Where Did Today Go?

It began strangely, with our car being trapped in the garage because the door opener had bust a spring overnight (in fact we heard it, and wondered what that loud bang was – weird!). We had to wait for the landlord to come and help Akira heft it open and hold it up while I […]

Oceans

After doing all the post-bedtime chores tonight I only had about a 20min concentration span as it seems that this whole mobility thing has caused Kazuo to revert to his 3month old sleeping habits. This too will pass, and he still sleeps a good deal, but seems to wake more often. Sigh… am getting a […]

Where Have the Last Ten Months Gone?

Today our wee pop is ten months old. I am still thinking about the passing of the nine-months mark, and suddenly another month has passed. Those first few weeks seem to last for ever in a fog of sleep deprivation and lack of any real structure to the day. But now, although the days are […]

Sunday Pieday

Last week I bought some fresh cranberries at the vege market. This weekend they needed finishing off – though I am already planning all the yummy things I can do with them over the winter, and plan to buy a few more bags this coming week and store some in the freezer… and of course […]

All Whites, All Right!

So I no longer live with the ignominy of coming from a distinctly un-soccery country – and in my extended family, that has been a deep shame, until today… by breakfast time this morning we had discovered the joyous news that 80% of the countries of our collective ethnicity (England, USA, Japan and now New […]

Film

It took us several months to get life into enough of a rhythm that we didn’t get to the end of each day and just fall exhaustedly into bed. But once we had reached that happy place, it was obvious that we needed to reintroduce the joy of film into our lives. We had dispensed […]

Not Working Seems To Be Working…

…for now anyway. After reading my lovely friend Mandy’s comment on yesterday’s post, I have spent some time today reflecting on things I have put out into the blogosphere in the past year, and musing on how not working feels now, after more than 18mths of the habit. I have been inspired by, and feel […]

Amnesty International Art Auction

Last night was Amnesty International night… We discussed final plans for our Silent Art Auction that we are holding in a few weeks. Since my life still pretty much revolves around Kazuo, I was grateful for the efforts of Helen who has really taken this event on and will be the reason for its success. […]

Contingencies

Just having one of those days when I realise that I am not too good at contingencies. It is all or nothing with me… and usually that has stood me in reasonably good stead. But I realise that the stakes have changed. And though I do subscribe to the idea that even life’s most painful/challenging/frightening […]

Monkeys

A theme has arisen in our house. It seems that we have become rather obsessed with Monkeys. When I first met Akira he was toting about notes from a Psychologist called Richard Byrne, from a book called The Thinking Ape and primates have become part of our vernacular since then. So it was not surprising […]