Happenings in the House of Clay

I seem to be fairly well swamped at the moment and I guess this post is a bit about taking stock of what shit is going down at my place…

·          Firstly, all my “free” time is being taken up with painting Halflings for the Eucalyptus Bowl this Saturday.  I have painted 6 of the suckers and have 5 to go.  To be honest though, I haven’t had much free time and did some painting last night and the night before.  So effectively, 2 painting sessions for 6 Halflings.  I have 5 more to go which I will do this week.  Add to that, my Treeman I bought on eBay from the UK arrived and its arms had been detached for packaging reasons.  I reglued those back on last night as well which takes some time.  I had some Epoxy Bond glue stuff (you know the ones that warn you not to touch it or risk amputation) and it claims “Industrial Strength Set In 5 Mins”.  The reality its 10 mins and I lost a little bit of skin in the process as the epoxy bond took a liking to my finger tips… but he looks good.  The paint job was OK and is a bit old, so when I get around to it, I will give him a touch up, but that wont be likely before Saturday.

·          Sunday is Fathers Day and essentially my present is the day at the Eucalyptus Bowl on the Saturday.  The girls are gearing up and I have heard whispers of the school Fathers Day Stall.  I look forward to getting a little pressie of each of my girls!  Arrangements with my Dad are up in the air with Sunday lunch being on the cards.

·          Still on family, I am kicking myself because I keep meaning to call my Pop who is in a bad way.  I am going to fly up to the Gold Coast soon when he has gotten out of hospital and he is over the initial shock of the diagnosis… Mum will go up as well soon, so I am in a bit of a state of flux with when I think will be the best time to go up.

·          Some mundane things… my car rego is due tomorrow and we got the Pink Slip done last week, but then forgot to pay the Green Slip until today.  I will pay the rego via the RTA website once the greenslip has been processed through.  Also, my Passport expired and I need to get that done… it was in the front of my mind a month ago, but I simply forgot.  Also, I am yet to do my tax return!  Need to do it because the cash will be handy at the moment, but it’s a matter of booking in some time (on a Saturday) to do it.

·          Saturday week will see the start of the cricket season – need to buy new shoes and batting gloves, but all the rest of my gear is OK to go.  We are playing in a VERY social way this season and I have promised the guys to find a small BBQ to take to home games… have yet to get that done either!

·          Work is busy and I had a 7:30am meeting this morning (hence my late posting today) and I drove into the city.  I came through the city early and the traffic was fine – I will wait to see how easy it is getting out of the city given the new Cross City Tunnel.  I personally think the tunnel was a waste of time and is way over priced toll wise…. but I do need to get myself an eTag as it is the first motorway in Sydney that is eTag only… I have been getting by with cash on all tolls to date because I do keep a stack of coinage in the ashtray…

·          The comments on this blog still get occasionally Spammed and I had an email from my mate Tommy who wanted to comment but couldn’t unless re registered with Blogger… given I still get the odd spam, I may as well open up the comments again… you never know, maybe someone will have some desire for Gay Monkey Porn…

That’s about it… busy busy busy!