Dead computer again

Well my computer is dead again. I will have to wait for the New Year before I can get a new Hard Drive, so it might be a while before a proper update.

The Holiday Season is Upon Us

Hello one and all. It is true, hard to believe I know, but the holiday season is upon us. Well I have a hard time believing it as I only need a light coat when I go outside.

So what has been happening with the Morrison family since last month? Well we have had more computer issues, but I'm hoping they are all resolved now.

Enya had her first school Christmas Concert. She did a lovely job singing and ringing bells. Fiona and Bronwyn had their first nativity play. Bronwyn was an angel and Fiona was a narrator. Gareth had his Christmas Orchestra and he played his Violin wonderfully.

Gareth also got to be in his first on stage play! We have been sending him to drama lessons after school and on the 13th of December we went to his play "Planet Earth". The play consisted of several smaller acts dealing with environmental issues. Gareth's skit was "Planet Go Boom" where they were aliens who came to Earth because they did not take care of their planet, only to find out that Earth will be in a similar situation.

I must say I was skeptical on whether Gareth would have that 'spark' of acting. But I was very pleasantly surprised! He knew his lines, he delivered them just fine and projected his voice well. Gareth will be continuing Drama lessons at the Pegasus Theatre next year.

Sickness! I can not remember a year where the family has been so ill! Since the middle of November we have been sick with one thing right after another. Even Gareth and Bronwyn were really ill, and they have constitutions of a horse, well a stubborn mule at least. Wendy is just now getting over the last bit of plague. the kids have missed at least a week to a week and a half of school each.

Speaking of general illnesses. We bought two air purifiers for the kids room and I am pleased on the effects it is having. I have not heard Bronwyn breathe so well in her life. She has not been snoring and she is mostly waking up with a clear nose. Now to get one for my room and the downstairs.

Now for the big bit! Fiona turns SEVEN! My little girl is now seven. It is hard to believe it! That angry child that did nothing but scream the first three years of her life is now this adorable little lady. Fiona is big on making stuff. Cards, arts and craft, costumes, just anything that she can make she will do so. So she got a lot of making stuff for her birthday! She has now got a Tinker Bell Flower Press to obviously press flower to use in cards and in decorations, Clothes Pin Princesses, Farm Animal Spoons, if it requires glue, tissue paper, clothe, beads, and bits and bobs then Fiona got it! She also got several books, a book lamp, and pretty clothes.


So all the Christmas shopping is done. We went slightly overboard this year, but the last three months where hard on everyone what with the Student Loan company constantly loosing our information and being three months late on getting the student loan out to us. I would rank it in the top five most stressful times in my life. It was not fun and I'm glad it is over.

The final bit is Enya and I have become twitchers. Twitchers being the name for bird watchers. We now have four feeders in our little back garden and we are getting British Robins (not to be confused with the North American Robin), Great Tits, Blue Tits, Chaffinch, Black Birds (the black birds here have the most amazing song! They never sing the same song twice and it is amazing to listen to), Sparrows, and one North American Grey Squirrel.

Well thats it for now. I will post in the new year!