Ben and Max left alone with the digital camera ....
and again.
On Saturday I managed to wash and tumble dry Ben's memory stick (which at the time I assumed was full of his 'A' level course work). I discovered this when I retrieved the dried clothes from the tumble dryer which had, when I come to think about it, been making quite a loud clunking/scratching noise. As per usual I ignored this noisy machine as the usual culprits are buttons, small change and/or pound coins (always pocketed by the maid!) and the ever-robust Lego. Oh dear! Nick assured me that memory sticks are extremely durable gadgets and in experiments done to test their durability after having been blown-up by a small bomb, with the casing possibly being ruined, the information stored has been left intact! I think he told me this to reassure me but not until Ben had tried it in his computer ,and found it was O.K., did I breathe a sigh of relief. Do 18 year old males need reminding to remove any items that may be in their jeans pockets yes they bloody do!
I am going to admit to it, yes, I have become a radio 4 listener. I love the voices, enjoy the interesting articles and debates, love the plays even sometimes listen to the Archers HELP! Anyone who knew me as a youth will know that this would have made my toes curl to have known that this is what I would be listening to in my 40's! Oh how time flies! As a black plastic bag wearing punk rocker teenager listening to anything other than Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kate Bush, the Clash, the Jam (I still love Paul Weller even though his hair styles are a bit fancy for a fella), Sex Pistols, the Damned and the Buzzcocks stuff, would have been out of the question. Well lets face it when we were in our teens you thought 24 was old. In fact this is just how our 18 year old thinks now and of course mum and dad never had a life and have always been 40+!! I can still appreciate Arctic Monkeys even though I'm old enough to be their mummy. Even old people like me can appreciate a bit of fast and furious!! Mmmm! Have not quite slumped into the comfy waist band slacks, slippers and pipe yet!
Our wood burning stove is proving to be fabulous, not only does it look good and feel warm and cosy but it can also toast nuts! Steady Jane, Oh yes, the aged Armstrongs of Nottingham can often be found of a winter's evening toasting nuts on the wood burning stove - delicious! With the foul and freezing weather we are having at the moment it has been very lurvely to warm our toes whilst sipping a glass of sherry or port particularly over Christmas. The bad weather gave me another day off school last week and, as I only work half a week, only went in one day!! Sadly Max's school was still open (yippee) and Nick of course, having fought at Dunkirk in the second world war battled through the ice and snow to get to work to keep us all in the luxurious manner we are all accustomed to!! You would think he was to only person keeping the U.K. going last week. Never mind dear. Ben went to school 1 day and then had ear ache which kept him home until the end of the week when he made a miraculous recovery enabling him to attend an 18th Birthday party until 3am thanks to the amazing medicinal properties of Lager!
I am going to admit to it, yes, I have become a radio 4 listener. I love the voices, enjoy the interesting articles and debates, love the plays even sometimes listen to the Archers HELP! Anyone who knew me as a youth will know that this would have made my toes curl to have known that this is what I would be listening to in my 40's! Oh how time flies! As a black plastic bag wearing punk rocker teenager listening to anything other than Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kate Bush, the Clash, the Jam (I still love Paul Weller even though his hair styles are a bit fancy for a fella), Sex Pistols, the Damned and the Buzzcocks stuff, would have been out of the question. Well lets face it when we were in our teens you thought 24 was old. In fact this is just how our 18 year old thinks now and of course mum and dad never had a life and have always been 40+!! I can still appreciate Arctic Monkeys even though I'm old enough to be their mummy. Even old people like me can appreciate a bit of fast and furious!! Mmmm! Have not quite slumped into the comfy waist band slacks, slippers and pipe yet!
Our wood burning stove is proving to be fabulous, not only does it look good and feel warm and cosy but it can also toast nuts! Steady Jane, Oh yes, the aged Armstrongs of Nottingham can often be found of a winter's evening toasting nuts on the wood burning stove - delicious! With the foul and freezing weather we are having at the moment it has been very lurvely to warm our toes whilst sipping a glass of sherry or port particularly over Christmas. The bad weather gave me another day off school last week and, as I only work half a week, only went in one day!! Sadly Max's school was still open (yippee) and Nick of course, having fought at Dunkirk in the second world war battled through the ice and snow to get to work to keep us all in the luxurious manner we are all accustomed to!! You would think he was to only person keeping the U.K. going last week. Never mind dear. Ben went to school 1 day and then had ear ache which kept him home until the end of the week when he made a miraculous recovery enabling him to attend an 18th Birthday party until 3am thanks to the amazing medicinal properties of Lager!
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