A few days ago I found a cockroach in the cupboard. I couldn’t think of a way of extracting it without touching it, so I got the vaccuum cleaner and sucked it up. Yesterday I had to get the vaccuum cleaner out again. Got it out, and found a cockroach sitting on top of it, ... [More]
To their surprise and delight, the kids found a Lego train set, left in the fireplace by Father Christmas. Much fun building it. All batteries purchased in readiness for Sonic Screwdriver and TARDIS. All gifts well received. So were the gifts for the adults. Had a big Christmas lunch at my mum’s place. Less people ... [More]
I thought I’d done all right with my $9.98 Christmas wreath from K-Mart (bigger, better, handmade one to come next year, I hope). Until I saw this one at 101 Collins Street. Aye Carumba! Oh well. That one wouldn’t fit on my door anyway. Have a great Christmas, one and all.
A short day at work, and three weeks holiday starts today (pretty much right now, in fact). Things I’m planning to do: Complete the big clearout of the house. Some stuff will get chucked out (rubbish, recycle, freecycle), some will get tidied away. The plan is to get the spare room into the kind of ... [More]
Woken up early this morning by this idling, rumbling outside my door at 6:40. Thankfully it’s not some Hitchhiker’s Guide scenario. The house they’ve been ripping into is down the street. On Tuesday morning it was there. By dinner time it was gone, a flat piece of land with three big trucks parked on it.
My name is Daniel, and I have a cockroach problem. The first: a few days after I moved in, on the front doorstep. I squashed it with a boot. The second: a couple of weeks ago, jumping out from the cupboard underneath the sink. It scurried away and escaped. The third: last night in the ... [More]
Marita and Justine’s dog Maisie doesn’t like a lot of things, but she does like chasing other animals. Rabbits, cats, birds… By far her favourite type of bird to chase looks a little like a pigeon, but has a pointy head, and makes a funny noise when it flies. This delights Maisie, and when she ... [More]
You know when you’re starting to settle into the neighbourhood when… …someone knocks on your door to let you know you left your car lights on …you remember what day is garbage day, without having to check …the various shortcuts (by foot or by road) to strategic locations have been figured out …the local amenities ... [More]
Last night I saw a cat in my front yard. Tonight I found (most of) a dead bird in the back yard. Coincidence? I think not.
Now that I’ve got a dishwasher, I’ve been making sure I have two of everything. Unless you’re a water-wasting Wally enviro-bastard, the cardinal rule of the dishwasher is only to run it when it’s full, so I’ve bought some extra cutlery so that in a typical week, I can run it every second day. I’ve ... [More]
Sneezing attack at home. Which (may have) caused me to forget to pick up my mobile phone. (By the time I realised, it was too late to go back.) Which caused me not to get the SMS advising the train before mine was cancelled. Which meant my train was packed. (Though admittedly not up to ... [More]
My old house is now available for rent. They must have taken the picture a few weeks ago, because you can see my car in the driveway in the picture. Two typos in the headline. Good effort. “separate meals area” — I don’t see that myself. It’s pretty much in one room with the kitchen, ... [More]