- Alphington 35year founder’s day fair.
- New bed from king-living for Chamouni
- I check out fireplaces on sale
- Then I research some speakers. JBL L52’s should fit just fine.
- Margrets 50th at Janes house and a dip in the spa
- Radford fixes the fault on the boat trailer. Some how one of the pins was wired backwards but it was working for 12 months prior?
- Tanya helps me pre the feature curved wall ready for render.
- Radford and I go to the 1st AMA (Australian Manufacturers Association) event about electricity. Very interesting. I agree to do a POD cast.
- JT goes national on the Today show.
- Stacey’s last day at DARKON.
We all race down to Nungurner for Labour Day long weekend. Just in time for a meeting with Singapore regarding 1 Martin Place. Feature wall is finished in our absence (thank you Eddy Bishop). JT puts on paella at the lakes foreshore and Jett and Leo jump off the foot bridge for the 1st time.
Back to Melbourne
- We give Christian Genkins a chop out at the garden show again.
- I buy a cute little Kelman fire place for Chamouni on sale. Free standing so i can cut down the foot to fit the tinny fire place next to the kitchen. Cant wait to get it in and light it up with a BIG RED.
- Tanya and I go on a date night and see GREESE the musical. Ive got an idea. This is a great theme for the next DARKON party.
- The Acid tank at DARKON fine splits its seem and starts leaking heavily.
- Collingwood (Jets team) beat Collingwood 49 – 17 to make it into the grand final. Were up against Ivanhoe again.
- I tidy up waterloo ready to start renovating Keele St.
- Hugo and I do VIC market.
- I go and help Chewy with his house build in Mt Matha. We build half the kitchen in 1 day. I feed a friendly kookaburra.
- Hugo draws on the newly rendered wall!!!
- I take mum shopping for a new car. She picks KIA over FIAT and I convincer her to go over her budget for the version with all the safety extras. Lane assist, auto breaking etc…..
- Paul and I do a sales trip to Sydney to target Architects. I design a new light for Chamouni in homage to Stuart Rattle. Candles Straight MK2.
GRAND FINAL DAY
- Were all a bit nervous. Jett invites his friends (bad idea) and Tanya invites Laura Wong from CGS. We start the game on fire. By half time were up 16 points and Jett’s on fire! then …… Jett starts call out the refs for missing fouls against him and the turn on him. 3 fouls in 1 minuet. I sit him out but not for long enough straight back in and hes fouled out. He asks why then says ‘that’s bulls’ and gets ejected from the arena. The team is in shock. We slow start losing our lead until were all tied with 60 seconds to go. I call time out… don’t let them shoot and what do we do… let them shoot! We lose by 3 points in the dying seconds. Oh well it was a great season and I really enjoyed coaching. Taking them from the bottom of the ladder to the top was a great feeling.
- Tan and I sleep in so Hugo has a Nutella party. Then we go out for our wedding anniversary lunch at Poodle.
- America has a major disaster. A container ship takes out a bridge and 6 die.
- I get the container ready to ship to Nungurner so I can start tiddy up around the house during school holidays. Cant afford a garage anymore.
- I leave a day early with Jett and Patrick as Justin has to attend school. Patricks been asked to leave. as if Justin’s going to let that happen!
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS