December 2010
11 posts
Respite night →
Heigh ho, heigh ho, it’s off to respite I go. © L McG-E. All rights reserved. Today is respite day. Hurray, hurray! This is the first this month. There was only one in November and due to…
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Doldrums →
Doldrums. © L McG-E. All rights reserved. Perhaps it’s the crash from all the anticipation and preparation. Perhaps it’s tiredness. Whatever it is, it’s awful. So bleak. These days…
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Doldrums →
Autism is awfully selfish. →
Candle. © L McG-E. All rights reserved. I have all four kids at home this week and I have seen precious little of three of them, despite the terrible weather keeping us almost housebound. Why? 12….
Because we’re brave – and hungry. →
Snowy afternoon. © L McG-E. All rights reserved. I’ve discovered that there IS such a thing as too much interest in the weather. Hub now has an excuse, he has to let people know where they are… …
Let it snow, let it snow, let it ... well, sort...
Hub came home from work at lunchtime today, everything’s closed because of the snow PLUS they have decided not to try to open tomorrow either so I don’t have to go to work.
Yippee.
Yes, childish I know.
At the same time I have Protestant guilt (yeah, we have it too). I have this inbuilt censor that says, “don’t be too pleased about anything, don’t wish for...
All aboard for a full house. →
Red and white. © L McG-E. All rights reserved. I have all the kids home today. 18 has finished college. 15 and 12 are home from school. 15 I knew about. She has finished her mock exams, ready for…
If I didn’t know better I’d say I might just be... →
Another day, another set of Christmas paper.
I have a sneaking suspicion that I might just be on top of things. Yes, I know, that can only mean there’s something vitally important that I’ll…
It’s a wrap. →
It’s a wrap. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
Today’s task has been in my plan for a while, to begin the ascent on the north face of the Christmas present mountain. In other words, I…
At least it’s given us something about which to... →
Leaf in frost. © L McG-E. All rights reserved.
Britain has been in the grip of snow for almost two weeks now. It’s wonderful. People couldn’t be happier.
You think I’m being…
It’s just a small Christmas tree →
Christmas tree, originally uploaded by L McG-E. All rights reserved.
I have never put up the tree this early before and last year it didn’t appear at all.
This year I wanted to…