Thursday, December 30, 2010
NYE 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The Barbecue Chef
The French Wine Tasting in Oz
Monday, December 27, 2010
Christmas Day - Plus 2
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Christmas Day Take 1 - The Tamworth Connection
Thursday, December 23, 2010
T'was The Day Before Christmas
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
White Ceramics

Monday, December 20, 2010
Hero For A Day
Saturday, December 18, 2010
To Do or Not to Do?
Some people cook, some people clean, some people shop to be ready for Christmas. Well, I plan to do all three. The
morning coffee was taken on the terrace where plans were set afoot for the day. Decisions, decisions, decisions. Brisk walk by the river in town where it is hoped that we can pick up some croissants at the Vietnamese bakery, for breakfast on Christmas morning. I have to have some bribes after I wake the family. A short debate re freshness and all that before deciding that supermarkets kept croissants in their freezer section so we could too. Next item on the agenda - to pick a Christmas gift for each other. Too difficult to know what since we usually buy what we need throughout the year. First things first, clean the porch, poison the weeds, do the washing before goin
g into town. Am I in the mood for Christmas yet? Possibly not, so keep going. Mop the tiles, now that's a buzz. But better than moping. As I sit and write my blog I note that the refrigerator is cluttered with messages dating back a year so until now I hadn't considered this to be a task to get ready for Christmas. However, given the visitors and the need to refrigerate everything in this weather probably not a bad idea to sort the accumulated reminders of appointments long past and telephone numbers of people now phoned. To do or not to do? I'll do. What do you do to get ready for Christmas?

Friday, December 3, 2010
The Last day
Friday was a busy to be so I woke just after 4:30 to get myself organised for the day. I had laid out my Santa suit the night before so that I'd be sure that there were no signs of Santa suit meltdown. When you only wear an outfit once or twice a year one should expect the occasional wardrobe malfunction. I was a little wary of the beard as when I had dragged the Santa suit bag from the cupboard I was covered in the whitest of fluff, presumably from a beard that was in the process of unravelling. (No doubt from the stress of Christmas past.) Next dilemma; should I wear the suit to work to avoid the issue of trying to change in the staff toilet without the benefit of a full length mirror? No. I was to be brave. I had decided to risk driving the 7 kilometres to work in the wild hope that I'd not encounter a policeman doing random breath tests or the like. As it is Summer the humidity is higher than comfortable for people donning the odd Santa suit; regardless I pressed on or more correctly I 'dressed on.' Gifts in the boot of my car and it was only a bit before 7:00am. Seems crazy to sit around at home all dressed up and no place to go so I went to work. Friday was the staff's annual Christmas breakfast that was to be cooked by none other than our wonder chef, Greg. Safely parked, not long after 7:00, I wondered why the carpark was almost empty. Cleaning staff noticed my arrival and came to greet me. perhaps they just wanted to tell santa what they wanted for Christmas. No matter, I was a Santa on a mission with gifts to place on desks before too many arrived. Next, off to the library. Breakfast for forty. Air conditioned space so aptly chosen. Chef Greg arrived so I did my best not to hinder his organisation too much. Others had arrived and also made their way to the library. You could see the eager look in their eyes. Not just the breakfast offerings but this was our last work day before the vacation. Massive year and well deserved break for everyone.
Doors and Halls
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
It's Finally Up!

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