Monthly Archives: July 2007

went with Tim to pick the kids up tonight, and was surprised to see Big playing with an unfamiliar boy. Apparently he started last week, is nearly 8, and they’ve really hit it off. She’s no longer the oldest, and … Continue reading →

a booklist Found it at notsheep. Look at the list of (100) books below. Bold the ones you’ve read. Italicise the ones you want to read. Leave blank the ones that you aren’t interested in. Movies don’t count. 1. The … Continue reading →

Just in case you were wondering and as if we could ever forget (You can get past all the bits trying to get you to sign up for stuff if you just keep hitting pass…)

This week I should be making a good news announcement, following booking in with my midwife this morning. Instead I spent the weekend having a miscarriage – three hours on a toilet on Sunday evening, and it’s all over again. … Continue reading →

Our new compost bin has arrived. So to celebrate we have decided to see if you really can compost anything. And the kitten has finally been vaccinated enough that it is safe for the outside world to be exposed to … Continue reading →

Last night Big and I discussed whether you could step into the same river twice. It was quite a fun discussion, ended only when my parents arrived to drop off a dryer now surplus to my sister’s requirements. They also … Continue reading →

Yes, as the head of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, Dr Ken Boston, insisted, the curriculum will still contain the essentials: grammar, Shakespeare, the British Empire and algebra. bbc I guess grammar is pretty essential – I use it everyday, … Continue reading →

Because I’m bored of hearing it said and seeing it written. It should be bored with or bored by. Another link on this topic And I still don’t get why it’s not correct to put an apostrophe before the ‘s’ … Continue reading →

There are two houses further down our road with skips outside. One, a bungalow, has all sorts of furniture littered around it, sofas, a bed. I’m guessing they’ve lost just about everything. It’s a very sad sight, even more poignant … Continue reading →

“..going into a tiger’s cage is a once in a lifetime experience…” Hmm.

They shouldn’t be offering degrees in it. They should be looking for a cure!

‘Until now, we thought it was an area of abandoned wasteland on the outskirts of Swindon and, as such, it had just been designated as a public open space’, said a spokesman. More at (News Biscuit).

I like the fool, it has an interesting spin on finance, and is good to read. Some finds today: Admire, Aspire, Acquire. Of all the dreadful straplines encouraging us to lust after consumer goods, this is perhaps the worst that … Continue reading →

To keep Big amused. Muzzy. Recorder practice. Start project on costumes. Game of chess or some such. Small will do much the same probably without the recorder practice though.

(I know, this has been kicking around for ages) Tim needs your help. Will sell wife for food. Tim needs to develop a sense of trust in trustworthy adults. Tim needs to find an more acceptable ways to deal with … Continue reading →

There’s a post on one of the blogs that up til yesterday was on the blogring. Yesterday, as several of you are aware, I went round and hibernated a number of blogs that hadn’t been posted on for a month. … Continue reading →

First Life I am thinking of signing up for this, but I am really not convinced it will catch on. Broken Society I just watched Andrew Marr’s interview with Webcameron for Sunday AM. View online. I think DC’s is right … Continue reading →

so why have we all spent all day indoors? Actually, that’s not true, Tim went out for an appt this morning. The rest of us are just pathetic. Small has a streaming cold, Big has a screaming attitude, but probably … Continue reading →

Because I really ought to talk about the hotel too The drive from Kessingland to Ipswich was stressful, because vast quantities of rain kept falling suddenly, and the road was full of idiots. I particularly enjoyed the jaguar driver who … Continue reading →

Alan Johnson, a Hull MP and the health secretary, is to visit his constituency after its council said it had become the “forgotten city” of the flooding. Mr Johnson will visit a flooded estate. An estimated 35,000 people have been … Continue reading →