Sitting in Sydney, eating a Munich weisswurst brunch, and watching my old AWS DevRel team presenting a live event in Bangkok. ❤️ Great job @donnieprakoso @cathycrimson @shafrazr @seligmanadam #awscommunity

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Week 21: final bits and finishing touches! Most of the lights are in, though a couple special ones aren’t arriving until next month. Painting is 95% done, and how lovely is our bedroom wall now!? In the living room you can see how the bulkhead matches the curve of the lower shelf. The accordion screen for the French doors looks great too. I’m really excited to have A/C in our offices, and power points with USB charging built in! The fancy Japanese toilet is being installed, as well as the heated towel rail. (I can’t wait to try out the bath.) Back security door is on too. Not much left to do before we can move in… #renovation 🏠

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Blog post: Now that I have to pay for my own mobile phone plan, I ditched my Telstra contract and went for something a lot cheaper!

Switching mobile plans to Boost

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Blog post: Every night before bed we’ve been doing a handful of puzzles to keep our brains sharp. Any recommendations? (DON’T SAY WORDLE.)

Nightly Puzzling

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Birthday truffle dinner! Steak tartare, tagliatelle, lamb, and dessert… ❤️

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Happy birthday to my favourite person. He’s smarter and cuter than me, but at least I’m a little bit taller? 😂❤️

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The 3-colour linen stitch alpaca scarf continues to grow. I love how it’s turning out. #knitting 🧶

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Is anyone looking for an apartment in Sydney? We’ll be vacating ours (2bdr, car space, St. Peters) next month when our renovation is finished! DM me for details if you’re interested in taking over the lease…

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Road tripping on a rainy day! 🌧️

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Wine, wood fire, and knitting. All you need for a winter’s evening. 🍷🔥🧶

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Friday night fun: watching a 90min documentary on “The Oregon Trail” educational video game. (I’m not even kidding. This was a massive nostalgia trip for me and I learned heaps about the Minnesota tech industry in the 70s and 80s.)

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Week 20: Everything is accelerating! The cabinetry is all done, and our wardrobes are stunning. Instead of a walk-in closet, we’ve now got a full wall as well as a little dressing area. The living room shelf and drawers are in too, though everything is covered up now for PAINTING. The skirting boards are being primed, and the chalkboard wall is no more. Also, the dining room doors now have a truly magical tiny flyscreen that accordions out – you can barely see it! (It’s held shut now by that line of blue tape to protect it from dust.) Lastly, the laundry sink has a pull-down siding door to close it up when we have guests over. Nice, huh? The best part is that all the critical stuff is due to be wrapped up in the next two weeks, so we’ll be able to move in soon!!

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Sydney sewists: If you haven’t heard yet, @wearethefabricstore moved to Newtown three weeks ago! It’s no longer in Surry Hills. It’s south of Newtown station, just past the Greek Orthodox Church and the row of shops. Hang a left at the funny old filling station on Whitehorse St, the laneway opposite the button shop. It’s a nice big huge warehouse space with lots of natural light! How good is that?? 🪡🧵

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My #knitting mojo has well and truly returned, which is a slight problem as most of my supplies are still in storage! 😭 Here’s the start of a replacement alpaca scarf for the Snook, who recently lost one. I’m using @morrisandsons Maya 8ply in a dense linen stitch. It makes for a lovely flat fabric with two distinct sides, but it’s slow going as you essentially knit every row twice. 🧶🧣

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What a beautiful day! We went on an expedition over the Harbour Bridge to Cremorne, where we walked all around the point. It’s lovely! Sandstone cliffs, patches of regenerated native bushland, sailboats, formal gardens, stunning mansions, and many bush turkeys. Then we caught the ferry back for those million dollar views… ⛴️ ☀️ ❤️

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