Happy New Year to all! I hope that everyone had as much fun as we did ringing in 2009. We were invited to a party at a friend's house. It was a nice mix of locals and ex-pats, which was cool.
We had a little trouble synchronizing the watches to get a good countdown for midnight. What we should have done is just waited outside. At midnight all the boats in the harbour let loose with their fog horns. With the fireworks going off downtown and the boats tooting away, it was quite the new year's symphony.
We've spent some time in the last couple of days catching up on rest and easing ourselves out of the Christmas season. Fiona has quickly burned through the first two books in the "Twilight" series. She recommends the books - though we can't say the same thing for the movie, from which we have just returned. It was OK, but I think it was aimed at an audience a wee bit younger than us. I've been working on a jigsaw puzzle. 1500 pieces. It's kept me occupied and out of Fiona's hair while she finished her books.
It's going to be tough getting up at 6am tomorrow, but the bills need to be paid, right? We're working on our next vacation, though - a proposed trip to Holland in February. I'm trying to work out dates and times and places to go, and to coordinate all that with work. I have a big quarterly review in mid-February, so I'll probably need a vacation by that time ...
Cheers,
Rik
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