It is that time of year again… I know our time zones are all different so midnight will bring in the New Year at different times for each of us.  But tonight, ‘New Years Eve’, as midnight  turns in the UK is the perfect occasion for me to  think of friends, old and new, and also remember absent friends.

Happy New Year, I raise my glass to you. I wish you, your family and friends a happy, healthy and peaceful 2017.

It is that time of year again… I know our time zones are all different so midnight will bring in the New Year at different times for each of us.  But tonight, ‘New Years Eve’, as midnight  turns in the UK is the perfect occasion for me to  think of friends, old and new, and also remember absent friends.

Happy New Year, I raise my glass to you. I wish you, your family and friends a happy, healthy and peaceful 2016.

I know our time zones are all different so midnight will bring in the New Year at different times for each of us.  But tonight, ‘New Years Eve’, as midnight  turns in the UK is the perfect occasion for me to raise my glass to friends, old and new, and also remembering absent friends.

CHEERS!! I raise my glass to you.  Thank you for sharing life’s journey with me, I hope that any troubles from 2013 will fade into distant memory and I wish you, your family and friends a happy, healthy and peaceful 2014.

xxx

I spent New Years Eve in a local Cantonese restaurant and then watched ‘Jools Annual Hootenany‘ with a glass of bubbly to see in the New Year. I couldn’t resist trying to take a few photos of the show. I have spent a lazy day reading and playing board games and now I am looking forward to roast duck for dinner. Tomorrow I go back to work and I am not really ready…

For those who are wondering, an electrician did turn up yesterday morning to look at my flickering lights. He asked what the problem was, watched the lights flickering and declared it was a loose connection in the fuse box. He went on to say that unfortunately he wasn’t allowed to touch the fuse box and he would have to phone one of his colleagues and ask him to visit later in the day.

The second electrician did turn up. He asked what the problem was, watched the lights flickering and said, ‘I don’t think it is a fuse box problem’. After trying a few of the light switches and the fan in the en-suite he decided it was a problem with the light fitting in the en-suite. When he investigated he found that the ceiling fan fed off the wiring to the light fitting and that it had become loose. Instead off putting the old light fitting back up, he very kindly put the new one up instead. The new light fitting had been put to one side for when the decorator came. So now all the electrics are fully functional again.