Crashing good time

Jeff finds out how to crash the Coles self checkout machine... But isn't able to fix it!

White night in Melbourne

It's pretty crowded!

How we survive the hot days

Melbourne's had some awful hot weather lately - not every day, but very, very hot. I run out of all energy on those days, and of course, it's hard to get dinner on the table. This is how we do it.

Rice paper rolls, bread or crackers, cheese, sliced fruits and vegies. Yum!

Happy Birthday Boys!

Hello Thomas, in your tshirt. Hello Jonathan, in that smart school uniform. Why are you looking so smug?

Oh, because there was CAKE! Now, why would you be getting cake?

I see, you had a birthday. Well that's lovely. How old were you?

Sixteen? Well I never.

Did you get out for dinner too?

Ohh, I see you did. That looks nice. Happy birthday guys.

That's funny...

... I don't remember planting tomatoes this year. This one plant popped up again from last year. And while we were away in Perth, our lovely house minder watered them and kept them happy!

Jeff's getting new glasses

What do you think of these ones?

How about now? He looks just like that guy from that movie. No, not that guy. The other one.

An actual use for that fancy duct tape!

Yesterday I was delighted - while shopping for back to school stuff for the kids, I bought some cool patterned duct tape. I never realised I needed that stuff!

But it was already in danger of just hanging around the house - it needed a PURPOSE!

Amazingly, a purpose arose just about immediately.

We have a few iPads in the family - two original ones, now used by the kids, and two new ones, belonging to the grow ups. We grow ups take pride in seeking out the nicest covers for our gadgets. Jeff has a cool Eiffel Tower. Mine was supposed to be bright green, but due to (my) mix up while ordering, it's plain black. Both the older ones are plain black. That means, it can be hard to know whose is whose!

Ta daaaah! This kids' one has penguins on it now. I like the result so much (and of course it can peel right off) that I'm off to do mine now!