Happy Xmas To One And All

My apologies for not writing anything recently but life has just been a bit too hectic, so here is a brief overview of what we've been doing.

First of all visitors, in late October early November we have had Maureen and John over. A nice time was had by all I think, even if we were suffering from a lack of money due to not being paid for leaving previous employment. Luckily here at Freddie I am paid bi-monthly, so slowly but surely we are getting back on our feet. Anyway Maureen and John had a hectic week and crammed an incredible amount into it and apparently John was really depressed when he got home. Mind being into politics he so enjoyed the political interaction in the neighbourhood which culminated in watching the election night over at Mike and Megans with myself, Mike and another friend Jim. Two democrats and two low tax guys, i.e. Republicans, made for a healthy debate which Mike, Jim and myself have indulged in before in a bar or six. Again we had a nice debate, security and low taxes vs .... well I dunno really, what did they stand up for, even now America is still puzzled but it didn't stop nearly half of them voting for him, so it just goes to show they're as bad over here as we are with Labour and Tory. "My Dad voted Labour so I do too" which you often hear from a staunch low taxes, no immigrants type of guy in the pub.

So getting off my hobbyhorse, in the middle of November we had Shirley and Geoff over, so all in all November gets up with our favourite months. Again we crammed a lot in, Blue Ridge Mountains, Annapolis, Georgetown and Baltimore to name but a few. They did a a bit of Xmas shopping as well, as did Yvonne, so lets hope you lucky ones enjoy the results.

The boys? Well Luke is still struggling a bit with school, twice as hard as Fred Gough but he enjoys it still and doesn't give up. All the teachers seem to like him and this comes over in a review we had where it was discussed about his dyslexia. Help is forthcoming but oh the wheels are slow. Josh is doing fine, catching up with his reading ability is about all he needs to worry about. Football finished disappointingly for them in the outdoor stuff, but it took them most of the season to gel as a team. Indoor has been fantastic and Josh has thoroughly enjoyed that and is showing a very promising passing game is starting to develop.

Us, well now I'm at Freddie we are starting to reap the benefits with new glasses for me and contacts for Yvonne. We can now see the road signs before we get to them!!! The boys are going to the orthodontist although we do have to contribute to that. Life will get slightly easier over the next couple of weeks as my team finally wrap up testing, plus we are changing how we do it next year which will give me more technical input and less organisation, my weakest skill as I'm sure you all know.

So have a Happy Xmas and a Very Merry New Year and don't forget, if you over indulge with the booze, then a sausage and fried egg sandwich with plenty of Daddies Sauce will perk you up next morning! Oh and drink a load of water before you go to bed and a bottle of Irn Bru when you get up!