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| Date | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2008 | Dinner out | |
| 6 Nov 2008 to 9 Nov 2008 |
Boys' weekend | |
| 1 Nov 2008 | Kinder Jazz | |
| 28 Oct 2008 | Waiting for the shops to open | |
| 26 Oct 2008 | Catch up with Maya and Isobel | |
| 18 Oct 2008 to 19 Oct 2008 |
Shovelling | |
| 15 Oct 2008 | VMware virtualisation forum 2008 | |
| 30 Sep 2008 | Shopping, dancing, playing, eating | |
| 30 Sep 2008 | Singing and dancing with Upsy Daisy | |
| 20 Sep 2008 | Kirsten and Richard's wedding | |
| 17 Sep 2008 to 26 Sep 2008 |
Holiday, September 2008 | Road trip to Brisbane for Kirsten's wedding via Sawtell, Byron, Ormeau, Bellingen, Armidale, Muswellbrook and Charmhaven. |
| 9 Sep 2008 | Sick PC | |
| 2 Sep 2008 | Igglepiggle comes home | |
| 2 Sep 2008 | City visit | |
| 1 Sep 2008 | Sick dedupe | |
| 31 Aug 2008 | If ye did nae hae yer wellies... | |
| 30 Aug 2008 | Kate's 2nd birthday (continued) | |
| 30 Aug 2008 | Walk to the park | |
| 29 Aug 2008 | Kate's 2nd birthday | |
| 26 Aug 2008 | On campus | |
| 26 Aug 2008 | Pigtails | |
| 23 Aug 2008 | Pa's chair | |
| 21 Aug 2008 | Meow | |
| 19 Aug 2008 | Just another day | |
| 16 Aug 2008 | Cath's 70th birthday party | |
| 11 Aug 2008 | Park day | |
| 9 Aug 2008 | Graffiti girl | |
| 5 Aug 2008 | Broom-broom bear | |
| 5 Aug 2008 | The artist discusses her work | |
| 11 Jul 2008 to 15 Jul 2008 |
Brisbane visit | |
| 7 Jul 2008 | Computer room security breach | |
| 6 Jul 2008 | Visit to Nan and Pop's | |
| 1 Jul 2008 | Chores | |
| 1 Jul 2008 | Beach lunch | |
| 29 Jun 2008 | Camperdown picnic | |
| 25 Jun 2008 | Look: a hat! | |
| 24 Jun 2008 | Thinning bamboo | |
| 17 Jun 2008 | Lunch and playground | |
| 15 Jun 2008 | Cold and windy Coogee brekkie | |
| 14 Jun 2008 | Conehead | |
| 10 Jun 2008 | Trampoline mania | |
| 8 Jun 2008 | Play dough playtime | |
| 8 Jun 2008 | A walk in someone else's shoes | |
| 7 Jun 2008 | tic widows' lunch | |
| 3 Jun 2008 | Quick Thai lunch | |
| 27 May 2008 | Fancy pink gloves | |
| 24 May 2008 | Dancing with pigtails | |
| 20 May 2008 | Lunch by the harbour | |
| 6 May 2008 | Pram walk | |
| 4 May 2008 | Sunday drive | |
| 12 Apr 2008 to 23 Apr 2008 |
Ma'n'Pa visit | |
| 12 Apr 2008 | Drinks with Craig, Belinda, Claudia and Tom | |
| 11 Apr 2008 to 17 May 2008 |
Daycare observations | |
| 5 Apr 2008 to 8 Apr 2008 |
Ali vists | |
| 2 Apr 2008 | Cooking with Kate | |
| 1 Apr 2008 | Walk to the city | |
| 30 Mar 2008 | First pigtail (short-lived) | |
| 1 Mar 2008 | Dinner in the dining room | |
| 23 Feb 2008 | Coogee breakfast and beach | |
| 10 Feb 2008 | Self-service breakfast | |
| 2 Feb 2008 | Playground outing | |
| 22 Jan 2008 | New oven | |
| 18 Jan 2008 | Herding wombats | |
| 3 Jan 2008 to 16 Jan 2008 |
Holiday January 2008 | |
| 1 Jan 2008 | New Year's Day 2008 | |
| 30 Dec 2007 | Pool Party | |
| 26 Dec 2007 | Boxing Day 2007 | |
| 24 Dec 2007 to 25 Dec 2007 |
Christmas 2007 | |
| 19 Dec 2007 | A swing in the park | A swing in Salmon Park |
