Bubs on the way

So as of this moment, I am, at the very most 10 days from fatherhood.

I've been busting my brain about all those questionnaires that turn up... "How many children do you have?".. thinking, well right at this minute, I don't have any, my wife has them all. But by the time you get this application, I most definitely will have a child.

Other things are changing too, already the car is full with a baby seat and all the belts, bolts and nuts associated with having a childproof / child friendly car.
There are baby toys around the house, and I cannot help but look at more when wondering into the shops.
There are sleepless nights because bun just refuses to settle.
There are beds to be made, things to be sterilized, little tiny clothes to be washed.

Pre-baby seems to be alot like Post-baby, just it smells a bit better, and at least one of us gets a full nights sleep.

Purely hypothetical situation - resolved

So, after ironing out the last post.. it appears that there was a job to be had.
Ah.. crossed wires and an over active imagination, sometimes not the best combo.

So in celebration of that, here's an interesting video for you.

Purely hypothetical situation - I wish.

So you've been at your new job for close to two years. You have a friendly but not too cosy relationship with your immediate boss aka "Section lead". Some of your projects have gone well, others have had their ups and downs. Generally you consider things to be going well.

So would you be upset if the following, purely hypothetical, situation arose.
Your boss lets you know in a whisper that he will leave for another department within the month.
None of your department heads mention that your boss may have plans.
The monthly HR e-mails listing upcoming positions for employment has no mention of your bosses position.
Then you find out from a source, that the interviews for that position already took place this morning, despite members of the department not being notified...

I think I would be upset.. what about you?

Another milestone

So we've reached another milestone in the Australia chapter.
I've been asked by the immigration department to supply supporting documentation to my application for a partner visa. I now have 60 days to regather all documents showing what I've done for nearly every day of the last 10 years.
I thank my lucky stars that I remained a relatively upstanding member of the community over the last 10 years. So I have no convictions. I'm also healthy, so I might not have to have another medical. K and I are now married and expecting, so it shouldn't be to difficult to prove an ongoing relationship. And, we have only left the Australia once since I made the initial application, so I don't have to list every little village and backyard that I've been through since my last application.

Time to put pen to paper and get some forms filled out then... including this doosey, the notorious form 80.

Should be a breeze!

Holidays

Hi folks,

K decided I was working too hard. So she organised a weekend away for us.
I'm not one to contradict her.

So anyway it was an awesome weekend, I'll let the pictures do the talking.

This is the view from the cottage.

And apparently this is the whitest sand in Australia. (Bring your sunglasses)
See that speck in the distance? That's the neighbors.

Howzat for luxury?

Sugar & Spice

There are some things that were made to go together.

My batch of Dunkel beer from the Beer Factory is ready this friday...

Now I wish I'd thought about planting some edamame to go with it!

Stealing somebodies newspaper.

I have this persistent feeling that it's getting harder to find interesting stuff on the internet. As more normal people get online, the information gets dumbed down and the presentation gets shinier. In the early days of the internet, there was a similar phenomenon called "The AOL Effect". When the internet provider AOL, gave it's users access to "Newsgroups" the forerunner of the current discussion forums, the quality of the posts dropped dramatically, as the quantity of posts increased.

So in these days where search engines send you to the site that pays the most, as opposed to the one which has the most accurate information...
It's nice to take a shortcut, and instead of finding the good spots of the web yourself.. just steal suggestions from someone else.

Google asked some journalists, foodies, and tech bloggers, "What do you read"?