why we haven't seen mum and dad online lately

Just thought I would write this for mum and dad, so everyone knows. Last week their computer had a problem, it was only recognising 48kb of 512mb of RAM...so they called 'on site computers' and a guy came out to look at it. Of course, because it only thought it had 48kb of RAM it was SSSOOOOO slow, and the guy took the computer away so he could get online and see if he could solve the problem. After having the computer for a week he was no closer to fixing it, so mum and dad got it back...call it an expensive learning experience...now adam has the computer, and while he cannot seem to fix the problem at the moment , he won't charge them $77 an hour to save all of their data (especially photos), burn it to disk, and install XP.

Hi Lisa

How are you going?

(It's new. It's not much, but it's new. *tee hee*)

iPod

Hey, just a quick post to say I've bought an iPod. I've been wanting to get a new mp3 player for a while (my old 64MB brick just doesn't cut it any more) and the Smartmoves work from Dayna gave me the extra money to do so. It's a 30 gig iPod video.. i've ordered it and a case (they scratch really easy apparently) so now i've just got to wait for it to arrive. It was cheaper to order it from Melbourne and have it posted then walk into a store in Adelaide and buy it :)

Decision made

Offer Accepted
I have decided to go with JP Morgan in Glasgow, I accepted the offer yesterday, although the commute is longer, the career opportunity is far greater with them. Soooo I start Feb 20th. Yaaaa, I get to play with other kid's! :) Thanks to everyone for your congrat messages. :) Now Glenn and I should be able to start doing some fun stuff. I think first thing on the list, well first two things will be pay off the credit card, then find a bigger flat, a bigger flat that has a shower with some decent water pressure. :) (Even gravity doesnt seem to help out with the water pressure in our current place!)
As always the ink isnt even dry on the contract and we are thinking of ways to spend the money! LOL
Hope everyone is well and happy, Dayna have you heard anything new about the training course???

JOB!!!

Heya Guys!
Well I finally have something to blog about. After many interviews with no result I have finally hit the jackpot..... twice, when it rains it pours, I have 2 offers from 2 different companies, so I have untill 12 noon tommorrow to decide. yikes! and yaaaaa of course! :)
One company is in Glasgow, its called JP Morgan, very big American firm, although the commute is an hour it is so far my personal favourite. The other company is called Sykes, it is in Edinburgh but out of the city so it is about a 30 minute commute. Plus the IT Director is freaky which is why I am not too convinced about it. Sooo I will post again soon to let you know how it goes.
Dayna I love the hair!! I think it looks great, and yes I completely agree that you can never get your hair to look as it did when you left that salon! Love to all!

dee xox

new look..

hey all..

it's been a while - i've been pretty flat out with work, but i think it all seems on track (yay!).

had a great weekend at Coffs Harbour a couple of weeks ago.. I've posted some piccys from the holiday on Flickr.

whilst i was away, i decided to take Damien's postcard into a random hairdresser in Coffs and get them to see what they could do. Not sure what i think about it just yet.. i think it's okay..it's pretty short though. it is long enough to tie up - just. *grin*





Let me know what you think.. remember that this is the hairdresser version (you know, the way it looks when you walk out of the salon - that style you can rarely get again.) hehe. *grin*

take care and have fun..

one at home, one at primary school, one at high school

ok, first of all...Carolynn's first day of High School - she had a great day, "it was so fun", she says, "and Friday will be even better!" She has music twice on Friday!! She has all her classes with her best friend too, which is fantastic.
I already said that Jared had a good first day yesterday.
And finally, I took Trinity to the health centre today, and she weighs 8750g, up 44og since last month. (19lb 4.5oz) She is 67.5cms long and her head is 47cms...everything is progressing on time, rolling, eating solids, liking to play peek-a-boo...

Trinity Update

Trinity is rolling over!! She had trouble with one arm getting stuck underneath her body, but she has worked that out and can now roll onto her tummy! Rolling back is the next problem, she tends to cry when she is sick of being on her tummy. Sometimes she just lays on her side and pulls peek-a-blocks over to put in her mouth. She is also very good at blowing raspberries, and yesterday did alot of 'talking'. She is doing that now as I am typing. She is getting better at sitting up, still needs support but can move herself. She is sitting on my knee leaning on my arm and my body and looking around. It is very cute when she looks up to look at my face!! She also leans forward away from me, then back, but it worries me and I keep moving to grab her. She is almost 6 months old now...no teeth yet! but everything goes to her mouth. We are keeping pacifiers in the fridge She also loves feeling the texture of different things by making a grabbing motion with her fingers, this includes skin so I have to keep cutting her nails, I have a few little scratches ;)
I guess the last thing is about this heat...Trinity really hates it, she gets grumpy and won't sleep (she hates sleeping anyway, but the hot weather has made this worse) But she loves swimming, she loves the water, and she doesn't complain that it is cold going in (I try to ease her into the water, if she goes in too fast she does complain) Once she is cooled off she often just goes off to sleep much quicker, so at home I give her a coolish bath to help settle her, but it doesn't seem to be the same. Anyway, this is a long post, I will find photos for next time.

