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Geek time!

Monday, June 25th, 2007

I can’t quite believe it myself, but I actually managed to complete an overdue task today! My poor laptop has been groaning with effort to cool itself down recently, sounding quite unwell. Today I finally got around to taking it apart (involving about 1000 screws) and took the fan out to clean it, [...]

Smiles and spelling

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

So Oliver has been smiling for a couple of weeks now, but today I played “peek-a-boo” with him and he smiled and even made the gurgling sounds that sound like a proto-laugh! He did this a few times, so it wasn’t a fluke, I think we have definitely reached the joy that is the [...]

beanie babies

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Sorry I haven’t posted for so long – struggling to stay awake for any non-kids time at the moment!

We bought Thomas a bean bag yesterday, as everyone else has a chair except him. We think he likes it, and also seized a photo opportunity:

It was hard to get the best of both of them, [...]

Instant fame

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

So, if you watch tele on your computer, and you set your screensaver to be your photo collection, and you are only half watching breakfast tele, and have forgotten that you set your screensaver to your photo collection, and you hear an article about babies, so look up and see… YOURSELF! For a heart-stopping [...]

Facebook

Monday, June 11th, 2007

I have just dipped my toes into Facebook, and it turns out that everyone i’ve ever known ever is on there. A big up to my old schoolfriend Jo Castle (now Jones) who got me into it.

Oliver has just turned 7 weeks, is smiling at people and doing that cute thing where he looks [...]