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New Years Eve 2011A relaxed day around the house with a trip to Waitrose to get some supplies for tonight.Rob and Jo stopped by with baby Isla to meet my folks and then we all headed to Neil and Suzannes to see in the new year.Some pics (taken by Kay)
Isla and I
Kate, myself and Craig and Kays dog Sam2011 has been a good one, Kate and I getting married was the highlight of the year. Here's to a good 2012.
FridayWe got up in Basingstoke and said good bye to Sam and Amanda who were heading back to Bristol.Kate and I braved the sales in Basingstoke, it was pretty busy but not manic. After a spot of shopping and lunch we headed back to Yateley. Late afternoon we drove to fleet and hopped on a train to Waterloo. Kate caught up with Rebecca and then we went to London Bridge to meet Stella and Ian & Jon and Andrea for dinner. these are our friends from Colliers Wood.We had a nice dinner at Dim T overlooking Tower Bridge and took a few pics afterwards. 9bit grainy I'm afraid)
We caught the 22.39 train back to Fleet and were home by 11.30.
TuesdayA fairly quiet day at home overall. Writing this 2 weeks later so struggling to recall what we did!
Monday (Boxing Day)Got up and had a nice breakfast in Old Basing followed by lunch as well. Result.In the afternoon we all headed back to Yateley and spent a lazy afternoon with TV and Scrabble.
Saturday (Christmas Eve 2011)A very quiet day spent at home. Kate has got a cold so we have been dosing her up with cold tablets and cough mixture. She seems to be doing OK.We were due to have a visit form Rob and Jo with baby Isla followed by drinks down the pub but it seems sensible to not expose the baby to germs or hit the pub on this cold evening. Finished off all the final bits that needed doing for Christmas.
FridayA day of shopping followed a Skype call to Sydney with Carol, Chris and Hannah. We hit Camberley and then M&S at the meadows. It was not as crazy as we expected it to be.In the evening we had a nice dinner at home in the company of Pat and Graham.
WednesdayCrystal dropped us off at Fleet station in the morning and we made our way up to London on the train. We spilt up and Kate headed north to meet Souraya for lunch and I headed south to visit the Estate Agent. Was good to meet Scott who sold our flat, gave him some TimTams as he is an Aussie from Queensland.Headed north again, checked into the hotel in Southwark and then went to meet Kate on Regents St. Was good to catch up with Souraya too.
Regents St
The GirlsIn the evening after a brief return to the hotel we headed to EV and caught up with old work friends.
TuesdayHappy Birthday to my mother, 65 today!opened presents with the birthday girl in the morning and at lunchtime took her out for a pub lunch.In the evening we all went to Old Basing for dinner at hazels to celebrate the Birthday again.
MondayA relaxed morning at home before Kate and I went out shopping for a Christmas tree for Hazels house. The first place we went out to was sold out which was a bit of a worry but second place had plenty.Spent the afternoon decorating it with following result
Had a chicken and mushroom risotto for dinner which I cooked. headed home to Yateley about 9pm.
SundayUp at 5.40am, on the road at 6.05am in minus 2.5degree temperatures to pick up Kate from the airport. Alvin drove to airport which was handy.Soon enough my lovely wife emerged from behind the doors into my arms and greetings form my folks.We rugged her up and took her home.A hot brekkie, a skype call to Bill and Carol, a short stroll and shopping in Waitrose followed by lunch and scrabble made up most of the day.At 5pm Kate was finished and headed to bed, she has not done too bad with jet lag but i suspect will be awake at 2-3am. lets see....updates tomorrow.Great to have her back with me.
SaturdayUp a bit later than rest of week and did some shopping for food etc in preparation for Kates arrival tomorrow.In the evening I spent a wonderful few hours catching up with old friends at Nick and Nicolas House. great to see everyone and meet the lovely Isla who was 4 months old today.Great to see Rob and Jo take to parenting like ducks to water.Headed home at about 11.30
Friday
A morning around the house and then in the afternoon I drove to Colliers Wood to pick up a parcel which was sent to the old flat by mistake. Collected this from the estate agent who kept it for me. Then drove from Colliers Wood to Shepherds Bush to go to the Empire to see the Wonderstuff.
I met Stu, Dean and Rob in O'Neills for food and drinks before we went to the gig. The Empire is still a superb venue and the band were great. Hard to believe its 20 years since the album ' Never Loved Elvis' was released.
After the gig drove Dean and Rob home and got in at 12.30am.
Using the 'miniture effect' on new camera
ThursdayNot a great deal to report, all in all a lazy day spent around the house in Yateley with the folks.
WednesdayA day out shopping with the folks in Basingstoke. was quite a quick trip in the end as we were back in Yateley in time for lunch.Rest of day lazing about and helping Alvin defrost the freezer, my regular job on visits back to the UK.
TuesdayWoke up at 3am again briefly and then up at 8am. Planned to go to London with Hazel today but she called form Basingstoke to say trains were delayed. (second day running I've failed to get up to the smoke) We decided to go to Reading instead. Was a very nice day out and we had lunch at one of Jamie Olivers restaurants which was nice.Back to old Basing to catch up with the cats and then back home to Yateley for the evening.
MondayAfter my 3am wake up for an hour crashed again until 7am ish.Had a good skype call with Kate first thing.In the morning I tried to drive to London to pick up a parcel which is held at estate agents but the A3 was blocked so bailed on that and went shopping in local M&S and Tesco instead. Afternoon and evening spent in Yateley. crashed out again at 9pm.
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