It's become an annual event - Mum and Dad coming to stay for a couple of weeks after Christmas.As always, we had a job to keep Dad busy. This year was building a deck in the back of the garden to put the outdoor dining table on. George and Dad spent many hours planning, buying equipment and timber, then clearing the site and constructing the deck. It was a labour of love - and the final result was fantastic. In between we had trips to our favourite spots in Sydney - Parsley Bay and the cliff walk from Bronte to Clovelly. We had some sensational nights out too - Symphony in the Domain, a free concert under the stars finishing up with Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture, complete with fireworks and cannons. And for Mum's birthday, I took her and Dad out to dinner in the Rocks followed by a engrossing ghost tour around the oldest parts of Sydney. We didn't see any real ghosts but it was still spine-chilling!