greetings not from the south coast

Hi all Yep Im out of town, down with Annie and the girls. Have started planting out the front garden this morning, trying to get a decent start on it before it got too hot.Half way through, but now having a few hours off in the heat of the day, and hanging out, in the air con with the girls. Good old Michael K left a trailer load of mulch here, so thats going on the front garden as well. Thanks again to mum and dad for loaning me their car, so I could transport myself and the 20 odd plants down here. thats it for now. Cheers Zak

Mum did a podcast!

and because she's technologically inept I have linked it here:

http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/chattering_classes/13_Chattering_Classes.mp3

Welsh Greetings

Hi All,
Thanks for the Christmas list. As always, if you have a particular request for a gift (Joan & Lucy), please let us know.
Lucy, hope you are recovering OK from your operation. Great excuse to eat ice-cream!
Annie, Had a listen to the podcast. Well done. Was a bit weird listening to you but was a great interview.
Mountain Isos, glad you are all safe post bushfires. Must be a very worrying experience.
News from here then. As some of you are already aware, We have had an offer on a house accepted and are awaiting confirmation of our mortgage so we can progress. Unfortunately, this means our arrival in Australia will be delayed until the purchase is completed. It is a good house (we hope) for renting and we can't really let it pass us by. See you all soon, but not as soon as we thought. Will keep you all updated as things progress.
Had a great weekend away with my friend Louise and two other girls last weekend. The only bad point being the rugby score. Hopefully we will get better results in the weeks that follow. Doing well in the league world cup though. Went to the opening ceremony and saw the two opening games (Aust v Eng & Wales v Italy). Was a great day.
Weather is getting colder and I am looking forward to leaving it behind to get to the warmth of Aus.
Hope you are all well and happy.
Love Moo xxxx

News from the capital

Hello all. Lucy had her tonsil and adenoids out today. She will be home tomorrow. All good when I left her, except the fact that she was worried she was going to bleed to death!! She is a bit of a wuss! Also the big news is that Jo Green found me again after almost 20 years- through this blog. She is in France and has been trying to find her- I thought I was pretty easy to find- been living in the same house for over 20 years. Anyway as she read through the blog she picked up that I worked at Melba and found the email address and emailed the front office. She rang two weeks ago- great to hear from her again after so long. and she will be back in Australia and Canberra in December.
the other news I have is a friend of mine, Matt Barry who I used to work for has a podcast called the Chattering Classes. I am on the latest episode. If you have facebook it is easy to find, I think he may have tagged me in a post about it. For those of you who don't, I am going to attempt to paste the website address here now. Hopefully it will work, other wise I think if you google The Chattering Classes podcast you may get it. Anyway here we go:
http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/chattering_classes/
Not sure if it will work, by clicking, you may have to cut and paste it into the address bar. Kate, you may need to help Dad with that- I'm sure you know how to do that!!
Anyway I have had an exhausting day, time to put the electric blanket on as it is getting down to -1 tonight. We have a saying in Canberra- never plant your tomatoes till after Melbourne Cup Day (so they don't get killed by the frost). Moo, looking forward to seeing you and Jules when you get here. Bye for now. Love you all, Annie

Christmas List

Hi All Kate has done great work in contacting all re the Christmas List and the consensus is to include the grandchildren. Pulling the names from a hat,we held our breath, hoping that the draw would give a good spread. And so it did. The following is the result. Kevin buys for...Martin Joan buys for ...Connor John buys for....Hazi Fran ............Claire Tom ............Anne Liam ............Clare Connor ..........Kevin Martin ..........Kate Claire ..........Fran Kate ...........Tom Hazi ............John Anne ............Maureen Lucy ............Liam Clare ...........Julian Maureen .........Joan Julian ..........Lucy Where and when the exchanges occur will be an interesting exercise in itself, with Kate and Hazi overseas, Martin and Claire who knows where, Liam in America ...The Joys of Christmas holidays. Love to all Grandma and Tjilpi.