Who Are We

We are "The Rickos",

Which comprise of me (Ian), the father of the fam.
The lovely Jan, my beautiful and extraordinary wife.
My oldest daughter Bianca, her fiance Al and their son (our first grandson) Ethan.
My oldest son Beau, and his fiance Jessie (what a lovely couple).
My next son Adriel (smart, good looking and intelligent).
My youngest son Anthony (smart, good looking and friggin funny).
And last but not least Dee Dee the Jack Russell (looks like a white wombat).
And Lunatic the psycho Cockatiel (I mean, that bird is friggin nuts).

Thursday, March 29, 2007

March, what a month.


* March has seen us being blessed by having our daughter Bianca, and Alan, and of course Ethan, moving back down to Victoria.

Leo the Burmese cat has also moved in with us, temporarily.

Have a look at his georgeous photos.

* Ethan is growing up, literally before our eyes.

@ 11 weeks, we have seen him grow a total of 18 cms in

length, and packing on a kilo or 2.

Pehaps there will be some more photos coming up soon, but have a look @ his cute "Winter collection" photo, you can tell that his mum has just come down from QLD.

The last few weeks of March is seeing Beau (our oldest son) move into his own home.

* Beau and Jessie will be getting married within the next few weeks,
so this is going to be really exciting for our fam. (photos coming soon)

April Fool's day is seeing us participate in Beau's bucks turn. Something about Laser shootem up and Striker bowling. Thanks to Jessie's brother Jacob, who happens to be the Best man.

Friday, March 16, 2007

My Computer

My Compaq Presario was playing up.
The USB ports rolled over and gave up the ghost.
After many calls to HP, (knowing that it was a Hardware issue) I finally convinced them that someone needed to physically look at the laptop.
On Friday, 2nd February, I was told that there is a company called NCSS in Victoria, that will be able to fix my computer for me.

Beauty, I will personally drop it off so that it will be fixed pronto.

The charming lady at NCSS told the people before me and then myself, that it will take 5-10 working days to repair.

Good, I am going interstate the next day for a week, then a week at home without the computer, and then I will be back into the swing of things.

Today is day number 29 working days since I dropped off my computer and still no phone call from NCSS to say that it is ready.

I've had to review what I had previously posted here, so I've have to be careful.

So be aware, avoid both of these companies, they will let you down, unless you want to be dissappointed.

Monday, January 29, 2007

Weekend in Echuca (Garden of Eden)

Beau and Jessie are getting married near to our 25th anniversary, so Jan and I celebrated our anniversary earlier.
We spent a lovely weekend at Echuca in Victoria, along the Murray River.
I think the highlight, apart from the re-assurance of the "Love Bond" between us was the trip up the Murray aboard the Paddle Steamer Pevensey.
We alighted at a private jetty at Morrisons Restaurant and Winery, if you cannot get there, then you must visit their website.
www.morrisons.net.au
The surrounds of the restaurant was absolutely beautiful.
The food was incredible, and the staff were marvelous.
I cannot rave enough about it... which reminds me, a good book to read "Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service"
Over the weekend we did a lot of walking, talking and of course, eating...

Echuca is certainly a well deserved place to spend a holiday, or a long weekend and we are looking forward to going back there, perhaps next time we will hire a houseboat.

Our hosts,Peter and Judy who are new to the Motel, were absolutely fantastic. They would stop at any time of the day, just to have a chat with you. Nothing was to much trouble for them.
www.paddlewheelmotel.com.au

The Birth of Ethan


Early January, our lovely daughter gave birth to our first grand child.
His name is Ethan and he weighed in @ 8lbs 2oz so whatever that is in metric, I don't know.

Ethan came into the world with a bit of a struggle, the cord was wrapped around him, but he is a strong young fella and he conquered the difficulties he faced with big bravado.
He spent the next day and half in the humicrib, which was a bit sad for Bianca and Al.
Bianca had to wait a couple of days before she could hold him and cuddle him, but all is O.K. now.

Congratulations to Bianca and Al, the proud parents of Ethan.
We love them all so dearly, including Leopold their burmese cat.