It was yesterday - spent the afternoon in the park with the kids and got the zipwire all to myself. Today is cold, windy, nearly rain and stinks of cow manure ...
I'm making a second attempt at Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals - I just don't get to time to read these days and have had this since Christmas, so if I fail this time round I'm going to get the talking version and Tony Robinson can read it to me in bed So this time the wizards are taking over the running of foot the ball in Ankh Morpork. I love Terry's paradoxical writing and his sometimes grim humour. Never thought I'd be a fan of books about wizards but I am!
reread Robert Rankin's Snuff Fiction last week - I bought it as a gift for someone and couldn't resist having a quick peek. A real laugh out loud, surrealism at it's best - yet you know the conspiracy theorists might just be right and Rankin knows it too! What's it about? The summer of love, snuff, tobacco, coming of age, being imprisoned, festivals and drugs, genetic modification,blowing up biscuit, the millenium bug, government control and a smattering of dynamite - really what more could you ask for?!?
My Sunday would not have been so boring had I realised I was meant to be working - my friend rang me absolutely demented an hour ago, as she couldn't find my new phone number and I hadn't been on FB. They were convinced I had met some horrible fate en route to the class and had spent the day listening for news of accidents. I was convinced it was next week and even have the kids away on a sleepover - thinking I was being very organised.
Having re read the recipe and wiping away a stray bit of spaghetti sauce, I now see I do not need the bigger oven - they are bloody petit fours ... my recipe's for chocolate mouse ... that could have gone horribly wrong ...
your welcome - I'm the other side of the country in Galway so not much help on Dublin stuff but I'm sure somebody will help you out if you've any specifics. I have a friend with a house near Galway - she's working abroad, if you need somewhere to stay in the West for a week or whatever, I could give her a shout. Happy planning
the devestational powers of 2 small children. Having refused to join the rest of the world at 6.30am the kids thought it was a reasonable hour - I steadfastly ignored them ....having bought myself time with 2 mint aeros. I have spent the last 2 hours picking through the debris - including and not limited to contents of make up bag, one bottle of CK Escape, 2 packs of cards, contents of bathroom shelf, tube of toothpaste, 3 toilet rolls, one packet of chocolate malted milk, one shoe rack and all the shoes, cushions and for some odd reason a bucket of rocks - which they washed in the hall.... Can I come to your house? Better still - can I just drop them at the gate?
sally101 Forum Posts (1,770)
definitely.
why would you want to