Hi Dan (and Roman) Its me again, just to let you know thar Misty spent the day at the vets yesterday, to have some tests done, she had to be there for 8.30am and we fetched her back at 2.30pm, with a bandage on her front leg, looking very sorry for herself. I think she had to have a canula in so that they didn't have to keep sticking needles in for blood tests. We will get the results back on tuesday and will let you know the outcome as soon as we know more. All is ok here at the moment but like you our money seems to be flying out quicker than we earn it, we obviously need to work quicker. Hope you are still having a splendiferous time make the most of it you guys as winter is well and truly here now and temperatures are down to about minus 4 or 5 at night and only just above freezing in the day. Looking forward to having you home son, miss you loads and you too Ro, see you soon love Mum and Dad xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mum
Hi Dan, thanks for the message and the phone call, its great for all of us to know that you are coming home. Sorry it won't be quite the same as some of the places you have been, but i'm sure the good times will continue to roll (for you anyway) we can't wait to see you, and Lee and Chris are coming with Dad to meet you and Roman from the airport. Tammy will go mad when you get back, and we keep telling her that daddy's coming home soon. Misty has been to the vets as she keeps drinking and weeing a lot, and she is panting all the while, they rang this morning with the results from her blood test and her white blood cells are quite high, so are her liver enzymes, and she has to go in for the morning next week to have 2 more blood tests done 2 hours apart so that they can do tests for Cushings disease, which doesn't sound too good, she seems to have all the symptoms including the pot belly, so I will keep you upto date with that. I suppose she is getting on a bit bless her, she is 11 1/2 yrs old now, but it will be hard to let her go if it comes to it, she is my soul mate, and is still so beautiful, but I couldn't stand and watch her suffer either. Anyway enough for now we are not even sure what the real problem is yet. Roman- I hope you will join us for christmas day, we only have a light lunch, but with lots of trimmings, and you are more than welcome to help with the pots after dinner (now theres an offer you can't refuse). Dan we will try and get the white car sorted for you for your return to sunny, but bloody cold Loughborough. Did you know that they forcast it to be the coldest christmas on record with temps down to -14 to -16 degrees on christmas day. My god you will feel cold after what you have been used to. Gran and Grandad send their love and are so glad you will be home soon. I will close now as I have to go and make a nice big stew for our dinner, but if you are good i will make tou a shepherds pie for when you get back, and we will have a party for you on the friday night if you want. Love to you both see you soon Love Mum xxxxxxx
Danny
Hey everyone! good to hear from you all and i'm pleased to say everythings going well here. we're in Koh Phan-ngan in thailand at the minute, which is a little party island. will be going to a full moon party soon, on the 16th, where the entire stretch or beach becomes a dancefloor, i'm going to have to put my breakdancing shoes on and represent for the UK. Al, its good to hear from you again and i'm pleased the dvd's arrived ok. sorry i missed your birthday so heres a belated "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" from me and Ro, your like a fine wine that only gets better with age :) good to hear the house is coming along and that money tree of yours is still bearing fruit, if you get any seeds from it, i'll take a few. Ma and Pa, Lee, Chris and the others, glad i'll be seeing you all soon, back on the 15th dec so it'll be good to be home for christmas, but dissapointing that we couldnt have spent longer on our travels, cos you've got the dvds and seen the photos its pretty obvious where the moneys gone! but hey, i'd rather have done it the way we have, in a shorter time but experiencing everything rather than regret not doing things and have longer out here. anyway, gotta go sleep off my hangover so i'll bid you all love and smiles. and to elizabeth, thanks for the message, hope all goes well in china for you. and to sa............erm.............yeah.........that'll do. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Elizabeth
Hey dudes! How are you doing? What have you been doing since I left KL? Roman, I saw the wedding crashers on the plane here to Hong Kong and it was just as funny as you said. Loved it.
So I had a good time in Singapore-- didn't do much--and now I've been in HK only one day and hope to get my mainland China visa sometime in the next couple days.
Danny, I OH SO miss you making fun of my accent.
Keep on truckin.
Lee & Clare
Hey bro, how you doing? Glad to hear your coming home, we missed you loads!!!!!
Saw your dvd of you jumping out of that cable car, your very brave or very stupid, i know which one i would pick. I would sooner jump out the plane cause you only go down once. We are having sunday dinner at Mum and Dads tomorrow what have you got ha ha ha !!!!!!!!!! Cant wait to see you when you get home love you loads bro love Lee and Clare xxxxxx
Alex
Hi guys, wherever you are - long time no message. I loved getting the DVDs and despite the scary content it's sooo good to see you all - I took the skydiving one up to Micks last weekend and the boys (5 and 7 yrs) were well impressed.
