Merry Christmas!

Ben and Natasha.

Farewell to Melanie, Ian and baby Ben, all of whom are in the sky right now, on their way over to Sydney. Should be landing pretty soon I think. It was great having everyone back at the same time. For a while. I'll miss having the extra noisiness around the house...and the more frequent visits from Jean, Kirk and Tasha- who can make many many animal noises at your request, in her own version of course. At least they're back for good, and so is Mom, so...less chores for all of us, and more nagging about the state of my room. Which might be a good thing.

The Ladies of the House.

And the men.

But her return home is welcome anyway, in spite of the nagging. Already the house is looking better than it has for the past 6 months. Haha. And we've got a new fridge, courtesy of Mel and Ian, on account of the previous one dying of old age, it just stopped being cold. We had no choice but to dispose of most of our refrigerators contents (hotdog condiments included) while we awaited the arrival of the new fridge. Pity. Need to get new ones now. My infatuation with hotdogs hasnt ended. Haha.