Today we had the privilege of meeting bebe Clarence for the first time. He is completely gorgeous and had every lady in the house big and little cooing over him. Sophie got to have the first cuddle. She is amazing with…
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- Bebe Clarence
- Not quite organised
Monday mornings can be quite hectic in the dragondrop household. To make matters worse I normally collect our shopping from Asda at eight and whisk it home for everyone to then make pack lunches and depart for…
- Happy 50th birthday Fi
Happy birthday gorgeous lady. We all had an amazing evening celebrating you. Love always xx
- A Fishy tail
I discovered something interesting today. Whilst filing some paperwork I came across my fridge manual. As it's far more interesting then paperwork I had a flick through and discovered my fridge has a drip tray in it's…
- Washing rations
Oh no, our washing machine has broken again. This time it won't progress past the first two minutes. I have checked the filter only to find half a ds stylus. That reminds me of the joke what is worse then finding a…
- Party Organising
It's nearly Fi's birthday so there is a party to organise, wine to drink a and pizza to eat. Oh it's a hard life.
Matt's new glassesMatt sold his old raybans on Ebay so he could buy his new raybans.
- Post 'Operation varnish'
Despite all my research, operation 'varnish the kitchen floor', has encountered a problem. When I excitedly went downstairs to look at my newly varnished floor, I was devastated to discover the varnish had dried to a…
- Operation varnish
Part one of operation varnish the kitchen floor has been completed. All I need to do now is hope it dries nicely before morning and the section on the instructions saying 'no heavy traffic for seven days' doesn't apply,…
Goodbye CloverMatt and Clover has just set off on Clover's last Dragondrop mission. She has been sold to two of our very good friends, so at least she is still kept in the family. We have had so many lovely times in Clover, so many…
- Cellar clear
Today I am tackling the cellar. Dark, damp, musty and slug ridden it is a portal to junk land, where everything that hasn't a place upstairs is stored till it is needed, which is mostly never. In the past,whatever…
Green yardI had some little hands helping as I laid the turf in our back yard yesterday.
- Silent auction
I won tickets for the Spiegle Tent at our school disco. Despite numerous telephone calls getting more and more panicked as the time for the tent approached I couldn't contact the ticket holder. Today I bit the bullet…
- Uncle Mumbley Jumbley
Uncle Mumbley Jumbley to our children, Eddie to his colleges at Rockstar or Chris Edwards to the rest of the world was an amazing man. I first met him one evening when Matt and I, his new girl friend, were doing the…
- What to wear
Whilst Annie was asleep today, I took the opportunity to prepare what I am to wear tomorrow and on Saturday. Often, with so many children running about, it's almost impossible to find the right items of clothing, and…