Fried Mother Board, and other recipes for Christmas success

 I haven't been able to blog for a while, and this is why.

Somehow I left the kitchen tap running.  Washing the kitchen floor had been on my agenda (for quite a while) and so it came to pass.  Unfortunately the water running over the kitchen bench shorted the the laptop.  Naturally this resulted in a 'fried motherboard', which seems to be the outcome of any personal computer incident.  And of course this necessitated buying a new computer.  So here I am learning the ropes...

There has been other excitement around the traps.

 the new building for Grades 11 & 12 gets lifted in to the school

 the removal of the fence at Sommai's gets us in a frenzy that a new cafe may open in the new year

the zumba Christmas celebration comes to a close and it's still before noon

Van Diemen's Band carols at The Mill has become my real Christmas event

the following evening there are carols at Our Park in Orford with  Maria Voices, a group of  people who just like to get together to sing

not forgetting that some houses have done us proud

And I have done some reading, mostly Aboriginal history and native plant gardening, but also these novels starring Josephine Tey as the detective.  Not my favourite murder mysteries by a long way but a rollicking good read with some history thrown in.

Have yourselves a Merry little Christmas.  Georgia and, possibly, Ella, are coming for ham, mince pies and bubbly tonight.   Then we will be left in splendid isolation.