There has been so much happening this past few weeks that I simply haven't had time to update this website. So here is a quick roundup of whats been happening.
Amelia walking
Yes that's right, Amelia is now walking fully and without the need for a baby walker. Problem now is she is into everything - cupboards, drawers, climbing and so on. Meanwhile Megan is now able to 'walk' whilst using the baby walker - that is when Amelia lets her. Seems Amelia has become the boss!
Gail and Carol catering for wedding
Weekend before last Gail and Carol were the caterers for a wedding reception being held at the Community Centre, John and myself helped out with some of the work requiring a bit of muscle, such as carrying things around.
Alton Towers
On Monday 23 September Gail, Rebecca and Ryan and myself all enjoyed a day out at the famous theme park. Weather was a bit dull but warm. The park was not very busy and so we managed to get in plenty of rides which included stopping on the log flume for a second go round the circuit and again on the rapids. A very enjoyable day out.
Christopher and Alison have moved
They no longer live in Lichfield but have moved to a house in Meriden. Plenty of hiccups in the lead up to the move and it was not certain if the move could go ahead on the day that had been planned. In fact the removal company had loaded up most of their belongings into the lorry whilst they were waiting from a telephone call from their Estate Agents to confirm that all the legal stuff had been completed and they could go ahead with the move!
Thumb
My right thumb got stuck in a door jamb as it slammed shut taking a chunk of flesh out of the tip. It is still touch and go if the nail will survive. Quite amusingly I still went along on Wednesday morning to play carpet bowls but played "cagy handed' - despite bowling with my left hand I scored more points that day than I normally score when bowling right handed!
Solid State Drives
It was always my intention that upon retiring from work I would upgrade our two laptops as they are now a few years old. Both were upgraded to Windows 8 when it was first released in November 2012 but a bit slow when compared to newer computers. I found a cheaper alternative to improve the speed which was to replace the Hard Drives (these have moving parts) with Solid State Drives (No moving parts). At the same time I increased the size of the drives to give some extra storage capacity. They should now be good for a few more years yet.