Monthly Archives: May 2008
Rivelin valley swims
Jasper loves a good swim. I bought him a child’s paddling pool and he’s spent the last two weeks jumping in and out of it and begging us to throw his ball in the water for him. I’ve never known a dog love water so much. I’ve even turned the hose on him to cool [...]
Skull crackers
I had a massive migraine the other night, brought on by a combination of caffeine withdrawal hitting me at exactly the wrong point in my menstrual cycle. I don’t think I’ve had one that bad since I was a teenager. I was very close to barfing. Paracetamol didn’t touch it. I had to sit under [...]
Sugar soap
I inherited two lovely white wicker Lloyd Loom chairs from my grandmother. Our cottage was too small for them! When we moved to Nether Edge we suddenly had lots of empty rooms with no furniture. My Dad bought the chairs up from Nottingham for us. They are a bit battered and have been serving us [...]
Alarmed
Yesterday was eventful. We were woken at oh-jeesus-wtf-six am by a phone call from the alarm company who monitor J’s office; apparently the alarm was going off. When this happens they are supposed to send someone round to investigate for us, but apparently “no one was available”. I stumbled out of bed to drive him [...]
