This new year welcomes the arrival of the year of the wooden horse and says goodbye to the year of the water snake. People born in the year of the horse are said to be animated, active and energetic and love being in a…
January 2014
31 posts
- Kung hei fat choy- Happy Chinese new year
- White suit
I am sat outside Jaygo' s scout hut waiting for him to finish. It's a cold evening and there has been talk of snow ,but no fluffy white flakes yet. Most Thursdays I take advantage of the gap between dropping Jay off and…
- Good morning Thomas
I quite like rainy days. It's nice to have an excuse to stay inside and hibernate all warm and snuggley. Talking about hibernating, my friend's tortoise Thomas has just awoken after 17 weeks asleep. Sophie and I brought…
- Happy Tunes day
One of my friends this morning texted me to ask about my plans further on in the week. I replied and completed my response with a happy Tuesday. She concurred and ended with,'Happy tunes day'. What a good idea, I…
Daddy John's chocolate vodkaTonight we went to a friends to have pizza and exchange Christmas presents. Our lives have been so busy that it has taken till now for us to have an evening free at the same time. Daddy John is getting Chocolate vodka.…
- The Academy
Just before Christmas we were given two , one week's free membership to the Academy. The Academy is a health club in Harrogate. It's so much nicer then the local swim baths. There is carpet on the floor in the changing…
- Happy Burns night
Happy Burns night everyone. I hope you all have caught your haggis, distilled your whiskey and are ready for some clootie pudding fun. We are.
- Some recent pictures
Annie and I out on a walk Felix and I Dada and Annie Tinana, Belinda and I after we had been paintballing for Belinda's birthday Jaygo and I paintballing Aunty Rachel, Sophie and Annie Annie and her favourite woven ring…
IceCubeIf you hold your hand up to the sun for a second around 1 billion neutrinos will have passed through it. This particle, so abundant in our universe, is a by product of radiation but due to its almost massless nature it…
Breaking BadMatt and I finished 'Breaking Bad' last night. It was a hard fought battle my behalf to get through to the end as there were quite a few episodes that put me so far out of my comfort zone I was nearly sat next door. The…
- Tax return
Is done.
Girl powerA lot of today has been spent fixing our kitchen appliances. In this house our washing machine and dishwasher have to work very hard so they also go wrong quite often. I can turn my hand to fixing many of the minor…
- Home phrases
Whilst eating a most delicious piece of Welsh rarebit this lunch time I was lost in reverie when Sophie pulled me back to reality by commenting"you have a stringey". "Pardon", I spluttered. "A stringey", she repeated…
- Monsters University
While Matt and Jaygo braved the elements, Sophie and I decided to take Annie for her first visit to the cinema. We went to the eleven o'clock kids club at the Harrogate Odeon cinema. It used to be one adult free per…
- Silly Chilly camp
Hurrah it's Friday. This week has gone by so quickly yet last Friday seems like it happened at least a month ago. Felix set off this evening to go on scout camp. It was supposed to snow tomorrow but I think the weather…