Brief catch up

Been quite busy lately renovating the bathroom and doing some jobs around the house. The main bathroom has been a little bit harder to renovate. I had to replace some water damaged floor and pull the shower walls away because the tiles were really well stuck down. Unfortunately in the process of pulling one wall down, the edge banged into the ensuite wall and cracked one of our new tiles. Just a little more extra work to do.

Talking about extra work, I also planted a row of Murraya (hedging bush) out the front of our house and while breaking up the garden soil I smashed a hole through a drainage pipe. That resulted in a trip to the hardware store for some plumbing bits and another hour or so digging around the pipe and repairing it.

Lani and the kids are currently in Canberra staying with Krysti and her kids while John is in Japan for a week. Last weekend they went to Sydney for a bit of a Tang family reunion. Apparently they all had a good time catching up.

I was thinking of going for a paddle on my wave ski on the weekend but luckily I heard on the radio that the beach was closed due to packs of sharks chasing bait fish near the beach. I did give some consideration to going fishing instead and hooking up on some sharks but the weather looked a bit ordinary and I needed to keep working on the bathroom.

Got some bad news at our monthly company meeting last Friday. As part of a company growth strategy we are going to relocate in around 6 months time to a more up-market location somewhere between Brisbane city and the airport. Unfortunately that will probably mean a commute of at least 1 hour each way, plus double the travel cost.