9 September, 2007

Well, alrighty. I am now officially 33 (and a couple of days). All good and it gave us an excuse to try out the new restaurant on the corner which is actually quite something for this little part of town. They had customised the menu with my name which was actually pretty cool. Among other things, C got a me a book, Punk Rock Dad by Pennywise’s lead singer, Jim Lindberg. Read into that what you will but the book is actually pretty good so far and I’ve been chuckling my way through it.

Today we had a clean out of the office area, rearranging and getting rid of the big desk which has outlived its use here. We ended up by taking down a wall as well, though to be honest the wall was pretty makeshift and came down without much impact on the surrounding area. Whoever built it did a really crap job and for that we are thankful. The lounge now looks huge and gets a lot more sun. It is also nice to be able to work on the computer and still be able to talk to people. I can also admit it was good fun destroying something for a change.

With the weather getting nicer we have been able to get out into the garden and clean things up a bit. We need to get in a little more dirt this year as the composts haven’t quite produced enough for the vege gardens, partly because in the recent move all the raised beds lost a bit of dirt. Once that’s in we’ll be getting into planting. We have a good plan for producing a decent amount of potatoes this year as we didn’t quite last through winter. We’re getting there.

Two weeks left in the term and quite frankly I need a break. My brain has given up on creativity for now and seems to be sheltering in the back of my head somewhere being a bit of a wuss.