...mostly to s0b who I keep missing... See Tom and I have had this cold which we originally got two weeks before Christmas from Matt, the little sweetheart. And I had it for a week and spent most of the week lying in bed - Matt had to work from home a couple of days, it was really fluey. And then Tom caught it, natch, and was ill for about a week, ( Read more... )

Well it was all ok in the end really. My brother's house for christmas cos mum was feuding with everyone and I couldn't be @rsed with it, and that was wierd. This is teenager Christmas - everyone at their own computers by 6pm and Mum (my SiL) watching Emmerdale downstairs. Weird ( Read more... )

Not a happy post. ( Dedicated readers only )

http://www.whoomp.com/articles/163/1/He-Man-does-4-non-blondes

with thanks to danny

So I went away for the weekend, went to Mums in fact, which was nice but incredibly frustrating because everything I had planned didn't work out. But we did end up in IKEA so it wasn't all bad. Mum has offered to buy us a wardrobe but we have to sort transport from IKEA to our house - it wouldn't fit in either of our cars, but then I have a KA and ( Read more... )

So Matt kindly got me up this morning in time for playgroup. Well, with two hours to spare actually, but the thought was there. I decided to remain upstanding until time came to cross the park. It was actually worth getting up early to see the whole park covered in frost, the grass all silvery white and everything so calm and strangely peaceful. ( Read more... )

I am back (almost) in the land of the living, I think. It is still hard - and I never liked Winter so unfortunately it is getting harder. I am actually descended from some sort of bear, or possibly squirrel, and there is a part of me which would really like to hibernate. Sadly my child has not adopted these genes, indeed he has his father's cheery ( Read more... )

I'm going away tomorrow! It's a surprise! (Well it is to me but probably not to aaaaaaaanyone else)

I know we are going to see hepstar which is fab cos she is lovely

And also hopefully kheeram which will be cool and have room for much beyatching, also I like him cos he sticks up for my man

Apologies though to pennyanne and pauln in case we don't see them, I know Matt was ( Read more... )

What a day. What can you say? Most of its been said before - suffice to say that, like caddyman I felt proud to be a Londoner today. It may not be fashionable but, hey, what spirit, what co-operation, and what resilience. That's all I can say ( Read more... )

Some of the replies to my last post I think were interesting. Or not ( Read more... )