Winnie-the-Pooh

The Wiggles have slipped a bit in the popularity contest of late, and Harrison is now also a Winnie the Pooh fanatic, thanks to the DVD of the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. So not only do we have to "wake up Jeff" (and every other Wiggle) repeatedly, we also have requests for "a small smackeral of honey" when we ask him what he wants to eat. It's very cute. I actually bought a couple of the A.A. Milne books (Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner) as they have the original illustrations in them. He loves looking at the map of the Hundred Acre Wood and singing the song from the movie. He also tries to drink from an empty cup, and says "oh bother, empty again... only the sticky part left".

Moving ...

Well, it seems so recently that we moved. Wait, it was recently that we moved! Well, we're doing it again. Simon found us a very nice duplex in Wembley Downs (just west and a little north of where we are now). There's lots of packing to be done. I pick up the key this week, and we have a week's overlap to move in. So goodbye Herdsman Fresh...

Hey, I just read that Wikipedia entry for Wembley Downs and discovered that we're right in the middle of the

"opulent mansions and striking residences in the Hale Heights, Buxton Road and Buntine Road/Faulkner Street areas".

Simon must truly be a yuppie at heart. Needless to say, our little abode doesn't quite qualify as an opulent mansion.

Sunny Brisbane

Harrison and I just spent 10 days in Brisbane, enjoying the warm weather and catching up with as many people as humanly possible while we were there. He travelled really well, and seemed to love flirting with all the rellies and friends. We stayed with VJ in Brisbane, and Mum and Dad also stayed for 3 days and looked after him during the day for me while I went to the ANZIIL symposium. It was an exhausting trip, but lovely to catch up with everyone. The only downside was that this morning Harrison was still on Brisbane time, so he was wide awake at 4:30am!

Just to make life more interesting, we found out last week that our house in Perth is scheduled for demolition on August 4th. So Simon spent most of last week frantically trying to find a new rental for us. Hopefully we'll know in the next few days whether or not we've been successful.