Jan 2009 b

OK so our lives aren't amazingly interesting during winter, when we're really concerned with staying warm, ie indoors!


Thu 22 Jan 2009
They say a change is as good as a holiday - well, Jen went for a new hair style today. The holiday bit is were she's received multiple compliments about the "new do" at work for several days, right into the next week. Very gratifying!


Sat 24 Jan 2009
This morning Jen bought fabric for new curtains, having recently decided it's time to decorate the lounge room. This afternoon we saw the latest "Underworld" movie. It was OK but we both agreed much more gory than necessary.

Tonight we visited Edith and William for an excellent dinner and holiday planning session. We'll be enjoying a week travelling together in Scotland first week of May - hurrah! Will likely get the train to and from Edinburgh, hiring a car for the week. Should be good!

Sun 25 Jan 2009
Today Jen made new curtains, and sewed together four Ikea sheepskin rugs. Oh, and recovered the sofa thanks to Ikea's furnishings dept. You wouldn't think a rug and curtains can lighten the whole room so much.


Mon 26 Jan 2009
Australia Day. We ate some Anzac biscuits and thought about friends and family in Oz. Hi there!

Tue 27 Jan 2009
Steve's ankle started to twinge 15 mins after exercise bike this morning, and started aching during shower. Later in the day, knee hurts due to favouring ankle. Three days later, his back is in pain from favouring all the above!!!
Tonight we had Jenni B, Julia, Edith AND William turn up and practice singing madrigals together. Steve cooked us up a tasty spaghetti bolognaise with garlic bread.

Wed 28 Jan 2009
Two weeks and counting before the loft finally gets some work done on it!!!!

Fri 30 Jan 2009
Steve's back hurts!

Sat 31 Jan 2009
Steve went to work - yes, on a Saturday! In aid of setting up the auditorium in time for use, very early Monday morning, plus doing a bunch of work on the network that is best done without anyone logged in.
Meanwhile Jen stayed indoors avoiding the COLD outside, by checking out prices and options for getting a new Mac computer - hhhmmm tasty!

Above: some advantages of the Mac mini - it's tiny but powerful, and you can BYO screen of choice! Not that Jen will get a screen quite as large as this one. (the above photo grabbed randomly from google)

Jen also did some home handyman work with some help from Steve - building a little table for the projector to hang upsidedown from, to replace the cardboard box we've been using for the past year! Below: the current setup for the projector (below). We will show you the new setup, but only after the wet paint has dried.


Sun 01 Feb 2009
Spent much of the day indoors, staying warm. This evening opened the front door (OK we got pizza delivered) to discover SNOW!