Dec/080
Just unplug the damn phone
I haven't posted recently, mainly because my interweb connection has been down for a few days. I was starting to get quite annoyed about not having it. Annoyed enough even to be on the verge of calling up Orange and giving them some grief. Then this morning I discovered what the problem was. I'd plugged a phone into a wall socket to check the line a while ago and the cat had knocked it off the side, leaving it off the hook. It connected immediately as soon as I unplugged the damn phone. Duh.
Not having interweb was the main reason for my lack of posts, but the other reason was tat I had my first house guest staying with me. My very good friend, Phil flew back from the UK with me last week and we've been out skiing for a few days. We had a great mix of different kinds of skiing: Knee deep powder on GM, some ski touring in Les Contamines and even a taste of 'if you fall, you die skiing' off the very top 'Arp' bubble in Courmayeur.
I've got a couple of busy days coming up in the run up to the 25th. I've got quite a few people coming over for Christmas dinner in a few days time and I need to pick up the goose & do some shopping for that. Also Sarah comes back on Wednesday and moves into her brand new house (which she's never seen before). I'm actually feeling quite excited about Christmas now, which is unusual for me.
