Timber!

Yesterday I got to work from home for the first time since joining Flight Centre and boy have I missed it. Amazing how much more work you can get done without meetings and casual conversations to distract you. Coding away in comfy shorts and a t-shirt was an added bonus too.

The main reason why I'd decided to telecommute though was in order to oversee the removal of some trees around the house. Alsie and I did what we could with the smaller plants but these mammoth phototarians were far beyond even our abilities.


Which is exactly why you get professionals to come in and do the job for you.



The chain saws and stump grinders were pretty loud, but music and some earphones soon sorted that out. A new pair of Apple In-Ear ones no less, which are absolutely fantastic! I didn't have to put up with the racket for long as the boys took down that Mango and the other two trees in record time. Certainly put our previous efforts to shame.


Als and I are shocked at what a difference this has made to the light and look of the house. Feels like there's going to be a heck of a lot more yard to mow as well on weekends, at least until the next stage of our renovations get going.

The other appointment for the day was with the TV antenna man to fix our pathetic terrestrial reception. The cause for the shite telly picture was fairly obvious after cursory examination. To paraphrase, as Alison is so fond of doing, I plugged the TV cable into the wrong hole...

That's an over simplification in my defence, the only port available to us in the living room just turned out to be Foxtel cable. The cosmetic, certainly not in the aesthetic sense of the word, antenna on our roof wasn't actually connected up to anything. No matter, a quick guffaw later and the bloke had a shiny new aerial installed. At least we won't have to pay setup fees if we ever decide to get Foxtel.