Well two weeks off soon came to an end and now I am back for another grey, overcast weekend before starting my new job. It must be said that the south wasn’t much better. I did catch a glimpse of a bright yellow orb in the sky, but it wasn’t around long enough to be classified as a true sighting 
The first weekend was taken up looking after my nephews, which was a trial in itself. I was feeling a little ‘tired’ when I arrived on Friday evening, and managed to play with two of them and was glad when they went to bed early. However, they did not understand that uncle Pasty did not want to be woken at 6 am. Things didn’t get much better the next day as my sisters third son pitched up as his other gran was unwell and so we had three boys aged 2, 4 and 5 to amuse - with two of them sharing my room. On Sunday they let me sleep in - until 6:30 - how kind!
The Christening went well, and lunch was a not for the weak-hearted. The desserts were as ever, far too nice:
I had hoped to update my blog in Pastyland, however my dad only has dial-up on his PC. All I can say is that dial-up is so painfully slow - I lost the will to live just checking my Hotmail!
On returning to York Two-Sheds kindly dropped off my leaving gifts on Saturday night and I decided that the large “Maxima” wine glasses needed Christening! They are very nice, although care is needed to avoid overfilling - only from a health point of view - as each glass can take a full bottle!
This is a ’standard glass’ of wine (about 187ml) - so beware of saying ‘just half a glass for me please’.