Henry comes to dinner

Big fam dinner in honour of Henry Thomson and friend Peta. Marcus Thomson and 2 mates has arrived. An old friend of mine Peter Kirakov turned up by chance and a chair found.
Megan Thomson had started cooking the roast beef yesterday so it was uber tender and teamed up with vegies, white sauce and gravy. Marcus produced Yorkshire pudding. We believe Peta has brought the makings of Pavlova.

Indeed the pav is a reality.

Megan whipped up a chocolate pudding and in an interesting coincidence, it turns out that she had received the recipe from none other than Peter Kirakov a gazillion years ago.

Peta

Peter

Chris - Targeting a PB in weight.  His weight!

Jemma concert

Jemma concert at OSS

Lucy back home

Lucy snuck out yesterday.

I came home to grab some lunch and she was back - thank you kind neighbour whoever you are.

Guilty face all over!

Pupil Free Day

Pupil free day. I'm taking a day off.

Started at 4:30 taking Chris to rowing then I went to Urban Rowing and did the "ergo plus" workout circuit thing. Lesson 1 was a reminder of the importance of hands away before body over. The erg was on sliders and to start with I was crashing back and forth. By the end though I was dripping with sweat and the technique was much smoother.

Then breakfast with Chris at the mango tree. Omelette and coffee at the mango tree.

Home.
Lesson #2 - A reminder of how Chris just gets so much more study done during rowing season.

Dan and Jem separately decided cooking was the go. I had to do my duty tasting and to compensate for the sugar, lunch was fruit and yogurt.

In the middle of all this, modern tech keeps me connected to work. Did I say I was taking the day off?
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Nothing to do with today.
Last night, I bought Fish and Chips from Chompers and blow me over if it was not Dan at the controls.

BGRC Presidents Lunch

Saturday afternoon and evening was the Grammarians "President's Lunch" (dinner?).  Live covers band great food & wine.

Georgie is the strongest and fittest woman I know.  Just saying

Will I get done for defamation.

Movie - The Martian

Jemma and I went to see the Martian in 3D last night.

Really enjoyed it.  It seems petty realistic. After the movie we had pizza and while we were waiting, checked a few "facts" on the net.

Turns out potatoes and poo is a viable choice on Mars.

Likewise a plutonium heater seems also plausable.  I had assumed he would have gotten radioactive poisoning.

A "Sol" is indeed a martian day.  Just over 24 earth hours.

Pondered what speed of rotation one needs on the Hermes space craft wheel to simulate gravity?

Can one really take off without a nose cone?

Why were the Chinese in the story?