To answer Jaime

Maybe one of these puppies....

(I don't know how to post You Tube screens the way you do.)

Bangladesh

So, we went to Bangladesh for a couple of amazing, intense weeks. Now we're back, I resigned, and we're trying to decide whether to get a puppy. If all goes to plan, I'll spend a couple of weeks in Columbus following Dad's wedding, and then, hopefully, some time in Northern Ireland with the in-law-in-laws.

Finished. In the down and up positions.

The modern age we live in

What happened to blogging? Not like I was ever particularly good at it, but it was a nice way to keep in touch with the Kessler/Iten/Donnelly diaspora. Now the sibling effort is, frankly, poor (with the exception of Annie). As far as I can make out, the latest posts are as follows:

• Annie - today
• Megan - September 2009
• Jaime - September 2009
• Ben K - June 2009
• Mandy - June 2009
• Anne Marie - March 2009
• Jennie - March 2009
• Ben I - January 2009
• Brad - December 2008

I know that Facebook, Twitter, etc., are very fashionable, but they're not the same. (And anyway, we've had Facebook for yonks, so that's no excuse.)

And it's nearly finished!

Right – this isn’t quite finished, but you get the idea – I dangled it for this photo as much to get a sense of where to put it as to have something to put up on the blog. I’ve got to add in an extra pulley and affix a cleat to the wall. And I’ve now given it a starter coat of polyurethane. When I've finished coating it, I'll also make an attachable vertical drying rack which will hang from one end of this rack (i.e., from the base of one of the triangles).

Anyway, this will hold far more laundry than the effete version pictured in the last post.

So, now for the bookshelves….

...But not before I build one of these

I'd really like to rebuild the kitchen, but it seems this isn't actually practical, given the amount of time it would take (together with the fact that it is where we cook and eat).

2011 Christmas List

Susie's Christmas List

Susie doesn't want presents.

But if you do have to give ("those people who have to do it the Kessler way"), please give to Oxfam

Sam's Christmas List

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