Jun
17

It’s the house’s birthday today

Actually it was on Friday (the 15th), but I’ve had no time to blog it this weekend. Some of the highlights of the last 12 months … we’ve:

  • repainted the study, laundry and bedroom instead of going to Hotham for our 2nd wedding anniversary,
  • pulled many, many things out of the garden (and we’re still going),
  • started to restore the balcony (and we’re still going),
  • cooked turmeric sausages (not recommended),
  • had a tetanus jab rejected by a shonky cornflakes packet doctor,
  • caught the Geelong Flyer to work and back every day,
  • been with our friends Kate and Damian at their wedding in Milawa,
  • bought some very heavy outdoor furniture and restored it,
  • explored Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula,
  • bought Matt’s ski boat, named it Muchacha and learnt how to wakeboard,
  • hosted some great weekends with family and friends including Christmas and New Year’s Eve,
  • been with Simon at his wedding to Bek,
  • gone surfing (lots),
  • gone to the beach (lots),
  • farewelled Kate and Matt back up to Newcastle,
  • discovered some great local wineries,
  • sold our car and bought a new one,
  • taught Max to bark on command,
  • celebrated our engagement anniversary with a trip to Apollo Bay and walked a part of the Great Ocean Walk,
  • sold the Wyndham Vale block of land we bought in 2005,
  • taken Max for a trip on Corio Bay on Muchacha,
  • ripped up our lower area of deck and replaced it with brick paving,
  • watched Simon carve up the rally track for his 21st,
  • started to restore Muchacha,
  • drunk far too much wine,
  • shared Dad’s 60th birthday with him and the family, and
  • had a fantastic holiday in Far North Queensland.

Not bad.

We’re very happy here in Geelong but we both feel we’d like to get more involved locally, so over the next 12 months I think we’ll join a couple of clubs and try to ‘participate’ more.

P.S. Max still gets this excited when we go up the other end of the house ….

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That was the day we moved in. He ran around like a crazy dog for about 20 minutes. (Some would say nothing’s changed)

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1 Comment

  1. mum - June 17, 2007, 11:37 pm

    you’ve been pretty busy! It’s a great house and you’ve worked hard. Can’t think why it’s not finished yet………. you could use five or six hours at night instead of sleeping you know! Where’s your dedication? You’re young, you’re fit - four hours sleep a night is plenty. Can you train Max to use a hammer?
    xx Mum and Dad

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