Oh that was fun.
Bought the calendar in the end from an amazon seller as opposed to amazon – the delivery times on Amazon were just unbearable
And left out the dinosaurs – maybe next time. But chucked in Stitch ‘n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker (Stich ‘n Bitch Crochet) after agonising over One [...]
and I’m thinking of getting Crochet Pattern-a-day Calendar
and maybe Walking With Dinosaurs [1999] ‘cos I think Small would like it.
And to round it off, Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast because I like the title. Oh, and she’s one of my favourite authors too
Hm, not sure if that takes me up to the [...]
will sky go on calling trying to get me to sign up again?
That is the third call since I cancelled the account. No, I won’t go through your security rigmarole, I don’t want to discuss the old account, I’m not going to sign up again and PLEASE stop calling now!
I am not going through that again.
My business earns barely enough to pay for itself – mainly because I’m so unremittingly poor at actually invoicing anyone! Must grab some time over the next few weeks to sort out the accounts into a proper state, so that for next year I can file very very [...]
which is supposed to be an internet service, should not require you to fax them, post anything to them, or for them to post anything to you before you can use it.
If it does, then it isn’t an online service, and should not be allowed to describe itself as such!
Grr.
There will [...]
I don’t have anything nearly as exciting to do as pack for Melrose (I’d say it’s going to be quiet round the blogring, but since the near death experience of my laptop, I don’t get to refresh sage 27 times an hour, so I’m not going to feel it nearly so badly ) [...]
Small had his first proper haircut today. Previously, Jax and I have both had attempts at it, neither with terrific success. Jax’s effort failed, mainly because he agreed to have it cut because it was hanging in his eyes, and Jax was foolish enough to cut the front first….. at which point Small reckoned he [...]
Yet another of those days at work. I’m not sure there are any other kinds of day in a support department though.
On the way home, someone tried to run into us at a junction, then calmly swerved between the car that had emergency stopped to let him out and my car, to accelerate off [...]
yesterday:
40 mph speed limit as I joined the motorway
100 mins to work
10.50 breakfast
2.50 lunch (both when I mutinied and stopped working for a minute to eat)
at home
1 plastic box resorted
2 bags of rubbish disposed of
3 rows of beaded wrap done.
Today:
no speed limit (other than the usual one on the motorway).
120 minutes to work [...]
The Jew’s Free School “is Europe’s largest and most successful Jewish secondary school. It was established in 1732 as the Talmud Torah of the Great Synagogue of London, serving orphans of the community.
In 1822 the School was relocated to Bell Lane in the heart of the East End where, throughout the 19th century, it absorbed [...]
On a number of occasions, I have tried to explain to Big about things like radio waves, radiant heat and so on.
Me: “It is like light but you can’t see it.”
Big (blank, puzzled, Daddy is taking the **** again look): “?”
We have talked about rainbows and splitting light up into different colours, that is [...]
Big asked me, “how big is a virus?”. I found the answer here at Cells Alive, represented rather better than I could have done on my own, I fancy.
It is trying to snow outside, time to wrap up warm… …Jax says we need a tea cosy.
We are now the proud owners of a Brown Betty Teapot made by Price and Kensington. I purchased it from Wilkinson’s emporium at Crystal Peaks, Sheffield, £2.99. They also had a very nice spotty pot, but I did think that could be disorienting early in the morning.
Later, I saw a lovely white teapot at Sainsbury’s [...]
Apparently I don’t know the tao as well as I know the bible (88%), but here you go anyway:
You are 58% Taoist!
You are a Novice Monk / Nun in the Temple of Tao. You have selected the Taoist path, but need to get serious about your education in its philosophy and applications. You have [...]
Saturday night, I feel the air
Is getting hot
Like you baby
I’ll make you mine you know
I’ll take you to the top
I’ll drive you crazy
Saturday night, dance, I like
The way you move
Pretty baby
It’s party time and not one
Minute we can lose
Be my baby
Da ba da dan dee dee dee da
Nee na na na – be my baby
Da [...]
Chatsford 6-cup Teapot Brown. I came across this in a page called “In praise of good design”.
I think this has all the attributes we want. It looks like a teapot. It is not ludicrously expensive. BONUS: It has a built in strainer – no fishing for leaves or bags. It (allegedly) doesn’t drip (believe that [...]
…without the word fairy in the title!
I’m thrilled! Obviously
It’s Pippi in the South Seas, although it obviously wasn’t all that good as she didn’t take it upstairs with her Instead she was reading Curious George, which does seem to be popular.
It’s been a lovely day today. I got [...]
During the birthday weekend visit of the Beans it became apparent that we are deficient in a most Unbritish (is Unbritish a proper noun?) way.
It will shock you, dear reader, to learn that we are without a teapot. It is hard to impart the character of the expressions of politely restrained horror and dismay on [...]
Didn’t actually mean to be away for two nights, but as has been noted in many places, it was a bit windy yesterday. Around mid afternoon, someone suggested we take a look at the travel sites, and it became rapidly apparent that if I wanted to go home, setting off much earlier would have [...]
