This AMAZING bag arrived in the post a couple of days ago.  
It was made by the one and only ‘Jan’ (my big sis)  accompanied by a Christmas card with a note inside saying ‘Just a little something I made at sewing class’  Jan, you’re so clever!!
Thank you so much.  It’s perfect!
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I wasn’t scheduled for any courses today, so to make sure I wasn’t disturbed by Crystal, I turned my phone off.  Great suggestion by Simon 😀

Over the last few days I’ve taught a 3 person Open Water and a 4 person Advanced course which went well but I am so ready for a day to myself.

As Simon told you all, we have to move by the end of January and we’ve found a place by Hacienda (the leisure park) which I think has potential.  It needs a little work completed (roof panels replaced, kitchen tiles glued back) before we move but I like the feel of the place.  We have a garden, so I can put my hammock up and it’s seems fairly quiet.   On the down side, we will need to buy some furniture and kitchen appliances but I think it’ll be worth it and I’m already thinking about recycling crates, piping etc for storage.   So today, I’m going to have a look online and check out ‘Koh Tao for sale’ (2nd hand goods)  I might even go and have a look at our new place  …just to get more of an idea of what’s needed 😀   ..quite excited about our new adventure but I’m really going to miss our view.

Christmas is approaching far too quickly and is very different here …we both miss the family very much.   As you can see from our previous post we’ve put our decorations up but have hardly spent any time at home to appreciate them or listen to any cheesy carols.    Knowing that Iona and Chloe break up from school school today, the excitement must be building.

I hope everyone’s been good this year  ..or else Santa’s not coming ;-D

We send our love and ‘Get Well’ wishes to Dell who has pleurisy and to Charles’s, for his hip replacement.  Take care of yourselves!!!

Love to all
Jen

Back to work!

I have started a new Open Water course… Only this one is different…

PADI have created a new version of the Open Water course, and today will be the first time I have taught it. I feel it means much longer hours than previously and I am concerned that I won’t be able to complete it in the timeframe… I guess the only way to see is to try…

Yesterday, I zoomed around printing paper, preparing for the new course, shopping for some veggies, and xmas shopping online.. Now, ordering stuff online from here is probably slower than if I had flown back to the UK, gone in the shop, purchased a gift, wrapped it up, hand delivered it to Santa in the North Pole, and then went back to Thailand.  Needless to say the internet was slooooooow.!

Righto, better get to work…In the meantime… its XMAS in KOH TAO !!