....how can you tell..

Hi there, sorry about this but we are back on the chameleon theme.... how do you know which one is male or female?? answers gladly received!! we now have 2 in our ivy bush thing? so maybe baby chameleons to come?? question? how do chameleons have babies?? some say they explode out females stomach and wander off? any ideas??

here is a picture for those concerned about the lack of pictures of anya!! wse have had afew days at the pool, very nice and incredibly hot, and yes you guessed it, sunburn followed!! surely though it's all worth it for a tan?? or is that just me.

..lunchtime photo

..lunch time

sitting on the porch the other day, when i happened to look up an this is what i saw!! it's enough to put you off your lunch, over the next 20 mins we watched as the chameleon slowly swallowed it whole, the thing was as big as him!! when he had finished you could clearly see the gecko in it's stomach, nice!!....well we might be on wireless but it won't let me upload any pics, soory about that, you will just have to imagine the image!!

..against the clock..

..these internet cafe places are tense places to be, so much for having a relaxing time reading and writing emails!! i can't help myself but look at the ticking clock as the minutes count down to zero! i get all tense and everything seems to be on a go slow, except the ticking clock. my mind goes blank and i can't think what to say or what i need to do on the net and still the clock tick down with no mercy....is it just me? or are their others out there?
this weekend at new hope we could be (hopefully) be wireless!!!! wow, no more walking up to the office to plug in!! so maybe this wekend we could be communicating like mad, we will see. they have been building it all week and it is a very impressive set up just looks very complecated if it goes wrong!
anyway here's to the 21st century!! and there goes my ticking clock!!......

...the earth moved!!

At 5.30am this morning, was woken up by the whole house shaking and moving!! an earth tremor, which was very exciting and thankfully no injuries and of course joel and anya didn't blink and stayed fast asleep!!
the pic is of anya who was a bridesmaid 2 weeks ago, she did so well and as you can see was concentrating very hard on her walking, there is a certain style of wedding walking here in uganda!!
HOT weather here at the moment and no rain!! and therefore lots of dust!!
sorry picture doesn't want to appear! maybe next time

...do eggs bounce??

Hi everyone!! well do eggs bounce?? one game we played last week was dropping eggs from a water tower and seeing if any survived!! well 2 did at least, with one being wrapped in a passion fruit, within a balloon, in a sock

and in a bag!! very creative... for those who know them we pick up glen and wendy tomorrow, which is very exciting.

so good books to recommend please, suggestions very welcome!! and of course films.....

...life

Hi everyone, busy week here, with a youth week with the P7's. it's been quite a laugh and as you see lots of silly games!! don't know who has enjoyed them most, me or the young people!! the game they are playing was a relay we thought up with as many bizarre items they have to carry as possible!!??

i hear there is snow in the uk, thanks to those who sent the pics, here it is hot and once again i got sun burnt!!, will i ever learn to put on sun tan lotion?? well that's what kathryn keeps asking.

boda-boda

Afternoon!! amasing what you can carry on the back of a bike!! and of course on pretty terrible roads!! good weekend here, what did we do?? good question but i do know it was good! weather for those weather fans is hot and dry!! even though there still seems to be rain, even though it is the dry season. i think people are obsessed with the weather as us brits. and like us really haved no idea what it's going to do next!

Public Service Announcement

Sorry to break in to the browns blog, but this is just a quick admin post for all you readers out there! No doubt many of you phone abroad and more relevantly some may even phone the Browns! We have been using TeleDiscount which is pretty good. But today i got a link through to a site that will find the cheapest of the many sites out there that do cheap international calling so I decided to pass on the information. For example, telediscount calls from UK landline to Uganda mobile was 8p per minute, and this website showed one that was 5p per minute.

So check out:

Money Saving Expert Call Checker

If you, like me, are on NTL you may want to check that the quoted prices are the same as they are one BT. You can do that by looking up the Non-geographic number definitions here and then cross checking with the tariff guide for that classification here.

And that is the end of this public service announcement!

...the long silence....

Hooray we are back!! sorry for the silence but i had forgotten usernames and passwords which are both fairly important to this whole process!! blogger have just changed things and everyone knows..change is not a good thing!! and when computers are involved and me, there is always trouble.

anyway just wanted to say hi and we haven't forgotten you and hopefully you haven't forgotten us!!

oh by the way, here is the dolls house made at christmas, wouldn't pass any building regs but anya's happy!!

