Blog Problems.

I seem to be having problems with my blog, at least on my computer. I don't know if the problem extends beyond there.

The top portion of the posts are not appearing unless you scroll down and then back to the top. If anyone else is experiencing the same problem with my blog on your own computer, please let me know.

This problem started showing up on my postings since December 18, 2007

New Year Just Around the Corner

Christmas has passed with all the usual fanfare and things are starting to return to normal.

Family started arriving on Christmas eve and the last few stragglers left on the day after Boxing Day. Between thirteen adults, one baby and two dogs there was hardly a stick of food or consumable beverage that was not in fear of extinction. So much so that we had to buy another turkey on Boxing Day so that there would be enough leftovers for those coveted cold turkey sandwiches.

On Christmas morning, after the opening of gifts, we had our traditional breakfast of Eggs Benedict, square sauage, black pudding and Momosa's. The turkey was in the oven and I was able to catch forty winks on the sofa down stairs before the next group arrived for Christmas dinner and another round of gift opening. Still, with all that is enjoyable and good about Christmas, this sums up my final feelings.

Not really, but I have to keep the image alive.

New Year is approaching and there are no real plans in the offing. We are babysitting Sienna on New Years eve so the kids can party. We have a small, immediate family only, dinner planned for New Year's day. I get to cook the other turkey and hopefully by holding down the numbers, there will be leftovers for sandwiches.

To all our friends, best wishes for a happy, prosperous and healthy 2008

Today I feel like a new ME!

The models that I have been labouring on for what seems like an eternity are DONE, DONE, DONE. At 4:00pm this afternoon they were safely in the hands of UPS and on their way to Ooltewah, Tennessee.

I think this will definitely be one of the last multiple models I build for someone else. Even though the money is good and I enjoy building the first one, additional copies become pure drudgery.

So now I am free to pursue whatever....my own modelling, working on the Banana, and just plain 'no pressure' relaxation. I have a lot of projects that have been sitting on the backburner that I can't wait to get at.

Christmas is just around the corner and with it comes the usual drama of shopping, co-ordinating with all the other shoppers in the family and preparing the festive menu. This year will be extraordinary in that there will be two new additions for Christmas, our granddaughter Sienna and Ian's significant other, Eileen. Both will add immeasurably to the family fun and festivities.

Sarah, Jay and Sienna along with Ian and Eileen and my sister Claire and better half John will be joining us Christmas eve to burn some sort of sacrificial beast on the BBQ and quaff litres of Christmas beverages, spiked egg nog and the like. After opening all of Santa's parcels Christmas morning, we will settle in to a brunch of eggs benedict, square sausage and blood pudding, not too mention the ever favorite....Mimosa's (orange juice and champagne). The best way I know of to get your vitamin 'C'.

So to one and all, a very Merry Christmas.