| 12 Dec 2007 | A walk around the House | A walk around teh Opera House, being very careful not to step on any cracks! |
| 1 Dec 2007 | Bathtime | |
| 30 Nov 2007 to 6 Dec 2007 |
Ma and Pa visit | |
| 21 Nov 2007 | Lunch and a walk | |
| 17 Nov 2007 | Play-Doh | |
| 14 Nov 2007 | Splashing and lunch | |
| 2 Nov 2007 to 4 Nov 2007 |
Boys' weekend 2007 | |
| 31 Oct 2007 | Back yard close-ups | |
| 31 Oct 2007 | A day in the city | Spending a day in the city while the car is serviced. |
| 27 Oct 2007 to 29 Oct 2007 |
Melbourne holiday | |
| 27 Oct 2007 | Simonne and Dean's engagement | |
| 24 Oct 2007 | Banana for morning tea | |
| 20 Oct 2007 to 21 Oct 2007 |
Visit to Nan and Pop's | |
| 19 Oct 2007 | Data centre visit | |
| 17 Oct 2007 | Lunch at Coogee | |
| 14 Oct 2007 | Lunch in the garden | |
| 7 Oct 2007 | Brisvegas visit | |
| 4 Oct 2007 | VMware Forum 2007 | |
| 30 Sep 2007 | Lunch in the park | |
| 23 Sep 2007 | Lunch in the park | |
| 22 Sep 2007 | Lunch at the Barley | |
| 10 Sep 2007 | New restaurant under construction | Sass bar, cafe, restaurant under construction in Erskineville |
| 7 Sep 2007 | A day at the zoo | Jane, Simon and Kate run the gauntlet of APEC security in the CBD to visit the zoo for the day. |
| 4 Sep 2007 to 9 Sep 2007 |
APEC 2007 | Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation meeting in Sydney in 2007 locks down a significant section of the CBD with concrete barriers. Friendly signs like this one greet visitors and residents alike. |
| 2 Sep 2007 | Kate's first birthday party | |
| 31 Aug 2007 | SDN Family breakfast | |
| 29 Aug 2007 | Kate turns one! | |
| 25 Aug 2007 to 26 Aug 2007 |
Visit to Nan and Pop's | |
| 22 Aug 2007 | A walk | |
| 18 Aug 2007 | A walk | |
| 9 Aug 2007 to 13 Aug 2007 |
Ma and Pa's visit | |
| 5 Aug 2007 | Grace, Jetta and Kate one year on | |
| 27 Jul 2007 | Lunch in the city | Kate and Simon take lunch in the city and walk home. |
| 15 Jul 2007 | Cooked breakfast | |
| 30 Jun 2007 | Visit to Auburn Botanical Gardens | We visited Auburn (yes, Auburn!) Botanical Gardens. Cold dry day. Kate seemed interested in the geese but not a lot of the other animals. |
| 23 Jun 2007 to 8 Jul 2007 |
Two breakfasts | Some shots during two breakfasts, one in late June, the other in early July 2007. |
| 17 Jun 2007 | Stormy Bondi | Lunch and a walk at Bondi Beach. Huge winds and some rain. Walked by the beach while a large bulldozer graded the sand after last week's big storms that washed the sand up over the promenade. |
| 15 Jun 2007 | Girls' day in | |
| 12 Jun 2007 | Shopping and indoors | |
| 11 Jun 2007 | King Street sunset | |
| 10 Jun 2007 | Walk in the cold with my first cold | Kate waits for Jane to return with coffees after a walk. Kate suffering from her first illness: a nasty cold generously shared by Simon. |
| 9 Jun 2007 | Rainy daze | Crazy storm, wind and rain drive keep us inside all day. Kate has her first cold ans shares the contents of her nose with Stanley and Tess. |
| 4 Jun 2007 | Work trip to Melbourne | |
| 3 Jun 2007 | ACO III 2007 | Sumalee lunch, Australian Chamber Orchestra and home again |
| 17 May 2007 | Fogged in | |
