new year snow

Just had about the most snow I have seen here for about fifteen years. I put a great deal of effort into making a snowman to mark the occaisson. Had a good new year. Heard one of the best lines I have heard in ages from a woman standing behind me at the bar. It was something like 'You didn't bring your wife lat time we met.' Although the best thing was the way she said it. In recent days I have also found out that our electrical wiring in our house was seriously dangerous and that anyone having a shower could have been electricuted at anytime, and the house was a whisker away from being burnt to the ground.

Christmas 2009

This is the picture that most sums up my Christmas day I think which consisted of around four hours of relatives doing Abba singstar. It was also notable for me being traumatised after my Grandpa turned up wearing a blonde wig and make up. The run up to Christmas included the dreaded family newsletter from my Aunty Marilyn which is always a highlight. Me passing the wreckage of cars and demolished walls on my way out of Torquay. And I also got stopped by the police at one point. They made me press my windscreen washing thing. which by some fluke I had only learnt to use a couple of weeks before, despite having been driving my car for at least a year and a half. My brother as usual had all the best presents. My Dad got him (i think as a joke) a dvd and booklet on Tai Chi. The look of disgust on my brothers face was amazing. And he also got a book of photos of Irish fields. Boring Irish fields.