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Never did get that pint the other night!

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Posted by: Eddie2sox Wednesday 7th February 2007, 8:59pm
Last edited 07/02/2007 8:59pm by Eddie2sox

Can't remember why, but I didn't go for a beer.....memory loss at my age.....

Today's been pretty good! I think I had about 6 1/2 hours sleep last night, with the obligatory 15 minutes awake halfway through, but that's not bad.

I was in to see my counsellor this morning - it's a hangover from my split-up, and something I'll be finishing next month. That was OK......but the good thing was getting into town. I had previously spotted a shop selling small sled-like things, so I went to get one. After all, the forecast is for snow and ice for a few days. I duly got hold of a "Kid Skid" which is basically a red plastic disk with a handle on each side to cling onto. Looks like you launch yourself off the top of the slope and hold on, whilst hoping you're not going to die. When Liam saw it he was VERY excited, we tried to see if we both fit on at the same time and we do! So.....here's hoping there IS some snow and ice and that it lasts until Saturday, when I see Liam again.

Also in town I popped into Costa Coffee to peruse the paper and do some people-watching, then to Sainsburys to pick up some ingredients for today's cooking.....

And so home. Immediately zoomed off to Tesco to get the rest of the bits and pieces I need, then into the kitchen to get cooking! Liam's meal was fish goujons, and it turned out brilliantly! Very tasty indeed. My tea - springtime lamb stew.

It's 2.35, and time for Diagnosis Murder! It's a crap programme but I love watching it because it just goes in one ear and out the other, you don't have to think about it and you can laugh at all the ridiculously cheesy bits.

After this it's time to pick up Liam from nursery. Got there, Liam stood up to come to me, and at that exact moment had an "accident" and his trousers and pants got soaked - so did his shoes. Poor little chap was inconsolable and crying his eyes out, so I just picked him up and told him it didn't matter, accidents happen. We sat down on the floor and had a cuddle, during which I started to get a bit damp too, but that didn't matter. We changed his clothes, and socks, and I got Liam smiling again with the age old trick of putting his clothes back onto the wrong place - socks on his hands, pants on head etc. He was pretty upset that I'd taken The View's CD out of the car as he wanted to listen to Same Jeans on the way home! He really has a good appreciation of lots of music, from nursery rhymes up to The View, The Kooks, Arctic Monkeys etc! When we listen to Same Jeans he joins in, as do I, and he especially loves the line "Get your feet back on the ground"....where the singer pronounces "ground" as "gra-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ound", which he copies - makes me laugh me head off every time. At the end of that song the band play the chorus twice more but at twice the speed, during which Liam laughs like a madman, kicks his legs around, shakes his head and wobbles his arms. He is such a star!

Got home and we played with various toys, watched "Raven" (let the challenge........begin!). Then it were time for tea.....and he didn't like the goujons! Have to say I was a bit miffed, as he said "mummy's fish fingers taste nice, they come out of a box in the freezer". Hmmmmm. He could tell I was a little upset he didn't like them I think, and came for a cuddle, and we had a really cool chat about food that is good for you, food that isn't so good for you, etc. We then did Liam's bathtime and had the usual great fun, and then it was time for The Simpsons.

We love watching The Simpsons together. Liam laughs at Bart being rude and people falling over, I laugh at Liam laughing. The downside is that, as soon as the show ends it is time to take him back to mummy's house.........

And so, back here again. Cooking a lamb stew which "should" take 30 minutes, but it's more like 90 now and still not cooked through. I'm going to turn the cooker off and head off down The Woolpack to watch the second half of the football.

And that's my day.

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