house demolition week 3

house week 3
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

Theres a little bit less of the house every week. The whole back wall is now gone as you can see, being held up by a few pipe-cleaners. Click on the pic to see even more from this week.....
{dino & joe]

Ok I can be a geek sometimes

Just testing blogging from my install of Apple Tiger on the Mac Mini, via a Dashboard widget called Dash Blog. If you have no idea what I'm talking about - you must be a Microsoft user :)
[joe]

Weird werd word

Did you know that fabloustic is the opposite of craptacular. How do you respond to Dongle that! Don cha luff it?

Learn da lingo with Urban Dictionary. Fo shizzle dizzle!

TOP 10 COMPLAINTS DOGS HAVE ABOUT HUMANS

1. Blaming your farts on me... not funny... not funny at all!

2. Yelling at me for barking.. I'M A F***ING DOG, YOU IDIOT!

3. Taking me for a walk, then not letting me check stuff out. Exactly whose walk is this anyway?

4. Any trick that involves balancing food on my nose... stop it!

5. Any haircut that involves bows or ribbons. Now you know why we chew your stuff up when you're not home.

6. The sleight of hand, fake fetch throw. You fooled a dog! WhooooHoooooooo what a proud moment for the top of the food chain.

7. Taking me to the vet for "the big snip", then acting surprised when I freak out every time we go back!

8. Getting upset when I sniff the crotches of your guests. Sorry, but I haven't quite mastered that handshake thing yet.

9. Dog sweaters. Hello?? Haven't you noticed the fur?

10. How you act disgusted when I lick myself. Look, we both know the truth, you're just jealous.

House Demolition Week 2

House Demolition Week 2
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

Not a lot of development on the house this week, because the asbestos ceiling had to be removed under strict control. Also the house does now have a very fetching chain-link fence (which next-door neightbours Tony & Georgia showed us how to get through) and portaloo in the front garden - but it has very scratchy toilet paper Tony said!

Why do microwaves beep?

Our microwave oven is very noisy. When its on, it sounds like a vacuum cleaner on heat. Are they meant to be that loud? Is anyone elses microwave like that?
I wouldnt care, but Joe likes to microwave at least 3 things for breakkie very early in the morning and it wakes me up. Not so much the amplified helicopter sound, but the huuuuge long beep that it does when its finished. BEEEEEEEEPPPPP. Why does it do that! Kettles dont beep to tell you they've finished. Nor do toasters. Or dishwashers.....
[dino]

Greenie

I bicycled into work this morning. How eco-friendly is that! Did anyone see me, John of PM perhaps? Dont know how long it will last, with Winter coming though.

Oops, I've just thought, our apartment block doesnt have any recycling bins, so that just cancelled out the benefit to the environment of not using my motorbike. Ahh well....
[dino]

house build end of week 1

housedemolition2.jpg
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

This is how our house looked at the weekend, 1 week into the renovations. Quite tidy actually. (Click on the picture to see others, such as our luscious bathroom, and the similarity between the back of the house and a shed)
[dino]

ET no phone

After the debarcle of having no electricity last week, this week we have no phone-line. It just went dead on Friday. Thats what you get for trying to have ADSL transferred.
However, we did have SMS on the radio show this weekend, thanks for sending in all those unusual phobias, especially liked the fear of peanut-butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. But the question on everyones lips was where was Mystery Programmer?

We've moved into an apartment now that the building work has started on our house.... we went along on Saturday arvo to have a look, and were surprised (and pleased) to see such a change. The porch had gone and the external layer of the back wall. The green cooker is also no more - (that had more fans than Trudi). Photos posted as soon as we get our internet connection back....
[dino]

Blood(y) tests

I've had the past couple of days off work, to try and sort out the apartment a bit and catch up on daytime TV. Yesterday I went to get my blood tested as last year I was told I had low iron and high cholesterol. But the doc had forgotton to test those two things, instead I was told that my bilirubin was too high. This is made from red blood cells and is what makes people turn yellow, and makes your poo brown. The doctor said I could have Gilbert's Syndrome but don't worry cos theres no cure for that! I did some research, it means there is too much pigment in the blood and causes yellowy eyes, and about 5% of males have it. I need Nurse BabyDoll now.... or maybe I'll just use the extra pigment to decorate Tex's walls (that were stained with 11 years of smoke)
[dino]

Ebay Emu Email

So what did we do this hot steamy weekend? The ideal pastime for a 31 degree day, rushing around the CBD shopping for a winter coat! I had asked for a puffa jacket for my birthday, but the shops still seemed to be in Summer mode, do they save the Winter gear for a colder day? Or maybe those down jackets are too warm for the Aussie wintertime. Will I be resigned to buying on Ebay, from someone in Russia?

Joe also bought me some emu oil, and a card with an emu with long sparkly eyelashes. Glug glug.

BTW, apologies if you sent in email or SMS on Not The Real McCoy last Saturday night, it didnt seem to be working properly. Hopefully normal service will be resumed by next weekend.
[dino]

Candlelight

You've heard of dinner by candlelight (ah, lovely), but what about getting dressed by candlelight, trying to find your door keys by candlelight, or even removing contact-lenses by candlelight. Yes, we have no electricity at the moment.
We moved into the new apartment yesterday thinking that the electric would be connected (like the water), but then found out that the utility company needs 3 working days notice to flip the switch.

[dino]

I am NOT 40!

Here I am, at work, on my birthday, in my very early thirties (could pass for 28), and having to deal with people saying I'm older than I really am! Now I know how Cher feels....

Do I need to start using moisteriser now? I said never again after my first plastic surgery. Or is it just that now Trudi has departed, someone else has to be the scapegoat. Oh, I wish she'd stayed now.
[dino]

5 reasons why I don't like mobile phones

1. They make your ear go hot, and your brain go icky
2. The ringtones have become so loud now, they are more deafening than a Metallica concert. In fact, you can download a Metallica concert as an actual ringtone (well, maybe a Kylie concert then)
3. One of my students phones always rings on my courses at work. Really loudly. And they take ages to answer it.
4. 99% of people I have phoned on mobile phones do not answer and it goes straight onto voicemail. They say they can't hear them (even with the loud ringtones?) / have run out of batteries (playing those loud ringtones) / are in meetings / in training courses
5. At the gym today, I got onto a machine, adjusted it, set the weight THEN someone else came over and said they were in the middle of using it. I said ok and got off, but then he said he was waiting for his mate to finish who was on his mobile phone. So we all had to wait.

[dino]
ps Its my birthday tomorrow, but shh don't tell anyone

Packing and Backpacking

We were packing today, ready for moving house on Thursday. The boxes in the shed had to undergo the spider test before we could bring them in. Its been a weird day, starting off with rain, then really hot, then really strong winds. With Trudi's fondness for wearing bat-sleeve tops she would have blown away, but last night she departed from Melbourne for her European backpacking tour. She will be missed, but she does have Velveteen with her for company.
[dino]