Category Archives: Friends and family

I’ve built a castle this evening.  It only took 4 hours.  I benefited from a painful lesson my father learnt nearly 30 Christmases ago when he tried to construct a 4 foot tall Sindy house on Christmas Eve.  It didn’t … Continue reading →

Tonight was poker night and despite there only being one winner everybody went home happy.  I play Texas hold ’em against a few old mates once every month or so and and it’s always entertaining and fun, even when I … Continue reading →

There are still so many un-answered questions:  Did Maria really know what she was doing?  How on earth did she do it?  Was a mirror involved? At what point did she think "Hmm I’m happy with that, I think I’ll stop … Continue reading →

It looks like we, as parents, have trouble on our hands.   We had an episode yesterday afternoon when we went as a whole family to a dance class presentation and disco.  Maria has started dancing within the last month … Continue reading →

Alex is at a very impressionable age where he is taking up all sorts of words, phrases and lyrics, so we have to be quite careful what we say and what he listens to.  He has a good ear for … Continue reading →

My Grandma died suddenly last Monday.  I was fortunate to have seen her just 2 days earlier when she had been in good spirits and was even grappling with Alex in a playful manner that amused the pair of them; a … Continue reading →

Whilst trimming my lavender in the front garden (no that isn’t a euphomism) my elderly nextdoor neighbour popped round with a little wicker basket for Maria who was kind of helping me at the time.  We don’t see Nora to speak … Continue reading →

Last night I went out for a rare pint (or 5) with a couple of old mates from school.  Mogwai was back from Sweden to spend a bit of time sorting out his comic/graphic novel ebay empire and in particular … Continue reading →

I’ve had a brilliant Father’s day even though it started at 2am and didn’t run particularly smoothly.  The kids have both got chicken pox, and quite bad chicken pox at that, Maria is on the mend and Alex is just … Continue reading →