One Saturday morning in March you’ll find me wet, cold and probably making a fool of myself. However, it’s all for charity so that’s OK then. I’m taking part in the Team Honk Comic Relief relay. Oh. What’s that then? Short answer: It’s a Land’s End to John O’Groats relay by bloggers to raise money […]
Things I need to teach my children…
Balancing Act
Appliances Direct – how not to deliver a fridge
UPDATE Monday, 13 January. The delivery company Arrow XL have been in touch and sent their local manager out to look at my kitchen. He apologised for the inconvenience and a four-man team will deliver the fridge on Wednesday. We’ve had the fridge-freezer for a while. Nine years actually. And lately it had been […]
Sunshine: That’s better
Book group reading suggestions for 2014 please…
It’s time for the book group I attend to choose it’s reading list for 2014. We try to have a mixture of new, old and non-fiction… something for everyone and hopefully not too many stinkers. Everyone comes up with their suggestions and we have a kind of vote before we get on with the pressing business […]
My son is top of the crops again
I am to nursing what spaghetti is to space exploration
The Panther is somewhat hors de combat at the moment. His graceful leap from the patio step ended unfortunately in some imaginative swearing and a lateral malleolus avulsion fracture. This has been a trying and educational experience for both of us. We’ve had to reaffirm our committment to honesty. With the dawning realisation of what […]