The girls are very into HSM2, following daddy indulging them at the weekend (this living on a fluctuating income thing is taking a bit of getting used to!) I have to say, the songs are far more irritating than the original and i’ve got that damned huckamuckadoodah one going round in my head 👿 So, […]

Could you remind me to go and read this please? And if you’d like an insight into living with chronic depression, go and read it too.

We spent the day with Claire and Charlie, celebrating his 10th birthday. Not the first child i have known for a LOOONG time to turn 10, but still one of the first. Really very scary. Redeemed my lateness by saving the detached ears and hand of the icing Mickey on the cake with a bit […]

Which is, i suspect, a methodology for people being able to give a good reason for not helping you when the information they need should be at their disposal. When our LEA realised we’d moved, they trawled council records for our new address. We aren’t on the electoral role yet, so i can’t help thinking […]

Some interesting things have occurred this week and some good stuff has happened. One (not necessarily good, not necessarily a problem) is that the LEA has caught up with us again; when we moved i wrote to them and told them our new address but i never heard from them and didn’t think much of […]

This week is going so much better, i am thoroughly enjoying it 🙂 I think knowing a fresh start is nigh is just making such a difference. Once the cleaners (oh god, i love my cleaners) had been this week and all the crud had gone (i am just no good at cleaning, it never […]

Josie’s latest penguin, well not quite latest but one that came in her stocking, has been named Pluffy, which is rather cute. She is VERY into her penguins and has been learning their names, thanks to a book from the Nuts. I’ve been indulging her as a proper HE mum should do and buying her […]

I signed a rental agreement for premises for BeadMerrily today… and i already have the keys. It’s a unit within a complex of units for small businesses, managed by people who will take deliveries deal with collections and generally assist anyone who wants to run a business from premises but might not be there all […]

Hm. Oh yes, back to reality on Thursday… people ordered things on Xmas day so MF was in to parcel. SHe and i (mostly she) wrestled the place back into some sort of order, she parcelled and then we all had lunch with LF, Auntie Sue and the cousins when they arrived. Am always glad […]

Got up and going fairly early for a day up at my folks, with the added delights of the Nuts and my brother and Nana due to be in attendance. Big Nut, Serious Nut (sorry, did you say that’s not your name?) and Little Nuts all very delightful, brother looking tanned and delicious after several […]