7 days later and I've finished my experimental week without books. I was fairly successful in sticking to this. I didn't read a book for pleasure but I did end up stretching some of my other rules. I spent longer reading LJ, and I also read more of the BBC News site than I really should have done (no newspaper columnists though - I don't think I ( Read more... )

It's my turn on baby watch tonight and prince_eldarion is a bit restless (and so therefore am I). I thought I would make a quick post to update on various matters ( Read more... )

Hi all. Well. It looks like our house move to Mundeli Sarnieva may be on, in that it looks like everyone will be ready to exchange contracts tomorrow, and people seem to be settling on a moving date of Friday 17 November. So fingers crossed as there's many a slip 'twixt - er - well 'twixt any 2 stages of the house buying process ( Read more... )

Well, not too bad so far. I feel a little odd. But I have read an awful lot of work emails today so my craving for text is probably satisfied that way to a certain extent. Then there has been a bit of LJ this evening. I'm hanging on ( Read more... )

My name is Skordh and ... I'm a bookaholic. Yes no matter how busy things get I always need to spend certain amount of time per day reading or my brain begins to turn to mush and the world looks kind of funny ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again...

Happy Birthday, Neuromancer!

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haulskordh goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as a demon.beckyc tricks you! You get a used tissue.foradan gives you 3 tan lime-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.gaspodex tricks you! You get a rotten egg.gayalondiel gives you 6 white orange-flavoured gummy bats.jane_somebody tricks you! You get a clothespin.jezzidue tricks ( Read more... )

It's been a while since posting and I should really provide a more general update on various things several of them baby related. To help you understand what I'm talking about when I do get round to that I thought I had better provide a lexicon of specialist childcare terms in the Skordh / Somebody household.

( Childcare lexicon )

At church this morning:

Priest: Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."

prince_eldarion: Num, num!

Time for a quick LJ update during a quiet spell! Polly and Eldarion are having a nap together while I keep an eye out for any rolling over, falling off the bed etc... They do look extremely sweet when they're asleep although they are next to one another rather than hugging at present.

( Some recent events )