Uni Open Days

Amy and I spent the day visiting the open days at the ANU, University of Canberra and Bruce CIT. It was a productive day, we went through the Classics Museum at ANU and visited the School of Music, went to UC and Amy got to hold a snake and a turtle, visit a computer gaming display, and we went to a talk on the Cultural Heritage Conservation Course, which involves learning to conserve historic artifacts, photos, etc and learn about working in museums, a course which Amy is very interested in. We also called in at the CIT at Bruce to check out the animal courses that they run there. A long day but very productive and if animals are involved it makes it even better!

Amy's New Hat

Amy got herself a new hat this week, a hat from Firefly- a show she watches. Hope you can tell which one is Amy and which one is Benji- there is some theory that dogs are like their owners and as Benji is Amy's dog I have spotted a few similarities over the past 4 years!

My Greenhouse

I got myself a small greenhouse from Bunnings this week, I have assembled it and planted out some seeds so getting ready for the spring/summer veggie patch.

Lachlan's Pot of Chilli

Lachlan made a lovely pot of chilli this week, we have to make sure he does not put too much chilli in it as Bill and I are not hot food eaters, but this was very yummy and just a bite of chilli in it. He is quite the cook and very handy to have around.

What is it with Dogs?

We put out a little dog basket for Jack who is staying with us for the week and guess who tries to sit in it- not Jack, but both Clancy and Benji who are way to big for it!

French Toast for Breakfast

One of my favourite breakfasts is French Toast, strawberries and bananas. I bought two bananas this week as they were down to $10 a kilo, and strawberries are cheap at the moment, so Amy and I had French toast for breakfast- she is looking a little sleepy as it was a school morning! At least she had fruit for breakfast.

Off to the Ballet- Don Quixote

Amy and I went to see the ballet- Don Quixote at the Canberra Theatre on Wednesday night. It has been quite a while since we have been to the ballet.It was put on by the Dancers Company which is the school of the Australian Ballet and was part of a regional tour, they had a few Australian Ballet dancers in principal roles, and tickets were very reasonably priced. It was a lovely ballet, very lively, with a mixture of traditional tutus and classical music and dancing and then dancing and costumes with the Spanish influence, it was a lovely night!

Lachlan Cooks Another Yummy Dinner

Lachlan cooked dinner on Wednesday night- it has changed from Thursday to Wednesday because of timetabling schedule, it was bruschetta on Wednesday night and it was very yummy!

Jack Comes to Visit

We are minding a little dog for some friends, we picked Jack up on Thursday night and he has settled in well. He is so tiny compared to our dogs, he seemed a bit intimidated by the size of Benji and first, but is fine with him now. Jack follows poor Clancy around and likes to settle down near him- not sure that Clancy is all that impressed!

We Have Been Adopted- or our Dogs Have!

We have been adopted by two young girls that live in the street behind us. They are setting up a dog walking business and often walk pass Benji and Clancy in the lane way so decided to call in and meet us and drop off their flyer! They just loved Benji and Clancy, especially Benji, but we told them that Benji would be too strong for them to take for a walk. They did not believe us at first but after they had played with him for a while I think they realised we were telling the truth. They dropped in the next day, and then on the following Tuesday afternoon and offered to take Clancy for a free walk! They then came around with a voucher- buy three walks and get 2 free- so I signed up for the deal- they only charge a couple of dollars to walk the dog and I thought what they were doing is great, so they now have a customer and our dogs love the extra attention. Last weekend they brought their dog Chester over to play with Benji and Chester and Benji had a great time playing together and of course Amy just loves Chester- he is a labradoodle!

House Hunter

My brother and his family are returning to Canberra next month after 3 years overseas, we are very excited to have them back in Canberra. So yesterday I was on a mission, I had to go and check out some new townhouses that are for rent out at Queanbeyan. There were 6 units to look through in 30 minutes, all fairly similar with similar fittings etc but all had little differences. Had to take notes and try and keep it all in my mind so I could report back my findings! Then had to chat with the real estate agent and make a good impression on her- so if she figured I was nice then my brother would be a suitable candidate, and she wouldn't find out what my brother was really like!!!!!!!!

Bill in the Kitchen

Bill every now and then takes morning tea into work, quite often it is rocky road as we usually have the ingredients on standby in the pantry and it only takes 5 or 10 minutes to throw together. I don't mind doing it, always a good chance to lick the bowl and eat a few chocolate melts, Amy doesn't mind doing it either, but we decided it was time to teach Bill how to do it so here he is at work. We figured it was a pretty safe dish for him, he would have to try pretty hard to ruin it!

A Bit of Culture

Meet some friends at the Art Gallery on Friday- I think we should call it the Friday Gallery Club - this is our second session this year. We had a short tour with one of the ladies who is a volunteer guide at the gallery. I learnt stuff about cubism, abstractism and minimalism! Don't ask me to repeat it, but now when I look at a square in a picture, or a plan white painting with lines in it, I might not like it but I now have a bit of insight into what they are trying to do! It challenged my brain and it was fun- and all in about 30 minutes followed by a hot chocolate in the cafe!

Costco

Canberra's Costco opened about two weeks ago, we waited for all the fuss to die down and headed out this week one day after work, Amy and I. We had fun just wandering up and down all the aisles, checking out the prices and buying a few things. We got a box of junior mints- yum, dried cranberries, slivered almonds, toothbrush heads, yoga pants, drinking chocolate, dried mango- all sorts of things. Lots of fun!

Third Prize in a Raffle

I won third prize in a raffle and it was a manicure at a local beautican. I have probably had 4 or 5 manicures in my entire life so it was a bit of a treat! I had to look after my nails carefully for a few weeks so there was something for the beautican to work with! It has been over 24 hours and they are still okay- not sure how much longer they will last for but they certainly do look neat!

Hair Cut and Highlights for Amy

Amy had her hair cut and highlighted tonight. She is very pleased with the finished product and I am too- she had been talking about blue, pink, orange etc but is very happy with the honey blonde look! Bill couldn't tell the difference but says it looks wonderful!