Getting old?

Am I getting old? I am always wearing slippers around the house now. I used to be like my kids, no shoes our socks apart from going out...

Boy done well

Eldest had PSP back yesterday after an extended period of enforced parental confiscation. He played, he studied, he played, he talked, ate meals and went to bed, all without shouting and complaining. That is how it should be.

Hay fev...aaaatchooooo...er

Never had hayfever when growing up, even into my older years. Suddenly I have hay fever, out of nowhere.
This year for the first time I am on anti-histamine.
How do you go from no hay fever to hay fever?
Ok, so not as bad as some; I have a tickle in the throat and a sometimes runny nose. Still bad though when nothing previously. Just slight nasal twinges

Pre teenage hormones

Realised this weekend that there is at teenager inside my seven year old boy.
Some how does not seem right that my little baby has been taken over.

Do not cross the road without looking, please do you're home-work, come to table for dinner are all phrases guaranteed at the moment to ensure that I am wrong for some reason.
So after a day with this "teenager", he just as suddenly switched back to my sweet child again.

I am realising that I have to adapt a lot quicker to my son growing up than I thought I would.

To cap it all, could not get him to do his home work writing over the weekend, but he gets up this morning and finishes 2xA4 sides in twenty minutes.

Oh how I am looking forward to teenage years (NOT!)

Political Novice?

I don't find the Lib Dem position surprising.  I do find it surprising how their leader has "played such a bad hand".
For the first time, at the last election, I voted Lib Dem.  I did not agree with one of their main manifesto pledges, tuition fees, but which of the parties have I ever agreed on everything - None.

So I put my cross by the party who had, for years, put themselves forwards as an alternative to the cynical politics of the other two main parties.

I have no problem that they went into a coalition, that is the way of politics. I have no problem that they pushed forwards with the cuts, had to be done (speed of cuts is a different point)

I did have a big problem though that they reneged on one of their main manifesto pledges (whether I agree with it or not).
They should have brought down the government over it.  Strong maybe, but outside of the Westminster bubble many people would have had a lot more respect for the Lib Dems - "A party of principle".

Instead they have shown themselves to be as cynical as the other lot and why should you vote for the Monkey if you can get the Organ Grinder?

If Westminster cared about voter apathy this would be the biggest issue, because many are saying why change the voting system if one party is as  **** as the next?

Lib Dem?  What's the point?

What time is it?

Getting up earlier than you needed to is never great, especially when you don't know you are up earlier. The eldest decided yesterday it would be good to get mum up from her lie in.

He sets the clock a couple of hours later, she awakes and gets ready to go out. 

The following conversation between wife and son starts over breakfast.

"Go get ready it's nearly 9.30"
"No it is not, look" (points at kitchen clock showing 8.00)
"The clock upstairs showed 9.00!" (look of bewilderment)

Cue much laughing from son.

Funnily enough the clock upstairs was showing correct time by the we looked at it.