Happy Australia Day

I hope you're all enjoying the day off!

Do You Have A Male or Female Brain?

Fiona sent me this site, we were talking about Aspergers and autism...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,937913,00.html

I have a female brain, surprise, surprise...I scored an "average" score of 47 in the empathising test, and a "lower than average" 19 in the systemising test. :P Actually, that surprised me...any way, the article describes the differences between Jared and Carolynn :)

Listal

I've been using this free site, listal, to list my dvds, books, music and games. You can track what you have lent to people, or borrowed from other listal members, or what you want to buy and so forth.

http://www.listal.com

If you join up, add me as a friend. And if you really want to, you can share your list with other people online, eg. http://damienmason.listal.com/ (it's incomplete, I still need to add more books and music)

It's very cool. And free. Did i mention free?

she is one of us...

just in case there was ever any doubt (which there wasn't), here is photographic proof (well, webcam screen shot proof) that Trinity is just like the rest of us.. (poor little tike).. and she's very happy to be part of the fam.

*grin*

Furniture and stuff

yes, you read correctly - i finally have some furniture in my house!! and LOTS of boxes too. yay! now all i have to do is find the time and energy to unpack some of them.. *sigh*

the removal dudes turned up on wednesday morning.. but they were running late because they couldn't find the place, which meant that i was late for some team training that we were running that day.. not happy about that - but at least i've got a couch now.. and a bed (that i've not put up yet..) and bookcases and shelves and a real fridge (rather than a little bar fridge). yay!

i cleaned the fridge out on wednesday afternoon - it was pretty gross.. i think it had been off and in the garage for a while, but i'm not sure. anyway, i've cleaned away the mould, got rid of the traces of food still in the shelving and stuff (i think they just took their food out of it and didn't clean it.. grrrr).. and it's all happy now.

so, my time over the next will be filled with unpacking and cleaning.. of course, because everything was in the garage, it's all filthy - so LOTS of cleaning is needed (and my allergy to dust means headaches for me - but only until i get it all out, sorted and clean!). so - if anyone is bored and would like to open some boxes and dust some shelves, let me know - i still have a spare room that can be slept in (the other one has the boxes in it).. (actually it's stuart's room, but he won't mind unless he's in Canberra..) just let me know when you're going to be here - i'm all over the place (still) for the next few weeks. *grin*

and now i've got to get to work - second day of driver training.. woohoo..
*hugz*

weird weather we're having!

I just thought I would add something new to read...yesterday Anne took Jared to the pool because her boys had swimming lessons, and then I took "the girls" to meet them at 12.20pm. I was going to get a few $ worth of chips, figuring the boys'd be hungry, but the Long Gully fish'n'chip shop was closed!! Anyway, we stayed a couple of hours. I took Trinity into the pool for about 30-40 mins, last night her arms were a bit red, I feel so guilty :( have to get baby sunscreen...I kept her t-shirt, hat and sunnies on her. Then she fell asleep so I sat in the shade with her. Jared, who we'd sunscreened before he left, and Anne sunscreened before we got there, still ended up with a very red face. It's faded today though...we went to nana's, as we do Tuesday's, and she said how they used to use cold tea and vinegar to take the heat out, so I did that last night!! Now today it's raining, Jared is disappointed because Anne was going to take him again today but has probably figured it's too cold outside. (Our house is still warm, I have Trinity in just a nappy!) Her arms have faded too. Oh well, it'll get hot again, and thanks to mum & dad's Christmas present (season's tickets to the pool) I'm sure we will have plenty of swimming ahead. :)

2006 fitness

This morning, I went to a Gym in the city. I haven't been to one before, but Josh came along and was able to tell me how to use the machines so I didn't embarrass myself too badly. This time last year I started my walking, at 20 minutes a day three or four times a week. That's increased over time, however, so now I need to do an hour of walking every day to have the same effect. So I'm hoping if I switch from that to an hour at the gym three times a week, it will be more effective (and take less time). I've got at least another 10 kilos to lose (and about 20 cms) to be within a healthy range, so hopefully this will get me there.

The new year brings great potential, I am a fan of starting big projects like this at the beginning of the year.. you stay motivated long enough to get into routine. So we'll see how I go with it.

Man but i'm going to be sore tomorrow.