I was up early this morning, around 6:00 a.m., to take the youngest to her ice skating lesson. Whilst waiting for her to dress I sat quietly by the computer as is my way, reading the online news and trying to stay awake. I was sitting in a reverie when the cat began meowing outside … More Of mice and men… and cats.
Recall a couple of posts ago that I was concerned about the possibility of a poltergeist taking over the house because of ‘sneezing’ noises we were hearing? Well the mystery (such as it was) is solved. A week or two ago I decided the house ponged a little… ok a lot… in fact it stunk!! … More Who's a silly boy then?
If you hear sounds of cheering from the house later this week you’ll know what’s happened… the kids have finally gone back to school! The youngest will be heading back into Year Three of Junior school and is looking forward with some trepidation to the event wondering who her new teacher will be. She’s expressed … More Kids off back to school this week… yaaay!!
Got word from the daughter to say she and family got home safely… though I think to say that might mean a reassessment of the meaning of the word ‘safe’. From reading between the lines… no detail of course… it wasn’t the best journey ever. She reported that the flight had a two hour delay … More Homeward bound (3)
Well… they’re off and by now most of the way home. Leaving was… uneventful… well it was if you ignore the noisy squabbling brought on by the stress of finally uprooting and leaving. Did they enjoy themselves? Hard to say. I wouldn’t say anyone except the youngest grandson was particularly effusive in their desire to … More Homeward Bound (2)
The wife suggested it might be a nice idea to upload a few small images of the family – always happy to oblige so here they are! 🙂 (Why the dots next to the pictures?To be honest, right now I can’t stop the ‘word wrap’ working so if I *don’t* do it, the caption for … More Pictures? Sure.
Moving away from the sadness of the last post, we come back to my ongoing struggle with reality. Almost literally moving from the sublime to the the ridiculous. We discovered in short order just how much of a problem the collapse of the car was to be. To begin with, our Chrysler Voyager is a … More Homeward bound (1).
I’m not sure I’ve mentioned this yet, but the daughter and son in law bought an old car while they were here to last them over the holidays. We worked out the cost of hiring a car, and decided it would be cost-effective to buy one that cost no more than that, then sell it … More The car collapses.
Actually, for a change, there’s really not a lot to say about the day itself. It may not have actually been ‘the wedding of the year’ but for us it’s probably the only one we’ll be going to this year… or next year… til whenever! 🙂 So, following on from the previous post, the son-in-law-to-be … More The Wedding of The Year.
As with most things I’ve been associated with, the wedding didn’t go exactly according to plan, and even the ‘stag night’ didn’t quite work out as smoothly as it might have. Because this was really an ‘informal’ affair with just immediate family I’d sort of assumed that for the wedding day itself we’d just go … More So… the 'Stag Night'.
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