Anyway, back to the weekend..

Rach and I spent pretty much the whole weekend over at R & P's place, which is great, cause they have a spa... :)

which I ended up pretty much living in all night, with my bottle of Cab Sav.. I managed to fall into bed at about 6am, and then was up at 8:30 to hear that pretty much I was the only one to get any sleep! :)

We choofed off home then, and relaxed, even though it was bloody hot! :(

Anyways, it ended up as a good weekend, Had a nice relaxing time, and bought some more train stuff! :P

Huuuuge! :)

We had a huge weekend! :)

Friday night was pretty cruisy, but then...

I called Ruby on Saturday morning, to see if he would mind if i brought little Jude up to visit his 'auntie and uncle' Paula and Ruby. They were home, and then Mikey called to tell me that branchline had 6 GY wagons. :) luckily, branchline is right down the road from ruby and paula's place, so off we went! :)

more later, i'm a bit flat out right now! :/

Court and all matters legal...

What a drama.

We went and had our 'round table conference' today, to try and save on legal fees - what a joke.

The house sold for $261k, and after speaking to the bank, there is going to be around $5k left. Once rates and water is taken from that, you are looking at $3k. That is just enough (maybe) to cover the cost of the alarm which is in the house, financed under both of our names.

Then there is the 122cm tv that she has, which she's going to refinance, as soon as she gets the money (which will probably end up being about nothing).

Anyway, no one is happy with the outcome, neither me, nor the wife, or the ex.. but what can you do huh? My lawyer is good, having not billed us for anything yet, but that will soon change.

So i'm in the dog house, everyone is upset, and that's just my side! :)

Trains.. :)

My tax cheque came back yesterday, which was a real bonus! :)

My gorgeous wife let me have half of it, to spend on 'whatever i want'! :) So I wandered down to the local (30 minutes drive!) train shop, and spent $850! :) hahahahaha...

I got some awesome stuff, including:- 10 meters of flex track- 4 sets of points- 1 double slip! Cool as!- 6 v-line carriages (4 tangerine and 2 blue)- 1 G loco in vline tangerine- 1 power pack with 2 separate controllers- 2 packs of Kadee couplers

I had a huge list, and truth be told, i could have spent thousands (aparently one of the trains i had on my list retails for about $2000, if you can find it.

Anyway, I spent a couple of hours last night out in the shed, and put a bunch of stuff together, and it looks great - I think i might have to move my siding around a bit though, because the new sidings will only hold what i just bought yesterday, let alone anything else! :)

I just remembered that i've got to get my hawthorn membership, so that is going to take up pretty much the rest of my fundage.. :) Oh well...

more...

I am going crazy working with this dill... :)

I dont know if i have mentioned him before, but he just seems incapable of independant thought. If he didnt work for a massive company with a public service mentality, i'm sure the his performance would warrant dismissal... but you get that.. :)

My project manager knows, as does his project manager, and i'm sure his direct reports have had enough 'feedback' about his performance, but it still doesnt help...

Anyway, enough venting.. :)

but on a brighter note..!

I had a great weekend.. :) spending time at home is really my priority at the moment.. it's funny how something like having a child can change everything you thought about the world....

I really used to think that i was defined by what I did.. you know, i 'work with computers'.. and that allows people to put me in a box with other 'comptuer people' that they know....

It was my brother in law's birthday last week, so we had a pissup on saturday night.. :) it was good that Rach managed to have a few drinks.. :)

And we had a great lunch with Mike and Kylie on saturday down at the local pub.. of course, we couldnt sit in the smoky public bar (where exactly the same meals are half the price), so we had to eat in the bistro... what a rort! :) I really like having the locals sitting around yelling at the horse races, and swearing like wharfies.. :)

Looks like we have moved Jude's christening back to April, easter saturday as it turns out..! :)

Jobs! :)

Looks like there are jobs working for Connex trains - how cool would that be?

The only problem is that I already have a full time job, which pays quite well. This is only a part time position too, which is 4 hours a day, 5 days a week. Great for spending time with my new son, but not great for the cash flow situation! :)

oh well, these things happen... maybe full time positions will come up...

Trains..! :)

I spent most of yesterday putting together a model train layout with Mikey! :) So funky, we ended up finishing one loop, which measures about 3600mm x 1200mm.. :)

Anyway, i also bought a shitload of carriages (something like 10!), and some points to join the other loops into it too! :) cool as!

Jude decided that he would play up the night before i have to go back to work, but that is to be expected! :)

Small Man

This is one of my faves of me and Jude. I guess he would have been about a week old or so.