The evening news featured the funeral of Olaf Schmid, a bomb disposal expert who recently died in Afghanistan. His wife, with extra-ordinary composure, asked us to continue supporting our soldiers, even if we did not agree with the war. It's such a small request.Pictures: The Telegraph … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2009
Walkabout
The doctor informed me yesterday that I'll need to talk to the consultant about another early delivery. This is not really a surprise given that a) it's what happened last time (hence use of the word another) and b) I am 25 weeks pregnant and asking her for serious pain killers. My maternity leave started unexpectedly early a couple of weeks ago and though at the time I was very upset about it (who starts maternity leave halfway through a … [Read more...]
Thought for a Thursday
It's late, I know. I've been having one of those weeks. I did have a 'Thought' planned but I got on a bus today at school time and one of the 'students' was pushing a pushchair. Her pushchair. As I got on she and her uniform-clad friend were having a slanging match with the driver. It transpired he had been reluctant to let them on at the last stop because of all the kids at the bus stop, yet he didn't have a problem letting me and my pushchair … [Read more...]
The verdict
I'd say that Pumpkinfest '09 turned out to be quite a hit. The kids all looked lovely in their costumes, and the WH tolerated hers quite well too, and seemed keen on the 'craft' (you may notice that they all appear to be wearing bin bags. They are. I may have overlooked one thing on the shopping list in preparation for the big day. Responsible parent that I am I thought it more important to cover my darling's costume than to worry … [Read more...]
Thought for a Thursday
This was my original thought, though not very original at the moment (I'll have you know I was ahead of the trend on owning this poster and have it in my downstairs loo.) It's appropriate after a week of awful commuting experiences and poonami incidents from both PD and WH. The WH very thoughtfully rolled in fox poo then rolled all over my *gasp* cream sofa this morning whilst I was bathing PD and putting her in her third outfit of the day. And … [Read more...]
