Rudders at Home

I’ve got more pictures from mom and dad’s holiday up on the site now. These are all pictures taken by dad. He’s got some pretty nice ones. I haven’t put all of them up, just the better ones and the ones I particularly liked.

Here’s where you can get to the good stuff.

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Here’s something new this week. I realized earlier that I have a lot of pictures in my gallery. I don’t want to force things on folks, but it occurred to me that some of you may not have the time or possibly the inclination (I’m not sure why not!) to sift through everything, so I thought I’d try my hand at featuring more photos on the site. Especially since I’ve just got a cool new way to implement them on the blog using my gallery.

Anyway, the photo here is one of my lovely mother, on her way to the airport. She’s on her way home, after 2 fabulous weeks with me and her lovely son-in-law. Doesn’t she look like she’s ready to make her way back to the good ol’ US of A? Nah, of course not. There’s too much left here to do!! Ah, she’ll be back, and she knows it!

Anyway, the reason I decided to feature this picture tonight, is that she told me on the phone that many people have been looking at the London pictures of her and dad and commenting on the fact that there’s pictures of her sleeping in the car. I just wanted to prove to my siblings that she did indeed ride in my car at least once without falling asleep. I wonder what was keeping her up??

Unfortunately, I can’t say the same thing about Dad. He in fact did take a nap every single time he entered our car.

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…of mom and dad can now be found in the gallery. I’ve only got people pictures on so far, but I’m working on the rest. I sent out a family email yesterday, but just in case you missed the boat, I’m adding a post here.

I’ve also changed access to the normal family pics. You used to have a login, etc, but I’ve given that up. I’ve password protected it. If you fancy a look, let me know and I’ll send you the password.

And now I’m off to bed.

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At 11:18 am Mom and Dad were finally airborne. They should be home this evening at some point – my nice big brother is meeting them at the airport to get them back where they belong.

It was such a great time. Even though I’m happy to have my bed back, I’ll really miss them.

I’ll post more about the trip later. Right now I’m just going to chill for a while.

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Yes, it’s arrived, finally. Christmas is here! And not to worry, Santa found us – he even left us a little note, and already Paul isn’t paying attention to his advice… I’ve even got photo evidence! I told Paul that if he wasn’t careful, Santa might come and take his new toys back home, but he keeps telling me Santa’s busy in the states, delivering pressies to those funny Connor’s.

I hear those old folks back home got some luggage that they weren’t expecting. Fancy that! I suppose though, if they must be world travelers, they should have the kit to do it. We can’t have them showing up in London pulling along cardboard boxes and what not. That would be about as cool as Nancy’s red shoes! I’ve told them to let Santa worry about the luggage and they should worry about making sure they’ve got the clothes to wear over here. You know how picky those Brits can be!  Well, not really, they’ve let me wander around here for four years looking like an all-American girl and I’ve only been poked a couple times with sticks! But then, I can run pretty fast, maybe they just haven’t been able to catch me!

So, Santa was good to us this year. Paul’s happily ignoring me all day with his new PSP game, I’m looking through cookbooks, trying to decide what to try next, and we’re all smelling good, what with the deodorant in the stockings and the perfume we’ve passed around to each other. I got a pretty fancy watch and a travel book as well. I must say this Santa knows just what I like! I better be good for next year!

We had our nice dinner last night, with a ham and mashed potatoes and ham gravy. Heaven, I must say, even though my ham gravy isn’t nearly as good as mom’s. I think it’s a bit to do with the ham, though as well. Either way, it was good. Today, we’re just hanging out, having a bit of this, a bit of that, and some ham sandwiches later this afternoon. Not to mention the two bottles of sparkling wine we’ve got in the fridge, just chilling down for the afternoon. It will be good, and

tomorrow, Boxing Day here in the UK, I’ll be making a trifle and hopefully making a lamb roast for dinner. Yum yum!

It’s been a great Christmas here. Nice and cozy, and for the next two days we get to just relax and enjoy everything. I hope you all get to as well.

Merry Christmas everyone!!

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