thisiskylie

Sigh

Working, eating, sleeping.  Obviously not writing here.

The juggling act of the working mum continues.

Beware

One of our neighbours is an elderly single lady.  She is very sweet but is perhaps suffering from a bit of dementia as she does forget things.  She's lost her purse a couple of times in one week, and every time we have a conversation, she always asks me the same things, like 'Have we settled in well' even though we moved in over two years ago.

Today her son came around in a bit of a state looking for some information.  Occasionally, we get dodgy types knocking on our door asking if we have any antiques that we want to sell.  We let them know in no uncertain terms that no, we don't, and even if we did, we would sell to a reputable dealer and not some man-in-a-van going door to door.

Unfortunately, our next door neighbour is not quite so forceful with them, and apparently sold them a beautiful heirloom - a grandfather clock - that is hundreds of years old and worth a lot of money.  She sold this clock to them for a couple of hundred pounds.

Her son has no idea who she sold this clock to, or how to go about locating it.  Fingers crossed that he does manage to track down these con artists who prey on the elderly.

** update ** Neighbours son rang today to say that she sold the clock for a measly £30.  That is just clearly so wrong.  He suspects that the clock is now up for sale on ebay with a current bid of £1800.  He will be in touch with the police, but as she sold the clock he's not sure what they can do.  He also doesn't think they have any insurance details with things like serial numbers or identifying details, or any photos of the clock.  Our neighbours alarm has been going off frequently lately, so he is quite worried that they will may quietly come back for more at some stage.  Apparently, they were also spotted removing a painting from her house, but they may have put it back because one of the other neighbours saw them removing it.

Wild Thing

It's 9:30 on a Saturday night.  The X Factor has finished.  The puppy is outside barking at the nasty fireworks.

It's time for me to grab my glass of sparkling wine (so classy), bar of chocolate, Heat magazine, and head to bed.

Night.

Friday Five

1. Bella's new word for the day:  Bonkers.  She has a habit of saying everyone's name followed by her current favourite word, eg. mummy gorgeous, daddy night night.  Now, after A called the dog bonkers, it's all 'mummy bonkers', daddy bonkers, maggi (grandma) bonkers.  Oh dear.  Last time we went shopping, her favourite word was gorgeous, and she said 'hello gorgeous' and 'bye bye gorgeous' to all the staff, which of course went down very well.  I imagine they won't be so pleased if it's all 'hello bonkers' and 'bye bye bonkers' though.
   
2. Five new grey hairs today.
   
3. Grateful to a wonderful hubby who looks after my girl on Fridays, and both of them have an absolute blast together (rolling, running and bouncing by all accounts).  I'm all for dads being as involved in child care as Mums, since Bella obviously gets so much joy from his company.  It's nice to come home to lots of happy faces after a day in the salt mines (no happy faces).
   
4. On flood watch again after severe flooding expected in East England.
   
5. Indian and Red Wine for dinner, and maybe a piece or two of chocolate.  Mmmm.

Lost in London

I drove into London tonight, taking a colleague from NY into digs in the city.  I don't often drive into central London, maybe a couple of times a year.  It was a nice drive, past Westminster/Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, the London Eye, Tower Bridge, Tower of London and various other historical monuments.  I wasn't amazed one bit.  I compare it to the night I landed over seven years ago (can you believe it has been that long), when everything amazed and awed me, including the inevitable rain and the fast crowds.  Tonight, I just wanted to go home to bed.

30 Posts in 30 Days (well, 23 at least)

I'm back, and being the sheep sort, am following the internet flock and will attempt to post every day for the month of November, starting now.

Bella and I are playing hooky today.  She from her childminders, and me from work.  She is a bit under the weather, and is spending the day at home, in her pyjama's, bouncing and watching tv from her readybed, playing sleeping bunnies and generally having a ball with her mummy and daddy.

Playing hooky is so much better when you have a little one to share it with.