September Working and oops forgot to Blog

Well it is September already and what a month this turns out to be Cricket finals, AFL finals, House finding and back at work.
Let’s start with the house finding, September is the best time in Darwin to go rental property hunting. A lot of transients start to leave now so there are plenty of places going. Just like buying a car though it is painfully annoying. Look on the Web the paper drive around to 20 different locations etc I'm sure you all get the drift. We miss out on one practically next door to Brian’s however after only 1 week we get a town house in Stuart Park just out of the city.
A nice 2 storey place in a block of 5 town houses. It has a gas stove which is a rarity in Darwin a nice back yard and undercover parking which is important. The Darwin sun is relentless and just destroys cars not to mention the wet season. The only drawback is the stairs are carpeted in cream. Hope they come up clean enough when we leave. So we move in the next Friday and Saturday morning it’s off to the Lawn Sales as we have no furniture. We borrow some stuff from Jan and with the aid of a trailer drive around in search of stuff. We go pretty well and end up with a nice dining table some kitchen stuff and a couple of cabinets. Wow it is really cool eating off of china and not plastic plates.
A cabinet I got from CSG makes a great entertainment unit and a lounge we got from Jan gets us going. Now as September is AFL finals month we are off to WOW to get a TV. We have been doing a fair bit of research into this and end up with a 32” LCD, It looks so big it is awesome. The antenna at the house is no good so we are off to get one, Installed and crystal clear no problems. As expected Carlton bombed out the first week although having many chances to win. The only real upset was St Kilda knocking off Geelong so now they are on the same side of the draw as Collingwood. A pies premiership looks on the cards this year but we can only hope the Collywoobles arrive soon.
The pies make it through and St Kilda as well. Rob comes up from Adelaide for the weekend to watch which is great cause I hadn’t seen him for a long time. Scrutts couldn’t make it due to work commitments. Its a great game with the Pies out early but St Kilda coming back strong and looking like they are going to run over the top of them but then it happens it’s a draw, and everyone needs to come back next week. Rob and I head out for a night on the town and Rob is pleased with the scenery. We wake up pretty sore and sorry and have a quiet day. Monday I have lunch with Rob and we head down the wharf for tea. It was only a short trip but really good to him again.
Well now on to cricket finals the NCC “D” made it through the year undefeated 16 wins. So that only leaves 2 matches the semi and grand final which we were victorious giving me my first ever Cricket premiership in 20 years of trying. 4 of our 5 teams made the grand final with the “A”s winning as well making it 3 from 3 they won the 20Twenty & One day cup as well. Unfortunately the “B’s & “C’s didn’t win. It was a big night of celebrations at the club.
Well that was one hell of busy month, the weather has been sticky a bit of rain around but all in all a nice month.
Got some more repairs done to the Tojo which sort of seams like it never ends but I like to keep it in tip top shape. We got a bed from Christhol which is really nice and some more CSG cabinets for bedside tables. We have made a garden which needs a bit of work but we are getting on to it.