All Hallows eve started on a shaky note. Z was running late from work and I was still applying finishing touches to Matei's mask* at 5pm. Helena did a forward roll off the bed managing to bang herself in the head, and then faceplanted the edge of the stairs. Meanwhile Matei became so distraught by the fact that people were coming to our door and we ( Read more... )

13.5 months - the length of time it takes my daughter to learn to walk
1 week - the length of time it takes her parents to get around to uploading the video. That's practically toying with being disinherited.

I expect I shall be back to whinging about my Tormented Nights soon enough, but in the meantime here is some glee ( Read more... )

Last night's party at actually_not's house was so marvellous and full of glorious drinks and people that I am seriously considering kidnapping her and her entire guest list for whenever the urge for festivity strikes me. Especially if they continue to make delicious delicious margaritas ( Read more... )

Oh the glorious time of year has come again and now thanks to the split of the Balkans and the Russian federation it is lasting longer than ever before ( Read more... )

My son is a treasure, and has been proving his weight in gold with the recent plague of canvassers ( Read more... )

Yesterday at 11am Z said, "I'm just going to park the car closer to the house". At noon when he still hadn't appeared it was starting to look like one of those stories in which the guy says "I'm just off to buy cigarettes" and then is never seen again, but two minutes later he strolled in with flowers and cake. Awwww ( Read more... )

Yesterday my entire family spent the day trying to out-do each other in indolence. (Well, except for Z who divided his time between helping a friend move house and making sartorial choices about toilet seats ( Read more... )

Matei has declared that he cannot pick up his toys because he is: "pregnant and very tired ( Read more... )

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