My new desk

My new desk
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I start after new years

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope your day is a happy one spent with your loved ones.

Leaving home

Leaving home
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It's moving day. Up early for the truck, then lots of cleaning.

A day at the cricket

A day at the cricket
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At the cricket today with my brother. Nice day, glad summer is finally here.

Moving On

Today we found a house to live in. We have a 12 month lease on a near new house in Butler. Next week we will go back down to Katanning to move our stuff out and clean up the house. We have both fond and bad memories of our time in Katanning, we spent some important years down there. It feels good to be coming home though. So long, and thanks for all the fish

The Leading Man in Me

Jimmy Stewart You scored 26% Tough, 4% Roguish, 47% Friendly, and 23% Charming!

You are the fun and friendly boy next door, the classic nice guy who still manages to get the girl most of the time. You're every nice girl's dreamboat, open and kind, nutty and charming, even a little mischievous at times, but always a real stand up guy. You're dependable and forthright, and women are drawn to your reliability, even as they're dazzled by your sense of adventure and fun. You try to be tough when you need to be, and will gladly stand up for any damsel in distress, but you'd rather catch a girl with a little bit of flair. Your leading ladies include Jean Arthur and Donna Reed, those sweet girl-next-door types. Find out what kind of classic dame you'd make by taking the Classic Dames Test.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 47% on Tough You scored higher than 9% on Roguish You scored higher than 78% on Friendly You scored higher than 37% on Charming

Link: The Classic Leading Man Test written by gidgetgoes on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

My New Job

As it gets closer to Christmas, it also gets closer to starting my new job. I am going into the family business, real estate. I know, people in real estate are supposed to be slimy, sleazy and dishonest. We are trying to be the exact opposite of this. We are honest, sincere, ethical and above all, hard working. I also created the new website for the company, Bernie Kroczek Real Estate. So I'm not totally throwing out my skills ;-) If you are in the market, keep us in mind.

Meteor Video

The ABC has a video of the meteor that I saw on Saturday night. You've probably seen it on the news, but in case you missed it here it is.

Meteorite

Update: Someone in Narrogin heard the same thing! Click here to read about it. -------------------------------------------------- Update #2: Just heard on ABC local radio dozens of reports all over the southwest of Western Australia of seeing a bright light making it's way across the sky from west to east followed by a sound described as similiar to a sonic boom. -------------------------------------------------- Update #3: The Sunday Times has a story about the meteorite. It's just a shame that I saw it through the bathroom window and not through a clear one. -------------------------------------------------- I'm freaking out. Something big just happened outside. I'm not sure what it was, but it has me confused and a little worried. I was sitting in the bath, just about to relax and listen to a podcast, when I just happened to be staring in the general direction of the window. Outside, I saw a white light. The same brightness as lightning, but not. It seemed to stay in the same spot, not forking out like lightning. There was no sound. That was weird I thought. Then about 3 minutes later I heard a loud boom. It was followed by a low frequency rumbling just on the edge of my hearing range. All the birds, dogs and animals in the area started freaking out. I thought that this must be a thunderstorm and that I hadn't seen the second lightning strike. I decided to get out of the bath and unplug my computers and modem just in case. At this point I decided to go outside and check out this "thunderstorm" This is the point where I started freaking out. There was not a cloud in the sky. All I could see were stars. I came inside an noticed that there was a message on my mobile from Greg. I called him back and told him what I just witnessed. He said that he and David were driving along Joondalup Drive in Perth and had seen a similar light in the sky. HOLY FUCK!! It is now about half an hour later and nothing else has happened. My logical mind is telling me that this must have been a meteorite, and that it was travelling in a south east direction, passing first over Perth, then here in Katanning and on towards Esperence. I am going to be keeping an eye on the news over the next day to see if there is some sort of explanation. If you saw something similar I would like to hear about it.

Ticking

Some of the more observant of you may have noticed that the counter at the top of this page jumped recently by about 10 days. This is because I have handed in my resignation at work, and I am leaving town sooner! I finish up on the 14th, and will be back in Perth by the 16th. Stacey's job has been officially confirmed and we are all set to move back home, closer to our friends and family. Hopefully we can find somewhere to live before christmas and move all of our stuff. It comes down to when a truck is available, but the sooner the better. My boss has hired my replacement, and he starts work on Monday. This means that we will have an overlap of about 9 working days. He is a lot older than I am, so something different for everyone to deal with. Good luck to him.