Monthly Archives: December 2006

“Doctors have been banned from wearing ties in an effort to contain the spread of superbug MRSA. An NHS trust has told hospital staff, including senior consultants, that the wearing of ties and “other superfluous clothing” could result in disciplinary … Continue reading →

of Jax v Christmas Let’s see, I stayed up late last night trying to work through yet another box of stuff from under the table this time. Then I was reluctant to rise when the alarm rang, despite us having … Continue reading →

TIME.com: Person of the Year: You — Dec. 25, 2006 — Page 1 Person of the Year: You Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome to your world. Interesting. ht: Cottontimer

OK, I know that isn’t the title Great morning – I didn’t get out of bed. Love my lazy days with breakfast brought to me and children wandering in and out to chat. Big was particularly good this morning – … Continue reading →

I could rant about the government, idiot car drivers, colleagues who appear to think the boss going on holiday is sufficient excuse to give up for the next week, terrible tv all around and so on and so forth. What … Continue reading →

Diplomat’s suppressed document lays bare the lies behind Iraq war “at no time did HMG [Her Majesty's Government] assess that Iraq’s WMD (or any other capability) posed a threat to the UK or its interests.” It shows Mr Ross told … Continue reading →

may have noticed a slight difference about me in the photo I posted below. Just in case you didn’t: that was then. This is now. Great response from my manager when I walked in this morning – better than Small … Continue reading →

to a “come as you are” blogparty by Jen. Accordingly: What was I doing? Still wearing my coat, having arrived home half an hour ago from work and peeled clothes off sleeping smaller offspring, then I’d sat at the laptop … Continue reading →

From Knuttz – a superb picture collection of funny/strange/peculiar/interesting pictures.  

the assertive way Driving down the road to take the kids to school I spotted a builder walking towards the site on the other side of the road. He then took the lid of his styofoam coffee cup and chucked … Continue reading →

I can find all sorts of ways to waste use up time online. There’s blogging, but you already know about that I mentioned amazon’s astore the other day, and yes, I have added another page on parenting books to my … Continue reading →

Forgot to blog that recently I’ve been doing quite well in competitions. There was the day of raffle prizes , plus a cd from songpeople (can’t find the post where I mentioned that, but I’m sure I did). I’ve also … Continue reading →

and I’ve just managed to register our new oven. Why do they do that? Put a url on the register now card, which directs you to another, you then have to search that (once you’ve bypassed the bit that tells … Continue reading →

Tonight, while I was warming up the oven for pizza, there was a clunk and the plug circuit went out. When Tim flicked the switch to put it back on, although the oven made hopeful noises, it got cooler instead … Continue reading →

Most notably me and Small actually. In fact really only me and Small, think Big and Tim would probably be slightly agrieved if I said they were short tempered. Small is being very three. This morning he belted Big over … Continue reading →

Crocodile Hunter Meets His Match del.icio.us will eat itself The internet is shit.

No, I haven’t managed to sort out the dining room. Just don’t ask, OK? Instead, I’ve been playing some more with amazon’s astore. If I could get the navigation to work, I’d embed it in the site, but it just … Continue reading →

I haven’t quite decided what I am going to award it for, but there will be a MIU Rubbish Christmas Award. There is a mystery prize.

Do I have to let the children join in when I play with it? I’m dead chuffed. It looks great. I’ve skimmed the 96 page manual already and now I’m rereading in detail. Thanks darling.