We have been looking for a new place to live for a few weeks now due to our current landlords’ decision to evict us with “No Grounds” after a couple of issues with the house. The notice has simply brought forward our hunt. We were keen to remain in the area as we love the place and have begun making connections. We have now secured a property within 10 minutes walk. The new property is cheaper and a single level, good for the Mum’s as stairs are no longer their friends. A win all around. We sign the papers on Friday and move in across the weekend. Packing had already begun, but now we are moving into overdrive.
Archive for March, 2011
On the 14th March I went to the Munmorrah Circuit Duck Pond and saw a sea of algae in the pond (posted here). At the time I was calling for council to intervene and flush the lake to cleanse it of the algae, which was frankly less than attractive. Council of course have not had time to spin the lollipop from stop to slow in a week, thankfully Mother Nature has intervened with a monumentally wet weekend culminating in yesterdays 279mm in 24 hours at Albion Park. Unfortunately a man has been killed in this weather event and a lot of people have been impacted by car breakdown, being plain stupid, or CityRail equipment failures (which I do not blame them for).
The duck pond now looks like a pond, however the walk ways around it are caked in mud and reeds are everywhere. Check out the picks in the slideshow below.
"Hot - very - Hot Curry Chicken" with Pappadums
"Hot - very - Hot Curry Chicken" sans Pappadums
"Chicken Caprice"
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- Time for a lunch time walk to the park. #
- Walk done, the duck pond has gone to ruin. Overgrown and algae filled. Needs a good flush and a prune! #
- Taking Dad to hospital tomorrow afternoon. Will be up early to get my day done early. #
- Taking Dad to hospital tomorrow afternoon. Will be up early to get my day done early. http://4sq.com/hBK606 #
- Sleep time, goodnight all. #
- Sleep time, goodnight all. http://4sq.com/e11MBC #
- I just unlocked the "Superstar" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/gAKvpE #
- likes Il Grande Selenzio by Baby Animals on Ping http://t.co/5S7yYat #iTunes #
- rated Il Grande Selenzio by Baby Animals 4 stars http://t.co/gZ0mx0e #iTunes #
- rated Il Grande Selenzio by Baby Animals 4 stars http://t.co/6Mb5Ggf #iTunes #
- rated Il Grande Selenzio by Baby Animals 5 stars http://t.co/ZdaSLHx #iTunes #
- Twitter goes secure – say goodbye to Firesheep with "Always use HTTPS" option: http://t.co/N3tCPr1 #
- @problogger perhaps witchery are going to bring out a warlocks label! #
- I just entered the Kimberley Dream for the chance to win $25,000 worth of prizes – enter for your chance to win too http://t.co/Pz1DFjA #
- @Magnetoboldtoo better not, you might get sick too #
- @GarthTander just like Usman Khawaja is not a traditional Australian name I guess. #
- I subscribed to KitchenNightmares's channel on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/KitchenNightmares?feature=autoshare #
- I subscribed to theFword's channel on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/theFword?feature=autoshare #
- I subscribed to gordonramsay's channel on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/gordonramsay?feature=autoshare #
- I subscribed to marketkitchendiaries's channel on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/marketkitchendiaries?feature=autoshare #
- A solid start with 1.1kg down inside a week. Gleefully suffering DOMS too. #fit #fat-attack-2011 #
- @leighsales love the word. Can you sneak it into #lateline #
- I subscribed to MrBean's channel on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/MrBean?feature=autoshare #
- WAFL On – โ@TimGossage: New WAFL podcast footy show starts today … need a name … all ideas and suggestions welcome …. #namethisshow #
OK tomorrow I am definately not weighing in. I will though be doing a long walk. Why?
Today was ended with Mums 70th birthday dinner. We decided on Addisons Seafood Restaurant in Shellharbour Village. It is good food, but comes with a price. One of their dishes is called a Seafood Tanker. Basically this contains:
chilled market crab, bbq marinated baby octopus, grilled kingfish, grilled salmon, smoked Tassie salmon, grilled king prawns sea salt & Szechuan pepper calamari, Queensland chilled prawns, chilled Morton bay bugs Sydney rock oysters (4) natural, (2) mornay & (2) Kilpatrick, Hervey bay scallops, Asian style mussels, chips, tropical fruits, tartare, cocktail, chilli jam”
Given we had 5 people eating the meal we, or rather I, had doubts that 1 would be enough and decided to get a second. In hindsight 1 would have been enough, especially as we had entrees aswell.
Suffice to say that I am overstuffed and certain to have lost my gain. We also have a significant doggy bag of seafood and fruit.
Got to get back onto Fat Attack 2011 tomorrow.
