How time has flown (again!). It’s almost time for MT to return to work and we are once again wondering where the holidays have gone. At least I have the advantage of not having to return to the grindstone in the city.Our second visitor Margaret has just arrived... As part of my efforts to put a little spice into this blog I thought I talk about the heat we are having at the moment. Compared to last year it’s a heat wave. Come to think of it, I think it’s a heat wave per se.Yes in the last 9 weeks we’ve had... On the first day of 2008 we have had all sorts of water adventures. Seemingly it wasn’t the just the pump playing up. Now it’s the valves. So after much gnashing of teeth we spent the day kicking the water system to get it to spring into life. Oh the joys... Hurray, new neighbours. After the steers were moved from the the paddock it’s been lonely with no friends to talk to.Fear not, we’ve got new neighbours this week. The dinkiest, sweetest family of goats – billy, bessy and their little kids.Dramatic... I know that this sounds like a cheap excuse for not blogging but it really has been full on. Festive domesticity is always a challenge but for this domestic executive in this year it’s been more challenging than most.Fortunatly my just in time methodology served... 