Josh told me today he'd "already finished my lunch at last ... and now I'm not full". Ow, my aching brain.

We went to Moomba today. Well, we attempted it. We wrote our phone numbers down for the kids to carry, in case we got separated. Josh refused it. He has a tiger purse thingy that clips to his pants, but he wouldn't wear it. So we were going to write on his arm. Nope, still not good enough. He wanted to go to Moomba, but more than that he did not ( Read more... )

It's so annoying when the word "addicting" is used. Just because English is a living language doesn't mean we have to try to kill it ( Read more... )

Josh and I had a lovely long walk along the beach today. We'd decided to take a bus and train ride, just b/c he loves bus and train rides. We got out as Aspendale to go to the beach there (which ps was incredibly beautiful). We splashed about a bit and started wandering north through the shallows. After a while I decided it would be a good plan ( Read more... )

Christmas is over, the decorations put away, my Christmas Hatchlings pets released (except for a couple I want to keep) - but it's ok, I'm talking cyber pets here, not real ( Read more... )

So, today I celebrated my fortieth Christmas (are you kidding me?), and it never ceases to amaze me that it's a day, just a day like any other. It's never just "Thursday" - it's *Christmas*. I find it difficult to talk about "next week", or "next month". It's "after Christmas" or "next year". And yet minute follows minute; hour follows hour; ( Read more... )

Having never had to deal with hospitals before (except for child-birth), nor with the death of pets, I've had to deal with each twice in the last two or three months. Deborah had her laproscopy in September; my cat Tiger-Lily died in October; yesterday Deborah's two guinea pigs died (and in another new experience, I dug a grave and buried them); ( Read more... )

This is a photo I didn't take of the receptionist at the eye doctor, holding the referral letter at arm's length so she could read it properly.

The kids and I had two go-sees this week for possible ads - when it rains it pours, hey? Anyway, the little ... darlings took it in turns to be painfully shy, so we probably won't get either job. Sigh. Not even the promise of allowing them to buy themselves a scooter each and a new swing set was enough to convince them to be brave. Jess was "too ( Read more... )

My cat Tiger Lily, was put down today. She was eleven years old, and this is the first time she's been unwell. She spent all Thursday sleeping on my bed, then when Nathan put her off it when it was our bedtime, he noticed her back legs were not holding her up. He put her on the couch, and she stayed there overnight. I actually ended up "sleeping" ( Read more... )