cleaning time

a little more tinkering...

woah... it has been a while...

bioNIC Fund

Something different and important for this update. My cousin's Bruce and Stuart Anderson are looking to raise awareness, and funds, for the Organ Donor Foundation. Please take a moment to read their story and visit their site.

www.bionicfund.com

"In July 2008 our friend Nic had an emergency heart transplant.
It was successful and his body accepted the new heart. We dubbed him bioNic after
the transplant. Unfortunately there were other complications which tragically led to
his untimely passing. Nic was 29. His new heart was fine.

Nic’s amazing spiritual and positive outlook on life and how much he loved his wife
and cared for all his friends and family left an impression on all of us. It seems
fitting that we honour and remember him by establishing The bioNIC Fund.

We want to raise as much money as we can for
The Organ Donor Foundation’s (ODF) Flight for life Programme through our
participation in the 2009 Cape Epic marathon mountain bike stage race.
It’s 8 crazy days of 750kms with16 500m of climbing.
The race is highly competitive and physically taxing, with up to 10 of the past
and current World Cup champions competing.

It’s quite simple.
We’re looking for donations per kilometer or a flat donation.

We’d like to further challenge everyone to commit to a bonus donation
if we achieve a top 30 overall position (phew).
This can easily be done on a pledge done via email.

Any donation will help large or small. Individual or corporate.

All donations should be done directly to the ODF and referenced as Bionic Fund
If you don’t have the means to donate money, give life and become an organ donor

So dig deep, We know we are going to have to during the Epic."

Bruce and Stuart Anderson
Team Twin

STOP PRESSES! NEW SITE. NEW SITE

Yes yes... I actually rebuilt the website. From scratch! It may not look too different, but the code is better and it should look consistant regardless of what system you use. Let me know if you find any bugs or missing pages.

On that, the Pictures gallery is bigger and better than ever, so expect to see more there soon.

New Photo Album.


So, if being back to work wasn't enough for her, Vanessa has also started a new venture, Safe2Grow. An infant and child CPR training course aimed at parents and childcare providers. Starting this month with private courses as well as training Medi-Clinic non-medical staff, I'm certain that this is going to be an exciting process.

Have a look at the website for more info [still being constructed so check back often!]
Safe2Grow.com

Love your hair, hope you win - Ross.

right... we have a website!

moan moan moan... yes I'm aware that I don't do this much anymore, but just to keep everyone happy, here's an update to the Picasa Web Album of our boys. For the rest of you, there's loads more on Facebook. later - R

Picasa Web Album.

Busy like bees that are busy and stuff...

OK. So doing a website actually takes time, which I don't have right now. Sooooo.... I've used Google's awesome Picasa and uploaded a ton of pics to our web albums. You can see them here:

Picasa Web Album.

molding a generation, 1 year at a time!

James is already 1. Can you believe it?.

Our website rendered as a cool graph.

Sleep is for the weak!

Vanessa and I have had to learn to survive on a shorter, and more interrupted, sleep pattern than we were used to. James is not a big fan of sleeping, because seriously, there's SOOOO much more to do when awake and crawling around the place. I mean there's cats to play with, chairs to move, peanut butter toast to eat, tables and guitar amps to climb up, pens to steal, cupboards to open, and close, and open, and close, and open... You get the idea?

Don't misunderstand me, this is all pure joy to observe and be a part of. Watching James grow and learn is possibly the most amazing thing ever. Ever! Looking back at older pictures and videos remind us how far he's come in only 11 months. He even said his first word last week. His nanny's name, Barbara! Yay mom and dad!.

James, you are a never ending bundle of energy. I reckon if we time it right, you can do your siblings night feeds and nappy changes because, hey, you'll be up anywayz!

Pictures page.

why there have been no updates:

Ya Ya... I Know!

It has been WAAAY too long since the last update, but I do have a valid excuse. I do I have a 5 month old son and a house that is only being completed this week.
It's been, shall I say, a tad busy...

Anywayz... here's some updates on the pictures front.

Pictures page.
The band is going well, we're Cape Town's hottest thing after all! Check us out at the Shy Guevaras homepage.
The next gig is on the 10th of February @ Zula Bar in Long Street. See you there!

Picture update

Just some picture updates of little James, and our house that is rapidly heading toward completion.

Pictures page.

Shy Guevaras

COWBELL anyone?
Please right click and "save as" and don't stream from my site. ta!

bla bla bla... joined a band. Did an awesome first gig. People digged us, egos inflated! It's all GOOD.
Some images here.

Pictures page.

it's a good day!

Today Vanessa and I have been together for 9 years! Not bad going, and a great way to celebrate [having a child and a new home!]
James' world is over here.

Pictures page.

James Lliam John Pickford is born!

Pictures are over here.

Pictures page.

progress on all fronts

baby and house are both growing at amazing rates. Baby progress over here, and House progress over here.

Pictures page.

sheesh...

what a year! It's been exciting, but really exhausting. The house is underway and going really well. Big up to Brice Construction: you guys rule!
Added a page dedicated to the "bean" who's due in just over 6 weeks over here, which is, and will be, the authoritative home of all that is Little Pickford.

house building pictures are here or via the pictures page.

NEWISH PICTURES

easiest thing. Just pop over to the PICTURES page.

site cleanup and update

spent a bit of time cleaning up behind the scenes. Hopefully won't affect anything. Added a new page called Fun Stuff which is, and will grow further towards, a place to do something rather mindless, but fun.

Took off the link to the Jokes page. still there, if you can find it...

Baby video is still here, and now working!


Please right-click and chose "Save Target As"

new pictures are here and here.

scan video and picture updates

had requests for this, so heres a short clip from our 15 week scan. [Thanks to Flat Stanley for singing along!] It's just over 5meg to download, and if it wont play on your system, you'll need to download & install this.


Please right-click and chose "Save Target As"
[I'm not Mac savvy so do the appropriate thing if you're not driving a PC]

new pictures are here and here.
Pictures homepage is here.

cool picture

one dark & overcast night while on holiday in Knysna I took this picture of the view with a full moon. Then took the same basic shot and set the shutter speed to 15 seconds and the second picture was the result. One of my favourite pics!


General pictures page is here.

baby update

baba is now almost 14 weeks. Last scan:

More to come.

General pictures page is here.

a new year with lots of new things!

Goodness! Talk about new things. So far this year this is the score:
1 x Baby on the way!, 1 x House due to be built (same due dates!!), some holidays if possible, lots of work, studies etc etc... Gonna be a big one!
Gary and Grets, Evan & Kerryn & Duncan and Megs got married, Turtle found her man(!), Ray and Nikki have had a baby (welcome Jenna!), and Bev & Pete got engaged. Shows what happens when you neglect your website! I'll attempt to add more pictures and info in the coming weeks (yes Gary...)

Pictures page is still here.

a short break and back to the mayhem!

we took our annual holiday to Mauritius this year (with a brief stopover weekend in JHB). We had a really relaxing time, but as usual, was way too short. Now a fading memory, we find ourselves packing everything up and moving home. We'll be renting for the next 8 months or so while we proceed with our plans to build a new home in 2005.
New Pictures page and some fixed up links.
Holiday pics are HERE.

Gave up the design, but we're still here!

Clearly not my best work, but after getting rather iritated trying to think of something new, I played with what was here.
SO... some updates, some pics (thanks to Den & Claire, and Gus for 1 or 2 of the pics), and some news.

   

broken resolution, but here's a taster...

hi everyone. with work taking up 105% of our time for the beginning of the year, the site was left to go stale. In an attempt to get going, I present the first draft of what may be coming. As always, we're open to suggestions.