Another year over, the new one...about to begin

I was going to write 10 good 10 bad, but I ran out of good things(and some of them are a bit weak) and the bad things kept increasing.... :-)

 8 good

1. Holiday to Florida - the boys loved it!
2. Holiday to Disneyland Paris for the festive season -the boys loved it!
3. Trip to ThomasLand @ Drayton Manor - the boys loved it!
4. Becoming an uncle twice (and a god parent too) to two nieces
5. Raising 325US$ for charity just for growing a beard for 6 weeks
6. Spanish Sahara by Foals - top tune!
7. Getting a cool HTC smart phone
8. Toy Story 3 - almost made me blub!

10 bad

1. Mum in hospital - close call (she's okay now)
2. Death of close friend's son at 3 days old (hence the beard charity work)
3. Passing away of Uncle Harry
4. Nothing published (okay, not been pushing hard this year, mainly 'cos I've not had time to write)
5. Continued weight increase (about somewhere between 1 1/2 and 2 stone - not good)
6. Lots of things breaking down and needing repairing/replacing - car, microwave, washing machine, tumble dryer, bed, porch roof, Christmas tree lights, drainage cover, .....etc etc.
7. Deal to buy a business did get off the ground due to the seller's "odd" behaviour
8. Car crash on way to airport
9. Administrative errors on US customs biometric records - still not sorted an error from 2006!
10. The battery life on my new phone!

I'll probably add and amend as and when I get more time to think about it. Put it this way, this list was thrown together quickly.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!