Have been getting some damned peeeeculiar results in memes lately. However this one is OK ( cut to spare purplecthulu's feelings )

Happy birthday gillo! A new LJ friend to me but a fun one.

Today was DD's Xmas concert. It was exactly the sort of fiasco that makes one feel that it is really nearly Xmas. Fun was had by all and the parents clapped like fools. The Montessori kids were dressed up as snowmen (which involved more black bin-liners than you would think) and were ( Read more... )

I have been procrastinating and procrastinating about taking dow the Xmas tree. it has been a few days since I switched the lights on last but tonight I finally got out the loppers and made the awful mess that is bagging the thing up for my parents' woodchipper to digest. On the plus side though WOW! our living room is HUGE! We can get at the ( Read more... )