Happy New Year!

I'm not a great one for New Year's Resolutions, so there is no need to go into that  ;-)  We had an enjoyable dinner with friends last night, a relaxed day today and I am about to head out to a New Year's Day party for a few drinks. Catherine will be headed off to the office tomorrow and I will continue with my Lightroom learning and see if I can start to get things under control.


Tune of the Day:  Sara   by Bob Dylan

Foto Museum Winterthur is well worth a visit

and it is nice to find somewhere else to spend a cool December day. I really enjoyed having a look around there today and even became a member. They will see me again soon!

Thanks to Catherine for a fantastic dinner (yet again). We enjoyed a great beef and vegetable pie topped with mashed potato and accompanied by a bottle of Il Bruciato. Brilliant!

Tomorrow is back to work. No! Wait! Hahahahahahahahaha.....


Tune of the Day: Out Of The Blue   by Roxy Music

Holiday

h-o-l-i-d-a-y..... yup, you heard it right. Ask me all about it on Friday night


Tune of the Day:  Lola   by The Kinks

More Penfolds magic last night

when we were lucky enough to be invited to a vertical tasting of Bins 707 and 407. A few wonderful wines and a very enjoyable evening. Thanks Barossa!


Tune of the Day:  Love Shack   by The B52s

I was in Burgdorf today

and checked out the Photo Market. Not quite as impressive as I had hoped, but at least the weather was nice and I was able to walk about and take a few photos......


Tune of the Day:  Cold, Cold Ground   by Tom Waits

Happy Birthday Gary

hope that you have a great day. We will certainly try to give you a call a little later. Enjoy mate!

I have managed to get to the gym a couple of times over

the weekend so I guess that should be seen as some kind of success. The weight is certainly not falling off me, but at least I feel better from week-to-week and can train a little harder than I could a month ago.
Catherine has arrived safely in Sydney and seems to be settling in quickly. Yumcha with the family and then Jacqueline's birthday party on Sunday afternoon- getting off to a fast start!
Not a lot more to report but I hope to have something more positive to say later on in the week...

The toaster knows

according to Mr 6 Angus. After putting a waffle in the toaster he was asked how long it needed to cook and simply replied that "the toaster knows"......... works for me! His mum also said that this means that the toaster is way smarter than the microwave........ hehehe.
It has been a lazy weekend here- I had a good night out in Vaduz on Friday and took things very easy at home this morning. Had a quick chat with Northbridge over skype and the kids were all on fire and getting ready to get into bed.
I need to take a few more photos today and get some processing done to keep my project rolling and that shouldn't be too difficult as I have a few ideas in my head already. Catherine is having an afternoon snooze and psyching herself up for another busy week in the office and hopefully an outing with the joggers on Monday evening. Fingers crossed that I can get to the gym for a spinning class on Monday night and afterwards maybe a quick beer in the local to celebrate Sanna's birthday (which is actually today).
Happy birthday Sanna!!

Tonight is Cook Club- the boys taking their turn in the kitchen

it will be a lot of fun and hopefully the food will be enjoyable too. I have rescued a couple of bottles of ten year old Australian Cabernet to fortify us during the afternoon and I am really starting to look forward to the time with Chef Giorgio, Chef Enzo and Chef Tommaso.
It will be a busy weekend with a mate from Sydney arriving in town tomorrow morning- I hope to be able to catch up with him after a visit to the gym. Fingers crossed that the weather stays pleasant and we can sit outside somewhere and have a beer or two and catch up.
From the start of October, I am taking part in another photo challenge with the gang from NikonCafe and looking forward to that being another learning experience. There are always plenty of great photographers involved and if just 2.3% of their talent were to rub off on me I would be very happy.