UNDER SEIGE

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the first day of Winter, according to Greenwich Mean Time.  With the light mornings, shorter days and dark evenings right through until Spring. What a depressing thought!

At the moment there are fireworks exploding all around us, Jake refuses to leave the safety of our living room, prefering instead to bury his head under the coffee table.  Apparently on Tuesday it is the Hindu festival of Diwali, and then the fireworks will be much worse.  Our immediate next door neighbours will have a big party and the fireworks will go on into the night, I`m dreading it.

The photo above was taken by Jim while out with Jake this morning.  He also took some more photos of funghi that had sprung up since yesterday.  They look like little villages with their toadstool roofs.

It was nice to get an extra hour in bed last night though I still woke up at the usual time and got up because I just wasn`t tired anymore, so I managed to get my Sunday chore of ironing done early this morning.  To me it`s the worst job of all housework - wise, and to get it all finished for another week is very satisfying indeed.

These toadstools are rather odd-looking don`t you think.  I was just wondering how Jim got this shot, maybe he was lying down on the grass!

This photo happened by accident, just as Jim pressed the shutter button Jake decided to investigate the toadstools.  Jim thought I`d like the result and he was right.  Sometimes impromptu photos are the best.

Kerry and Slava paid us a visit this afternoon.  They stopped for a cuppa and Jim and I played with a very smiley Roman.  Of course Little Man dozed off on his Grandad`s lap, he seems to be making a habit of it.

I`m using my new keyboard and it`s brilliant. I`m not making any silly mistakes with typing, and that saves me so much time as I don`t have to make nearly as many corrections as before.  The keys are much quieter too, a bonus for Jim who is always saying he can hear my `tap tap` from downstairs with the TV on!  We didn`t have to install any software either as it`s the same make as the old one. The only difference is the new mouse is very sensitive, I`m chasing it all over the place.  Again, it`s the same type and make as the old one but it`s just going to take a bit of getting used to.

Well I hope you`ve all had a nice weekend. I`m going to get this finished up before I go downstairs to watch a TV prog for an hour.  Bye for now and please take care.

 

 

LETTER FROM THE TOOTH FAIRY

Dear......................................:

Thank you for leaving one (1) tooth under your pillow last night.

While we make every attempt to leave a monetary reward in the case of lost or stolen childrens teeth, we were unable to process your request for the following reason (s) indictated below:

(  ) The tooth could not be found.

(  ) It was not a human tooth.

(  )  We do not think pieces of chicken bone are very funny.

(  )  The tooth has recently been redeemed for cash.

(  )  The tooth did not originally belong to you.

(  )  The tooth fairy does not process fingernails.

(  )  You were overheard to state that you did not believe in the tooth fairy.

(  )  You are age 12 or over at the time your request was recieved.

(  )  The tooth is still in your mouth.

(  )  The tooth was guarded by a vicious tooth fairy-eating dog at the time of visit.

(  )  No night-light was on at the time of our visit.

(  )  The snacks provided for the tooth fairy were not satisfactory or missing.

(  )  We discovered evidence of unsafe tooth extraction as follows :

[  ] string.

[  ] pliers.

[  ] gunpowder.

[  ] hammer marks.

[  ] chisel.

[  ] part of skull attached to tooth.

[  ] other.

 

Thank you for your request, and we look forward to serving you in the future.

sincerely, the Tooth Fairy.