Seems hard to believe it’s been 6 days since I wrote in here! It’s been 6 quite hard days as well, all in all. Since the daughter left for the UK we’ve been trying to get ourselves reorganised into some sort of ‘normality’. The chaotic state of the house wasn’t all her fault by any … More Nearly another week gone!
Our connection has returned to normal. Speeds is now rated at: Your line speed is 3.79 Mbps (3787 kbps). Your download speed is 473 KB/s (0.46 MB/s). I am again as one with the universe. 🙂
We were *very* pleased to learn that our local Girl Guide Leader (Christine Karger) had been made one of our local ‘Citizens of the Year’ at a ceremony last week. Unfortunately we weren’t able to attend… mostly because we didn’t know the event was on… but must agree that Christine is a *very* worthy recipient … More Christine Karger: Citizen of the Year!
Got word from the daughter to say she and family got home safely… though I think to say that might mean a reassessment of the meaning of the word ‘safe’. From reading between the lines… no detail of course… it wasn’t the best journey ever. She reported that the flight had a two hour delay … More Homeward bound (3)
Well I’m assuming the daughter and family got home ok but I can’t be sure. As far as I know, their flight arrived in London 12 hours ago so you’d think they’d be back and settled in… but who knows what might have happened en route? I suppose it’s a bit much to ask that … More No word yet!
Discovered last night that the entire months bandwidth was used up a week early and we’ve been shaped’, i.e. our access speed has been dropped from 3Mbps+ to 64Kbps. The reason is obviously that the allowance has been used. What’s really annoying is that it isn’t *me* who’s used it! I’m not even sure it’s … More Bandwidth Busted.
Well… they’re off and by now most of the way home. Leaving was… uneventful… well it was if you ignore the noisy squabbling brought on by the stress of finally uprooting and leaving. Did they enjoy themselves? Hard to say. I wouldn’t say anyone except the youngest grandson was particularly effusive in their desire to … More Homeward Bound (2)
The wife suggested it might be a nice idea to upload a few small images of the family – always happy to oblige so here they are! 🙂 (Why the dots next to the pictures?To be honest, right now I can’t stop the ‘word wrap’ working so if I *don’t* do it, the caption for … More Pictures? Sure.
Nothing to do with fencing… don’t be silly! I was just looking at the blog from the ‘other side’ and realised how long some of the last few posts have been. I suppose that’s partly to do with having a lot of ground to cover… but maybe more to do with my not having been … More Long posts!
Moving away from the sadness of the last post, we come back to my ongoing struggle with reality. Almost literally moving from the sublime to the the ridiculous. We discovered in short order just how much of a problem the collapse of the car was to be. To begin with, our Chrysler Voyager is a … More Homeward bound (1).
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