Tuesday, December 29, 2009
My Christmas Diary
Boxing Day: Snow everywhere! Nice! Oven broke! Dinner disaster! Bert drunk! Had major huff. Got no dinner as gannet guests ate it all while I am outside in polytunnel sulking. Good bit - Martha Amy here for the evening.
27th December: Snow everywhere! Boring and disgusting! Stayed in house All Day. Ate nothing but turkey sandwiches and chocolate. Feel strange. Wonder why?
28th December: Snow still here! Hate it! Had lovely day with Zoe and baby Martha. Went shopping. Zoe shopped and I pushed pram. Junction One snow-free zone. Discovered joy of attacking queue-jumpers using pram as weapon. Had Ulster Fry! No turkey! Spent evening with Hannah and Mel. Made enormous dinner. Ate lots despite not being hungry. Feel odd. Wonder why?
29th December: Frozen slush everywhere! Am going to drive on it and don't care! Had day oot with Mel. Went to Lindsay's outside Coleraine and bought merino tops for Hannah and Snickers work trousers for Bert. Ate enormous lunch in Ballycastle and visited Dark Hedges. Hannah loved merino tops and Bert loved Snickers work trousers. Keeps discovering new pockets and says knee pads so good he could walk to Cully on his knees. Does going on knees count as walking? Despite Bert wearing work trousers all evening has only hung one picture. Tomorrow another day. Ate enormous pile of turkey sandwiches. Feel peculiar. Wonder why?
Friday, December 25, 2009
Happy Christmas...

A very Happy Christmas to everyone who looks in on the Garden from time to time.
That was the back lane yesterday.

Monday, December 21, 2009
Closer To Home Than That
Sunday, December 20, 2009
A Toast to Sobriety
So because of all that I have toasted sobriety a whole five days earlier than I intended. Two glasses of cabernet sauvignon and I'm totally toodled. Cheers.
Christmas Begins

It snowed last night. The whole townland is a veritable Winter Wonderland. Excellent snow it is too, all deepness, crispness and evenness - the right sort of snow for building snowmen and snowball fights.
We were reminded of a guy Bert worked for many years ago. This guy was very short on sense and when the guys told him about an excellent blue movie he'd be sure to enjoy he lost no time in getting himself to the local video rental store. Back home he settled down with the Pringles, his voddy and a box of man-sized Kleenex.
Next day he told the fellows all about it.
"There must have been some sort of mix-up or there's some other film called The Snowman! It was a bloody cartoon! All that happened was they flew about and then the snowman melted! A total waste of time."
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Embrace The Peckishness
It appeals to me in a way that other fad diets do not, as it is only restrictive every other day. Whether the health benefits that are being touted are real or not remains to be seen. I'm not convinced. However it does seem natural that a human being should experience hunger at times. After all that is how we came through the ages. Even our parents, and certainly our grandparents, knew what it was to feel hungry. Nowadays food is plentiful and many of us graze all day long. And then we wonder why we are getting so bloody fat.
The good thing about this eating plan is that I will be able to continue cooking scrummy food and making yummy cakes. I just won't eat them every day.
Yesterday was day one. I made delicious pizza and coconut tarts. Today I ate far, far less. Tomorrow I will have some more coconut tarts. I might even make pancakes. Tonight I go to bed feeling a wee bit hungry. Apparently I am to embrace that feeling. We'll see how it goes.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
One Degree of Separation or Touched By Greatness
We had a visitor this evening, a guy who has been in the music business for decades. We were talking about the great performers, He told us that he shared a stage with Dusty Springfield in the sixties Said she was only a tiny little thing.A tiny little thing with a great big voice.
The venue? St Mary's Hall, Glenavy. Imagine!
Don't
Don't Be Light: Air
Don't Be Runnin' Wild (Problem Child): Ken Cook
Don't Cry No Tears: Neil Young with Crazy Horse
Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On: David McComb & Adam Peters
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Nina Simone
Don't Look Back: Youssou n’Dour
Don't Mash My Digger So Deep: Bo Carter
Don't Mess With The Messer: Koko Taylor
Don't Smoke in Bed: Nina Simone
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) The Beach Boys
Don't Walk Away: Youssou N'Dour
Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O: Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan & Chris Barber
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Happy Birthday Katy Bo!
It is Katy's birthday today - and it is her last as a single lady. Hope she is wearing a happier face today.
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Three Things
That's one thing.
Another thing is that I took Miss Martha Christmas shopping today. We had a nice time. She mostly slept and I mostly spent money. We're thinking of doing it again next Sunday.
That's two things.
And the last thing is - I got an email asking me to place an advertising link on the blog. Something about sport and betting. I declined. They would have paid me. I don't care for sport and I wouldn't want to encourage gambling. Did I do right?
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Well I Never!

I called round to Martha's house the other day and discovered that her mother has taken to wearing the child! According to Zoe, Martha was enjoying this very much and, from what I observed on the day, I'd have to agree.

You can see from the expressions on their faces, as they admire their reflections, that mother and daughter think they suit each other very well.
