Christmas 2010

We had the usual mayhem on Christmas morning opening presents:

Followed by Wii mayhem later on - Dad trying to ski Wii-style:

Mum trying to dance like Michael Jackson:

And here are a few pics:

New Rug

We ordered this rug on line a week ago, after finding that it was around half the price of an identical one from our local rug shop! It came from a place in Pineville North Carolina and I tracked its progress on line to Indianapolis, Memphis, Paris, Leicester and then Leicestershire! It arrived yesterday and it's fab. It's absolutely enormous (18'9" x 12'2") and almost as heavy as me. Joe and Elaine did the "penguin" to get rid of the rucks and rolls.

Judo Competition

Joe and I left early this morning for a Judo competition at the University of Wolverhampton in Walsall. Joe had three fights. He lost the first one by a whisker (he had been one point up with 10 seconds to go when his opponent landed a throw!); he won the second and the third. The vidoe is the climax to his third fight.

He walked away with a well deserved silver medal.

Christmas Tree

Got our Christmas tree today and put up a few decorations. This is the best way of putting the angel on top! Realised that we need to buy some more decorations to fill our enormous mansion! But we do have a holly bush with some berries in the garden, so will take a few clippings from that tomorrow.