The Rhyme of Sim'

My father has just started his own blog – Trevor’s Twitchings of Australian Birds. He is an avid ornithologist (birdwatcher), and uses the term “Twitching” – which originates from the UK and also means birdwatching. Wikipedia has some information on Twitching My sister has been blogging for several months now, since she has been on … [Read More »]

We said goodbye to our unit today – one final visit to finish cleaning the oven and make sure we didn’t forget anything. Then we headed down to the real estate agency to return the keys. It’s a bit sad to go – we’ve been there six and a half years, but already I’m wondering … [Read More »]

I managed to get the main parts of the office set up today … my PC, LJ’s PC, the server, my laptop, my desk phone and the cordless phone (both connected through NodePhone), my work phone, the ADSL router, the gigabit switch, the printer. I’m pretty happy with the setup – it’s pretty spacious, and … [Read More »]

Well, we finally moved in to our new place today. The removalists came this morning just after 8am and were done by soon after midday (which was actually a lot longer than I expected). No problems with the move at all – other than some concern about the weight of my new digital piano – … [Read More »]

Another thing I’ve noticed about this area – a lot of dogs. In the evening, we see a lot of people wandering past walking their dogs (the other day we say a dog walking some people too – that was funny). I think LJ will like it here – just saw a Beagle puppy being … [Read More »]