Archive for October, 2008

And my disguise for halloween is…?
October 31, 2008

Beyonce (well, almost)
 
I have been having a hoot with www.faceinhole.com today. It is so easy to use. There are hundreds of bodies to choose from. Just upload pictures of your family and friends, then giggle as they morph into famous celebrities, cartoon characters, works of art or Amy Winehouse (now that’s scary).
 
Happy Halloween
 
 

Who would have thought it? (and with a dodgy ticker too!)
October 16, 2008

Imagine this. There is a lovely old man in your street who you say hello to most days. You know that he lives on his own so sometimes you stop to say more than hello. On one of these occasions, whilst admiring his garden, he invites you to come in and have a look around [...]

Wordless Wednesday
October 15, 2008

 For once, Sonny is lost for words.
Or
(thanks to East Anglian Troy)
 
“Well Mama, can I call these Frogmen?”
 

A Fishy Tale
October 9, 2008

 “Sonny. Pass me the phone quickly. Mama needs help!”
 
 “Where is it?”
 
“Over there on the table. Hurry up. Come on, come on, come on!”
 
Sonny jumps off the sofa and hands me the phone. I flip it open, put it on loudspeaker (as I can’t bring it to my ear) and dial the boyfriend. It goes straight [...]

Silly Mama
October 7, 2008

 
The other morning I came downstairs to find Sonny sitting on the sofa with a stone the size of a large avocado tucked under his bottom.
 
 “Er…Sonny…why are you sitting on a stone?”  I enquired, as any normal mother would.
 
“It’s not a stone,” he sighed, lifting his left butt cheek to give me a better look.  “It’s a [...]