Archive | October, 2007

Trick or treat?

Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed the pumpkin carving and costume making, the spooky food and the dark nights when I looked after kids, but hated getting home. Then followed an evening of getting up every five minutes for the doorbell only to find a bunch of spotty teenagers standing there wearing masks they [...]

Trick or treat?

Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed the pumpkin carving and costume making, the spooky food and the dark nights when I looked after kids, but hated getting home. Then followed an evening of getting up every five minutes for the doorbell only to find a bunch of spotty teenagers standing there wearing masks they [...]

A picture that paints a thousand words…

A picture that paints a thousand words…

56 days, 17 hours and 44 minutes, but who’s counting???

My Christmas countdown begins, not with the playing of Christmas music in high street stores from the beginning of October, but with the making of the cake. This always happens on my father’s birthday, since it has traditionally fallen in the middle of half-term, which meant that I could still do the cake even when [...]

56 days, 17 hours and 44 minutes, but who’s counting???

My Christmas countdown begins, not with the playing of Christmas music in high street stores from the beginning of October, but with the making of the cake. This always happens on my father’s birthday, since it has traditionally fallen in the middle of half-term, which meant that I could still do the cake even when [...]

56 days, 17 hours and 44 minutes, but who’s counting???

My Christmas countdown begins, not with the playing of Christmas music in high street stores from the beginning of October, but with the making of the cake. This always happens on my father’s birthday, since it has traditionally fallen in the middle of half-term, which meant that I could still do the cake even when [...]

56 days, 17 hours and 44 minutes, but who’s counting???

My Christmas countdown begins, not with the playing of Christmas music in high street stores from the beginning of October, but with the making of the cake. This always happens on my father’s birthday, since it has traditionally fallen in the middle of half-term, which meant that I could still do the cake even when [...]

What the blog?!

In the parlance of Facebook- which, by the way, is the work of the devil and must be avoided at all costs if you plan on ever getting anything done- I have been poked by the continually pokey Wakeup. I’m supposed to tell you a little bit about myself, which I do anyway on a [...]

Big decisions, big fences.

Its been a busy few weeks, with one thing or another, culminating in our decision not to move. We had yet another offer, then a couple of days later, the buyers reduced their offer. At which point we had a long walk and a good talk and came to the conclusion that the universe is [...]