Well my beloved sister outdid herself again this year. Last year's pants were pretty amazing - this year she continued her long tradition of misspelling one of our names in a fairly permanent way. Jono spent some time as a child wearing a Tshirt with a brilliant original Anne design featuring what was nearly his name ("Jonathen").
This time she managed to mis-spell my first name - a real achievement! The wrapping was pretty cool I have to admit - and I smell nice today (I think).
Got my own back (pre-emptiveley) by giving her a bag of pigfood for her present. The deal is we pay a couple doing an amazing job among the Aeta Indians in the Philippines (Pam & Martin Scott) and we give a card to people (like my sister) so effectiveley Ann&Renzo (& Phil/Gabrielle & Bal/Noodle) have supported this brilliant work!
The pigfood was because I gave my brother (featured in flourescent yellow lycra pants on last years Christmas blog) a pig. We named the pig Peppa (Phil is the producer of "Peppa Pig").
Spent a lot of Christmas day watching Dave Gilmour's "Remember the Day" DVD (thanks Jono) - even my mother liked it.
This article in "The Inquirer" from the Philippines puts Pam & Martin's work in context brilliantly. Doing Jesus stuff in Jesus' way - wholistic - body, and soul.
