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Photo frenzy

andy and smily — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:52:11 +0000

Andy got some good work done today, pretty soon we’ll be able to use the rainwater tank which is already full:

Then Andy discovered a new piece of furniture to sit on:

In the meantime I got a fun action shot of Jam:

Got to love action shots, ten points for anyone who can spot Jelly in the same picture.

…and we never did share those photos we took when that building in Silverwater caught on fire ages ago did we? It was a plastics building so lots of black smoke and this is what we could see from our house.

~smily

Aunty Malisha pops around for a visit

andy and smily — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:09:31 +0000

Mal came around to say hi to Jelly and Jam a fortnight ago, they’ve grown a bit since then:

We took a couple of photos…

They seem to really enjoy rolling around in fresh kitty litter, playing in the shower and pouncing on each other:

Hot Water

andy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:40:42 +0000

We got our hot water working! so far chewy is the only to have used it…

Jelly and Jam

andy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:28:33 +0000

Meet Jelly and Jam

Salamander Bay

andy and smily — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:29:17 +0000

Went to Salamander Bay with the family for a sort of long weekend, we took the motorbike up and stayed at the Oaks Pacific Blue Resort which was really cool.

We stayed in a 3 bedroom townhouse which had a private plunge pool although the entire resort was surrounded by a man made lagoon with little spas and beaches around it, we’d highly recommend staying there if you ever go up near Port Stephens.

We also hung out at the beach and found an awesome beach with dogs that chewy would have loved.

The place was really very comfortable, it had laundry stuff so we could wash our towels during the day. Me and Andy got the bedroom with the TV and balcony which was nice.

We had buffet dinner there the first night which wasn’t as nice as it should have been because they stopped making food while we were there and we had to keep asking for stuff and the dessert was all gone by the time we got to it. Word to the wise, never arrive late to a buffet.

We took Putty Road on the way home which had heaps of motorbike danger signs, it’s nice and windy so it’s popular with the bike hoons. Thanks goes to Mala and Andrew for the awesome short break from work (and working on the house).

Little Miss Mia’s first trip to Sydney

andy and smily — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:55:50 +0000

It was actually a few weeks ago but little miss Mia Ivy came to see us (and Jojo and Dana too!) and we never ended up taking any pics with our camera. Joanne has been kind enough to send us her photos to share with you all on our blog. Enjoy:

Mia is so welcome to come back any time, everybody loved her (and Jojo and Dana).

Hot One

andy and smily — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:15:50 +0000

Bit hot this weekend. Chewy was happy just to chill on the front lawn

Smelly-dog-b-gone

andy and smily — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:40:53 +0000

Rest In Peace Achiami

andy and smily — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:55:01 +0000

Padma Wijesekara, my grandmother on my mothers side, passed away quietly in her sleep last week with the funeral taking place tomorrow.

Having left Sri Lanka shortly after we settled in Australia, she kept an eye on us kids and we have so many funny and wonderful stories from those years but in recent years she had been quite ill and was being taken care of by the lovely nurses at the Donald Coburn Center nearby when she passed away. We saw her the night before and it did look like she was at peace but she will be missed greatly.

That 70’s Dog

andy — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:14:23 +0000

Chewy has discovered out bean bags…