Here's Olive, our brand-new family member. She's an eight-week-old female pug. Rob's wanted one forever, and we were missing Coco a lot. She's probably going to be easier going, because she's a much smaller dog than Coco was. Only thing is, we have to house train her, and do obedience training again. She's very well behaved so far, quite an easy-going nature, occasionally playful, but quick to settle. She's wormed her way into everyone's heart's pretty quickly.
Not having a lot of fun at the moment with the property. It's been too much work, and I get the feeling we've bitten off more than we can chew. There's just too much land to maintain without the right equipment. Rob was talking about getting a lawn mower the other day, but I think we need a tractor.
We've been through 4 sprayers so far trying to poison the weeds, 6 scrub cutters - incidentally, don't buy a Ryobi, they're crap! They don't start or run reliably at all. We've just had to spend $700 on an industrial Stihl scrub cutter, which has started first time, every time so far - big plus!. But can't help but wonder how long before we wear this out.
To add insult to injury, Rob got the ute jammed in the gully. I told her not to move it down, but she didn't want to listen to me. So I did it, and it got stuck. Cost us $50 to get it out with a tow truck. I guess the expense wasn't too bad, but frustrated that nobody ever listens to me. Got absolutely cooked too, outside most of the day in 30 degree heat.
Anytime we make any progress cutting down the lantana, grass, and weeds, as we move forward, it's growing back behind us. I'm starting to wonder if we should just sell the land. Also, I bought it thinking this was where we were going to stay, but already Rob's planning to move onto the next place. So I'm thinking what's the point of killing myself for something we may not even stay on anyway?
We've been through 4 sprayers so far trying to poison the weeds, 6 scrub cutters - incidentally, don't buy a Ryobi, they're crap! They don't start or run reliably at all. We've just had to spend $700 on an industrial Stihl scrub cutter, which has started first time, every time so far - big plus!. But can't help but wonder how long before we wear this out.
To add insult to injury, Rob got the ute jammed in the gully. I told her not to move it down, but she didn't want to listen to me. So I did it, and it got stuck. Cost us $50 to get it out with a tow truck. I guess the expense wasn't too bad, but frustrated that nobody ever listens to me. Got absolutely cooked too, outside most of the day in 30 degree heat.
Anytime we make any progress cutting down the lantana, grass, and weeds, as we move forward, it's growing back behind us. I'm starting to wonder if we should just sell the land. Also, I bought it thinking this was where we were going to stay, but already Rob's planning to move onto the next place. So I'm thinking what's the point of killing myself for something we may not even stay on anyway?
Went to Rob's work Xmas party on Friday. It was okay as far as Xmas parties go - some nice people in attendance. But the food at the restaurant itself was horrific - bugger all of anything, not much to choose from, and the chicken looked like it wasn't cooked properly. I've been feeling a bit rough for the last few days, and luckily I didn't eat much of the chicken - realised it was a bit too raw looking, and bleeding pretty quickly. Note to self - avoid all chicken at parties in the future. I'll just stick to my glass of Coke. It's safer.
Highlights of the evening included:
Highlights of the evening included:
- Extremely drunk old people lurching about the dance floor
- Extremely drunk people slurring, eye-rolling, and swaying
- Secret Santa - watch people try to figure out who gave who what...
