Here is a round up of the Family News for 2013. This is an all electronic version, done as a blog. Made sense as most have access to the internet or know someone who does.
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Guess the big event in our lives this year was the house move. After 18 years at Holgate Road, and a sales process that dragged on for 6 months, we were pleased to move into a very pleasant 2 storey house in a quiet residential neighbourhood. Here is a picture of the house when Amma, and Rachel came to visit.
Jane was delighted that the house had only 13 steps - compared to 56 in our old house. This, plus the layout of the house, the office space to allow Jane and I to work from home and backing onto Hob Moor were all factors that sold us the house as soon as we walked in.
Jane is still quite busy at work with increased responsibility for mentoring trainers, but still makes sure to find time to be the main carer for her mum who turned 89 this year. Following 2 falls (one major, one not so major) Gran Mary needs a stroller for trips out of the house. Jane does all the shopping, provides most of the meals as well as make arrangements for friends to visit.
Jane has spent more time on her photography this year. Following a Masterclass with a local photographer, she has been taking some fantastic photos. Having stepped away from Carecent, she now provides relief cover and has been called up a few times already. We all spent a very happy Boxing day morning dishing out breakfasts.
One of Joseph's high points this year was his participation in a "pop-up shop" in August. Here he is transporting everything on the day on his bike. His hard work is paying off with much interest in his screenprints and many commissions. His artwork has been used for the Waterstones cloth bag in Amsterdam and he has commissions to do the one for the shop in Piccadilly as well as the Hatchards bookshop.
Out of all of us, Emily has probably had the most exciting year travelling around South America from January to August this year. I am not sure where to start describing her travels. She trekked to Machu Picchu, danced tango in Buenos Aires, climbed volcanoes in Chile and learned Spanish in Bolivia. I was impressed by her ability to live out of a (carefully packed) rucksack for this period and some very long (36+ hours) coach journeys. If you are on Facebook you might be able to see the whole trip in photos.
Luke has just started his second year of Software Engineering at Sheffield Hallam. He is well into the music scene and finding time for his passion - playing his guitar and singing. He managed to get to Glastonbury this year by helping out at a fast food stall. Luke seems to have a nice group of friends both in York and at Uni. He has been a great help to me in building the Custard Pi add on boards which is aimed at hobbyists and electronic students. Click here to hear one of his original songs.
2013 also saw Tele-Products (TP) celebrate it's 25th year of trading. This was a fantastic achievement and one that would not have been possible without support and
encouragement from Jane. Since putting a full time MD in charge last year, I have been enjoying my new (more technical) role at TP for 3 days a week. The rest of the time has been spent building up the electronics hobby business with help from Jane and Luke.
Wishing everyone a Happy and Peaceful 2014 - from all of us.
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Guess the big event in our lives this year was the house move. After 18 years at Holgate Road, and a sales process that dragged on for 6 months, we were pleased to move into a very pleasant 2 storey house in a quiet residential neighbourhood. Here is a picture of the house when Amma, and Rachel came to visit.Jane was delighted that the house had only 13 steps - compared to 56 in our old house. This, plus the layout of the house, the office space to allow Jane and I to work from home and backing onto Hob Moor were all factors that sold us the house as soon as we walked in.
Jane is still quite busy at work with increased responsibility for mentoring trainers, but still makes sure to find time to be the main carer for her mum who turned 89 this year. Following 2 falls (one major, one not so major) Gran Mary needs a stroller for trips out of the house. Jane does all the shopping, provides most of the meals as well as make arrangements for friends to visit.Jane has spent more time on her photography this year. Following a Masterclass with a local photographer, she has been taking some fantastic photos. Having stepped away from Carecent, she now provides relief cover and has been called up a few times already. We all spent a very happy Boxing day morning dishing out breakfasts.
One of Joseph's high points this year was his participation in a "pop-up shop" in August. Here he is transporting everything on the day on his bike. His hard work is paying off with much interest in his screenprints and many commissions. His artwork has been used for the Waterstones cloth bag in Amsterdam and he has commissions to do the one for the shop in Piccadilly as well as the Hatchards bookshop.
Out of all of us, Emily has probably had the most exciting year travelling around South America from January to August this year. I am not sure where to start describing her travels. She trekked to Machu Picchu, danced tango in Buenos Aires, climbed volcanoes in Chile and learned Spanish in Bolivia. I was impressed by her ability to live out of a (carefully packed) rucksack for this period and some very long (36+ hours) coach journeys. If you are on Facebook you might be able to see the whole trip in photos.
Luke has just started his second year of Software Engineering at Sheffield Hallam. He is well into the music scene and finding time for his passion - playing his guitar and singing. He managed to get to Glastonbury this year by helping out at a fast food stall. Luke seems to have a nice group of friends both in York and at Uni. He has been a great help to me in building the Custard Pi add on boards which is aimed at hobbyists and electronic students. Click here to hear one of his original songs.
2013 also saw Tele-Products (TP) celebrate it's 25th year of trading. This was a fantastic achievement and one that would not have been possible without support and encouragement from Jane. Since putting a full time MD in charge last year, I have been enjoying my new (more technical) role at TP for 3 days a week. The rest of the time has been spent building up the electronics hobby business with help from Jane and Luke.
Wishing everyone a Happy and Peaceful 2014 - from all of us.
