I told SWMBO that you would have to be soft in the head to go away in Australia between Christmas and New Year because it is the peak of the peak season. So we went away on Boxing Day to a little retreat some three hours north of Sydney. Can you guess what we did …
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you one and all. Here’s hoping that your day is as festive as you could possibly want and that your present pile doesn’t contain too many socks. For the first time in many years mine today contained absolutely none, although I did receive a couple of ties and some cuff links from …
Recently
Things that I have done recently, in no particular order; Pre-ordered the new Marillion album Acquired a Blackberry Introduced JFGP to the concept of months Started using my new laptop almost exclusively at work Bought some Christmas presents for my immediate family Addressed and sent Christmas cards to the UK – if yours hasn’t turned …
Tis the Season
The decorations have been up in the shops for weeks and the temperature is rising day by day but it hasn’t really much felt like Christmas. Until today, when I cooked up a batch of my homemade mincemeat. All I need to do now is persuade SWMBO to whip up some pastry and we will …
What Bandwagon?
There have been a couple of good games of rugger recently. JFGP and MIGO decided that they need to show their true colours. Altogether now – “Swing low, sweet chariot”
Swing Low
To all of my Australian readers I would like to say this; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Updated Schedule
Due to a few conflicts I’ve updated the schedule for our upcoming trip. You can find the details on the
Fences and other creatures
We’ve had some visitors to Sydney recently. Whilst I’m sure they had a lovely time it is nice to see the back of them, and their fence. I just wonder if the extraordinary police powers are going to disappear quite so quickly. In other news, I’ve lost my job. Fear not, gentle reader, for that …
Nicknames
It’s taken over two years but finally we have a nickname for the youngest member of the team. Unlike JFGP and his Mum this one took a little bit of bedding down. May I introduce you to MIGO Todd. This one isn’t an acronym so if you hover your cursor over the word there is …
5 Long Years
It was five years ago today that I plighted my troth to my beloved. Its been a blast. Here’s to many more honey. The good news is that this year we are dining at Chez Maurice et Linda and there won’t be a pureed pumpkin in sight.