| 13 May 2007 | Mother's Day number one | |
| 12 May 2007 | DADHC lunch | |
| 29 Apr 2007 | Visit to Nan and Pop's | |
| 8 Apr 2007 | South Coast picnic | Easter Sunday 2007. Took a drive through the Royal National Park and via the Sea Cliff Bridge to Bulli for a picnic. |
| 7 Apr 2007 | A bump on the head | While practising sitting, Kate met with a piece of furniture, resulting in no damage to the furniture. Here are the results a few hours later. |
| 1 Apr 2007 | Kate's new swing | |
| 21 Mar 2007 to 1 Apr 2007 |
Holiday March 2007 | A week in Brisbane and a couple of nights in Yamba on the way home. See Kirsten, there are beaches! |
| 18 Mar 2007 | 75th anniversary bridge walk | Walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge to commemorate 75 years since its opening. |
| 4 Mar 2007 | Archibald and Artexpress 2007 | |
| 20 Feb 2007 | Queen Mary 2 in Sydney Harbour | |
| 18 Feb 2007 | Breakfast - apple and rice cereal | |
| 13 Feb 2007 | Kate's bath time - 5 1/2 months | |
| 10 Feb 2007 to 11 Feb 2007 |
Boys' weekend | |
| 8 Feb 2007 | Kate's first solids | First try of solids. Well, semi-solid, Farex. Looks bleugh! |
| 7 Feb 2007 | Kate's first tooth! | Bottom gum, front. Barely visible yet. Kate weighed in at 6.7 kg today. |
| 28 Jan 2007 | Kate - 5 months | We've discovered our feet, hands and tongue! |
| 23 Jan 2007 | DADHC baby club lunch | |
| 20 Jan 2007 | Arfur comes 'ome | 2004 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium. So good not climbing thru the front door to put Kate in her seat! |
| 18 Jan 2007 | Indoor football mishap | |
| 13 Jan 2007 | New (2nd hand) car | Bought Arfur from Sydney Car Exchange. |
| 9 Jan 2007 | Mothers' group | |
| 5 Jan 2007 | Pictures hung | Finally get around to hanging pictures around the house. |
| 2 Jan 2007 | New TV cabinet | |
| 31 Dec 2006 to 1 Jan 2007 |
New Year's Eve 2006-2007 | |
| 27 Dec 2006 | Dog walk | |
| 26 Dec 2006 | Boxing Day 2006 | Shark Island |
| 24 Dec 2006 to 25 Dec 2006 |
Christmas 2006 | |
| 18 Dec 2006 | Christmas angels | Three swimming buddies lined up in a row before Christmas lunch 2006. |
| 16 Dec 2006 | Firewall upgrade | Bye bye foonix |
| 5 Dec 2006 | Photo shoot while dinner cooks | |
| 2 Dec 2006 to 4 Dec 2006 |
Alison's vist | |
| 18 Nov 2006 to 20 Nov 2006 |
Grandma's visit | |
| 3 Nov 2006 to 4 Nov 2006 |
Kate - 9 weeks | |
| 1 Nov 2006 | 3rd wedding anniversary | A bouquet of peonies on4 November 2004 after they all opened |
| 31 Oct 2006 | Windows XP to Linux part 1 | Replacing old, blown GA-7VRXP motherboard with an A7V333 motherboard and going from Windows XP to Linux in the process. Here's the old board before removal. |
| 28 Oct 2006 to 29 Oct 2006 |
Kate - 8 weeks | A visit to Nanna and Pop's and the ride home. |
| 17 Oct 2006 | Kate - tummy time | |
| 10 Oct 2006 to 17 Oct 2006 |
Kate - weeks 6 and 7 | |
| 7 Oct 2006 | Kate - 5 weeks - smiling! | The many faces of Kate at 5 weeks old. |
| 1 Oct 2006 | Lunch with the Savys | Visit from the Savy family, Cath, Bec and Matthew |
| 25 Sep 2006 to 30 Sep 2006 |
Kate - 4 weeks | |
