The cat brought in yet another mouse this arvo. I heard it yowling and turned in time to see it bat the poor thing around before running off with it again. Naturally I went off to try to defend the rodent, as I’ve said before, while I know cats kill mice and ‘play’ with them … More Flaming moggie!
My memory is getting worse as time goes by. I find I get so engrossed in some project or other that I forget or ignore all else… regardless of whether the other projects are completed or not! One such project was getting the daughters holiday photos to her. She’d copied them to a DVD but … More Like sand through a sieve.
Here’s a picture of me and my big sis… when we were neither of us higher than a grasshoppers knee! Gawd…. sad… innit?? 🙂 Anyone who’d like a copy… or the original negative should contact “Happy Snaps”, 4 doors from the GPO, Fleet Street, Torquay. Wow… a half century ago they had to send the … More Me and my big sis sometime last century.
You might remember a few weeks back me rambling on about a mouse the cat had brought in and released. The cat caught it once more, but after being scolded by the visitors it released the mouse to roam free again in the house… seemingly with a charmed life as from then on neither we … More The loose moose!
The father kindly sent me this to remind me what a chubby little thing I used to be… and of course remained! 🙂 There stands I with my little French beret at a jaunty angle with my camel hair coat buttoned up against the cold. Shoes polished, socks crumpled, looking like butter wouldn’t melt in … More The Author as a Young Dog
On a roll as far as forgetting things go. Mothers birthdays aren’t a thing one should forget… even if she’s not aware of them passing herself! It’s not as if I don’t *know* when it is after all… and yet not only did I mark it by forgetting her card, not an unusual event as … More Happy Birthday Mum!
No holiday for me that’s for sure. Up at 4:30 a.m., out with wife and youngest child. Wife goes to the train station, youngest goes to skating practice. From practice we go to the foster agency where the youngest is picked up to go see her ‘birth mother’ and I get home to the eldest… … More Holiday? For who?
My sisters birthday today and as usual I forgot to send her a card. Still, all of us here hope she has a great day and lots of cuddles from the grandkids! 🙂 I think she’s 21 again… but I’m not saying how many times she’s got there. 😀 Happy Birthday Carol.
Today we have the Australian cherry sponge cake, otherwise known as ‘the eldest daughter’. As I approached the school to drop off the youngest my phone rings. It’s the eldest daughter whose classes were supposed to start 15 minutes earlier. She ‘needs to talk to someone’. Ok… I’m at the school so I drive round … More Fruitcakes of the world
We received word from the kids school regarding the amounts we will be required to pay for their education this year. For the youngest the base figure is $11,672, for the elder, $15,668. So just for their basic day to day education we’ll be shelling out nearly $28,000. When we add in the ‘extras’ the … More School Fees… the nightmare continues.
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