We had a lie-in! Ann especially was still tired from last night. Must have been the champagne! We exchanged a few of our presents – the rest are at home for when we get back. From Ann Round cufflinks Cufflinks and tie set Coloured handkerchief set To Ann Sony MP3 player ‘Simply Brazil’ CD set …
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Holiday – Day 2 (Christmas Eve)
I think we’re going to have a lazy day today! We had a relaxed breakfast and then decided to have a wander round the town. We stopped of for a coffee and beer in a local coffee house and then headed for the shops! We suddenly realised how UNcommercial Buenos Aires is about Christmas – …
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Holiday – Day 1 – Landing at San Paulo
Hhhhmmm, not a bad night’s sleep on the plane, but my efforts to get extra blankets for each of us was a major challenge. Shame on you BA for your shoddy customer service!!!! Food was good though! We landed at Sao Paulo to let many of the passengers off. This gave us an opportunity to …
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Holiday – Day 0 – Heathrow Terminal 4
We left home around 3pm heading for Ralph and Karen’s. We arrived around 4.30ish. A glass of champagne later and we were ready to load the taxi with all our stuff. Kevin was our driver (an ex-copper, who had plenty of tales to tell of his time in the Service!) We had a good journey …
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Christmas Family Lunch
Phew! Thanks to Rosie and David’s help, we managed to clear-up from last night in record time! We have Ann’s family coming from Christmas lunch today – roast turkey with all the trimmings. We all had a great time, as we don’t get together that often… Bev and Jabe helped in the sink with the …
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Getting in the mood for Christmas
We took a drive up to Leicester this evening to see David and his choir (The Cecilian Singers) in concert. We went last year for the first time and as then, it really got us in the mood for Christmas. The choir was great but the guest artiste – Roger Beaujolais a ‘jazz vibraphone’ player …
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A Lazy Sunday
I didn’t get up until 8! Ann was up at 8.30. Closely followed by Nick and Celina. I guess we all drank too much and ate too much last night!!! Excellent! A full-English breakfast all round and then a slooow read of the Sunday papers. N and C left around 11ish. I then spent an …
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Wrapping good time!
Got up at 6 to set about clearing up the kitchen after last night’s ‘do’. As it tunred out, it wasn’t quite such a disaster area as we both thought and everything was cleared up in just over an hour. Caught up with a few Sky+ recordings and then spent a couple of hours wrapping …
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Leeds – Christmas Shopping
We drove to Peterborough and took the 8am train to Leeds. The journey passed quickly and we arrived at 9.30. Ann managed to get most of the outstanding presents and Nicki did well too. I managed to get a new ‘penguin suit’ in M and S for the cruise. We ate in a little sandwich …
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Christmas Cards…
Well, there we are then. it’s 11.10 and we’ve finished 99.9% of the cards. Just a few odds and ends to sort out with changes of address etc. We spent the rest of the day in the garden, getting it ready for Winter. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my …
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A productive day!
Ann spent most of the day cooking whilst I continued writing the Christmas cards. Lots of great food for the coming week plus, between us, we’ve written about 250 cards so that only leaves around 50 to do! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – …
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Christmas and Chips!
