Name that profession. . .

There are days when the girls are princesses, horse owners, fairies, cooks, fashion designers, models and some sort of superstars – but I never get an overpowering sense of which profession is actually going to…

Techno Wii

Ok – so here is the latest craze when working out with the Wii Fit. (Yes, I am still at it…) Geometry Wars 2. It has all the exercise benefit of a techno rave without…

Quote of the day

“I’m so glad you didn’t exercise this morning.  It’s nice that I didn’t have to share you with the other Wii-man.” I will let you guess who. From 231 to 205.6 (this morning in fact). …

Uhm… The Owl store maybe?

So the boy has been thrilled with his ability to read signs of late.   Whilst driving recently, we practiced reading the signs on the buildings together. “What’s that sign say?” I asked. “Big Apple!” he…

Where are Wii going?

Sleep deprivation seems to get more difficult as I get older. So I had to go to a conference, and how sad is this – I put two towels over a phone book and did…

A second look at the parable…

“I LOVE going to church” exclaimed the boy to his sisters, “because we get to eat bread!”. “Is that the ONLY reason you like to go?” inquired one of the sisters. “No, we get to…

No shots for 24 hours and counting

Yesterday marked the beginning of Hanna’s insulin pump start.  For anyone who doesn’t know, Hanna’s pump will deliver insulin to her via a tiny site (about the size of a quarter) that has a small,…

Clean Lambie

Last weekend we needed to wash Spencer’s lambie — a task I tend to put it off as long as possible despite my germphobia due to the disasterous consquences should anything go awry during the washing process….

The “A” word.

So yesterday whilst attending a fall ‘fling’ at the boy’s school, I noticed one of his friends taunting him by saying “Hey, I’m gonna tell on you”, to which he whined ‘No…. Don’t tell!!”  The…

Sensing a theme.

Current events and current activities are now colliding.  I now wish I had gone into marketing… These are ‘originals’. Trust me, I looked to see if there were anymore out there. The only problem now…