tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post7782976467614817768..comments2023-12-12T11:39:43.504+01:00Comments on Blurb from the Burbs: MedicatedMoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-65984489825630524882007-12-04T22:34:00.000+01:002007-12-04T22:34:00.000+01:00Oh my googness - renovations sound absolutely pain...Oh my googness - renovations sound absolutely painful, but Saphire's costume makes it all worth it. What a hoot!Rosannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06087927276996432786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-104912387120394202007-11-28T05:10:00.000+01:002007-11-28T05:10:00.000+01:00I can not believe how long your renovations are ta...I can not believe how long your renovations are taking. Renovations are a total nightmare and you have my complete symapthy. Every time there's a light at the end of the tunnel it's just a train heading your way. LOL (hysterically)! Sending you good vibes and hoping it's all over before Chrissie.deepkickgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680613104887320179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-51449454396472170292007-11-26T12:32:00.000+01:002007-11-26T12:32:00.000+01:00I feel your pain, Milly. We renovated a few years ...I feel your pain, Milly. We renovated a few years ago, but thank fark we had somewhere else to live while it was happening, so we didn't have red brick dust in our dacks every day of the week. We also did a lot of the work ourselves, which was way unfun. Now we're trying to do things like replace fences (ever tried to get someone to give you a quote on removing asbestos, let alone try to get three quotes to put up an actual fence?!). It just saps your will to live.redcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916750858980883634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-69565252583211836672007-11-22T00:31:00.000+01:002007-11-22T00:31:00.000+01:00River - the kitchen and bathroom are now complete ...River - the kitchen and bathroom are now complete except for the crap painting that the 'professional' has to come back and do properly.<BR/><BR/>You're right Davey - my Dad never wanted me to take 'typing' during highschool saying it'd only lead to secretarial work and not uni. One of the first things Love Chunks taught me (during our Grad Dip Ed year) was how to touch type at Uni...<BR/><BR/>Franzy, I agree with youse all. Not sure what my BA (english) or Grad Dip Ed (Secondary) or Grad Dip Business (Management) has done that's made me any more respected, revered and awed than a decent plumber in demand.....Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-30009974402148266812007-11-21T23:34:00.000+01:002007-11-21T23:34:00.000+01:00Last week I was having a conversation with two oth...Last week I was having a conversation with two other degreed-up types about the nature of the brainy careers we'd chosen. <BR/>"Who'd work in a uni?" one laughed. "I'd rather be a hairdresser."<BR/>"Oh yes," said number two, without a pause. "I'd actually much rather work in a florist, you know, playing with flowers and stuff, it'd be great, much better than this shit."<BR/>We all stared at each other for a moment. No one was joking.<BR/>"Mechanic," I said. "I always wanted to muck around with cars and engines."<BR/>No silence is quite so still as that which accompanies the realisation of the futility of around ten university degrees...franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-65271550635883737442007-11-21T15:10:00.000+01:002007-11-21T15:10:00.000+01:00Sounds painful. It's just not your week is it mate...Sounds painful. It's just not your week is it mate?<BR/><BR/>I often marvel at the poetic justice that is the blue collar revolution. To think that during school we were all encouraged to into more 'respectable' and financially beneficial industries such as IT, Law and Medicine.<BR/><BR/>Now the law grads are realising their job are soulless, the IT nerds are wondering what industries have women, and the surgeons, well, they cut up bodies for a living.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, although working their well sunned bums out, the tradies are coined up and sitting pretty. Smart arses.daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776102795991089823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-39797055907580224372007-11-21T08:48:00.000+01:002007-11-21T08:48:00.000+01:00So is ANY part of the reno done to completion? Do ...So is ANY part of the reno done to completion? Do you have a working kitchen yet? Love that picture of Sapphire on the dirt pile. I have a photo of my granddaughter Emily on top of the dirt pile when they levelled the block at Crafers to start building about 8 years ago. My daughter and son-in-law extended last year, he's in the building trade so was able to do a lot of the work himself. Hope your tradies get their act together.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.com