Illness and how to guard against it

This week has seen illness hit the household, apart from she who will be obeyed. I have started again with a rasping cough almost bronchial, the eldest has had time off college as she got gastroenteritis? The youngest, managed to faint twice once on Thursday at cadets and again today just before marching in the Battle of Britain remembrance event. She has stayed in bed all afternoon. I think you can't beat a bit of sleep when your ill, tends to solve lots of aches and pains but then if you stay in bed too long you end up getting weak and bed sores appear and you end up worse than when you started. Just goes to show, moderation in all things and you will come to no harm.
Christmas reared its ugly head yesterday when I was asked if I had sorted anything out for the meal. We usually do this each year ending up at a hotel swanky do drinking too much wine and having too much to eat. I didn't realise that I had not done anything about so I had better get emailing and ask if anyone wants to do anything. I think this year it would be just worthwhile having a nice meal somewhere and just catching up on the news. We all rush around all year tending to the offspring that we seldom have time for ourselves, this event for me is a time when we can talk about the things that have happened to us since the same time last year.
OK I've talked myself into getting something organised.

Where does the time go

I was wondering this when the words from Sandy Denny came to mind "who knows where the time goes" and isn't it true. I woke at 4.15 this morning and then turned over and the next thing I remember it was 6.55 in what seemed like 5 minutes but then it couldn't have been unless of course I am a time traveller and I don't know it.Anyway the last entry was about the concert well the girls absolutely loved the band and they spoke Danish to them and they got a tee shirt and a CD so they were happy.
Since then which is not last Monday but the Monday before I have done all sorts of things we are looking to get an extension done if I can find the time to ring the builders or find an architect and if we can afford it extend into the loft and fins a place for our books. Last weekend I managed to get out on the water once that was on Sunday as we went looking for kitchens I think we are going to go for a free standing one then we can buy the basics and then add as we go along.
My mate Gerry is back from hols, he got the ferry back with his children while his wife flew, very sensible.

I am busy working hard on a presentation I am doing at a conference in London on handheld learning, there is so much potential but also so much hype, why don't people tell the whole truth when they say that apps can do certain things.
I also thought the mobiles I bought had GPS but guess what... yep they don't (the next version does though released two weeks after buying the "latest version")
Well it is Wednesday and no doubt I will look at the blog next week and wonder where the time has gone, my mobile is calling me from the other room so I guess I had better go and use up some time effectively.

Concert at the Cluny

Just by accident I spotted an advert for the Kissaway Trail at the Cluny now being as they are from Denmark and my daughters are into all things Danish (pleasing their Mum) I booked tickets for them onlne.
They are on tonight so go to Kissaway Trail
and check them out seem really cool (but then I would say that!)

Holiday Blues

Well after the shores of Loch Ken, we had a week of here and there, more here than there. I took my daughters friend to start a work experience year at a firm in Chester so took his bike and boxes of stuff down for him. We had lunch in a really nice bar just at the end of his street and watched the Newcastle game against Middlesbrough. In my opinion they both wanted talking to as both sides were as bad as each other.
Anyway all the family went down to Burnley to visit my mums grave and clean it up etc. we try to all go down together, but we had a great drive around Pendle, stopping in Newchurch to buy stuff at the small Witches shop there
Pendle Witches
We then drove up through towards Kendal and then to Brough and back to Newcastle for about 19.00. We ended the day with a Chinese Take away, always goes down well.

On Saturday I had a great day blasting across the Ladyburn lake up at Druridge bay, the wind was excellent and I stayed out for about 3 hours in one spell knees arms etc really tingling with the Adrenalin rush of windsurfing still pulsating around my body.A wonderful end to the annual holidays.
Anyway back in work and raring to get my teeth into new projects and support the people I am getting paid to offer a service to.