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Published: January 8th 2013
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Im conscious that its been a very long time since our last update. May !!! Things have been very hectic. Ive changed jobs and are now working on two areas with one based full time in the city. Im helping to develop savings for a local health service and manage a £14.8m savings plan, aswell as developing new services in the community etc. Same as previous roles. Im also consulting on the role out of new health services for a new hospital that’s being built in Kingston, South London. Its all really just project management type work. Jo is at the same job in Brixton as a Teacher. Jakob and Zoe are doing well but are entering the terrible Twos. Hard work but worth it !!. Since May we have two major purchases. We have bought a house in London. A three bedroom terrace house with a small garden in a area called Beckenham, around 20min train from central London. We have also bought a car. A 2009 Peugeot station wagon, 1.4l petrol. My newest car. We have already been for drives to Brighton and Canterbury to visit the cathedral. Jake loves it and just says Auto ( polish for Car)
all day long. The house is in good condition but needs a little work which is keeping me busy with lots of trips to the hard ware store and Ikea!!. Its great to have more space, extra bedroom and heaps of storage. We are in a very quiet street next to the school play ground so very quiet at night. A big difference from Tooting. We also finished our summer house in Poland, which the kids loved. It will be a great place to go each year and we are already planning a long stay in July/August. Lots of work to do out there as the winters are so harsh but a lot of fun as well.
The second half of the year also had some bad news for us as a family. Jos Dad sadly passed away in October after a brief fight against cancer. He is greatly missed by us all. We went back for the Funeral and Jos Mum has been over a couple of times since. She stayed with us for Christmas and is helping with the kids while Kay is away on her travels. Another sad thing to happen wad that my
cousin in New Zealand, David also passed away after a long term illness. Our thoughts are with his family as well. I was lucky enough to see him in April when I went back to NZ but couldn’t go back for the funeral.
On a lighter note. It was our 10
th wedding anniversary this year. On the 27
th we went to Venice and stayed near the grand canal in a 4 star hotel for 3 nights , just Jo and I. It was amazing being in Venice in the evening and it was 20C all day and night. We walked all evening while stopping at restaurants to eat and drink and soak up the atmosphere. The hotel was amazing and left us little gifts.
Christmas was very nice. Both our Mums were here for some of the time and we had 2 weeks off. It rained most of the time but I was very relaxed at the end.
Jos birthday is on the 21
st and I have surprised her and Ala with a trip to Barcelona for the weekend.
I hope all are well and look forward to
hearing what you have been up to over the past year.
Witamy wszystkich!! Bardzo dlugo nie pisalismy. Steven jak zawsze ma 2 prace i obecnie zajmuje sie otwieraniem nowego szpitala Kingston w poludniowym Londynie. Ja dalej ciagne ta sama prace jako nauczyciel gluchych. Zoe i Jakob powoli wchodza w okres makabrycznych dwulatkow, Jake bardziej niz Zoe! Nareszcie kupilsmy sobie swoje mmieszkanie a raczej maly angielski domek z malym ogrodkiem w dzielnicy zwanej Beckenham 20 min pociagiem od centralnego Londynu. Steven takze kupil sobie samochod no i nam, wiec sie wozimy po roznych miejscach.Jakob ma lekka obsesje na punkcie tego samochodu.
Dom jest w dobrej kondycji ale wymaga roznych napraw i ulepszen. Na szczescie mamy duzo miejsca na dole i dodoatkowa sypialnie dla babci. Mieszkamy na bardzo cichej ulicy kolo szkoly.
We wrzesniu bylismy w Wencji na kilka dni z okazji naszej 10 rocznicy, bylo bajecznie.
Obecnie swieta spedzilismy z mama. Pogoda byla okropna, szaro i mokro wiec troche nudno bo nie mozna bylo nigdzie wyjsc. Steve i ja mielismy 2 tygodnie wolnego. Masakra zeby wrocic do pracy po takim dlugim czasie.
Steven zrobil mi niespodzianke i mojej mamie wiec w przyszly weekend obie
lecimy do Barcelony.Hurrrrra!!!!!
Zyczymy wszystkim szczesliwego Nowego Roku 2013.
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