Despite all the hype from the weather forecasters, today is just grey with a lowering sky, but at least for the first time in a week it isn't persisting down with rain ( Read more... )

I was in the car with James when I began to tell him some news about my brother. He stopped me mid-sentence and said " Don't you remember that you've already told me about this last night? You're going senile!"

I apologised and sat there quietly whilst James proceeded to tell me his opinion of "The Dark Knight" (a film we went to see together the ( Read more... )

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I found this little gem hidden away in my daily newspaper today. Who'd have guessed that Torchwood was real? It quite amused me for a few minutes ( Read more... )

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Rather a grey rainy day here today, so to cheer any one up who hasn't yet seen this, I bring you Terry Jones and his amazing penguins...

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Well, it made me laugh.

I was tagged by littlejanel

People who have been tagged must write their answer on their blogs and replace any question they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves. Tag 8 people. Those who are tagged cannot refuse. These 8 people must state who they were tagged by. You cannot tag the person who tagged you.

1. I tag opalfruits, keffy, tchouli, emma_daisy, darla_kane, dawnydiesel, ohgollygosh and sonnetxxix I KNOW ( Read more... )

I was walking past a club in Carlisle last night when I noticed a banner in the window proclaiming "Bookings now being taken for Christmas 2008". Is this a record? It makes carols in August seem positively restrained ( Read more... )

The weather here is horrendous - 70mph+ winds, driving winds and flurries of snow. I haven't experienced winds like this here since oh, this time last week. I've been reluctant to take the dog out as I don't fancy doing a Mary Poppins, so 10 minutes ago I let him out for a few minutes to go and play ( Read more... )

It was pleasant to have a weekend with nowhere particular to be, except down in the village pub on Sunday for Cerian's favourite Yorkshire pudding lunch. All the family turned up - Ellie with husband, Beth with boyfriend and even James managed to get some time off work to stay with us for a few days. It lulled me into a false sense of normality, ( Read more... )