Sunday 26th July 2009

Once again, not a lot to report. Pretty bog standard Sunday really....a procession of kids for various reasons. Joanne and hers because Dr Stu was on nightshift last night and needs peace and quiet to sleep, David because Thomas was here......same ole same ole.

I finally got around to getting rid of some of the junk that lays about this house. I freecycled it. First tranche was, a pram, a laser printer, a baby carseat, and a computer monitor. Pram was snapped up within minutes of me posting it, same with the monitor. Thats where it got a bit annoying. The printer (which admittedly was a bit dodgy, though that was made clear) became the subject of a series of mails asking this and that....hells teeth!....do ya WANT the bloody thing or not! However, it went, eventually. The carseat, that got really stupid. Initially it was claimed within minutes of posting, which was fine. Then I start getting emails about 'has it got a detachable base', 'my wife wants to know....'. God, people are so bloody RUDE!! In the end, it went to the THIRD person on the list. I am now in the process of dusting off the NEXT pram, and assorted items. Only THIS time, I will be a damn sight more careful about how I word the posting. I am not having the buggers act like I was some kind of department store, its gonna be 'take it or leave it'.

Anxiously watching young Thomas, with camera batteries all charged up and ready. He's getting to the point where he is pulling himself up on furniture, so I figger maybe a couple of weeks and he'll be taking off (I'm his grampa, as well as his surrogate father, so benevolent optimism is allowed (smile) ). Cute as hell, he is, and STILL the best child I ever came across. He has now got to the stage where he is propped upright against the sofa, and he actually lets go so he can clap his hands at his own bravery. Plus, he is grinning all over his face and looking around at everyone at the same time as if for approval. I missed all this, first time around .

Onwards and upwards.

Saturday 18 July 2009

OK....its been a while since I posted anything at all. Who wants to read trivia? But I suppose I should try a precis of the last couple of months.

This is it.............SNAFU :)

First, and the thing that has MOST of the family all a-twitter is the 'heir-hunting' thing. Was contacted by a legal firm that hunts up heirs to unclaimed estates, and apparently I (along with others of course) am an heir to something. Don't know what, they don't tell you that. But....I signed up. The legal firm take 1/3 of whatever, and my attitude is that the remaining 2/3 of nothing is still nothing :). I fully expect this to be some kind of....I dunno, wind up?? Not so the rest of them. Every time the subject comes up, the flights of fancy get wilder and wilder. There are going to be some very disappointed people around here, soon :). I keep trying to point out that *I* know of at LEAST 4 others involved (my sister, for one), and God knows how many unknown ones. It all falls on deaf ears. I know the name of the person who died intestate, and for the life of me I cannot figure out a connection. The only thing *I* expect is the legal firm's research into the family tree, which they have promised to pass on to me when this is all over. Saves me reinventing the wheel <>.


Nathan. Now there is a topic!! My dearly loved little grandson has grown up into a surly, uncommunicative, common-sense-less, idiot. Is there anyone on this earth that does not HATE the teen years?? Last week, he was supposed to join his Mum at the caravan with two friends - he arrived with five. She went ballistic...being as there were already 5 kiddies already there. There is a limit to how many you can squeeze into a tin box <>. The girlies (there were two of them) were sent home on the first train the next morning, and two of the lads followed soon after. Nathan was despatched back here the next day.....a much chastened lad. So far he has been keeping a low profile and staying well out of my way (first bit of common sense he has demonstrated in ages!).

Thomas. More and more he has been staying with us of a night. Not through any machinations on our part, just real life imposing conditions. David has to work like everyone else, and is just finding it real difficult to cope with a job and a baby. He DOES go really out of his way to spend a lot of time with Thomas, though...and it is noticable that there is a bond between them. You should see his little face light up when his Dad appears :). I can see my old age being a busy old age when he finally figgers out what his feet are for <>. There WAS a bit of a glitch in all this when both David and Nell contracted swine flu. Now that was NASTY! Thankfully, they seem to be over it now. Odd thing is, of all the rest of the grandkids who pass through here, only Daniel went 'under the weather'....but no one was able to tell if HE had got swine flu or just some normal kiddie summer thing.

OK...its not much....but its very brevity tells you how BORING things are here <>.

I'll try being more regular