DanD here.DanC poss. coming later,Walton&Assel earlier in week.Which leaves John,Dave(when he’s in town),DrK&Stuart http://twitpic.com/5ojx4
May 20 2009
Happy Birthday Seb
Guess what this post is about? 🙂
Now although Irina and I had a reminder on our phones that the 19th May was his (27th??) birthday, we also had one set for today, and as last year we congratulated him on the 20th, I’m going to assume that is the correct date…
Hope you’re having a great time back in Britain, was great to see you, really glad you saw Anna, and remind me I owe you a birthday drink or two when we get back again (~Christmas hopefully).
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May 17 2009
mmmmmm – Fried Kalbasa And Egg…
mmmmmm – fried kalbasa and eggs. missing family&friends in uk, enjoying breakfast. Walton&Assel visiting later. http://twitpic.com/5clq9
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May 17 2009
Old Friends Pop Round
A couple of days after we arrived, Walton and Assel came to visit us at the in-laws (where we lived until our flat could be sorted out properly in terms of re-decoration, hot water etc.) It was great to see them both after one day shy of six months (17th May).
So, we have a shot of Anna on the floor in some dungarees, Anna with Asel (I’ll hedge my bets and spell it with one S this time) and then Walton, and finally a quick picture taken with her Great Grandmother (I think the Russian is something like old-grandmother!)
Anna Dungarees
Assel and Anna at the In-Laws
Walton and Anna at the In-Laws
Anna and Ira's Babushka in the In-Law's Kitchen
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May 07 2009
or spell? :) RT @smelliemelly:…
or spell? 🙂 RT @smelliemelly: “bleccch. How old am I, and I still don’t know to eat before i drink…”
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May 06 2009
Dr Who When?
A friend of mine (who obviously has no moral qualms regarding, and lives in a country with different laws relating to, copyright issues) is apparently a mere 25 minutes away from completing a download that has taken some five months to complete. All the surviving episodes of Dr Who (the early series , pre-2005 (1963-1989)) are currently taking up a large part of one of his hard drives! I look forward to seeing some of the early black and white episodes for the first time, and rewatching Sylvester McCoy and his asst. Ace once more 🙂
May 06 2009
Catch Up Post
There haven’t been a lot of ‘real’ blog posts recently, with tweets from my phone being the normal method of updates. So, just to sync everyone at the same time, we went to see Dad on Saturday, over in Evesham. Luckily the car didn’t need any major work done to it (it was making a noise like an Austin Metro engine when you turned the steering wheel), just a top up of the power assist steering fluid. This meant I was happy driving on the motorway with Anna and Ira, without worrying about breaking down or exploding 🙂
It was great seeing Dad, Aunty Chris & Bob again, and to catch up with what has been going on. I hope to see Dad and my brother Nick (and maybe Roz?) before we leave for Kazakhstan on the 14th. From there, we moved onto Cheltenham on Sunday, to see some friends who had not yet met Anna. Irina managed to find a great deal on a room at the Queens hotel in Chelt, which I’d never been in before, let alone had a room. TBH, the rooms, staff and decor were all fine, but I think the reputation of the place had led us to think it would be a lot better. Ira #2’s boyfriend (Andy) instantly became a demi-god when he took a quick glance at our pushchair, diagnosed and then fixed the fault within a couple of minutes – the brake had been semi-engaged since the day it arrived, which meant pushing it and Anna uphill was un-necessarily arduous. Unfortunately, whilst returning from town the brake had fully engaged, so we had to half carry the thing up the Promenade. Silver linings in a cloud and all that though, as if it hadn’t finally engaged like that, we’d not have mentioned it to Andy & therefore struggled over in Kazakhstan pushing it along stony tracks etc.
So what plans today? Sort out a couple of things for John’s upcoming 60th birthday, help look after Anna, generally not get in the way of Irina who is packing boxes to send ahead of us for Astana & try and check out the rest of the demos I downloaded over the weekend for the XBox 360.
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May 01 2009
Assel’s Birthday
Today is a happy day for Assel (Walton’s wife). Hopefully we will meet soon, and celebrate this day properly. Hoping you have a relaxing and stress free day 🙂
Apr 22 2009
Gwen had her haircut. Looking …
Gwen had her haircut. Looking much smarter and cooler for it. AlexC, Mat & seb all arived fine. http://twitpic.com/3rggp http://is.gd/tQFc
Gwen Haircut Short Ears
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Apr 21 2009
Seb prepares to dangle http://…
Seb prepares to dangle http://twitpic.com/3pk8o
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