THE TANGNEY TIMES

Vol 1 No. 10 Dec 2005

Hello to everybody,

Hope you are all keeping well as we are here in "bonny Scotland". The boys are changing fast with Aoife holding her own no problem !!. She is in her third year at school and enjoys it. David, James & Ronan are never out of these msn chat rooms talking to their school friends who they saw an hour earlier They are all without girl- friends at present, David and James anyway but they seem to work only on this agenda. With David going to college in Sept. 06 he will have free reign. James is also sitting exams in June so he occassionally puts his head in a book. Ronan is growing up fast and became a teenager in October and stayed up until 4am at his cousins

wedding!!!Ciaran is really enjoying his last year in primary school and its hard to believe that next year he will be heading to high school.
Joseph is as like his Dad as ever and enjoys art and music probably better than football. Aoife is full of mischief and gives her Dad and all her brothers the complete run around but not her Mum however!!! All our families are keeping well and many new cousins were born. All going well Martin and Kerry will have twins for Christmas a lovely christmas present. Eoin my godchild was born in April.
Joe is working hard but there have been changes especially in the out of hours, it is now shift work on the whole but they still do a fair amount. The new surgery has finally started so it will be all change in about 15 months.
I am working still in the local hospital in the A/E department and it remains very interesting

and enjoyable most of the time!We have had some visitors this year and it was great as usual to catch up with people. It was lovely to see the Humms from New Zealand and meet Katy Danny and Jasmine. Lots of our family came including Joe's mum who babysat for us while we went to a friends wedding in the south of France. We were away for nearly 4 days and it was just great and the wedding was amazing. Joe's mum did a fantastic job and we would love to have her more often. Well no more news really do have a great Christmas and a lively lovely 2006.
Best wishes
Liz
P.S.Fort William is now the "outdoor capital" of Britain and has much to offer including skiing walking and cycling and lots more.The world downhill mountain biking championships are here in 2007.

He has a laptop ready to write next year's newsletter in the event that I'm on a ventilator !!!
Now for the vital survival rules
1. Do not talk to any strange birds
2.Never take a lift from a strange bird
3.Never take sweeties from a strange bird
4. Never ever go home with a strange bird even after a few pints, I mean especially after a few pints
5.Never ever kiss a bird however inviting and voluptous their lips or shiny glossed beak might appear

Now a few Do's
1. Do "ruffle some feathers" right now before you die with regret..
2. Do "wing it" if a serious argument breaks out
3.Do kill the seagull perched in the garden tree before it kills you
4. Do avoid getting involved in any" fowl play" however inviting it might be
5 Do ask (tactfully) your chickens' friends if they are unwell before they come for a sleepover.

The Guinness Toucons are of course immune to the bird flu....so does that mean that all of the Irish around the world are also immune ????

It must be true .....it has to be true... The luck of the Irish...again

The message is simple just drink some more Guinness to boost your immunity !!!

him a wig for Christmas and a guitar ?????
The photo shows him being mobbed by adoring fans ...all drunk needless to say !!!!! James tried to compete
with his solo version of "Flower of Scotland " Say no more !!!!

Ciaran, Joseph and Aoife all went through a long Tamagotchi phase this year !
Apparently these little gadgets can have babies. This is frightening news to any parent and as Aoife is now 7 years I still consider her a bit too young to be parent !!!

I have yet to find one of these babies so I hope have escaped from our house !!!
They can also connect to each other ....amazing news and the kids spend endless hours playing games !!! Aoife then moved on to the latest Gameboy SP ...which will keep her busy for a few days before the next latest fad arrives !!

(the ball hit his elbow ) and Fort William won the cup. Of course James milked his glorious save as much as posible for weeks on end. Also he was in the U-14 team who won the Scottish Shinty Championship with a 6-1 victory against Oban . David and James were in the U -17 Scottish final but were beaten !!!

and gasping with the thirst !! But still able to give plenty of cheek !!
James has vowed to stay at school as long as possible and never ever mention the word BOG again !!! So a good lesson was learned !!!

Next day(Sat) we are off to Geilo for the first day skiing. A quick lesson for Liz and I from Kirstie our Swedish instructor !!! An hour was just too short as she put out her hand to help me off the snow …..heaven had arrived ……unfortunately she said she was not interested when I mentioned our vacant nanny job !!! Perhaps she will ring me up some day when she realises her mistake !!! The nursery slope for the day as Aoife whizzed past us like a little natural !!! The boys were simply gone off out of sight and we met up for lunch. Exhausted we all went back to the cabin at 4.30 and into the hot tub. Aches and pains were yet to set in as all those falls were taking their toll !!! Sun as sunny beautiful day as we went across the road to Vestila which was great.

A gentler nursery slope and improvement for the oldies!! The after noon back to Geilo and late afternoon a fall for moi and a heavy left knee injury. Too fast and tried to stop ouch !! A few more runs and that was it. The medial meniscus had enough !!
Hobble home and limping after that !! Last day for skiing Mon back to Geilo The boys tried a sledge which they enjoyed .
Tues up at 7am and on the road for 8.20 , Torp in 3 1/2 hours and reasonable road Ryanair on time and we took off early ……back home before 6pm all tired but refreshed !! Hips , knees , triceps all ache …still…but we are eagerly awaiting the new season