22. July 2013 06:53
by Rene Pallesen
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This weekend we went to the local park to get a photo of Lucas for his 'First Year' album.
We wanted to get some photos of him on the swing.
But we also managed to snap a couple with Aiden...
21. July 2013 07:51
by Rene Pallesen
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Aiden has started playing soccer (not real soccer, but they do get to kick a ball).
He is very proud that he has real soccer shirts and shorts.
We started taking him to assist him with his development. We are starting to see some progress but he is still a bit behind his age group.
21. July 2013 07:48
by Rene Pallesen
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Aiden and I often sit and build Lego together (Sometimes Lucas also joins us, but he is better at taking it apart).
One day we build this Lego turtle worthy of a photo...Aiden had great fun pushing it along the ground.
21. July 2013 07:47
by Rene Pallesen
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Kim likes baking too and these days she will ask Aiden to help her.
Her cakes usually looks much better than any of my efforts.
21. July 2013 07:42
by Rene Pallesen
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A couple of weeks ago I tried to bake Ciabata bread.
It is a long process that takes about 24 hours (first you have to make this yeast and flour sponge which you then later use for the end result).
I substituted normal flour for wholemeal. This was the end result.
The taste was ok, but it was too dry for my liking...so will have to try again one day.
28. June 2013 07:40
by Rene Pallesen
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Light bulbs are really rare now as you can't buy them in the shops any longer.
We still have one in the cupboard so I decided to have a bit of fun with it one evening...
28. June 2013 07:25
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13. June 2013 09:48
by Rene Pallesen
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Lucas is now 9 month old and the other day we went to the park to do some Autumn photos with him.
The photo of the day was definitely this one of Kim and Lucas having a moment together.
It was hard because he wanted to crawl around and play and because it was the middle of the day the light was pretty harsh.
We also tried to take some at one of the small bridges in the park but they were shooting a commercial shoot there and Lucas was more interested in trying to get into the water than posing.
And when we tried a family photo he didn't want to sit still.
13. June 2013 09:45
by Rene Pallesen
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For Lucas 8 month photo we decided to do a profile photo of the four of us just like we had with Aiden.
A bit more difficult this time because there we two kids and getting them to look in the right direction and keep the right face expression.
13. June 2013 09:42
by Rene Pallesen
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The last 24 hours has been the most freak weather I've (and anyone else) has experienced in Sydney.
Yesterday we had 30 degrees during the day and in the evening a huge thunderstorm descended upon Sydney with massive rainfalls and very high winds. Kim found that water was dripping through ceiling and my first though was "This ain't good" and rushed up to check if there was a hole in the roof tiles or in the plumbing (if you see one of the previous posts then you'll notice that we've installed Solar hot water and this system is positioned above that same bathroom).
I could clearly see where the water had come in, but it wasn't through any gaps and it seemed that the strong winds had pushed the water backwards and upwards under the tiles...whew...but I'll have another look next time it rains.
Then this morning I woke up and looked out the window and everything was covered in a bright red and yellow haze and it was blowing a gale. I had a look at the forecast and stuck my head outside the window and it turned out that all of NSW was encapsulated in a massive dust storm with fine red dust coming from the Australian outback.
Everything outside is now covered in this fine dust, cars, windows...everything.
One of out friends too the following photo from his balcony:
The area covered by the dust is huge and apparently it may even reach New Zealand.
14. September 2009 12:55
by Rene Pallesen
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This weekend we invited a group of my friends over for BBQ.
The official excuse was for my recovery after my Hernia surgery (which is still causing me some grief some days).
It was a beautiful spring day with 31 degrees in the shade and luckily I had put up a gazebo outside to cover the area and provide a bit of shade.
Most of the day I was attending the BBQ cooking Lamb Cutlets, Fish, Prawns, Vietnamese Sausages and Chicken skewers.
The last batch of chicken skewers I forgot on the BBQ with a very predictable result.
In the evening we had Kim's family over for dinner/BBQ, so a repetition of the afternoon.
6. September 2009 10:44
by Rene Pallesen
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This weekend we went to Sasha's and Mavis's wedding.
Family and friends were invited to attend the ceremony at Greenwich at 10am. The location they had chosen had a stunning view of Sydney Harvour and skyline.
When we arrived neither the groom or the bride were there. Approximately 20 minutes later the bride arrived, but still no groom, so she did another round in the car.
Finally at 10.30 Sasha arrived with his dad after having been stuck in traffic, shortly after Mavis arrived in her beautiful wedding dress and the ceremony could get under way.
It was a beautiful ceremony, beautiful location and beautiful weather.
After the ceremony it was photo time.
The reception was at a restaurant called Occilate Wildly in Newtown. The food was nice and at the end of the afternoon everyone went on their way.
27. August 2009 12:18
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27. August 2009 10:27
by Rene Pallesen
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The week before we went away on holiday I experienced pain in the pelvic area. I quickly got it diagnosed with ultrasound to be a hernia. Furtunately it could wait until we came back from holiday to be fixed although it was giving me some problems along the way carrying suitcases etc.
As soon as we came back I went to see the specialist and he told he that it would have to be fixed with surgery and that he could schedule it for the following week.
In the morning of the surgery I had to be at the hospital at 6.30am in the morning. Surgery started at 9am and by 11am I was awake again released at 1pm.
So it terms of the surgery it was very smooth...but it was very painful afterwards. I had problems standing up and sitting down.
This photo was taken two days after the surgery:
The cut is 13cm long and at this point I am still very much in pain.
The feedback from the doctor was that this was an Indirect Inaugural hernia and apparently the type that can cause a lot of problems later on if not fixed.
Unfortunately part of hernia surgery is that they have to cut some of the nerves so that they don't get caught in the mesh they use to repair it with.
This means that now two and a half weeks after the surgery there is still a large area around the cut that has got no sensation to touch or pain and some areas are hyper sensitive with the result that even the lightest touch is painful.
I hope the eventually all the sensation returns to normal (apparently in 25% of the cases this doesn't happen). I also hope that the scar won't be too bad and will mostly disappear long term.