Well I must say we had a thoroughly brilliant time yesterday and like to thank everyone for coming round.  We had 20 over – as many as the lounge could hold!  Turkey, gammon, all sorts of veg, tiger bread, stuffing, many different types of potato (courtesy of Nanny Hippo) and some very scrummy home made [...]

We are currently drawing on Mill’s aisel with dry wipe markers. When the board made a funny sound as I cleaned it, others wrongly might have thought that an air borne toxic event was released and I had thinly tried to disguise it. As if I would. 10 minutes later Mills was cleaning it she [...]

Yesterday was Thanksgiving for the outlaws who are in the mountains as we speak, so we had a bit of turkey and some mash to do our bit over here.  We’ve worked hard this week in preparation for a get together this weekend to do a bit more of giving of thanks.  It’s now an [...]

Yesterday was a big deal. We took Mills to the cinema (seemuhmuh) for the first time to see Up and we all loved it. Nanny Hippo and Gandy came with us and we all sat down with plenty of popcorn and treats. Being the first time, I was very watchful of her reactions and attention [...]

It feels like an eternity since all my girls were under one roof. This weekend has been like a dream come true. To top it off we had a pancake and turkey sausage breakfast with the Lowes at our house – american and english pancakes of course. Then a bit of Jungle Book while our [...]

We got back safe and sound and look forward to the start of our new life together at long last!!!!!!!  Hope to see everyone soon but for now we are gonna have a chippy tea and chill out.  My wife has excellent taste in English cuisine – ‘please can we have chicken tikky and chips [...]

Tonight was the annual switching on of the central heating system.  I thought more that just civic dignitaries would have attended, there are loads of sausage rolls and cress sandwiches left over.  I always try to push it to the 1st of Nov but normally it is a) cold as a witches tit and b) others in [...]