Birthday Pressies

Got the wife’s present sorted out eventually. We went into the jewellers in the mall and they took out 6 links. It now fits, and I think looks, beautiful. Well so does she which makes it all ok either way 🙂 On the way through the shopping mall I passed a little watch repairers and … More Birthday Pressies

Yesterday

Strange sort of day yesterday. Spent the morning at a meeting which lasted from 10:00 a.m. til 1:00 p.m. though it was fairly productive in its own way so was worth going to. Then home for an hour and off for the kids. The school broke up for the holidays yesterday for two weeks, which … More Yesterday

It's all go.

Another one of ‘those’ weekends coming up. There’s a public holiday on Monday so you might expect us to have some free time to relax a bit and catch up on stuff. Fat chance! Both kids are going rock climbing with Guides tonight. They need parents to help belay the other kids… so both the … More It's all go.

No cake for me?

Youngest daughters birthday today… she’s just 8. She had her party last Saturday at the skating rink with 20 friends and seemed to enjoy it. Today was far quieter but we did get her a cake. The cake was a really light almost frothy vanilla sponge with layers of caramel fudge and cream covered in … More No cake for me?

Visitor Time.

It’s ‘visitor’ time again. The youngest daughter has invited a little girl over… for the weekend! Her name is Dunya and we know next to nothing about her except she has to avoid eating anything ‘pig derived’ like pork, ham, bacon etc. On first meeting she seems to be very much like the  youngest… so … More Visitor Time.