Welcome to the New and Improved Barker Family website
Hi, please bear with us while we update the site, toss some old stuff into landfill the recycling crate, dust off the tinsel and generally spruce ourselves up for the year ahead.
JB
30.11.08
the Barker Family Round Robin Christmas 2008 edition
This has been a very special year for the Barker family. This year,- we bought new curtains for the laundry room
- we thought the toaster was broken but the button just needs an extra push
- Nigel presented his portable device for playing mp3 music files on the BBC's Dragons Den, but the Dragons couldn't see the potential of this innovative little gadget
- Lidl started stocking hummus
- Jan ate another apple
- we made our annual pilgrimage to Wallyford and look forward to seeing the new Park and Ride there next year
- Emily created a black hole in the back garden for her school science project
- Jan now likes olives
- Nigel continues to work as an IT consultant until his career as a comedy writer takes off
- new purchases include a steam iron and a washing up thing where you put the washing liquid in the handle
- Georgie is now able to turn invisible
- thanks to Scottish Water we now store all our old grease in fat traps
- Nigel completed a Marathon in three and a half hours. Next year he is going for a Twix
- our Buttocks of Steel exercise program continues to grow in popularity
- Jan is still looking for a publisher for her Fun with your Laminator book
- Lucy got eaten by a dog but is feeling much better now
- our shares in Woolworths continue to do well -- reminder: must check the financial pages