2010

Happy New Year! Twenty Ten, Two O One O, or two thousand and ten? You choose - I think Twenty Ten will be the most favoured, particularly given that the London Olympics is already being marketed as Twenty Twelve.

We had dinner at Anne and Leslie's last night. Peter and Srie Hodgson came along and it was a bit of a buffet as Anne's bed is still in the dining room. Srie, Jo and Leslie were doing most of the work. Smoked salmon on tattie pancakes was Jo's starter, and we had a choice of 3 main courses prepared by Srie - chicken, beef and veggie. Jo's pavlova to follow of course.

Colin made a brief appearance whilst Johanne slept off the effects of the sedation - they had just got back from Ninewells hospital, Dundee at 4 pm after Johanne had had a small operation/procedure to replace the battery in the stimulation unit implanted six and half years ago. Colin reckons her walking may have improved a little and her speech is less slurred, although the volume has not increased. It's a bit too early to be sure, however - I hope it improves things for Johanne for a while.

Here's the group after the bells this morning:

Gary has been on the phone this morning to officially tell us the worst kept secret in the world - never could cover up his tracks, that boy! The christmas card to "my fiancé" was a bit of a give-away - even though it was the wrong gender! Many congratulations to them both.