12_51

Sorry Dan - I would have put something from Simpatico on but haven't got it with me :-(

Rave On.

Possums and Palookas

What did I tell you! PC is nearly fixed, it's hotter than hell and the tax man has coughed up. Sorted.

As I said, things have warmed up considerably this week. Yesterday reached 31C and today we're expecting a high of a rather nice 33C. The good news is that it's also quite breezy so still pleasant to be out in. Dylan spent this morning running around on the decking wearing next to nothing and delighting in splashing us with a tub full of water. Too much excitement bless 'im - he's now flat out asleep and I expect will remain so for a good couple of hours.

He's also been going to swimming lessons these last few weeks and seems to have taken to it really well. He's been "dunked" a few times and managed to get over the shock and can sit on the side and "jump" into Isy's arms. There's an open air pool down the road from us which we might pop into this afternoon for a bit more larking about... hee hee (His language is also coming on. This week he cried "Hello daddy! Palooka!". He gets it from his mum.

Mr.D has also received a kids-size table and chair which he loves (Yea, we know he needs a haircut). It also means I can drop the travel cot and high chair off with my mate Marcus this week as his sister and baby are coming to stay...

Speaking of which, we're also expecting our friends Lorna and Graeme out here towards the end of October which should be great fun!! We were expecting Liza from South Africa to come out for a bit too, but she didn't make it due to changing jobs :-(

One final thing, last night Isy and I were having a beer out on the deck when a mother Possum snuck down out of the trees, crept across our garden and ran off with her baby clung to her back!! How cool was that!

Anyway, time to do something. (To prove I actually do things around here, here's a pic of me sweeping the remnants of about two tonnes of leaves from our garden last week...)


Catch you all later.

Newsflash: Blog / Sun Outage

Unfortunately, a harddrive failure on our home PC has thrown a
reasonably large spanner in the works when it comes to blogging this
week leaving me with my trusty phone. That, coupled with the fact that
so much rain has come down that the lavender in our garden is now
growing horizontally means not a lot to report this time.

The good news is that the living room has seen the addition of a
great coffee table, TV platform and corner table this weekend and the
Aussie tax man owes me big bucks.

Here comes the Sun. Doodle do dooo...