60/40

Just a quick post tonight (OK, this morning - it's 2:37am).

Couldn't let Saturday's party go by without a mention. My Dad turned 60 this month, and my brother in law turned 40, so my sister had the idea of having a combined 100 Years Celebration. It was a terrific night, with around 90 guests packing the church hall, enjoying games, wonderful food, some speeches, a few audiovisual clips, and generally having a great time together. I offered to put together a clip for both Dad & Jeff, and was given boxes of old slides from the 60's and 70's to scan and incorporate in a visual history. It was great fun seeing some of these photos for the very first time - much like discovering treasure - so while it took all week to get the slides scanned and the videos made, and while I didn't sleep between Friday morning and Saturday night, it was really enjoyable.

It's unfortunate that half of the family couldn't make it to the party: those of us who could were treated to a really special evening. Thankyou again to everyone who organised the night, and setup tables, and blew up balloons, and cooked wonderful lasagne and apple pies and everything else, and who made name badges, and gave speeches, and invited everyone and who gnerally made it all so great. And again, Happy Birthday Dad, and Happy Birthday Jeff. May there be many more.

Matt

(On an unrelated, the DVD proposal I posted last time has been seen by my Sydney colleagues, my boss and his boss, and the reaction has been really positive so far (one said "blown away" and another said "blew my mind", but they could have just been polite). Our General Manager is yet to see it - he's been too busy to watch it and even asked one of his staff to watch it and give him a precis! (which didn't happen). He's the decision maker, as he's the only one who can authorise spending the money, so the discussion is stalled until he finds time to watch. I'll give him this week before I start trying to progress it any further. Watch this space).