December 7th, 2006 at 7:28 am » Comments (2)

And I've been very bad at posting recently. Apologies to anyone still reading this ;-) Irina has just returned from Moscow, Karra is fine and still biting us randomly. Mum had her ...more »

November 17th, 2006 at 12:19 am » Comments (0)

for the vast majority of my occasional readers. It is mainly here so I don't need to go digging the paperwork out each time I need to check flight info. These are ...more »

November 10th, 2006 at 12:49 pm » Comments (0)

I woke up this morning, looked out the window, and it was snowing :) There were a few flakes a couple of weeks ago, but this was proper fluffy snow. Dad is ...more »

November 9th, 2006 at 3:07 pm » Comments (0)

Got a new motherboard for Losha's PC, installed it (whoever designed his PC case needs to be taken outside and slapped silly though), it is working fine, just finishing a ...more »

October 19th, 2006 at 1:28 am » Comments (0)

Helloooooooooooooooooooooo Alex. Really glad to hear from you again. Don't feel bad about the delay in comms - most UK friends haven't contacted us in ages, some since we left ...more »

October 10th, 2006 at 11:54 pm » Comments (0)

I was catching up with some of the last 6 months of UK TV today, and came across these gems... OK first one is Billie Piper, in Dr Who, with a ...more »

September 19th, 2006 at 12:33 am » Comments (0)

and the weather over here has been rapidly degrading to UK standards, in readiness for his appearance. more »

September 16th, 2006 at 5:22 pm » Comments (0)

OK, the original plan was to convert my contract, pay-monthly account to a simple Pay As You Go account. After a lot of calls from Mum, and a few expensive ...more »

August 17th, 2006 at 2:36 pm » Comments (0)

Mum & John left early this morning, heading to Heathrow, via Istanbul. It was brilliant to see them again, and a little sad when they left, but Ira & me hope ...more »

July 20th, 2006 at 11:29 pm » Comments (2)

Bureaucracy - if you are on holiday, rather than emigrating, coming into and out of the country is the most likely area you'll encounter the most problems. To be fair, ...more »