Christmas 2006

It has been a year of recovery for us and Christmas brings us a joyous time to get ready for a new year.

All of us with you a very Merry Christmas and wish you that the hope of Christmas (edit me Steff!)

Thor and his Valkyres bring the huge tree in







The seemingly world-famous German Cookie factory has again been in production, with new





delicious treats to add to the tradition.

A cowboy rides off into the sunset

Our friend Andy has left these shores to go back to England and the many development job opportunities there. He came to the USA a couple hundred years too late, as modern preference for immigrants seems to be for illegal rather than legal ones. He was here for over six years and did everything as a good American should. He drove a Mustang, he drank Carolina Pale Ale, he visited the Outer Banks and Florida. It's only fitting that Andy ride off into the sunset as any good cowboy should because that's how Andy and Frederick became friends- a misunderstanding over the use of the term 'cowboy' turned into a great friendship. Andy even lived with us for a short time as he was selling his home in Durham. I think Andy now wears the cowboy title with pride. What's to become of Andy? We're not certain, but as he boarded the plane to the UK, we thought we heard a phrase from a more modern cowboy... I'll be back!