Planet FookStar

Did some plumbing yesterday and ended up with a spot to plumb my car port gutters (when they are finally installed):

Trying to fit the T-piece in wasn't so fun, the pipes had been squashed by the weight of the soil on top so they were oval shaped. And well, the T-piece has round holes...

Today I re-did the piping for the downpipe at the front of the house as it will be in the way of the carport. Not entirely sure how I'll strap it to the house yet.

Tim came around just after lunch (Thanks Tim!) and helped me put the frame of the carport up. The Titan salesman told me that one person would be able to put the carport up by himself. Yeah right...

It's all bolted together, but it's totally out of level and probably not square. We were hoping to get the footings done today but putting the frame up took a hell of a lot longer than expected. The ground isn't overly level, and I accidentally dug one of the holes a bit too deep.

Next week I'm hoping to hire some acro props to raise and level the carport and pour the footings in. Might use some sun screen next week too, I'm a bit burnt. Oops.

Less than a month since the last update, and so much has happened! Let's see, let's start with Sydney (and the wedding).

Martha and I went down to Sydney at the end of last month for the weekend, for my cousin Jade's wedding. We flew down early and met up with some of Martha's friends and spent most of the day shopping (women... *roll eyes*) I was rather shocked as to how much things were in Sydney. At first I thought perhaps it was just that the brands were expensive ($400 for a pair of jeans???) but later discovered that some of the same things (like umbrellas) were also more expensive! I suppose Sydney-siders earn more, but still... I bought a pair of Japanese-cartoon-inspired pillowcase covers for $40... Ouch. But they're kinda funky. Most definitely not worth $40 though.

Valentines Day. It's come around again, the much hyped, over commercialized day that we all love (and hate). I've been really busy with work this year so didn't have too much time to think about or plan what to do until the day was almost upon me - dangerous!

I was trying to think of something "different" this year, and someone made the suggestion of cookies, and I thought... "Elephant cookies!!!" So I went everywhere, searched high and low for elephant shaped cookie cutters. It appears that they must not be very popular because they're pretty hard to find. I found koala's, monkeys, kangaroos, people and all sorts of other shapes, but the elephant continued to be elusive. Finally I found a baby elephant cutter as part of a set at Target. $15. Hmm. I just want the elephant. Not the giraffe, not the zebra, and not the rhinoceros. But I guess I didn't have a choice, so I got it.