Barbie

A little over a week now and we will have guests. Coen, Elfie en Mayke will arrive next Thursday in Brisbane. Looking VERY much forward to that moment. Especially to hold my granddaughter!

Coen was a little worried that -because of the weather here now- that he would miss out on his barbies. Don't you worry son, we can wack a t-bone on anytime !

Is there a better way?

All our connections are in the office area. That means there is no cable visible from the lounge room. Behind the TV is a hole through the wall and I got all the cables to the TV running there. So in the office area it looks a little different, although most is hidden under the desk.
So in the office there are the power connections for : 2 TV's, 2 Laptops, Fax, Printer, Modem, DVD player, Media player, Antenna booster, Phone, and Speaker set. Plus all the connecting cables between TV's and media/dvd, network cables to the laptops, connection to printer, phone and fax to phoneline, antenna cable.

Has anyone an idea how to make this look a little tidy?

At last, back online !!

Yesterday afternoon finally our ADSL was connected. We are back online. I added a new photo book of December. Have a look at the pictures if you like. More to come soon.

Right now the weather is still very bad. Too much rain. Very unusual for this area. And it is not expected to end in the next few days. Anyway, Pam and I are doing fine and I promise to get the information coming from now on.

This one in dutch

Oeff, wat een drukte en wat een geregel. En bovenop alles: een aantal problemen.
We hebben nog steeds geen internet. De laatste berichten zijn dat dit wel eens tot 22 februari kan duren.
Shit Telstra die een kabel moeten trekken van de andere kant van de straat. Ze weigeren tot nu toe om mijn ADSL te activeren via mijn eigen kabel (maar ze bellen me wel via die lijn).
Met Pam en ik is alles uitstekend. Moe maar zeer content met ons nieuwe optrekje. De binnenkant is klaar.
Afgelopen week een aantal heftige regenbuien gehad. En omdat alle grond nog onbegroeid is en flink helt levert dat een aantal prachtige uitspoelingen op. Gisteren de klap op de vuurpijl: Een gigantische stortbui terwijl wij vrolijk in Bundaberg waren winkelen, 100 km hier vandaan. Toen we thuis kwamen was onze net mooi ingeplantte voortuin verdwenen in de straatgoot en de aarden wal aan de zijkant van het huis ligt er nu onder.
Dat wordt een heftige klus om weer te herstellen en in de toekomst te voorkomen.
Ik hoop snel toch weer normaal online te zijn en zal dan weer wat foto's leveren.

Settled?

The guest room after...

and a few days ago........

Yes we are ! Last Monday we moved the last stuff from the 37 Stones Avenue to 11 George Street. Pam is having great fun in unpacking and re-arranging. Of course, I cannot find anything anymore. Pam...where are the scissors? Have you seen my sun glasses? Where is the rice? But its all a matter of time. And in the meantime : it starts to look great. I am busy in the garden and I probably will be for the next year. Our only problem is the phone and internet connection. TELSTRA is messing everything up. The last message was that we will get our connection on 23 February 2011. They have to dig the cable to our house under the street. But......don't tell anybody: the cable is already there. I have a 500 m roll of cable here. I connected it to the house, pushed it through the drainpipe that runs under the road and connected the other end to the Telstra cable. The phone is working !! Now they only have to connect our internet. As soon as that is done in the next few days.....I will be updating this blog on a regular basis again.

Moved

Yes we moved! All details in the days to come. Only one item has to be solved: our phone and internet connection. I am typing this using a temporary mobile connection. Very slow and unreliable here.
Most of our stuff is here, except my tools and other "sh.t" that is still in the little shed at the other house. We will get that in the next few days.
Right now we have a house full of boxes, although many are already empty. We can cook, use the bathroom, and the bedroom is ready too. It is great.
The weather is not cooperating, it rains and rains. The water tank has already half a meter water in it during the last two days. Lets hope the weather changes soon !