| 23 Sep 2006 | Kate - day 26 | |
| 17 Sep 2006 | Kate - day 20 | |
| 16 Sep 2006 | Walk with the family | Walk to Camdenville Park in St Peters. |
| 15 Sep 2006 | Kate's first visit to the beach | Breakfast at Coogee and a short walk on the beach. |
| 14 Sep 2006 | Kate's first projectile vomit | Finally getting some power behind those "posits." |
| 12 Sep 2006 | Kate - two weeks old | |
| 11 Sep 2006 | Nanna visits Kate | |
| 9 Sep 2006 | Lara meets Kate Rose | |
| 8 Sep 2006 | Japanese maple blooms | |
| 7 Sep 2006 | Computer class 101 | |
| 7 Sep 2006 | Last meeting with Clare | Pictures from our last official meeting with our fabulous doula, Clare. We can't recommend her highly enough: even Kate. |
| 2 Sep 2006 | Kate - day 5 | |
| 31 Aug 2006 | Kate's first bath | |
| 31 Aug 2006 | Rose meets Kate Rose | |
| 30 Aug 2006 | Kate vs the grandparents | Kate meets all the grandparents and wins! |
| 29 Aug 2006 | Kate arrives | Kate Rose born 01:17 29 August 2006. 3.1 kg (6 pounds 12 ounces) and 49 cm (19 inches.) |
| 20 Aug 2006 | A new person | Roger 3 days overdue. |
| 12 Aug 2006 | Setting up front room | Putting up blinds from our bedroom in the front room before Roger's (imminent) arrival. |
| 30 Jul 2006 | Breakfast in Coogee | Breakfast at Coogee and a short walk on the beach. |
| 29 Jul 2006 | Painting front room | Painting new wall in front room before Roger arrives. |
| 19 Jul 2006 | Dinner with Linda and Howard | |
| 29 May 2006 | New shed | New shed installed by Advanced Sheds. |
| 27 May 2006 | Work in the garden: planting frangipanis | Planting out into pots three of the frangipani cuttings we took after the tree was cut down last year. |
| 27 May 2006 | A new person | Jane and Roger at 28 weeks. |
| 22 May 2006 | Stanley's sore foot | Stanley managed somehow to almost rip off a claw on his back foot. After a trip to the vets where he was rather sooky, he came home with the bare nail bed showing. Lots of licking over the following few days. |
| 18 Apr 2006 to 24 Apr 2006 |
Sandy and Michael's Sydney trip April 2006 | |
| 10 Mar 2006 | Renovations: new security grilles installed | New security grilles installed on front door and window by Kings Security. |
| 25 Feb 2006 to 3 Mar 2006 |
Holiday, February/March 2006 | Holiday at Potts Point and Coogee while the floors are sanded. |
| 25 Feb 2006 | Kerrie's Hen's Night | |
| 13 Feb 2006 to 2 Mar 2006 |
Renovations: painting and floor polishing | |
| 10 Feb 2006 | New table and bench arrives | New table and bench arrives from Porch Furniture. Thanks Karen and Simon! |
| 3 Feb 2006 | Renovations: testing paint colours | Testing paint colours for inside. Dulux whites range. |
| 14 Jan 2006 | Stormy skies | |
| 4 Jan 2006 | New barbeque arrives | A Beefeater Signature S3000E 3 burner barbeque from Reuben's Babrbeques and Heating in Annandale. |
| 31 Dec 2005 | Auntie Fran's 90th birthday | |
| 25 Dec 2005 to 26 Dec 2005 |
Christmas 2005 | |
| 22 Dec 2005 to 23 Mar 2006 |
A new person | Ultrasounds of a new person, due in mid-August 2006. Pictures show ultrasounds taken at 5, 7, 9, 13 and 19 (2) weeks. |
