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Dateline: Lunchtime. In response to a request for additional toast, I insert two slices of granary into the slots of our recently acquired Tesco® Value® Toaster and push the lever down. I start to move away. Flash! Sput! The toaster does a November the 5th impression. Now, gentle reader, more than a few of you […]

Been away. Back now. High points of the weekend. Fresh croissants from the bakery over the road for breakfast on Saturday. Splendiferous veggie biryani for dinner. Excellent company. Some wine. Oh, and following on from Sarahthespeechtherapist’s last visit we have been practising some sounds with Small. Over the weekend, first time ever we got “t-t-t” […]

Swizz Of The Cards Just say No2ID.

Well I had a Sabbatical last week. Five days of blogging was just too much for me. It was a hectic week. I was trying and failing to catch up on all the work I meant to do, I had somehow knackered my back. (New knackered, not the same old same old). I went to […]

Crunch, squeak, crunch, squeak, crunch, gulp, gulp. Mouse No 7 is no more, all gone. I think we may be nearing the end of them. Claude always comes in looking hopeful now, I think he is convinced that we have arranged a kind of Easter Egg hunt for him. Edited 12th September, 7.20am. No 8 […]

Well, five days, and now we have Jax back for two days, I expect she is going to spend most of it asleep though. Word Of The Day histrionics: Exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect. I must say, this has been quite a tough week, but I have really enjoyed it. High point was last […]

Her: …and I think we can call it our blog now. Me: You can call it what you like, it’s your blog.

Because mouse number three is going to ballet.

But education is. Word of the day nothing: No thing; not anything Which is what you get to do if you won’t do reading. Child despatched off to my office to read, returns 5 minutes later having read 5 words, refusing to do more. Child advised that is not enough, (didn’t go into the full […]