XXXX Antiques

This morning during breakfast I received a phone call from a lady in Castlemaine named Sheila Landers. She and her husband Peter run XXXX Antiques and are looking for somebody to help get their merchandise up onto the web and up for sale on Ebay. After having a chat with her and visiting their website, I agreed to go to Castlemaine on Wednesday and have a chat with them. This could be interesting, I feel.

A surprise phone call

This morning I got a surprise phone call early in the morning. It was from BEST Employment who informed me that an IT position had come up in Castlemaine and was I interested? I said that I was and came in and gave them an updated version of my resume. They then sent the request on to Castlemaine. It will be very interesting to see what comes of it.

The set top box saga - part 1

After paying my bills, I went to Dick Smith Electronics in the market place to purchase a digital set top box so that I could receive Digital TV. I chose a Sanyo model for two reasons. Firstly it had a 12 months warranty and the store salesman assured me it was good quality. It cost $109.00, so it was a fairly expensive model. I took it home but after connecting it, i could not get it to work properly. The front LED display simply would not come on. I rang the Help line and they said the box must be faulty so I took it back to Dick Smith who gave me a replacement one. I took it home but have not yet installed it. I will do that tomorrow evening.

A day in Melbourne

Today, being Wednesday was a free day for me as usual. But I did not feel like hanging around Bendigo as usual, so I took an early morning trip to Melbourne. I had not had a shopping day there for more than 3 years so it was good to get down there again. I visited a lot of shops but did not buy very much. I was back in Bendigo by 5.00 pm.

At the moment there are terrible floods in Queensland. I rang my mother in Brisbane who assured me that she is OK. I am glad to hear it. It is still raining here at the moment. I hope we get some summer at some stage.

Back from Sydney

Today I flew back from Sydney. The aircraft was delayed slightly due to lightning at Sydney airport. The flight down was very bumpy. I caught the bus back from the airport and was back in Bendigo by 8:00 pm. It is good to be back.