Site news....

Hi all,

I know you've all been waiting for it (yeah, right!) - I've finally fixed the photo album. Couldn't sleep last night, so it was the perfect opportunity. So feel free to browse for the latest lot of photos, I've added 4 new albums.

The weather page now updates when I'm at the PC only, so don't bother checking it - it was showing errors more often than not due to the wireless points dropping out, so no point maintaining it.

The only thing remaining is to backup the site before my host screw it up again and fix the video page...that all of you probably haven't heard about.

Anyway, enjoy the photos and take care.

Bloody Rain...

Hi again,

The weather here in Sydney since Christmas has been wet to say the least. Apparently it will be the same for the next two months....anyway, last week - Rose and I, with Jeff and Kitty, went to Openair cinema on Sydney Harbour. Usually it's a pleasant experience, but it rained for the 1st half of the movie. They hand out ponchos, but still not a nice experience on that night. By the way, we saw "2 days in Paris", I'd recommend giving it a miss.

By the way, getting erratic wireless signals skewing the rainfall figures, we really haven't had 500+ mm of rain in a day, though on some day over 35mm (inch) is accurate.

My parents celebrated 50 years of marriage last Sunday. The 5 boys of the family paid for lunch, we invited family and friends. My parents enjoyed the lunch and catching up with all, the food and venue was good - a nice day had by all. I've added the photos to the Photo Album.

Anyway, that's it for now.

time for a blog (read "catch up")

Hi,

Got to hold Marco last Thursday night, he had just been moved from the humidicrib - it reminded me how tiny Aimee was when she was born and in the "same place". I look at Aimee now and can't believe the transformation in 2 years. Here's the latest pic of the two boys - Luca and Marco. I didn't mention before, Rose will be Luca's godmother. Both boys are well and should come home later this week or early next.

We got back last night from the farm, we all had a very relaxing w/e, well I did :) Rose's family were all there. The boys were busy installing a water tank and a pump line from the river to the house - I did very little to help as I was avoiding the sun - lame excuse I know. The weather was hot and sunny, I'd hate to see how hot it will be in Summer. Aimee has taken to the ATV, she likes going for rides and scaringly enough now knows how to start it. Will have to keep an extra eye on her now. When I get a chance, I'll youtube a video of her riding the ATV with her cousin Ryan.

Even though we were at the farm, I see from our weather station that the weather at home was nice and hot over the long w/e too. If you're interested, be sure to check out the weather site, I've added a tonne of information provided by the weather station and extracted by Andy Keir's FreeWX software.

Weather station online

Hi,

as mentioned previously, I've set up a weather station and linked it to this site. The direct link is weather.goodridges.com or you can click the link on the right sidebar.

The page is refreshed every 30 mins for now and shows the weather at out place. Obviously, if my PC goes off - so does the updating.

What a geek I am. :)

ciao.

Aimee's 2nd B'day

Hi again,

Aimee's party on Saturday. Hectic, but fun. Everyone over at 2pm and out by 6pm...good idea this afternoon tea thing of Rose's. Aimee enjoyed herself, so tired she was straight to bed after the party almost.

She played with every present she got, especially her new pram and dolly as well as her Thomas the tank engine set...It was funny, she woke up on Sunday in a half dazed state and said 'hooray'...obviously dreaming of singing happy b'day the day before.

It was fathers day here on Sunday, so we went for lunch at Rose's brothers place to catch up with her father, then for dinner at "chinese" to catch up with my father. Nice and relaxing day actually.

Got my weather station the other day, now need to set it up. The plan is to have the data on the web site - possibly. We'll see how I go.

Blog you soon.