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It was my mother's birthday today. Despite her many protests over going on a 'mystery outing' I eventually persuaded her to get in the car. Around ninety minutes later we arrived at the West Midlands Safari ParkOwing mainly to the early start, and the series of heavy down-pours, we had the park to ourselves for the first couple of hours. We even ( Read more... )

I got back from Christmas Shopping as the day turned into early afternoon. It took me about three hours altogether. By Christmas Shopping I mean aimlessly wandering around Tesco wondering if Jesus would actually approve of this mess which we've somehow managed to convince ourselves is a celebration of his birth ( Read more... )

Madness descends. It's the kind of thing that lurks in the corners waiting for the perfect moment to strike, and strike it did; coming in the form of an electric sander and a thunderstorm ( Read more... )

Why that'd be the sound of my Mother falling down the stairs. Yup, it finally happened. Whilst stepping over black cat, who always sleeps at the head of the stairs, she went arse over tit and landed in a heap a the bottom ( Read more... )

It's my Mum's Birthday today. Which probably goes some way toward explaining this:


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The man in the kebab shop fancies my mother. He was extremely friendly when I walked in. The 'someone wants to be your new Daddy' kind of friendly. He even sent me out to the car with some chicken kebab to keep her sustained whilst I waited in the queue. It was all very weird. Still, I got free chips out of the deal so it ain't all bad.