The Joy of Boxing

Week 42, 43:
So one of the maxi taxi drivers we use at work asks me today:  "How's the motor home going" and I say: "Well, we have to be patient and do other things.  

So as part of our physical preparation, Danny and I decided to join a small gym a few streets away.  It's in a cute, old corner shop.  I have tried the gym thing many times, but either found it boring after a while or the staff a little too smiley and enthusiastic.  This gym is different.  Lots of oldies and you get some two-on-one with a trainer, pop in during the week and go to an outside group boxing class one night.  That was last night.  I have some work to do on my (girlie) push ups, jumping in the air and general fitness.  But it was good.  Real good.  My goal is No Bra Fat by Christmas.  (And maybe some core strength too).

We have some ideas about getting rid of stuff.  Will let you know the details when the time is right.  In the meantime, here is one of my favourite pics I found whilst googling the net for Ford Transits.   

I personally really like this colour scheme, but what about you?

The Art of Letting Go

 Week 41 
 Poustie the Pearl St. handyman pops round for a chat.  He's still got work on the island - "It's totally booked out over Easter"  he said.  And he's got a job in Brisbane, as well as Johnno & Pammy's kitchen across the road.  "But you might see me before Easter".  Perhaps, but more likely after. Whenever that is, Danny will take some time off to help him to re-clad the outside.

Week 42
There comes a time when we all must let go... and so this week we sold our Ute.
                                                                                                                                                                                    

 STORY OF THE UTE
 
The Mitsubishi Triton Ute came into our lives in Toowoomba, 2001.
We used it for our antiques and collectables business:  carrying furniture and stuff, doing garage sales and swap meets. It also took us on many journeys including all the way to Cairns and back - buying stuff, loading and re-loading the back along the way.



Then when we moved to Redcliffe in 2003, the ute transported our stuff to our new home in Pearl Street. 
 
The ute continued it's working life when we opened our shop in 2005:  The Beachcomber Antiques, Records & Collectables and travelled over the bumpy Houghton Highway every week. 
Danny got a frame put on and a canopy made by our mates Geoff and Sandy from Northside Recovery.  From then on, the ute became known as "The Chuck Wagon".

But our fondest memories of the ute are from the many times we went camping in it.  The canopy was totally waterproof and had zippable fly screens on the side windows and back.  Danny set up some great 'day care centres' over the years at the Woodford Folk Festival; Hervey Bay and Byron Bay.

 

  

Goodbye Chuck Wagon and thank you for your friendship and dedication over the last 10 years!

 

Danny gets a Camcorder

Week 38:

Danny buys a pre-loved Panasonic AG-DVX100A Camcorder (file pic) for a good price from ebay. He picks it up from a guy in Kelvin Grove (who lives next door to a house I lived in 19yrs ago: "Normanby Towers"). Film-like quality with attachable mic.

He has been shooting some beautiful flora and fauna in the Redcliffe wetlands every chance he gets. He even made a mic sock, which works like a bought one, out of some faux fur I had.

The camcorder will be excellent to take on our Adventures, which we aim to embark on around late Feb, 2012. And...rumour has it that our handyman, Poustie will be coming to visit Keith in a couple of weeks.

We were walking in Chelsea St. Reserve and Danny said: I love this camcorder!

Flashback to Keith's arrival at Pearl Street

Week 35:
Danny has a street meeting with Poustie. His work at Moreton is nearing an end. He said he is looking forward to coming back and working on Keith. Hoorah!

Week 36:
Danny edits Keith's Arrival video that I shot last year on our Sony HandyCam and posts it on youtube.



Then...Danny buys something on ebay that is very exciting!

The Redcliffe Rag

Redcliffe Song & Danny's Photo Documentary

Week 31
Well it rained for 6 days over Christmas, and so Jim D'Ville and Danny wrote a song about Redcliffe "The Redcliffe Rag" and we recorded it in our loungeroom with:
Sammy on Vocals; Danny on Guitar; Jim on Ukes and Linda on Uke
Then it was sunny for 2 days and Jim shot a film clip around Redcliffe and edited it on his laptop. SEE ABOVE POST

Week 33
All this recording and videoing was very inspiring and now Danny has the film bug. He made lots of great short photo documentaries about the recent floods and posted them on face book.
This one is my favourite:

Pouste (our Pearl St handyman) was home for a day over Christmas, then back to Moreton Isle for the busy season.

Keith is being very patient and has become a temporary shed in the meantime!

Keith gets a 4x4 Friend for Christmas!

Week 28-30: We have been looking forward to this Xmas.

Our USA friends Jim and Linda arrive today and we were hoping that the car carrier from Darwin would get through all the QLD flooding and deliver our Xmas present!

Danny bought a roof basket from ebay for $100 and picked it up from a guy at Sandstone Point. It needed some adjustments, so Poustie managed to get it done on his day off from Moreton Island.

Hoorah! We picked up our 1996 Suzuki from CEVA at Acacia Ridge two days ago. We bought it from Larry, a semi-retired sparky in Cloncurry a couple of weeks ago. It was advertised on ebay, but we made an offer and bought it over the phone. He seemed like a genuine guy: the car was owned by his daughter, had no beach work and had only 176 000km.

The Suzi drove back from the Southside of Brisbane with no problems and Danny got stuck into it straight away.

First he gave it a good cut and polish and pushed out a dent in the bonnet. Then he pulled out all the carpet and replaced it with the rubber matting that was in the back of the ute. This will make it easy to literally hose out after going up the beach.

Danny then black-jacked underneath, took all the tyres off and sprayed with rustkill lanolin to protect all of it. Two days of work and she looks and sounds great. Thanks Danny.

Hope you'all have a wonderful Xmas and holiday season from Keith, Danny, Sammy, Indigo Velvet and the Suzi xx