More Gruesome Details!

In the wake of popular demand I have decided two things with regards to this blog. Firstly, I solemnly promise to further harrass, cajole, poke and pout other family members into posting more frequently. It won't be easy to increase my already virtually intolerable high output of these Encouragement Mechanisms^TM but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make. I hope other family members are willing to make it too. No reward will be too expected to be withheld and no legs will be fast enough to get away if a negative reply is received furthermore to my oft-heard plea, "Hey you should write a blog post about that.".

Secondly, as a growing family with many diverse and interesting engagements we have started keeping a calendar. Actually it's more like a calendar system. My handheld computer synchronises with the family laptop from which two A3 pages are printed -- the current and the proceeding months. These pages go on the fridge door (sometimes even technology bows to time-honoured traditions, plus it's the most frequented place in the house) so the comings-and-goings are clearly visible and new appointments can even be added by the children. Once a month we have a sit-down and go through the upcoming month. Changes are made and the process repeats producing two new fridge calendars. It seems to be working so far though of course a fridge door with a touch screen interfacing to a central computer would probably be a better solution. But hey, you've got to work with compromises sometimes!

The short of this calendar system is that now it is simple to publish to the web our family calendar (exactly as found on our fridge door, less the children's pencil additions!). I've placed a new permanent link on the left hand side called 'Comings and Goings' so go on, try it out now :) The default view is for the current day, though I like to look at whole months myself. What this means further is that if you see an event that interests you, drop us an email or leave a comment and we'll be happy to give you even more gruesome details.