Very good weekend. Cabled the house up with Cat 5 on Saturday, so now have ethernet connectivity in the living/dining room and the study. Don't need it anywhere else, unless at some point I decide to use the (huge) built-in cupboard in the guest room as a server room. We then finished off unpacking the living/dining room, so that's now ready to receive guests. Will be putting the tree up real soon, as soon as I sort out some power in that room. One thing we didn't really consider about the house is that power sockets are few and far between, so I'm going to have to liberate the two extension leads I have in my college room (since I really no longer need to have quite so much kit in here any more) and use one to provide power to the DSL router/switch and the other, for now, for the tree lights.

Yesterday was Carole and Andrew's wedding, and it was just a fantastic day. Everything about it was wonderful, and Carole's never looked so lovely. My sermon seemed to go quite well, although I was shaking like a leaf behind the lectern. Apparently one of the guests commented to Carole "If he's not a vicar, he should be". Encouraging

The reception was at Fawsley Hall, where Queen Elizabeth I was once entertained in the 16th Century. The food was wonderful, good wine, and the speeches came in at 32 minutes. Harsh, as I had 34 minutes in the sweepstake that JS had organised.

The happy couple are off the Sri Lanka today, looking forward to seeing them when they get back to Blighty. In the meantime, I have an essay on Hosea to attack, starting today.