No, the economy isn't collapsing (again). Just thought I'd share the fact that we are now eBay sellers. Successful ones. Got rid of some stuff we really weren't going to use at a half decent price. As well as the CD unit I had built to cover the fireplace in the Redmill. Brought it here but had far too many CD's for it after a while. Somebody happily gave me $50 for it. Plus we got some more space. The selling is quite addictive really once you've done it once - we've been digging around the place for anything that might be "sellable". In fairness, there really isn't very much, despite the fact that the ads say "you'd be surprised at what people want to buy - keep looking!!". Very surprised I reckon - doubt anyone wants either of those old cameras that don't work anymore which for some reason haven't been thrown in the bin yet. Hey - anyone for a broken microwave?
We've also been getting all the bits and pieces we've been intending to fix up for ages finally done. As we've been contemplating moving. 3 key issues.
1. We'd like to not be at the bottom of a big hill. Where the water pours in when the storms come. Not that the house was in any way damaged by the worst rains in 40 years or something, but the garden, the pool. Gives us the sh&ts cleaning up the debris.
2. Buttercup next door. No other words can describe her outside of "common bitch". We really dislike her. She's very very strange. Last week we were woken at midnight by her pounding incessantly on her windows and doors, clearly trying to wake someone that was in there. She woke the fricken neighbourhood, but not the comatosed muppet inside. Not for 15 minutes anyway. And she still regularly screams that song at the top of her lungs.
3. The rain keeps us awake at night. Well me anyway. Seriously. When it pisses down, our room is like being inside a spin cycle washing machine. We could move rooms. But that's down the track. Its cold down there at the moment anyway.
So we're looking around. Blissfully ignoring the fact that moving house is a terribly stressful thing to do. Nothing may come of it all and we may never get the right offer on our place. But it makes us feel better to look.
Did you know that Australia is the best performing economy in the "western world" during these economically uncertain times? This is according to the IMF. Still technically not in recession. So, come on over!! Amazing that the government here are claiming credit for it. Maybe I should give them some credit. Nah. Sorry. Rudd's a nerdy idiot who really doesn't know what he's doing. Speaking of Rudd, he was on a talk show last night the big deadsh&t - saying the same things over and over, but I couldn't really hear him coz I was still wiping the tears of laughter from my face from the interview with Sasha Baron Cohen before him. Thought it would be difficult to top Borat, but this one..... Christ he is a very funny man - his on the spot responses are instinctive and almost always side splitting. His movie will be fun.
Now I don't want to change humour too quickly, but I'm sorry, it's totally necessary. Its the end of June - today the 29th. Our thoughts turn again to Jen and those she left behind. I have her card on the shelf above my desk. Our little Georgia's 2 year anniversary was just a couple of days ago. We're currently rebuilding her garden. And of course tomorrow is the 5th year since we lost Marian. As crazy as this sounds, I don't want it to be that long since she was alive. I want her reality to be recent. I don't want time to create the illusion of distance - or of natural healing - even though it tries to happen. While there are days I can barely catch my breath with work and the kids, she still comes into my head at some point. And I want that to continue. 5 years. Her daughter Aislinn has now lived longer without her than with her. That's the impact of time that is so hard to take in. Just seems to be so many milestones we don't want to cross but the clock keeps juggernauting over them. And will continue to I know.
For Marian, Georgia and Jen. Love always.
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