Blowup of the year

We traded in our 2 year old blow up igloo for Santa on a pirate ship to continue Little Ted's current nautical theme.
Unfortunately, for Santa and his pirate ship, I just don't seem to be able to get my kids to distinguish between a blow up - to be looked at only, and a bouncy castle!
The life expectancy for this ornament is not as high as I would like.
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Santa's Little Helper

Little Ted in festive mood helps with the grocery shop.
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From atop a 16 foot ladder

After Miss Molly wrapped her leash around my ladder I reckon this is the safest place for the dogs whilst the icicle lights are being put up!

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Two little Pilgrims

A photo from yesterday's family gathering.
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Post dinner entertainment

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Ex Thanksgiving dinner

Well that was good! It didn't last long!
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The Meal

At least this year I managed to remember to take a picture before tucking into the food.
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Preparing to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner

Family gathering at my In-Laws; 22 count I believe!
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Shopping for Thanksgiving

This is Little Ted's idea of low profile whilst shopping!
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Sunrise over Little Bay

Oh well, I missed the best light for this shot too.
Never mind it still shows what a beautiful morning it is here. I just wish I could go kayaking instead of working!
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Religious blogging

Whilst collecting Little Ted from school I spotted what I thought was a good picture. Sadly it took me just a little too long to get out of school to capture the light I had seen.
Nevertheless I decided to use the picture to say that I will try to be more religious about posting to this blog since my recent absence has been noted by more people than I thought actually read my rambling stories!
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Child proof no more

Now that Little Ted has reached his 6th birthday he can defy the child proof features of a butane lighter - I am thankful that we have fire extinguishers in our house!
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Blogging by Blackberry has its problems

I thought I had rotated the last picture but alas no. Guess I'll just need to use all landscape pictures for my BBBP's (Blogging by Blackberry posts)
Here is a picture of the kids put to work on the Pinta.
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Blogging again?

Well, maybe.
I still haven't figured out how to use Mrs Ted's new blogging software and have no idea when that may be achieved. In the meantime I shall experiment with blogging by Blackberry.
Here is a picture of Ted and his kids enjoying a museum visit in Corpus Christi recently.
Of course this does not help Dr Johnson over on "Toast" but he is eager to start blogging again too so keep watching - you never know when he might get a handle on Movable Type!
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Never lose touch with your family ...

... or, before you know it, it's too late:

RIP Leonard Leslie Morrissey 1921 - 2008

My uncle passed away Monday 17th November 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Although I have the excuse of living 5000 miles away now I did live within 25 miles of him for 20 years without ever making an effort to contact him.
The loss is mine and not redeemable - shame on me.
On the positive side this did prompt me to phone his younger brother in Canada and we had a good visit. 62 years in Canada and he and his wife still have broad Scottish accents.