I like to keep the story of my kitchen going, so here's the next instalment - the central heating boiler has got to be ripped out and replaced with another, but regulations mean it cant go where the current one is, so lots of work (and money) involved in putting the new one in the cupboards in Aaron's room - blimey life's a beach.
Also, I've had a birthday this week - only one away from the next BIG one, and the day passed pleasantly with a call from my son and heir, cards and pressies - fab.
Oh yes, the other tiresome event this week has been the exhaust going on the car - good job money grows on that tree.
Next fix-it job is the pc - cant instal latest Norton so Mick is going to take control of the pc remotely and sort it - i feel very girlie about that.
Love to all, hope to see some of you soon.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
SA
Sorry boys, it's library time again. Will try to keep it short and sane..................................................... Ok that ought to do it. Sa xx
Bro, Bird And Baby
Hey Bro. How you doing? Sorry we havn't left a message for a while but we have been so busy looking after the little man. Anyway, i have seen the DVD's of you you doing those crazy ass bungy jumps. You lot are absolute looneys. We are all o.k and are looking foward to taking Fin to the fair on Saturday. He is really alert now and you have never seen anyone with such a cute smile. Takes after his mum. Claire is fine and is really taking to being a mum. She is a natural. As for me, i think i am doing well. Just hope we get this thing with his kidneys sorted soon. So, you are in Singapore now. How is the place apart from being hot? You must be having the time of your life. You certainly look like you are on you pictures. Anyway, must go now and get back to the s#*t hole that is work. Will be in contact again soon. Look forward to seeing you soon as i hear the money is going fast. Look after yourselves and remember-BE SAFE. Love always. Chris, Claire and Finlay xxxxxxxxx
Mum H
Hi you Guys, Good to know where you are and what you are up to, but I am a bit worried about bird, I think she looks a bit pale and jet lagged, she needs more rest and maybe she should see a vet, do they have vets in singapore? You both look well, and you are still having a good time by the sound of it. Alex came up to bring the DVDs to us on Sunday, it made us feel sick just watching them, you must have guts Danny (or you did you bring them up when you jumped), you have more nerve than me or your Dad, and Lee and Chris think you must be brain dead, or just plain dumb, which is it? All is well here, but the weather is turning quite cold now, so not much chance of topping up the tan if you should decide to come home. Alex has said that Roman may be going back to NZ to Aaron when you come home, so you might be coming back on your own eh. Baby is a lot better now and Claire has talked the doc into keeping him on the medicine he is on now and not change him back and put him all through that again, so thats a relief. He is smiling now and making all sorts of lovely baby noises, so he is very healthy and now weighs 10lb 7oz, so he has gained over 2lb in weight since his birth. Granadad has been over so we have got some pics of 4 generations of Houghtons, will try and send them 2 u soon. Dad is on nights, and i am ready 4 bed so I will talk 2 u soon, love from Gran, Grandad, and all your family especially me and Dad, Tammy and Mistyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Love u loadsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Danny
hey everyone, just a quick message to say whats going on and where we are. well, we're in singapore at the moment but should be heading off to kuala lumpur tomorrow on the train (oh the joy!) its about 7 hours and no doubt itll be a ride to remember! its stiflingly hot here and the humidity means we're melting! but hey, the place is great, we've been to chinatown, to little india and to the colonial district so we've had a chance to take in the scenery and see what there is to offer... we've also found a hostel that sells really cheap beer to its occupants and although we're staying in a different one we've (through catlike stealth and unbelievable trickery) managed to obtain the hostels door entrance code and convince the guys serving that we're staying there... now you may think we're a pair of alcoholics and we did this to get more drinks, but its all part of saving money and thats the whole point of coming to asia as early as we did, so there! ok, we'll keep you updated and let you know whats going on as long as you do the same, your all slacking in the message department so you need to pull your fingers out or theres gonna be some arse kicking when we get back... hehe, ok, gotta go, gonna put some pics on the website now so go take a look and i hope you enjoy them. love to all! Danny XX
Danny
We're in singapore!
Jess
hey ronan and danny! it was really nice to have met you guys, you're so british (that's positive)
maybe i'll see you someday in Amsterdam or in Loughborough ;)