In the sidebar, I did it! Finished the never-ending shawl Only a week late, as Big is already fond of pointing out. Ah well. Got other things to do tonight, like eat and sleep, so I’ll wish you all a very happy new year, and sign off til 2007 eta piccie taken by Small
A camping kettle and a flask
is what you need when your kettle packs up We seem to be suffering from electrical gremlins just now – the kettle demised yesterday, and one of the phone handsets is stubbornly refusing to charge. Lack of a kettle in this house is a traumatic event – we both drink copious quantities of hot drinks. [...]
Boys or Girls
For Jonathan
Yesterday’s worst disaster
that would have been when Small kicked one of Big’s teeth out then It was wobbly beforehand, but she was still rather (loudly) traumatised. I hope she didn’t get blood on the sheets, as they aren’t our sheets, we were over in Meltham. Other than that it was a pretty uneventful evening. Once the children [...]
Oops – Part The Second
Jax may have missed “Christmas 3 – Revenge Of The Grandparents” but there were pictures, so that should console her. My favourite part was where Small started to disappear into his sack as the level dropped and his excitement increased. Avid readers may recall that last year Jax and I were given a hamper [...]
Oops
Rubbish Christmas – The Competition
First Prize: A tomato ketchup container shaped like a tomato. Two Runners-Up Prizes: Special Poundland® tokens, entitling the recipient to purchase any item on sale in the store. Please submit your entries using the comments box below. The winners will be the givers or recipients of the presents judged most rubbish by me. My decision [...]
It was good
A day of odd conversations
with the man over the road in the little shop I’ve never been in in the six years we’ve lived here. You try explaining that you’re buying washers to make robots with! with parents, children and Tim about arm length and body size after the 3-4 year old trousers for Small were ridiculously oversized. This [...]