...2007

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! what are you going to be doing and where? please some exciting stories of where you celebrated and how would be cool! don't quite know what we will be doing yet? have been looking after one of the babies this week and that has meant being up in the night!! wonder if i will make midnight?? Anya's cast is off end of this week, hopefully!! she has done very well and been cheerful throughout.
wonder what 2007 will bring.... who knows, a chelsea team who can defend? more car punctures? we will try and keep you infromed,.... have a good one....

happy christmas

Happy Christmas, from Uganda!! here it is either hot or wet!! but as you can see from the picture, we are staying true to a few english traditions! Anya has now got her 3rd plaster on, as the other 2 either went soft or started to fall apart? thge doctor did say it wasn't our fault !! i'm choosing to believe him!!
the christmas tree is huge as you can see, any guesses on it's size?? hope you all have a great christmas and tremendous new year!!

....ow!!

it's been a bit quiet recently, this end, due to problems with the old internet!! i don't think it was me!? last weekend was eventful, i had great plans of going to watch the football, but anya fell off a climbing frame and broke her leg!! so instead of watching the football i was in the hospital. they were great and helped anya and us through it, she is doing really well and there is very little moaning and she just gets on with it. so not only is it our 1st christmas in uganda, it is also our 1st one with a broken leg!! the big cast will be on for another 2 weeks and then a smaller one after that, a spiral fracture for those who know bout these things.

1000!!

Greetings one and all, a friend has just let me know, we have now had had 1000 hits on the blog!! WOW, i presume that it is good?? thanks for everyone who reads our wandering thoughts and make nice comments!!
Lots of rain at the mo and kampala is an absolute nightmare to get in and out of... so trying to avoid that of we can! no further punctures to report, HOORAY!! Pic is Joel and anya on the swing, thanks ED, the seesaw is no more, sorry to say, fun while it lasted.
at the moment, trying to build/construct a dolls house!!! yes i know, those who know me will now be in shock an d will wonder can it happen, pics to follow as proof, hopefully!!

Hi there,
i have returned from up north! had a great time. we were on the new land for new hope uganda, where a childrens centre

specifically for childrfen rescued from LRA will come and stay. we were involved in clearing land, slashing and digging and as you can see from the picture eatring meat!! take my word for it very nice. when i have other pics will put them on. it was an 8 hour drive on a variety of roads, but i have now found the best road in kampala!! 100 kms of perfect tarmac, not a pot hole in sight!! certainly makes driving easier when you don't have to avoid craters in the road!!

all say hi here......

Baby Silas...

Hello, one and all!! couple of weeks ago i mentioned that we were having baby Silas over for the weekend, hence the picture, we had a great time and he only woke up 2 or 3 times in the night!! i forgot what that was like! Joel and anya really enjoyed ~silas being around. Silas is part of the baby house here, where at the moment they have 9 babies ranging from3 monts up to 3 years, these babies have either all been abandoned or their parents have died. the baby house is looking for upto 30 sponsers for the house to support the babies and everything they need and at this point they have 15!! sponsership is $30/month.
lot of rain the last few days, but still no sign of christmas decorations, tree or music....it's quite nice really...
bfn..

Ugandan barbie...

The other night we had a "camp fire" in our garden, where we roasted pork on sticks, very nice, some were a little over done!! but it was a barbie so black on the outside and pink in the middle is what you expect!! then for pudding we demonstrated the culinary delight of toasted marshmallows!! a mixed response would be safe to say!! great fire though.
puncture no.7!! yesterday, so new tyres for us i think!
lots of rain today so we've had great fun making mud pies, great fun and i trhink anya is an expert!!

bfn

...Big Bang!!

..the big Bang!!

well the other day, there we are driving along one of our fine roads here with a car full, when suddenly there's a huge BANG, what's that i thought, we've just been shot!! but no..... the back side window had just exploded inwards!! all over one of our friends, it was all very exciting and now our car has a black plastic bag for a window!! very attractive looking!!
hope you like the picture, yet another chameleon pet but this one was very big and if i'm honest a little scary!! he has wandered off now...
this weekend we have one of the little babies (Silas) who is 3 months coming over, so that should be fun, to be reminded of sleepless nights and nappies etc...
bye for now....

swings!

hi one and all, thought would send you at least one of our "playground" courtesy of Ed, what a clver chap he is!! he's just returned from sudan, had a good time.
the swing is cool (oops the font has gone smaller and now bold!!) ah still bold oh never mind! picture of seesaw next time, as this is taking an age to load.
favourite film ever? what would it be?
bye for now
brownies