Daddy's an idiot mum...

Thomas "Put the Doodlebops on" Patton

Diarmuid "Shut up and Listen" Kingsleight-Smith

Seb "I apologise for the war" Treydte

New house and new job. I've been at Hyro NZ now since March 2005 and as the old cliche goes it was time for a change. I'm joining a small but growing outfit called Practiv (website is a bit out of date, so I won't bother linking to it just yet) where I'll be heading up the Microsoft/.net services side of things moving forwards. I leave Hyro on Dec 21st and start at Practiv on Jan 7th, before moving into new house on Jan 14th. So, all I'm waiting for now is for Annabel to tell me she's pregnant!

It's official, 78 Meadowbank Road is our new home from January 14th 2008! It's not quite done to our, erm, taste at present but we'll have plenty of time to remedy that after we settle in.

cue chariots of fire music..dum dum dum dee dum dum..

Well, a little bit faster on the clock time at 2hr 17min, but wasn't feeling my best so a bit disappointed as i was trying to beat 2hr 10min

Pictured below are Diarmuid (feeble Movember attempt) and Luke (who has had a beard since he was 3 years old apparently).

Pictures taken prior to running obviously, hence the smiles.

Well, it was a little nerve-wracking as you can imagine, but we managed to sell our house on the day. Didn't get quite as much as we had planned originally but the market is tailing off just a bit here in Auckland and we reckon that'll work back in our favour as we start to look around now.

We're out on our ears on Dec 21st and will be staying in Coromandel with Annabel's parents for a couple of weeks before hopefully moving into a new place in the new year. We've got a few that we're keen on but nothing definite as yet...

David Healy now the record holder for the total number of goals scored in a Europea Championship Qualifying Campaign at 13!

Despite losing recently to Latvia and Iceland (for crying out loud!) we have an outside chance of qualification if we beat Spain (remember 82?) and Latvia beat the Swedes. Healy, Healy, Healy!!