| 4 Dec 2005 | Painting | Testing two Porters colours for external paint: Peppermill and Wet Cement. |
| 2 Dec 2005 | Renovations | Fred's work completed. |
| 24 Nov 2005 | Renovations | Kitchen wall knocked out |
| 23 Nov 2005 | Renovations | The blackbutt floor is laid. |
| 22 Nov 2005 | Renovations | Laundry widened (wow!) Floor starts going down. |
| 21 Nov 2005 | Renovations | Battens go down for floor. |
| 11 Nov 2005 to 14 Nov 2005 |
Renovations | Bi-fold doors fitted |
| 11 Nov 2005 to 14 Nov 2005 |
Brisvegas visit | |
| 7 Nov 2005 | Renovations | Trend bi-fold door frames arrive and are glazed a couple of hours later |
| 27 Oct 2005 | Landscaping | Plants! Also, nature reed, pebbles, drip irrigation... |
| 26 Oct 2005 | Landscaping | Good bye brick wall, hello slats. Hardwood slats installed in back yard and side. Roofing reapplied to awnings at back and side. |
| 24 Oct 2005 | Landscaping | Final bagging of walls. Capping goes on seat. |
| 21 Oct 2005 | Landscaping | New back fence. First plants go in: bamboo. Wow it's staring to look like a back yard again. Plastic laid temporarily to protect pavers. |
| 19 Oct 2005 | Landscaping | Pavers! |
| 18 Oct 2005 | Landscaping | Front brick wall rendered. No more ugley red bricks and cacky green paint! |
| 12 Oct 2005 | Landscaping | Garden beds are rendered and slats are stained. |
| 8 Oct 2005 | Renovations | Last of the tiles are lifted. Lift another 10mm of mortar to make room for floorboards. |
| 7 Oct 2005 | Landscaping | Roadbase goes down. Gravel pit for drainage completed. |
| 6 Oct 2005 | Landscaping | Drainage and levelling begins. |
| 4 Oct 2005 | Landscaping | Walls completed in back garden. Walls begun in front garden. |
| 3 Oct 2005 | Landscaping | First coat of paint on fences completed. |
| 3 Oct 2005 | Lifting tiles | Lift tricky tiles around pipes and outside bathroom: without lifting any bathroom tiles! |
| 30 Sep 2005 | Landscaping | More clearing. Irrigation and garden beds on western side. Seat bricked up on eastern side. |
| 29 Sep 2005 | Landscaping | More footings on western side. Excavations begun for eastern footings and drainage. |
| 28 Sep 2005 | Landscaping | Root barrier goes down to prevent bamboo migrating from next door. Footings for western garden beds started. |
| 27 Sep 2005 | Landscaping | The guys from Naturalia begin clearing. |
| 24 Sep 2005 | Landscaping: fence painting | |
| 24 Sep 2005 | Renovations: lifting tiles | |
| 14 Sep 2005 | Landscaping: stump grinding | |
| 3 Sep 2005 | Landscaping | Tap and pipe moved to eastern fence from rear wall of house. Plans by Naturalia. Finally settled on design and most details. |
| 19 Aug 2005 | Public Sector Management Graduation 2005 | |
| 13 Aug 2005 | Work in the garden | |
| 6 Aug 2005 | Work in the garden | |
| 1 Jun 2005 | Sacrificial Doorknobs | A collection of old photos of the band Sacrificial Doorknobs. |
| 7 May 2005 | Greased Lightnin' | |
| 14 Apr 2005 to 19 Apr 2005 |
Parental visitation | |
| 25 Mar 2005 to 27 Mar 2005 |
Work in the garden | |
| 3 Jan 2005 | Work in the garden | |
