Life has had plenty in store for us both recently, so I'll work backwards a little and see what I have to blog about.
Last night I had a gig with The Honeymakers at Kirabilli in support of
Josephite Community Aid. We were there because we did their fundrasing dinner
last year, and were "purchased" at auction by a kind supporter, who donated us back to the function this year to play again. We put ourselves up for auction again, and were bought by the same person. This time he has something different in store for us though.
Liz and I took a few days off this week to tutor music at the Sydney Regional Band Camp for 100 kids years 5-7, down at Fitzroy Falls Conference Centre (in fact I was last there and wrote about it
in 2002). This was great fun, if rather cold (it snowed about 10km away at Moss Vale), but both the tutors and kids, who are all at the top of their respective schools' band programs, all got a lot out of it. I took my recording gear down and was able to play back to the kids all their hard work at the end of the week, which got a good reception.
We have had to do a bit of running around to get our car registered, nothing out of the ordinary but still more hassle than it really should be. I guess I should talk to someone at the RTA about that :)
The decision about the first modification to our house has been made, and we have put a deposit on and are awaiting delivery of a
new BBQ. It should be quite a beast, in built and hooked up to the gas mains. We really enjoy BBQing but the hassle of the head beads which take a long time to warm up and an even longer time to cool down just isn't worth it.
Yet another dog has come and gone - Bailey was taken back to the
Sydney Dogs Home while we were away down south, and when we returned to pick her up, we were told she had been sold! That's a good thing, of course. No matter anyway, because they already had another one ready and waiting for us - Layla. She's a six or so year old Rottweiler, huge and very affectionate. Not house-trained, which we have to spend some time working on...