Took the daughters up to Guides on Friday an got ‘accosted’ at the door by the district leader. She was asking if anyone wanted to volunteer to run a BBQ at the local hardware store to help raise funds for the girls to go to Jamboree next year. Automatically… with no thought about time constraints, … More So this is how it happens?

We got all set up and organised to meet and greet the UK daughter and family on Tuesday morning at 11:30 a.m. or so. Nice to be organised for a change. Then we met up on MS-Messenger… and she let me know that she might have got the date and time a bit wrong. In … More I think it runs in the family!!

Well ok it hasn’t happened yet… but I’m sure something will crop up. It usually does. I took ‘three days off’ from the gym to clean the house in advance of the daughter arriving from the UK. The first day saw me having a blood test and shopping. Yesterday saw me sitting in a garage … More And todays disaster is… ?

We finally got the results of the ‘educational tests’ the eldest daughter took in school in September. These are the ‘guides’ the school uses to sort the students into ‘streams’ and classes. The four areas they tested were ‘Maths’, ‘Reading’, Spelling’, and ‘Written Expression’. In ‘Maths’ and  ‘Written Expression’ she rated above ‘Average’. In ‘Reading’ … More Who's a clever girl then?

Been moving along slowly. The car is cleaner than it was… but now I have a big box of rubbish to work through sorting out what to keep and what to sling out. Started in the study… which is to be turned into a bedroom for my two kids pro tem. Also made a start … More Slow progress.

The hordes will be descending upon us soon. The first contingent of the UK mob will be arriving on the 27th so the coming weekend will be the last chance to make some sort of impression on the mess. Of course we have no *time* free over the weekend to do anything… so lord knows … More Not long to go!

The wife’s niece has now confirmed she and *her* husband will be arriving mid-December to stay with us as well. This will be an interesting Xmas. No idea how long they’ll be with us yet… but like I said most people seem to want to stay so it could be weeks or months. 🙂 This … More And… there's more!

In ten days the eldest, eldest daughter will be arriving with the family for and 8 week stay. The house is in turmoil as you’d imagine and we’re trying to cope with the existing chaos by adding to it as we move furniture etc around. We’re all really looking forward to her coming. We’ve not … More Just 10 days… and counting!

Yet again chaos loomed over The Dog’s household today when at 1:15 p.m. he took a call from the eldest daughter informing him that she’d like him to come to her school to watch her perform in a lunchtime concert. She was playing her flute solo, and in the Junior Flute Ensemble. Seems like a … More Who'd have kids.

Or is that “Hi School?”. We went up to the daughters school last night for an introduction to their ‘revolutionary honours program’. To me it sounded like a version of the usual class ‘streaming’ but with an added layer so there are 4 instead of 3. We can’t tell yet if the eldest will get … More High School!