Yeah, the kids are just an excuse

This plush rhino from the WWF shop is the CUTEST thing I have ever seen, with its little furry horns and clumsy clunky feet.
They also have orangutans and pandas! And finger puppets! I think I know what my baby cousins are getting for Christmas this year.

Christmas

Opening my stocking on Christmas day was enormously fun - I spent my morning relaxing, reading about Monty Python, wearing my new earrings, and dabbing myself with tea rose oil. After lunch at Prince Valiant’s parents (featuring Christmas pudding icecream made by me), there was more reading and gentle musing about the year past.
Prince was [...]

Riot

After careful investigation (not by me, I’m afraid, but I’m happy to take credit for it), the modem problem was narrowed down to our little phone number display gadget.  When said gadget was unhooked from our overly complicated network of phones, the modem began connecting again, and the people rejoiced, and slapped each other on [...]

Christmas

I’ve become a bit Christmas crazy this year. I’ve never been particularly crazy about Christmas in previous years, but this is the first year that I’m having Christmas in my own house, and not flying away to visit my parents. As a result, there are kitsch Christmas stockings next to a small conifer in the [...]