New Year List 07/08

Guess its up to me to do the new years list, serves me right for having started the tradition I suppose. For the sake of form I shall attempt an order of importance but hasten to add that this is just my own subjective opinion and that I welcome feed back and argument. Mum made her bid for immortality (yes death is an important stage in this quest) when she died on early March and it’s tempting to put this at number one but I think that even she would agree if she were still alive that Alice and Jack gazumped her.

The ever so grand wedding in November cleverly timed to take the limelight away from away from The Election starring many of the biggest names of screen and politics has to be the most important as this fool sees it. Add to that a holiday in Laos Cambodia and Vietnam, Moving out of home, and becoming an important editor of an important magazine in which she presents feature articles of herself complete with nude photos, must take the cake. Sorry mum but you’ll have to content yourself with second.

Third spot is a bit tricky but I’m going give it to Kelly for her carbon footprint. Chris and Sue are her obvious contenders as when they weren’t towing a mobile home around Australia were having international holidays in Europe. Kelly of course accompanied them on this Euro holiday and not from such vast distance, but to this she added the extravagance of a trip home for no more than the renewal of a visa, and now a trip to Cleveland USA including extravagant shopping trips to Target. Yes definitely Kelly at Three for alongside this footprint she also appears to have acquired a boyfriend to take that place in her heart previously the exclusive domain of Laurie Daly who’s even been calling her this year.

I’m giving fourth to The Nomads not only on account of the previously mentioned busy schedule but also because of their scrupulous documentation of the same in this blog. Bravo blogers! Any of you wishing to gain a high place in next years list should take note. They also got bonus points for clever Christmas card videos.

Five is difficult. Cat got a job in the movies but as yet I haven’t been invited to any hi-falutin parties nor have I seen Nicole at any family days. Gabby has surely graduated and will soon have a class of lucky kids though I’ve yet to see her in cap and gown nor even a picture. Hugh has become an excellent bloger and the first of the next generation of pensioners, two most admirable traits don’t you think. Dot bloged and soldiered on while Strobe bloged, went schizophrenic and had an insurance job done on his replacement hip. Ross and Anne are saving up on their travel footprint and pouring the saving into Rainwater tanks, kitchens and paint jobs, not to mention excellent family days and Christmas celebrations. John has survived a dangerous medical condition as indeed has Anne and as yet neither of them have had to resort to a medical malpractice suit. The Gardener, remember him, went even more feral and plunged much further into the Australia of pioneers, heroes and serial murderers. Lets hope he’s keeping a diary least his stories be wasted. I should mention Chris and Matt who last year turned from insignificant sports mad others into very interesting relatives. Welcome to the list Chris and Matt. Yes five is difficult, perhaps you would like to arrange the rest. I’m going to sleep on it.

Before I go though, Hugh, you and anyone else interested in the type of musings in your most recent delightful blog, especially you Alice who have been recently asking so many questions, should go to "rokstump.blogspot.com" where recently I placed some similar rubbish which I wrote some time ago. It is rather long and I felt that publishing it here might cause readerphobics to go away and never come back. Pack a picnic basket and spend some time at Aintree with me.