freyja sallie lightly

Yes, we've decided on the name(s).

Freyja: Norse goddess of love and fertility
Sallie: Solveig's maternal grandmother

*lump in throat*

unto us a child is born

Girl, 7lb 5oz, arrived at 9pm on 27th December 2005

First few shaky snaps: baby lightly

Mother and daughter both well and hoping to be home tomorrow.

I think that warrants a woot:

"WOOT!"

merry christmas(h)

I do love sprouts. Try sprout mash, with cream and parmesan. Mmmmm.

Sprout Mash

Oh, and a Happy Chrimbletide to you all (surely "both" - Stats Ed.) as well.

so today was the due date

No sign yet.
Baby still happily swimming around doing laps of the womb.
Watch this space.

roll up, roll up

Not before time, I've done an scatter graph, with trend lines,

plotting the guesses we have received in respect of the sex,

weight and date of arrival of the forthcoming Lightly: chart

And for those who might be interested (Alex...)

here are the underlying data: data

Four weeks and counting...

we are an uncle again

Congratulations to Seb and Karla (and Cameron!) on the birth of the latest addition to the Lightly dynasty.

Charlotte Rose Sophia Lightly was born on 7 November, weighing a healthy 8lbs 2oz.
Well done the Toronto crew. We're only 6 weeks behind you...

186 not out

Congratulations to super-Gunner Thierry Henry who last night bagged a couple against Sparta Prague in the UEFA Champions League of Money and That(TM) and in the process broke Ian Wright's Arsenal goalscoring record. Long may he continue (although we still look rubbish when he's injured...)

sprogs++

Well. Not only did we get a last-minute surprise visit from usually-Oz-resident Best Man Fiskin and his lovely wife Katie, it turns out that they've only gone and done the whole bun -> oven thing as well. Brilliant! Due in May apparently. Bravo and that :)

and it's goodnight from him

(with apologies to the Two Ronnies)

Sad news - the inspiration for the name of this page has passed away.

"At the peak of his career Barker, along with Corbett, entertained 17 million people every Saturday night."

17 million and one, Ronnie, 17 million and one :(

yorkshire week

At last, a week's break in God's Own County.

Firstly, a quick visit to the folks in Leyburn, followed by a couple of nights at The Star At Harome - amazing food, rubbish website :)

Then on to the 'society wedding of the year' (TM) with the lovely Miss K de Cozar and that nice Mr P Rushforth: