Not a lot to say today or yesterday… oldies are leaving this morning… busy… back later 🙂

The oldies fly out on Friday back to the questionable warmth of the UK summer. Gonna be quiet here for a few months… but no doubt they’ll be back for Christmas. The old man is already saying he’ll be flying out on December 3rd, but who knows what’ll happen between now and then. We celebrated … More Two more days!

Service with a smile? Actually I was laughing with hysteria. Ok it’s the weekend but should it *really* be so hard to get some response from the car lease company, or the manufacturers support site? Apparently yes. I rang around the people I needed to call… and got no help at all. I’ll try again … More Service with a smile

I zoom here… I zoom there… I seem to zoom everywhere. Until tonight. After driving around like a maniac since 2:30 p.m. taking kids to skating and Guides and then picking up new desks… and then the wife… and then dinner… I got home around 9:15 p.m. As usual, I reversed up the drive… more … More Life's like that.

Just for a change it’s not particularly warm right now. This might have something to do with it almost being winter… and possibly something to do with being out walking the wife to the bus at 6:00 a.m. but either way 4ºC is too damn cold for me! This week I started wearing a ski … More Damn cold here!

Where’s what? Where’s all my ‘get up and go’ gone? Back twenty years I was full of vim and vitality racing around college doing this that and the other… loads of work, loads of fun. All these years down the track and I’m overweight, depressed, and bored rigid. What happened? Can’t be too much of … More Where is it?

Was last in the UK 3 years ago for the parents 60th wedding anniversary so natch took the kids. Stayed in London one night and when we woke next day the youngest was covered in lumps. Went to reception… played hell about bed bugs… and left in a huff. Over the next few days we … More It's true it's true!!

Had a call from the eldests musicology teacher. Your child is quite brilliant… but remarkably erratic. Well thanks we knew that. Also whilst she is not only more than able to keep up with her teachers train of thought and leap ahead of her very often… when it comes to writing it all down… she’s … More Daughters musicology exam.

Over the last few months the oldies have been here we’ve had repeated fun at the old mans expense. Occasionally he uses a walking stick and when he is getting the old lady out of the car he is wont to rest it on the roof of the car until we move off. Now and … More How embarrassment…