| 2 Jan 2005 | Work in the garden | Featuring enough bamboo to let us start our own angklung orchestra |
| 20 Dec 2004 to 31 Dec 2004 |
Christmas 2004 | In steamy Brisvegas |
| 27 Nov 2004 | Simonne's Sydney visitation | A short but sweet visit: a sunny picnic in Mosman |
| 9 Oct 2004 | BF1942 Day | Starring geeks from Simon's work |
| 10 Jul 2004 | Dick's 70th party | Starring the Central Coast C.R.A.F.T club |
| 20 May 2004 to 11 Jun 2004 |
Overseas holiday | Whirlwind tour. Sydney, Bangkok, Beijing, Bangkok, London, Paris, London, Leigh-on-Sea, Corfe Castle, Wareham, London, Bangkok, Sydney. Whew! |
| 23 Mar 2004 | Clauda's accident | A mystery truck side-swipped Claudia during a workday, pushing the nearside into the kerb and bending the nearside rear suspension. Off the road for three weeks, but NRMA took care of it all. |
| 20 Feb 2004 to 23 Feb 2004 |
Barrington Holiday | Jane and Simon stayed at Barringtons Country Retreat about 3 hours' drive north of Sydney. Rode horses, swam, played tennis, bushwalked, enjoyed the bell-birds and other fauna. Was over 46 degrees on 21 Feb. Drove to Barrington House near Salibury for lunch on 22 Feb. |
| 25 Dec 2003 | Christmas 2003 | On the NSW Central Coast |
| 1 Nov 2003 to 7 Nov 2003 |
Jane and Simon's Honeymoon | Mmmm a glorious week relaxing in the sun. If I did it all again would make it two or three weeks. |
| 1 Nov 2003 | Jane and Simon's Wedding | Magical day preceeded and following by days of terrible weather, but all was fine on the day. |
| 1 Nov 2002 | Kirsten's 30th birthday | Watch out Rosehill! |
| 25 May 2002 | Rose and Scott's wedding | |
| 18 May 2002 | Rose's hens night | |
| 6 May 2002 to 9 May 2002 |
Byron Bay holiday | |
| 1 May 2002 | Visit to Lynne and Frank's | |
| 27 Apr 2002 | Mary and Brad's wedding | |
| 26 Dec 2001 | Boxing Day 2001 | |
| 25 Dec 2001 | Christmas 2001 | |
| 24 Nov 2001 | Lisa's visit | |
| 20 Oct 2001 | Jane's 30th birthday party | |
| 17 Jun 2001 to 20 Jun 2001 |
Lisa's visit | |
| 9 Jun 2001 | Lara and Dave's wedding | Ceremony in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens at Mt Coot-tha, then the reception at the Summit restaurant at the top of the mountain with paniramic views of Brisbane. |
| 1 Jun 2001 to 30 Sep 2001 |
Renovations | Moved in and replaced floor in front three rooms, turning joists 90 degrees in lounge, bedroom and hallway. |
| 4 May 2001 to 6 May 2001 |
Hyams Beach Holiday | Holiday in Hyams Beach, south east of Nowra on the NSW south coast. Mortgage for 19 Margaret Street settled while we were driving down on 4 May. |
| 17 Dec 2000 | Toxic Toxteth 2000 | |
| 15 Nov 2000 | Nicole and Nigel's Wedding | |
| 30 Sep 2000 | Nicole's hens night | |
| 25 Sep 2000 | Sydney Olympics | |
| 23 Sep 2000 | Station Street street party event | During which Drew is fined despite having a permit |
| 1 Aug 2000 to 31 Aug 2000 |
Rose's 2000 Olympics torch run | |
| 1 Aug 2000 to 31 Aug 2000 |
Holidays, August 2000 | Brisbane and Byron Bay, featuring Rose's Olympic Torch run through Ballina |
| 4 Mar 2000 | Mardi Gras Parade 2000 | |
| 26 Dec 1999 to 10 Jan 2000 |
Byron Bay holiday |