Friday 29 January 2010

It's been a good week...

Andy Murray reached the final of the Australian open - he's Scottish, you know...

We beat our January target with 3 days to spare...

Rangers beat St Mirren...
Celtic lost to Hibs...

... and some other stuff.

All in all, a stonking week.

Now we need Andy Murray to take that final step and beat Roger Federer on Sunday. And then there's the small matter of the Chiswick Casuals Annual Awards on Saturday. I can only hope that the hard hours on the training grounds will pay off...


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Wednesday 20 January 2010

Kids

Parenthood is, as every parent knows, a unique, wonderful and enriching experience. For all of the unconditional love etc. etc. it can, however be a bit one-way especially as children get older.

So it's with great pleasure that I report on two significant firsts over the last few days:

1. Out for a meal at La Bota with Soapy and Fran on Saturday night, instead of having to wait for the bus home we were driven to our door by their daughter. That's real progress and probably fair after the taxi service that all four of us have ran for so many years.

2. Whilst on the subject of daughters, Laura started her first permanent job on Monday. It's probably premature to start thinking about payback, but again it's progress and no doubt she'll want to pay her way and more now that she's earning...

I just need James to get a job as a banker and we're sorted.


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Thursday 14 January 2010

Wedding bliss

I shared a few drinks tonight to celebrate Suzanne's engagement to Mark (not before time, I hear someone say).

The slightly weird part is that as she - and a friend of hers - were describing their forthcoming weddings this year I was reminded that this year is Wenge and my 25th wedding anniversary.

Anyway, I wish SJ and Mark all the best - and I must remember to book something special on April 20...


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Wednesday 13 January 2010

Back to work

Having had such a relaxing Christmas and New Year, it was always going to be 50:50 whether going back to work was going to burst the bubble and bring it all back to reality. I'm very pleased to say that the first week back was remarkably good. The positivity has continued into week two although the workload is increasing fast.

It's been all about the snow, mind you. I won't repeat the usual complaints about Britain not being able to deal with any extremes of weather but I did like the quote from the mayor of some Siberian town who pointed out that they'd observed that winter came at around the same time every year and therefore put plans in place for just that eventuality. Personally, I love extremes of weather

Sports wise, last week wasn't so good. Rangers drew 3-3 at Hamilton in the Scottish Cup, but have a replay to retrieve the situation (losing goal machine Kris Boyd for up to 6 weeks is a big blow though). The Eagles, on the other hand, don't get a second chance after losing with a whimper to bitter enemies Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs. Next year? Again?


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