never complain
sh*t happens
last week (actually i think it was good friday), we found poo in our porch.
dog poo, we thought.
but now, having seen the kids next door (and their naughty, annoying slightly-older cousin from round the corner) urinating & defecating freely in their garden & on the communal path (under parental supervision – why? the house has two toilets!) we’re convinced it was the kids’ idea of fun.
so, we live in pooh-ville.
not that living here has ever been great, or that this is the worst act of vandalism we’ve encountered (that would be the brick through the living-room window) but it is the most – well, shitty.
the worst thing was, we were having a takeaway delivered when i noticed the ‘deposit’ – i tried to be nonchalant and ignore it whilst tipping heavily.
oh, the shame…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )bird’s head revisited
bad things happen when i order pizza. i know this.
there was the time the pizza delivery man’s visit coincided EXACTLY with me finding faeces of unknown origin in our porch. but that didn’t creep me out as much as the occasion i’m going to tell you about now, which is not for the delicate or the bird-loving among you. (sorry!)
our oldest cat rumpleteaser (rest in peace) went through a phase a couple of years ago of killing a bird every few weeks, and bringing us the remains – always on a thursday. actually we think he sometimes just located a dead bird and arranged it for our viewing pleasure but either way, the effect was the same:
vile, disturbing, deathly.
so, on this particular day… he ups the ante and brings home not just a dead bird, but a dead and dismembered bird in several pieces, most prominent of which is the head, in our porch, with that thick pink veiny thing (technical term alert!) that once attached the head to its birdy body clearly visible. yeurch.
my mum, thankfully, moved the remains. (another reason i couldn’t be a mother. i don’t want to be the person who does these things).
that was the end of that, right?
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july 2007
part one
OH. MY. GOD. what a day monday 25 june was.
like something from a film, or a war, or the coming of the apocalypse.
a lot of people went through a lot worse, but this is my story…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )tidings of comfort and beef
beef? why yes, we DID have beef for christmas lunch, and despite my reservations, it was de-LISH-usssss! of course, being spoiled, i wanted turkey too, so i cooked some myself and took it with, to be traditional. (<< very unlike me!) and then i stuffed my face at my auntie and uncle’s.
and then after lunch, to help – i slumped like a gorm. (<< very like me!)
my gramps didn’t want to stay too long so by five PM, we were all home and my ma and i slumped in front of the telly for a gilmore girls series 4 (my mum was waaaaay behind) and will and grace series 8 DVD marathon, broken up by the scd xmas spesh (zoe! LOVED it!) and some more food.
i felt a bit subdued this year, i have to say. i lurve me some christmas and last year, i was full of warmth and love and wine and excitement. this year? it was fine, i got great presents, i love my peeps… but… it was probably the virus and the exhaustion of moving but i was just a bit ‘meh’ about everything. anti-climatic.
but speaking of great presents, some highlights for you:
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