Archive for February, 2008

Alex is a Terrific Kid

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Today Alex got a "Terrific Kid" award at assembly. His teacher noted wryly his "unique sense of humour". Wonder where he gets that from?

Wii!!!!

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

It was Sylvia who started it, really. Sometime last year, she said that she wouldn't mind getting a Wii. This rather surprised me, given that we have an Xbox (actually *I* have an Xbox, which I bought primarily to use as a media centre) that she has no interest in, ...

Return of the master carpenter

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Dad strikes again! Completing the bedroom set he made in cherry is this pair of chest of drawers. Solid wood, not a piece of plywood to be found. As usual, he swears he'll never make another. Probably would have been a better picture if I hadn't left some of the drawers ...