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Update time, because once again I fail at updating on a regular basis!
1. House
Very very excited!! We have a (half) frame in the house!!! I am currently too lazy to upload photos so you can see them on FB here. I went out there today at about 5pm and the carpenters were still there.. so I wandered around and had a bit of a look at the other houses, a few minutes later they started packing up so I camped out in the car waiting for them to leave so I could run around and take photos hahaha. There is another two houses by our builder down the street so I was looking at those... wanted to see the inside of one of them (there's no temporary fencing up as it's not required by the council) but figured that was slightly creepy not to mention illegal to walk through someone else's half-built house, I wouldn't like it if it was mine.
After MONTHS of waiting for settlement, finance, and council permits it's sooooo good to finally see some action on the place! The slab was done late last week, and the timber delivered yesterday - half the frame has been done in just a day! I think next is wrapping the house and/or roof tiles, then bricks, I'm really interested to see how our colour selections work out since we selected those in early September last year!
2. Wedding
Going to make a separate post about this (also for my records) with progress but the majority is coming along.. the guest list keeps growing though :/ Going to have to stop that now, especially as money is a little tighter atm. All the major stuff is done, just got my invitation sample a few days ago - definitely going with the company, just got to sort out numbers/exactly what we need before ordering, and I'm going to try see if I can get a discount on the shipping because it should seriously not cost $100 to post some card overseas.
3. Family
Dad lost his job yesterday. Apparently the bosses were being stupid and having unrealistic explanations above what was told to him when he got the job. So, that's a bummer, especially as he went through this a year ago. This time around at least he has the training certificate he did between jobs - he's not sure what he's going to do but him and mum are a bit stressed out (understandably). I have my fingers crossed that he finds something, in a way it's a bit easier though as last time he was spending a lot of time looking after my grandfather which was distracting him so at least he has a bit of a clearer head.
Uncle douchebag is still that, I don't actually think dad has spoken to him since The Letter. I certainly have no desire to do so. I think we're just leaving things and seeing what happens. Quite frankly I don't care what happens, he's been an ass about his ex-wife for years (I didn't see my cousins except for family events for about 3 years because of their divorce) so what the fuck ever.
4. Other
Nothing much else to report.. I have been running around doing "adult" things and forgetting important stuff as usual. Been sorting crap out on my http://del.icio.us because there are a million bookmarks in my computer, so that's done. Also went through and deleted a crapload of LJ friends & communities, haven't done a cleanout for about 3-4 years. Looks so much nicer now!
Am going to do a FB friend clean up, I have people added from uni who I wasn't even friends with back then, I don't even know why I have them added. It's bad when Glenn got a random friend request, there were mutual friends (as a few of the people at my work and his went to my uni) and he asked me who it was, and I didn't even know!! "They're friends with you?!" "...so?" I am waiting til I get to 500 friends, currently at 499 friends haha. Getting sick of having so many people on there, I'd rather just have people I actually know or are interested in seeing what they're up to.
I'm trying to get back into reading more, now that my Kobo is finally fixed (and oh god what a saga that was, had to blast the poor customer service people AND bitch on Twitter). Going through a couple of e-book communities for new books, as well as re-reading the HP books (yeah, I was trying to read them all before HP7 Part 1 came out - I clearly failed as I am 75% through HP6) and another series I adore and have read about 6 times already. Also have 2 books I got in South Africa which I need to read - Nelson Mandela's autobiography, and a book written by one of the rangers from Krueger National Park, but I just haven't gotten around to those yet.
Annnnd speaking of that I have just realised that nearly a year on, and I still need to go through my photos to put on FB and also to print them out - or at least to have ready when the stores have sales on prints. Alex fail - I seriously need to write myself a MASSIVE to-do list and allocate myself one task a day. I do fine when I have a couple of things to do each day in my diary, but not when I have heaps to do. Any suggestions for how to make myself do jobs?! :(
1. House
Very very excited!! We have a (half) frame in the house!!! I am currently too lazy to upload photos so you can see them on FB here. I went out there today at about 5pm and the carpenters were still there.. so I wandered around and had a bit of a look at the other houses, a few minutes later they started packing up so I camped out in the car waiting for them to leave so I could run around and take photos hahaha. There is another two houses by our builder down the street so I was looking at those... wanted to see the inside of one of them (there's no temporary fencing up as it's not required by the council) but figured that was slightly creepy not to mention illegal to walk through someone else's half-built house, I wouldn't like it if it was mine.
After MONTHS of waiting for settlement, finance, and council permits it's sooooo good to finally see some action on the place! The slab was done late last week, and the timber delivered yesterday - half the frame has been done in just a day! I think next is wrapping the house and/or roof tiles, then bricks, I'm really interested to see how our colour selections work out since we selected those in early September last year!
2. Wedding
Going to make a separate post about this (also for my records) with progress but the majority is coming along.. the guest list keeps growing though :/ Going to have to stop that now, especially as money is a little tighter atm. All the major stuff is done, just got my invitation sample a few days ago - definitely going with the company, just got to sort out numbers/exactly what we need before ordering, and I'm going to try see if I can get a discount on the shipping because it should seriously not cost $100 to post some card overseas.
3. Family
Dad lost his job yesterday. Apparently the bosses were being stupid and having unrealistic explanations above what was told to him when he got the job. So, that's a bummer, especially as he went through this a year ago. This time around at least he has the training certificate he did between jobs - he's not sure what he's going to do but him and mum are a bit stressed out (understandably). I have my fingers crossed that he finds something, in a way it's a bit easier though as last time he was spending a lot of time looking after my grandfather which was distracting him so at least he has a bit of a clearer head.
Uncle douchebag is still that, I don't actually think dad has spoken to him since The Letter. I certainly have no desire to do so. I think we're just leaving things and seeing what happens. Quite frankly I don't care what happens, he's been an ass about his ex-wife for years (I didn't see my cousins except for family events for about 3 years because of their divorce) so what the fuck ever.
4. Other
Nothing much else to report.. I have been running around doing "adult" things and forgetting important stuff as usual. Been sorting crap out on my http://del.icio.us because there are a million bookmarks in my computer, so that's done. Also went through and deleted a crapload of LJ friends & communities, haven't done a cleanout for about 3-4 years. Looks so much nicer now!
Am going to do a FB friend clean up, I have people added from uni who I wasn't even friends with back then, I don't even know why I have them added. It's bad when Glenn got a random friend request, there were mutual friends (as a few of the people at my work and his went to my uni) and he asked me who it was, and I didn't even know!! "They're friends with you?!" "...so?" I am waiting til I get to 500 friends, currently at 499 friends haha. Getting sick of having so many people on there, I'd rather just have people I actually know or are interested in seeing what they're up to.
I'm trying to get back into reading more, now that my Kobo is finally fixed (and oh god what a saga that was, had to blast the poor customer service people AND bitch on Twitter). Going through a couple of e-book communities for new books, as well as re-reading the HP books (yeah, I was trying to read them all before HP7 Part 1 came out - I clearly failed as I am 75% through HP6) and another series I adore and have read about 6 times already. Also have 2 books I got in South Africa which I need to read - Nelson Mandela's autobiography, and a book written by one of the rangers from Krueger National Park, but I just haven't gotten around to those yet.
Annnnd speaking of that I have just realised that nearly a year on, and I still need to go through my photos to put on FB and also to print them out - or at least to have ready when the stores have sales on prints. Alex fail - I seriously need to write myself a MASSIVE to-do list and allocate myself one task a day. I do fine when I have a couple of things to do each day in my diary, but not when I have heaps to do. Any suggestions for how to make myself do jobs?! :(