the place where i work is right by the maribyrnong river.
the building is about three storeys high and the top level is a cafe, a gym and a courtyard/outdoor soccer field scenario.
the cafe is the kind of place where the barista knows your coffee order and you can get a sandwich if you’ve forgotten your […]
eilis & drew have set off for hoppers crossing in search of a fund-raising sausage and a few more boxes. i am watching prospective tenants walk through our old house.
grandparents, bless them, kept drew occupied yesterday so we had the time to put most of our stuff in boxes. the removalists are booked in for […]
1. fences
2. gates
3. locksmiths
4. trading in two crap cars for one better car
5. building insurance
6. interest rates
7. childcare - pros and cons of moving child to childcare closer to home versus keeping childcare at place closer to old home where the staff are lovely
8. bunnings
9. feature walls
10. stain removal for couches
i’ve been through a bunch of different incarnations of the confessional personal blog. i don’t want to do that anymore.
i’ve tried keeping a graphic art/illustration theme central to this blog but i got bored. and also i realised something, graphic designers are, generally, quite dull people who think thinking outside the box all the time […]
somebody leant me a dvd of ‘the secret’. it makes a very good coffee cup coaster.
in the spirit of ‘the secret’s’ main rule - put it out into the universe and the universe will make it happen - i’ve spent some time wanting my work contract to be renewed at the end of may.
i’m not […]
i think that title pretty much sums things up
independent australian news analysis website
fuckin’ great song i had heard once on the radio in the late 90s and could never track down
we had a meeting with the mortgage people last night.
we can borrow some money most probably.
actually, we could borrow a whole lot more than we could comfortably manage to pay-back.
this would be how people end up living in their own house and eating baked beans six out of the seven days of the week, i […]
i imagine a reality where i saved money every week from my first job onwards instead of investing in cds and … actually i’m not sure what else i bought but i remember not cooking much … this place is so beautiful it makes me want to … i don’t know … rob a bank?
by […]
after last night’s phone call from the landlords and then a million different options to consider we made our decision and we’re going to move.
i guess, looking at it from a more positive angle than i could manage last night after the phone call, it’s probably come at a good time for us. we had […]