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We have had a very busy few weeks, and barely time to catch our collective breaths...At the beginning of August Aussie Lass and Muffin Man arrived for 3 ½ weeks of holidays. I could hardly wait, but tried to be laid back, so much so that I was relying on the Melbourne Airport website for arrival times, and didn't realise that the Emirates site was much more up to date, with the result, embarrassingly, that the travellers arrived half an hour early, before we had even left the house!

Happily the H team was there with a suitably decorative banner to welcome the travellers, and we did eventually make it to the airport to pick them up! Then all back to the house, for noisy happy hours of catching up, nibbles and drinks and talking at the top of our voices- not only had Aussie Lass and Muffin Man arrived, but also my Step Mother returned from six weeks in Europe the same night, so the house was rocking...

A busy social schedule mixed with traveller tummy bugs for the first few days really did have a  slightly dampening effect; but we still managed to go to an amateur theatre production of "The Club", a famous play about Australian Rules Football, by playwright, David Williamson; a barbecue bash at our place for 20 and a combined 60^th and 25^th birthday parties in the East.

Then lots of trips for shopping, having lunch and just generally hanging out, before a quick trip to see the grand parents, and a night spent in the Grampians. An engagement party, then a trip to Hamilton Island for some tropical warmth, sea, sand and relaxation. Books, Kakuro, sitting by the pool and a trip in ocean racing yacht in some rough water on the way to Whitehaven Beach were highlights. Fortunately, none of us were seasick, but someone else on the yacht was.

When we came back to Melbourne there was more shopping and lunching to be done; a game of AFL football, more relaxing meals, and more shopping. All too soon, it was time for the travellers to go. Departures are hard, and I feel knotted up inside still that it could be nearly two years before we see them again

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Welcome to the new member of our household! She is Siamese, born in the middle of October, and is very cute and cuddly, and very pleased to meet new people. At the moment, Coco is not impressed, so it is not likely that we will get a photo of the two of them in the same space for a little while.

She is the daughter of the late Eugene and Tatiana, who I have written about before,  and while I am contemplating Mischa as a name, we are letting a few days go past before we finally settle on one. Guiness, Sable, Pippin and Mali are also on the list. It's always difficult to choose a name, but we usually find that the passing of a few days will settle the matter for once and for all.

Wishing you and yours a happy New Year.