A bit of this and a bit of that

Yeah, it’s Friday and the start of a long weekend. Yes, it’s a Bank Holiday on Monday which means we have a 3 day weekend. The problem is that weekends aren’t a time of rest or recreation for us any more; if anything there’s more work with running around with the kids, keeping everyone entertained [...]

photo credit: Penelope Else Well, only a few days left and we’re off to Malta for Christmas. We’re off to see some family and we’re taking the babies down to be christened. It’s going to be great because no one has really seen much of them yet. Both our sets of parents haven’t seen the [...]

Image via Wikipedia We’re spending Easter in the UK with Camille’s family. Her twin brothers are coming up and she’s particularly excited about it. I’m not sure if we’ll have time to take Arthur to Thorpe Park (which is not far from where we’re going to be), but I’m sure we’ll have lots of things [...]

I’ve just noticed that my specs have started to develop a greenish tint which seems to be where sweat collects. It comes off easily, but it looks like the coating on the frame has worn away at that location, so it’s time to get some new glasses. It’s been more than a year since I [...]

This year we’re staying home and Camille‘s family is visiting us. Last year we went to Malta, but Christmas is so much nicer here in the British Isles. It feels more like Christmas when it’s all frosty outside, when you have a real tree in your living room, when everyone has their fingers crossed that [...]

Booking out trip to Edinburgh has put me in the frame of mine to think about our big trip next year. It’s out 10th wedding anniversary, so really time to lay on a really big trip. We’re thinking about a cruise with maybe a stop over at Disney world, but still not 100% on that. [...]