Black Friday Sales

Black Friday Sales

Black Friday Sales but you are in Australia you say and in the last few years it has become more popular but this year it has been crazy. Probably not as good as the U.S.A but still gives us some better deals. Some furniture stores have been advertising on T.V about the deals for the weekend. I bought a bunch of random stuff for Iris. I went on this website Debenhams and found some amazing deals. I bought 5 items from the U.K for $101Aud with free postage and to buy them here would cost me over $200Aud.

Did you buy anything on Black Friday?
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Dale Stewart

Lifestyle changes

Lifestyle changes

Since little Iris was born nearly 2 months ago and everything changes completely, until you have one you never really comprehend how much it does. You automatically add an extra hour to go out somewhere and no matter what you do they suddenly either have a poonami or have to eat just before you walk out the door so you are late anyway. We have been taking her out to cafe's and restuarants and when you decide which one you need to find out if A) it has change tables and B) it has change tables in a unisex bathroom or in the male bathroom. If not you end up changing her nappy in the boot of the car or on a bench.It is funny how people stare at you when you do it but when you have an unhappy baby you will do what you have to make them happy. All shopping centres have parents rooms so it makes it easier and some of them are beautiful with microwaves and kettles . We can tell she is getting heavier but also sleeping better, for the first 7 weeks she was waking up at 3am for a feed but now se goes to bed at 11:30pm but wakes up at either 6:30 am or 7:30 am.  It is crazy how every day they change slightly or make new sounds. We have had a lot of friends have babies and we have watched them grow up and we see what we like and dislike.  I can't believe how fast time goes now and how lucky we are to have this little gem in our life. My wife has nearly finished writing what happened so that should be up soon.

Just a quick update.
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Dale

Life In The Fast Lane

Life In The Fast Lane

I have been at my job now for just over two months and it has been crazy, at my last job I had a couple of hours a day to do what I want. I would be able to do Youtube, Ebay and blog but now I have not much time even though I spend less time traveling I have struggled to find time to do this blog. Over the last few weekends we have been renovating again and replacing furniture to make the house look less cluttered. We have been looking for a T.V Unit for nearly 2 years and we finally found the right one. We got the unit from Holy Funk Furniture in Moorabbin. I also added an I.r Extender so I can turn the amp on and off with out opening the sliding doors.

 I hated the wall mount that the other T.V was so I replaced it with a $20 bracket that sits a few centimeters off the wall.

Last weekend we installed adjustable shelves into a  cupboard and readjusted the rail because whoever built it was a Muppet and it gives us more flexibility with storage.

I hated my modem sitting out in the open so I got a Cube frame and ran all my cables up the wall and into the cube. We need to print a picture off  to cover the front but it will look good when completed but we have not had time to print off the pic so hopefully we will do that in the next few days.

Those who know me know that I love doing Latte art but I have upgraded my coffee machine and sad to say no more art but I got my new machine at an amazing price and could not refuse it. The coffee is pretty close to a fully manual machine but makes coffee from start to finish in 60 seconds.

I hope the terrible weather passes so we can go take photos, until then we have two more cupboards to fix and a lot of painting.
What do you think?
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Dale

Random Pics

Random Pics

Over the last few weeks I have taken random photos and should have loaded them up. I haven't so i am just putting a few of them up now.

We live about 30 minutes from the beach so every now and again we go for a drive and a bit of a walk. This is Mordiallic and it has a lovely pier to walk down, you can watch people fish and just sit around and chat. 

We went to the grain store and had an amazing meal. It had an awesome selection of food and the coffee was good. It was good to go to a different place for a change.

I have wanted to go to Chez Dre for a while and we finally went. The desserts are fantastic and really different.  The coffee was acceptable, not the worst but not amazing either. I hate being fussy when it comes to coffee.

We had pizza with Kims sisters on the weekend and we went to Gradi in the Casino. I love their pizzas,

We took our old dog Penny for the day on Saturday, we don't see her much as she lives with Kims parents. We had her for a while when we moved out but she could not handle not having company all the time and it was not fair being in a small yard.  We took her to a friends place and they have a Shiba Inu called Nana. Penny does not know how to play with other dogs and never did, she just spends her time smelling random things. She is almost impossible to take for a walk as all she wants to do is smell stuff so she will lie on the grass and not move. Beagles are really stubborn.

I hope you like the pictures and i will take more photos soon.
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Dale Stewart