A tough year...

I had plans for a big post about the great weekend Domi and I had, but to be honest I don't feel comfortable writing about how happy I am on a day like today. It seems it has been a real tough star to the year. So far in Australia alone we have had devastating bushfires and floods and today Christchurch in New Zealand was hit with it's most deadly earthquake. The vision that has been broadcast has been truly shocking and our hearts go out to all those people who are suffering lose. The world it seems is in turmoil, mother nature is playing havoc and all those people in the middle east are seeing some of the biggest change in a lifetime. Devastated is the only way to describe many regions of the world at the moment.

It's with a heavy heart that I say, by now. I hope tomorrow is a better day for us all.

My New Tunes

You know when you hear a band for the first time and even before the song finishes you can just tell that you will be into them. Some bands you can hear a couple of songs and like one but not the others. Well whens it comes to this band I like them all. I just stumbled across these guys the other day. They are called 'King Cannons' and they are a small band from Melbourne, Australia. They have a ska, rocky sound and its just great music. Here is the single of their debut EP and a live song. Hope you enjoy.

My National Peanut Butter Day

DAMN! I only just found out that last Monday was national peanut butter day. Damn. For those of you who know me I am a huge peanut butter fan and it has to be smooth, none of this crunchy stuff. Can't believe I missed it.

My Oz Day 2011

Every year there is an Australia Day tradition amongst our group of friends. We have a BBQ, chill out in the heat, drink beer and listen to the Triple J Hottest One Hundred. For those of you who don't know Australia Day celebrates the arrival of the First British Fleet in Sydney Cove in 1788, or in laymen's terms, when Australia was started. For those of you who also don't know, the Hottest 100 is a countdown of the top 100 songs from the past year. Its a good day to say the least.

This year the tradition continued at our place. We had about 20 great friends come round. There was food, beer and even Kate and Matt's beautiful baby girl Luella. It was the first time a lot of us had seen there baby so she was a popular person for most of the day. I think it mad a lot of us realise where our lives are going to be heading in the next few years and there was even talk of the next few Oz day parties having to have kiddies areas and activities. A bit daunting but exciting non the less.

The Hottest 100 started at 11:30AM and kicked on until about 8:30PM so it was a long day. It was weird this year because Australia Day fell on a Wednesday which meant everyone had to work the next day. Even with an early night I really didn't want to drag my self out of bed the next day. Work to say the least, was hell.

Bye now.

My Break

Well since Christmas, life has been a little hectic and because I didn't get much of a holiday I guess I kinda forgot about this for a while. A holiday from Blogging I guess you could call it. Well I'm back. Refreshed and A bit eager. I have big plans for this year and big ideas. I think its going to be a good twelve months. A short post to get back into it but also a video. This is a great song, Janelle Monae with Tightrope. Get your gospel on people.

My Post Post

Sometimes I think this blog becomes a bit of a burden to write in. Sometimes I think about something to write about all day and once I'm home and on the computer nothing will come out. Some days its all to easy and blogging seems as exciting as it did all those years ago when I started. I'm definitely not going to stop. I do enjoy it. Even if no one ever reads it or no one leaves another comment. I think I will always write something down on here.

My aim this year was to post more than I did last year and I think I will do the same this year. Call it a new years resolution if you will but its a good way to provoke motivation. I don't know if the post have been interesting but hey they are there so read them if you want. After all, I am doing this for me. Byes

My Wii Moments

One of the best presents I got for Christmas this year was the new Donkey Kong game on Wii. My lovely fiance Domi gave it to me and it has nearly been over played already, lol. It brings me back to my childhood playing Super Nintendo at my parents shack. The new game is very similar to the old, except for enhanced graphics and things like that. Its harder too, or maybe I have lost my nack? Awesome game though. You can borrow it sometime.

My Late Christmas

Well Merry Christmas world. I know its a bit late for a Christmas message but I have been busy. In fact the last two weeks have been down right hectic. We have been ridiculously busy at work and have about 4 weeks work to do between now and the first week in January. Domi and I have been running all over town seeing bands play, seeing friends and having general fun and Christmas has been in the middle of it all.

Our red and green season started with dinner at my parents Christmas Eve. It was a food bonanza with everything from meat pie floaters for entree to a chocolate fountain for desert. We rushed away from mum and dads to catch up with some of our friends for a drink or two and exchanging of gifts. It was then up early the next morning for Christmas day brunch at our house with my family and Domi's family. Then a short nap in the afternoon and off again to Domi's mums place. She cooked tea for us Christmas night and it was a beautiful but extremely heavy meal. Damn I slept well last night.

I hope you all have had a hectic but fun Christmas. I can't wait for the new year to come. This last year has seemed to have flown by in a blur. Even though it has been a good year, it has had its ups and downs and I'm ready for a new start. bring on January.

Byes.

My Photo Sessions

 First up, mainly because its hilarious, my cat sleeping on my filling system.

 This is a shot I took of my ute inside a shed. Its blue.

 I went to work, I sat on an excavator and I knocked a tree down. That is all.

 Domi and I went for a walk around our are and we say this. I named it "Little truck on pile of dirt".

And finally this is our new dining room table and awesome Shag rug. Check it.

My Life on the Road

Some days are diamonds and some days are definitely duds. Lately I have had a couple of dud days. One day last week all I did was drive. I drove a fully loaded truck and trailer from a job site, to the dump, to the quarry and then back to the job and then repeated the loop. I managed to clock up 220km. Now that might not seem like much because in 8 hours you can drive to Melbourne but I did all that driving around town doing no more than 60kmph. Too much driving in something that weighs in at 45 tonne!

One thing I did notice while I was driving was that there is a fine line between the right age for a kid to have his face painted and a kid who is slightly to old and looks like a creep.

The weekend was a good one and a great break from the working week. I spent some great time with certain people who I haven't seen enough lately and also realized that spending time with certain people can really make you realize that you don't see certain people enough. Good times.

Well its this week again and I'm off and running. I poured a piece of concrete curb yesterday that was 45 meters long and it nearly killed me. Way to much work for one day.

Byes