Monopoly, snap or sardines? We don’t need any of those games with recognisable rules that other families play. Not here. In the past I’ve written about how we should work harder at playing more. About how we need to get back to the fun in fundamental. But then I realised that actually we five play plenty of […]
254/365 Three Cheers For Autumn
If we had thatch eves they would be loaded with fruit. It’s defiantly autumnal round here. So instead of bemoaning the death throes of summer and whingeing about the cold and damp, I’ve decided to celebrate the new season. The cosy, enveloping jumpers have been returned to the wardrobe and the troublesome crumpling linen banished. […]
253/365 making friends with the slow cooker
252/365 Swimming lessons – things I’ve learned this time round
Boy Three had his first swimming lesson today. It was time, with no sense of self preservation there was the increasing danger that he might learn the hard way that it’s actually the arm bands keeping him afloat. So after long and involved negotiations that saw him booked into Tuesday afternoon lessons, we set off […]
251/365 Pedal for Scotland – the eventful version
Clearly the organisers read my post last year and organised the several thousand cyclists to start in waves. Much better. Four-fifths of the contingent all ready to go. Not far out of Drumpellier we had our first incident. Janet had her bike clipped by another cyclist causing her to take a tumble and bend a […]