John & Colette’s Adventures

The Australia photos have been uploaded. You can find the pics here.

I finally got my last bit of money from Australia this week! Yay. My obligatory contributions to the government retirement plan (aka: Superannuation) has finally been refunded to me, less the 30% Aussie Tax, thank you very much. Now I have to convince my bank to cash a foreign check which will, no doubt, require [...]

We’re on our way home from Australia. I’m killing time in the Sheraton in Boston while Colette does the big hair washing thing. I only mention the Sheraton (Four Points Sheraton Boston Logan Airport – whew what a name) due to the, uh, interesting accommodations. After a fairly uneventful 27 hour trip from Brisbane we [...]

Today was a first. We took our christmas tree down today and, afterwards, I took my motorcycle out for a ride! Whoo hoo. It was a little chilly but I’ve been colder. Maybe I’ll get to ride every month this year.

Our stuff has finally made it in from Australia. We had it delivered Thursday 2 Nov after about 16 weeks transit time from Australia. It looks like the glass table top for our coffee table is the only thing damaged (so far). Now we’re unpacking gobs of boxes. But I’m looking foward to Colette’s first [...]

I am so disgusted with Bush and his government (it’s certainly not mine – I didn’t vote for that bunch of liars). After Tuesday it’s now legal for the government to pick up anyone on the street, slap him with an ‘enemy-combatant’ label and throw them in jail with no recourse, no trials, and no [...]

The returning home honeymoon period must be over. Colette & I have been missing Australia and our friends there over the last few days. Maybe it’s the oncoming cold weather or maybe it’s just realizing just how far away it is. We will have a little bit of Australia visiting us next week though. Typefi [...]

We’ve been taking too many pictures!  We’ve used up all the space available on the website for photos. It looks like I’ll have to move things to flickr or somewhere that offers more storage. BTW: Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!  ARGH! Ye Mateys. We finally bought a car – a 2007 Nissan Versa – [...]

Well, we’re in Maine and are slowly getting settled in. I should have been updating this earlier, but I’ve been WAY too busy. So, here are some observations Colette & I have had since coming back: Everything is BIG – cars, trucks, grocery carts, packages of kleenex, size of soft drinks at fast food places [...]

1 Week to go! The packers are coming tomorrow morning (between 7:00 & 7:30!) to wrap up most of our crap. Then the movers are coming Friday to cart our crap away. And then on Saturday & Sunday we’re going to sell all the crap that was just too crappy to belong with the rest [...]