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Had a small but distinguished gathering for a New Year's party. Fun was had by all. Thankfully, we managed to get our heading fixed in time for it.
Caught a cold and was housebound for a few days causing me to...
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madangie's birthday. Got her a Foot Spa, but no cake. Bad me. Things picked up a bit, as we had a nice Chinese for dinner. I think the local chinese nearly know to get our order ready when we walk in the door by now...
The stormy weather came and blew over our patio heater. It's rather badly bent, but I'm hoping it can be beaten back into some semblance of its former self. It's now in the shed where it should have been.
Went snowboarding with Stef,jamesb, reverendjim and a bunch of other lovely people. The trip over was a bit of a nightmare, despite having managed to arrange direct flights from Dublin. Four hours in a bus with a 4-year old and no legroom is never a good thing. The portable DVD helped a little.
Jack was a little under the weather the first day, and didn't make his ski lesson. The second day he got to the class, but some of them had started on Sunday, while we were travelling, which I though was a little unfair. He seemed to have a great time on the lesson, but in the afternoon he was unwell, so I took him to the doctor. He didn't make the rest of his lessons, and we were very grateful for the protable DVD and Lego to keep him amused.
The snowboarding was fantastic, even though it didn't snow while we were there, and the off-piste wasn't as good as we might have hoped. Val D'esire is a fantastic resort, and we boarded over to Tignes too. Pulled something in my knee on the last day, but still managed to make it down a black slope afterwards (for those not familiar with the lingo, slopes are classed from green to black, with black being the steepest and most difficult).
We've all been a bit under the weather since getting back. I've had sneezes and sniffles, and my nose has got all raw, but Rescue Remedy Cream seems to be helping.
jamesb came over last weekend and we had lots of fun with Lego trains. Set up a big track layout, and Jack sat in the middle changing points at the critical moment to cause a big crash. Thousands dead and wounded.
Work is quite busy, but the current phase of the project winding down a little and gearing up for the next.
I've been busy writing a short story on the Psion. I've been trying to get 500 words written on the train journeys each day, which is easier some days than others. I decided I needed to add a character yesterday, so I've been going back and reworking it to fit her in, and she definitely seems to make the story flow better, and even with reworking I'm getting my 500 words written, though I know there is plenty of superflous stuff that will have to be cut at the editing stage.
Angie booked a mystery mid-week break away in February. It's a surprise, but she thought it best to tell me the dates so I could book time off work. I have no idea where we're going, though. Isn't she wonderful.
I also have a training course in the London area in mid-February. I'm not sure where I'll be yet, but hopefully I'll be able to meet up with some of the London crowd.
Well, that's it so far. Hopefully we'll see semi-regular updates from here on.
Had a small but distinguished gathering for a New Year's party. Fun was had by all. Thankfully, we managed to get our heading fixed in time for it.
Caught a cold and was housebound for a few days causing me to...
Messed up on
madangie's birthday. Got her a Foot Spa, but no cake. Bad me. Things picked up a bit, as we had a nice Chinese for dinner. I think the local chinese nearly know to get our order ready when we walk in the door by now...The stormy weather came and blew over our patio heater. It's rather badly bent, but I'm hoping it can be beaten back into some semblance of its former self. It's now in the shed where it should have been.
Went snowboarding with Stef,
jamesb, reverendjim and a bunch of other lovely people. The trip over was a bit of a nightmare, despite having managed to arrange direct flights from Dublin. Four hours in a bus with a 4-year old and no legroom is never a good thing. The portable DVD helped a little.Jack was a little under the weather the first day, and didn't make his ski lesson. The second day he got to the class, but some of them had started on Sunday, while we were travelling, which I though was a little unfair. He seemed to have a great time on the lesson, but in the afternoon he was unwell, so I took him to the doctor. He didn't make the rest of his lessons, and we were very grateful for the protable DVD and Lego to keep him amused.
The snowboarding was fantastic, even though it didn't snow while we were there, and the off-piste wasn't as good as we might have hoped. Val D'esire is a fantastic resort, and we boarded over to Tignes too. Pulled something in my knee on the last day, but still managed to make it down a black slope afterwards (for those not familiar with the lingo, slopes are classed from green to black, with black being the steepest and most difficult).
We've all been a bit under the weather since getting back. I've had sneezes and sniffles, and my nose has got all raw, but Rescue Remedy Cream seems to be helping.
jamesb came over last weekend and we had lots of fun with Lego trains. Set up a big track layout, and Jack sat in the middle changing points at the critical moment to cause a big crash. Thousands dead and wounded.Work is quite busy, but the current phase of the project winding down a little and gearing up for the next.
I've been busy writing a short story on the Psion. I've been trying to get 500 words written on the train journeys each day, which is easier some days than others. I decided I needed to add a character yesterday, so I've been going back and reworking it to fit her in, and she definitely seems to make the story flow better, and even with reworking I'm getting my 500 words written, though I know there is plenty of superflous stuff that will have to be cut at the editing stage.
Angie booked a mystery mid-week break away in February. It's a surprise, but she thought it best to tell me the dates so I could book time off work. I have no idea where we're going, though. Isn't she wonderful.
I also have a training course in the London area in mid-February. I'm not sure where I'll be yet, but hopefully I'll be able to meet up with some of the London crowd.
Well, that's it so far. Hopefully we'll see semi-regular updates from here on.
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Date: 2005-01-26 05:35 am (UTC)Well give me a shout when you come over. You know you are always welcome. I might even have a real bed to offer you. But I assume work is paying for a hotel :-)
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Date: 2005-01-26 08:34 am (UTC)Hopefully we'll get to see you this time. The email-addy in me profile should be working. We're off on a mystery trip too (to celebrate the end of E's thesis) but that'll be late feb, so with any luck we'll all be around same time-ish.