Monthly Archives: September 2007

Just had to.

Small was indeed much better this morning, so much better that he got himself dressed while I was showering. I came out to find him struggling with his button (which is indeed very tight) but otherwise pretty much ready to … Continue reading →

I worked an evening shift on Friday, helping out a colleague who needed to do family things. While I was at work, Big was ill, copiously. Tim was slightly green when I got back, and we all had a very … Continue reading →

they make you smile. Reading from the side of her yogurt pot, Big announced “Octopuses have three hearts.” “I wish I had three hearts” she said thoughtfully. “Why?” “So that I could love more, and then maybe I wouldn’t be … Continue reading →

The smalls would just love one of these, just think of all the games you could play. I wonder how fast it turns? Anyway, Jax says I can’t have one. And it was cheap too. Special introductory offer £399.99 off … Continue reading →

Yorkshire boy talks posh after op. “William McCartney-Moore of York was struck down with viral meningitis last March and needed brain surgery after doctors found he had a rare strain called empyaema. “He lost everything,” said his mother, Ruth. “He … Continue reading →

When I read last week that the Press Complaints Commission had censured FHM magazine for printing a photograph of a topless 14-year-old girl, I looked to the press for coverage and comment. Surely, I thought, newspapers that are so determined … Continue reading →

spent the day with the children, even though it’s the weekend, and that’s the overall plan. Instead I’ve worked, and they’ve played, and watched tv. I know Big found her knitting and looming because I did spend some time reminding … Continue reading →

Big’s looming – with wonderful rainbow coloured wool and sharp hooky thing to lift wool off. Her knitting – with wonderful rainbow wool and little needles with animals on. Her embossing stuff (though not the paper). My fountain pen. My … Continue reading →

How do you know you are healthy? Weight is a national obsession. On the one hand we are in the grip of an obesity epidemic and experts are warning us against getting fat. I loved this article. It goes on … Continue reading →

Took Small to school this morning because he got himself up and dressed and insisted he wanted to go. He didn’t have a temperature and he ate breakfast in the car as usual. Apparently he was then fine until 11.30 … Continue reading →

I so want one of these.

5,4,3,2,1 Amazon DVD Rental sent us Thunderbirds series 1. It appears to be gripping…

so Big has moved on to Roald Dahl. She’s started with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Fiction) which she finished tonight, so then I pointed out Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Puffin Fiction) (along with various other Roald … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I was having a chat with a member of our QA dept. I hadn’t seen her for ages – she had been working from home in between very regular dialysis sessions, avoiding infection as the date … Continue reading →

I think I need to go on a “diet”.

This is something I have bemoaned to Jax and others a number of times. I grew up in a place where if there was no moon at, you bumped into things because it was very dark. When I go outside … Continue reading →

Having skived off yesterday, that meant we had rather a lot to achieve today, and the easiest way to achieve it was yet another trip to M’hell. I’m not sure whether we went last weekend, but I’ve now had 7 … Continue reading →

It involved paperwork, box storing, box packing and fighting with bindweed. I’d got as far as having breakfast, putting washing in and relocating to the office when the phone rang, and Jonathan suggested we go to Penistone show. That seemed … Continue reading →

It’s Friday! A whole two days before I have to drive up the M1 again. Recent events have conspired to remind me how much I enjoy not having to have the office routine. Being at work reminds me that I … Continue reading →