Strange title huh? I’m slightly embarassed to say that we started on the Christmas cards today simply because of my workload closer to Christmas and that we’re away on holiday during the time when we normally write them. The upgrade chips arrived for my NoteBook. Not sure whether it’s much faster and the Vista ‘score’ …
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Torchwood
Watched the last two episodes of Torchwood on Sky+ today (Episode 12: ‘Captain Jack Harkness’ and Episode 13: ‘End of Days’). What a fantastic series this has been. I only recall a few naff episodes in this first series. I can’t wait for series 2!!! We took the Christmas tree down tonight. Steve PalmerI got …
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Christmas Day
Merry Christmas! We heard yesterday that Mae wouldn’t be joining us as she’s come down with a bug. 8.03 this morning, Denis rang to say Bev wouldn’t be joining us as she had come down with a bug too! We had a great lunch and then caught up with stuff we had recored on Sky+, …
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Jo and Janet
We had a bit of a lazy day today. Jo and Janet popped in this morning to exchange Christmas pressys! – Nice! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together …
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Lee and Humberto for Christmas
Lee and Humberto arrived this afternoon and are staying with us until the 27th. Picked Ann up after her gruelling three days at Kettering JS! Got a refund on my varifocal glasses – I just can’t get on with them. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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Mum for Christmas
Picked Mum up for Christmas today – She had a fall yesterday near her flat yesterday, leaving her with a cut on her nose and a slight black-(left)eye. Left home at 4am and had a good journey down (just over two hours) but the travelling conditions were very bad. Rain and fog. Yukk! We had …
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Cholesterol Result 2006
Well, that’s good news. I received the results of my blood test from last week today. My cholesterol result is ‘4.2’ – which is on the ‘right side’ of 5! Looks like the tablets are helping! Met up with John M, one of my clients for our annual Christmas lunch/get-together. We went to ‘Moot Hall’ …
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Christmas Tree
We put the Christmas tree up today! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to …
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Meal with Jane and Mick
We went to the Montagu Arms tonight with Jane and Mick for our annual Christmas ‘meet-up’. We had a great meal and it was good to catch up with all of their news. Jane has gone ‘straight’ with her hair – it really suits her. By a strange coincidence, our neighbours Val and David (who …
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Wrapping Christmas presents (2)
Found some time today to wrap up Ann’s pressies as well as most of our Anniversary pressies too! I also got the Christmas pre-franked ready for the trek to the Post Office later this month. Busy Busy! 🙂 Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – …
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Wrapping Christmas presents
We spent a large part of the day wrapping the Christmas presents. A few tree presents still to do, but I think we’ve cracked it! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all …
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Late Christmas Lunch
Met up with Ian and Mags in Stratford upon Avon for our belated Christmas lunch at Vintner’s. We had all been so busy, it had been impossible to sort out an earlier date! Excellent food and service!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well …
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Roger’s new house
Visited Roger, Jane and Oliver in their new home. Lovely place, but plenty of work to do in it to get it how they’d like it. Dropped off Oliver’s Christmas pressy (a fire engine!) too and dropped Mum home. A long journey back due to the weather and volume of traffic… Steve PalmerI got into …
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Christmas Blog 2005
From AnnZip up cardigan (blue)Brown short top-coatBook – Whose Who’sBook – The Uxbridge English DictionaryBook – Ducks in a RowBook – Mother TongueBook – Talk to the HandElectronic Weather Station From MumLoads of gift vouchersFrom Roger, Jane and OliverBook – Underground London DVD – Kung Fu Hustle From Lee and HumbertoNothing this year, as they …
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Mum for Christmas Blog
Picked up Mum for Christmas. it gave me chance to test out the Road Angel over a long journey – excellent! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with …
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Speedy Blog
Welcome to Northamptonshire! The natural habitat of ‘camerus speedius’. More speed cameras in this county than anywhere else I think !!! In amongst the Christmas Cards was a surprise pressy from Northamptonshire Police reminding me that I was caught by a mobile speed camera on Tuesday, 13th doing 41 in a 30mph zone. Bugger!! Actually, …
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Christmas N.O.S.E.B.A.G
Off to ‘Ichiban’, the local chinese restaurant for the Christmas N.O.S.E.B.A.G event. Paul, Karen, Rosi, David, Stefan, Debbie, Jo, Janet and us to were there Super meal! The place has only been open about 10 months – it’s got about 50 seats and the staff and food are both excellent! The chef won ‘Oriental Chef …
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Christmas Shopping 2005
Off to London today to get the last of the Christmas pressies and to buy our joint Anniversary gifts! Crappy train journey took nearly half-an-hour longer due to engineering work. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of …
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Christmas Blog 2004
Wow! Excellent pressies… From AnnBook – Lost for Words – John HumphriesBook – The Cracking CodeBook – Simon SinghBook – The Making of Memory – Steven RoseA natty set of platinum cufflinksA Ninette Brush for the intended new car!A nice shirtTwo nice topsFrom MumA set of military paperbacks From Roger and JaneA document holderA rather …
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