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Off we go to the school’s Presentation Day where all the kids who’ve done something worth getting an award for… get… an award. Sadly I missed the schooling of my first two kids because of all sorts of factors so I’m making sure I get as much out of these two as I can. Isn’t … More Prize Day at the School!
The garden is slowly reaching it’s ‘seen from space’ look with both house and vegetation festooned with strings of sparkling lights flashing and twinkling for all their worth using up the worlds energy resources as if they’re going out of fashion. On one side of the garden we have our 8 foot snowman leaning over … More It's beginning to look a lot like Xmas.
The house isn’t clean. The house isn’t tidy. Neither am I come to that… but all of us (and it) are as good as we’re going to get. Kids are off to school despite having had yesterday off to visit the doctors because of sinusitis, sore throats and flu. They both have to clean out … More Done as far as done can be.
As written in the other blog, I’ll be giving the gym a miss today and will probably have to miss tomorrow as well! We have two more rellies arriving in the morning and the place looks like a bomb has exploded… again. Too many kids in too small a space in too wet weather means … More The never ending story.
Last night was the finale of the Hills Biggest Loser Competition organised by the gym I’m a member of. I’ve written a little about this in the other blog but this is an extended edition so to speak. For those who’ve not kept up, the competition started 13 weeks ago and ended on Saturday… however … More Life goes on.
So there we were, sitting in a corner, on a table full of people we didn’t know, under a loudspeaker, an hour late, and looking conspicuous. Great start. We were on a table of strangers because we decided that instead of choosing to sit with other parents we knew we’d take pot luck. Actually we … More The Year 6 Formal: Stage 2.
Even before we got to the hotel things fell apart. Come on now… did you *honestly* expect anything else? Do things ever go smoothly for me? The wife went to work… the kids had to go to guitar and singing… and the UK clan (who were going to babysit the youngest for us) went to … More The Year 6 Formal: Stage 1.
Well ok not quite the full story yet… it’s time for bed… but I *will* write it up later tomorrow (I hope).
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For Xmas I ordered from the butchers a 5 kilo ham, 4 kilo leg of pork and a 12 kilo fresh turkey. Just had a phone call… no 12 kilo birds… hard to come by sorry… would two 6 kilo birds do instead?? Nope. I suggested they get as big a bird as they could … More Where's ma toikey!!
