As is standard, todays photo's and video's predominantly involve Luca. Well, what did you expect, pictures of Carole? It's not uncommon for Carole to play unofficial games of hide and seek when the camera comes out. Though if we try and seek her....
That said, Carole's been to another combat class at Bannatynes tonight so she's certainly taking this membership seriously - I think we may have a Linda Hamilton lookalike by the time we head for the sun at the end of next month!
Linda Hamilton was the significant female character in Terminator's 1 and 2, for the non movie buffs out there. She had rather impressive "ficeps" (female biceps) by the time the sequel was released.
While Carole oiled herself up (well, I imagine that's what they do at these classes) I picked Luca up from nursery. It was no great hardship as I was off today - I'm still trying to use up last years holidays. One of the featured videos was taken as Luca and I ate our tea tonight. This is a relatively new feature to our daily lifes, we're trying to eat tea with him rather than giving him his tea and eating ours later (in blissful peace) once he enters the land of nod. He's doing well with it so far, although work will obviously preclude this on certain days. Our only great difficulty is coming from his increased fussiness over what he'll eat. Indeed, the only (technically) non processed food he eats every time is Carole's home made macaroni cheese. We need to widen the variety of his diet to get more vitmains, fibre, etc into him but it's not easy. Any suggestions?
Jumping backwards slightly (you can probably understand why I've never really got much further than two thirds of the way writing any of my novels - my attempts at structure sucks!) you'll have noticed I was off today. I'd like to say that my free day was hugely productive, but that would ease me slightly into the "big fat fibber" category. Other than shopping and (an exceptionally limited) house tidy the day pretty much flew away from me. In a good way though - after the dreadfully busy "on call" weekend that preceeded I needed a day to switch off and relax. Rather pathetically, I'm somewhat pleased with the fact that today I've managed to locate a code to go online to play "PES 2008" on the Playstation 3. I can now play against people on the other side of the world, but more importantly I can play against Ross from the comfort of my own sofa. Undoubtedly, I think part of the reason he got Carole and I this obscenely expensive Christmas gift was to open up the option of online challenge games against me (which he'll naturally win the majority of....)
Bouncing even further back - like a bouncy castle filled with hash smoke - I'm chuffed Lucy's enjoying the "horsey horsey" video of Luca. It's veritably the best video I've taken of him. He's actually a very bright boy who learns new things every day, but it's generally quite difficult to catch them on video. Partly due to his learning constantly updating, but more often down to his general awkwardness! "Luca, can you show us the dance?" "No" "Please" "No"
That's a pretty normal conversation with Sir Chubly.
I'm listening to "The Aliens" album as I type this. It's an album which, on it's release a year or so ago, was welcomed by the music press for it's delicate harmonies, strong songwriting and originality. This is the third time I've listened to it now (you have to give albums a good chance to seep into your consciousness) and I've decided to write a detailed and objective review of it. It's crap. That's it. In fact, so bad I'm signing off now so I can extend my IQ further by watching "Celebrity Big Brother" on TV.
There's always one last thing though - we're taking Luca swimming on Saturday. I'll ensure Carole videos it (she's oveseeing from poolside while I'm doing the actual swimmimg with him). We may be able to release the footage as a sequel to "The Exorcist". You think I jest? Just wait and see...
**Useless fact of the day - Many experts consider the recession to be a myth. Indeed, in the US (where the recession is thought to have hit hardest) a number of facts dispel the fears. For example, under Clinton America's unemployment was 5.2%. Under "Dubya" it was 5.2%. Today it stands at 4.8%**
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