Hi guys, hope everyone is OK? Today is going to be one of those frantic days that Families get once in a while. Whilst Liam maybe going to watch (but not play)Football, I’m taking Laura across to Grimsby for her second Archery Competition. Then she has a party, and also we have (possibly) a family friend for tea. As I type this, the dull, cold, dank dawn of the latest British
Hi Guys as it says in the title, I have nothing major to talk about this week. The week at work has been long and hard. The weather has been pretty bad, but that should be no real surprise – it is winter after all. The real text of the blog today is really going to sound like a moan, and to some extent it is. But it’s really been the main theme of the week. As many of you will already know, I have quite an issue with my elbow. As
It’s been a long time since I last posted, and, with having problems with my arm, I suppose that really if no surprise. Well , here I am, looking out of the window to my left, into the cold, snow-less darkness of another Christmas morning. I am awake now, as I wake every morning, early and automatically, ready for work. Not that there’s &l
Hi guys - late again Sorry, but I don't know what to put, or even HOW to put what few thoughts are now going through my rather tired mind. If you have already kindly read my last entry, you will already know that Laura's first archery competition was a rather successful affair, from her point of view (It would appear that I came second to last - but seeing as I wasn't
Hi Guys, just a short and (hopefully) quick posting today. Wednesday night is, at the moment, Indoors Archery training. And it was a good job too. From the safety of the Sports Hall you could hear how heavy the rain outside was falling <IMG style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT
hi Guys I’ know its been well over a month since I last posted, but things here at Chez Smudger have carried on as you would expect for a normal family. With a mixture of "nothings" and Chaos. This posting, however , will be relatively short out of personal necessity - but we will come to that later. <a href="ht
Morning one and all, I hope everyone feels a little better than I do. Chez Smudger has again been a place of illness. I could well imagine, in times past, the local populous being somewhat "wary" of our abode. It certainly seems that we get more than our fair share of "Bugs, Virus and Plague". Its not funny waking up, ready for work after a couple of days off; to find the next 48 hours a mixture of darkness and light (and the light hurt !! I shan't add the rest as it
I was like a kid with the a key to the Sweets Cupboard. Easter Saturday is, normally, pretty much an ordinary Saturday. Shopping, Gardening (which is particularly difficult this year - shoulder and elbow not helping), and then the added task of the pre-Easter Sunday visits taking Eggs/Pressies and the like. An
Being a Dad to both a Girl and a (very tall Boy), the benefits of watching and helping them grow up just can't really be quantified. The mixture of emotions involved makes it all worth while. Mid week was an example of the benefits. This year is Liams options year, and Thursday was parents evening. Without exception, all his teachers gave him a beautiful report ("pleasant hardworking lad" - "concidering his problem (dyslexia) he has made so much progress") - PROUD. You just couldn't believe how
Belfast Telegraph - Comics mourn legend Allen: Shock as funnyman dies at 68 Just a quick entry whilst I was searching through Google's Beta News service , although I must admit I had heard th
Life, here at Chez Smudger, is very very quiet. Everyone is either at work, or at School. The normal hobbies and past times carry on as they have done, un-hindered for the last few week (well at least sort of, as you will see later) The Snow and Cold appears to be on its way out (that’s if you believe what the Weather man/Lady tells you, and I ALWA
Morning All hope everyone is well? I was going to make mention of a few things that had bothered me this week. I had managed to do nothing during my birthday week ( I have a personal tradition of taking leave on my birthday as I refuse to try to hard on that day), but th
As I sit here, in the dark early morning of a late January Sunday, I can say that I am reasonably happy. Is it all this ni
Is history one big circle? I know this may sound a little "deep" but something has happened in the last few days, here at Chez Smudger, that would certainly have to make you wonder. There is a local saying, here and here about's, that goes along the line "What goes around, comes around" <font face="Verda
Liam wasn’t happy, and neither was I ...........
"The North Wind doth blow, and we will Have snow. And what will poor Robin do then, poor thing" That is one of the lines from a nursery rhyme of my dim and distant Child Hood. And the wind has blown, here in my part of the UK, for at least 24 hours. But why does it sound all the worst in the dark hours of the night. the
We had, yesterdays, one of those incidents in life that, although not a major issue, a great problem; leaves you feeling somewhat disturbed; We (for that read I – Cathy was at work and the Kids were avoiding the same, as usual) were de-trimming the house after Christmas when the front door bell went. As I had half the TV cabinet apart after having to
To all my fellow Xangains, Bloggers and assorted Webloggers:
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Boxing day TV, as a whole , never really changes a great deal over the years. Here in the UK it is never anything challenging. Worlds Strongest Man, several Kids Films (Mary Poppin's), you get the general idea. However, to me there was a highlight to all this banality. The BBC were showing their latest Sherlock Holmes commission – “Sherlock Holmes and the ca
Good morning everyone, I hope everyone is well ( I know what some people are like after a night out on Christmas Eve - ) It is a
It is a bit of a gloomy title, I suppose, but the that is the way I feel at the minute I guess. is it just me, or is there sometimes an air of melancholy at this time of year? I don’t want to sound “Scrooge-esk” but I have a little troubl
I'm not a big game player my self, but I've heard several "comments" from my lad when the game "throws a wobbler". It upsets me greatly that the software companies have the gaul to trial test their products of the general public, be that PC or Games Console. When I buy something I expect it to work without issue, they have my hard earned cash after all.
What can you say? Some people are totally heartless, and its all the worse, I suppose, because its Christmas. I have woken up this morning, turned the TV on for some "background noise" and the
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Hi Guys, sorry I have been realatively quite for a little while, but you know how things are. Family. Work, life in general. Anyway, below is a collection of links that I found interesting from the vrious stories that where “trawled” up by my Newzcrawler RSS/Newsreader <a
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