2012 Annual Report on Family Matters
I decided that rather than send round an annual report just before Christmas I would wait until the year was finished and cover the whole year. (Those of a questioning frame of mind might like to consider why we of Christian origins have the solstice, Christmas and New Year so close together but not all on the same day. Watch for a blog post on this topic!) I should warn that this is most likely to be mainly a report on matters Martin, but I am writing the post so that is fair dos. The biggest event of this year is a forecast of a bigger event next year, in that we are expected to become grandparents about 21 January. The current planning is that Ingrid and Alex will become the subjects of a daughter on that date. Our efforts at parenting have worked out very well, so now we go for the grandparenting award! Generally our lives move on in the same pleasant way as they have in the past. In addition to our work around the blo...