A few things we didn’t know last year
From the BBC’s list of 100 things we didn’t know last year:
- Thinking about the way your muscles work could physically boost your strength – so that’s my post-Xmas workout done!
- There is only one true Cheddar cheese producer left
- More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors – thankfully we had an uneventful flight home
- More than one in eight adults in the US show signs of being addicted to the internet … and …
- The blogging phenomenon is set to peak in 2007, so I really need to get on with getting ours updated more often – the same article also says 200 million people have already stopped writing their blogs!
- Shoppers are likely to abandon a website if it takes longer than four seconds to load, so please get rid of those flash/noisy welcome pages
What did Father Christmas bring you Saddam?
The news sources are reporting that Saddam was executed last night – I know my mum will be glad that we were safely home before they hanged him because she was concerned of reprisals, but there wasn’t any evidence of heightened security so I don’t think there was any serious threat. (We were also on a small flight in to Canada – if it had a been a bigger flight in to the States I might have been a little concerned, but even then it was really, really unlikely.) Anyway, weren’t the US/UK meant to be seen as liberators? 
Waking up in the wrong timezone
I woke up at about 4am – it was nice to sleep in our own bed, with my own pillow, but I’m still on UK time (so it’s 9am).
Today’s To Do list includes filling in a few blanks and then posting the blog entries which I (mostly) wrote while we were in England; there’s the luggage to unpack and sort out; and then we’ll (most probably) meet up with Andy & Renee to say thanks for cat sitting and dealing with the door hassles (it’ll be in one of those entries coming out soon), and maybe there’ll be a little shooting with Andy. 
The Boys were pleased to see us – usually they let us know they’re still alive and then disappear off downstairs in a huff, until we break out the treats. Even Abby appeared in the first few minutes but she took a little while to decide to approach us.
Large amounts of pizza was ordered but we didn’t get very far through it before Kerri was asleep on the sofa and I started to fade. Mmmmm, leftover pizza for breakfast.
Heading home
We left my parents’ a little later than planned but still made it to the airport in good time, despite really strong winds as we crossed the moors. Read more
Last day in UK
Today is our last full day in England – we fly home tomorrow, weather permitting. It’s a bit foggy outside still but it’s not the freezing fog which caused all those delays last week. Read more
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