My five year nephew (H.) got lots of nice (and some expensive) presents for Christmas. These included a train set, various games and activities involving dinosaurs, and several cuddly toys. However, his favourite present was the cheapest of the lot: a “pretend poo” (his words) in his stocking from Santa.
He spent the whole of Christmas playing tricks [...]
Just back from meeting my friend I. for a coffee and some chocolate cake, before she heads home to Sri Lanka for the holidays. It’s a bit of a pre-Christmas tradition and it was great to see her. We also walked around Stratford in the fog and took these photos …
Hope you all have a fabulous [...]
I’ve just realised that tomorrow (or rather today) is 22nd December. I am busy on Sunday and am heading down to the South Coast to see my folks on Monday morning … which means I only have tomorrow to do my Christmas shopping! Eeek!
Five minutes ago it was the beginning of December and I had all the time [...]
Just looked at my blog stats and seen that this site has been viewed 116 times today! Usually when I haven’t written for a post for ages the number of people visiting my blog plummets. Weird.
Today has been pretty dull and uneventful.
I have been at home most of the day, as I am still suffering from a nasty cold. Actually, I can’t believe how long I have been ill. It started on Tuesday last week, and I am still suffering now 12 days later. I initially felt sick and dizzy, [...]
I re-discovered Tetris at the weekend after one of my friends on Facebook challenged me to game.
Oh. My. God.
For me, Tetris is like crack. Worse than crack. I just couldn’t leave the game alone.
I (again) had SLT reports to do on Sunday, but just wasn’t able to get them done. I managed to write a sentence or two [...]
