New toy

I had originally planned to enter this entire post utilising the Christmas present I got from Carole (a windows mobile smartphone) but after staring blankly at it for about 20 minutes - rather akin to a monkey looking in the mirror - I decided it was a bit technical for me.

Still, in the football world they say a goals a goal no matter how it's scored. With that in mind I'll steal that thought and paraphrase it after screwing up it's intrinsic meaning. As such, a blogs a blog no matter blah blah whatever.

That first picture was me trying out the smartphones camera for the first time. And no I don't normally make a habit of photographing myself in bathroom mirrors. Wish I'd at least smiled or something rather than look constipated. My second picture was off Sima. That's not a happy puppys face. Perhaps I should have switched the flash off rather than blind her from point blank range.

Luca, of course, always provides good copy. This is him sleeping soundly, with the picture only taken little more than ten minutes ago. He's started humming in his sleep now. A very musical child looms I feel.

I hope the world is ready for another blog. For, as of yesterday, Caroles sister has started her own - http://www.magicjaney.blogspot.com/. We had a good read of her first entry last night, and I have to particularly admire Janes predilection toward moaning about the little things in life. This could be a blog to identify with during those "Victor Meldrew" moments.

**Sweden has been voted the world's top moaner nation in a new survey by NOP World, with 41 per cent of its people admitting that they had complained about something in the previous 12 months. It is followed by Britain, where more than a third are likely to complain against a company or organisation, than people in most other countries. While Australia and Canada came third and fourth with 30 per cent and 26 per cent votes respectively, America, Brazil and Argentina jointly got the fifth place with 23 per cent of respondents making a complaint. People in Taiwan were least likely to complain, with just 1 per cent admitting they had spoken out in the last year. They were followed by Saudi Arabia (3 per cent), China (4 per cent), Poland (5 per cent) and Russia (6 per cent)**