White rabbits, white rabbits, white rabbits

Did we all say it to ourselves this morning before uttering any other words?! I hope so.

We only had two Trick or Treat visits last night, one from a group of 6 little kids who cleared me out of the little bags of Haribo and Jelly Tots that I'd bought in (the last little boy was sweet - "Cool, I got Haribo") . The two teenage girls who came by later on had to make do with Sainsbury's Spooky Ginger Biscuits, when I guess they would have preferred a bottle of Smirnoff Ice each or something.

Only 10 and a half months after we moved in, I unpacked some bags last night for the first time; I knew I had some nice shirts tucked away somewhere, and I found them when I was clearing up my clothes collection. We're going to make a very expensive guy to go in the incinerator on Sunday evening from things I'm about to give to the charity shop (what doesn't go into the guy will be given to Oxfam or whereever, don't worry!)

Turkey Holiday Photos

Turkey 2007

Here's a link to some of our holiday photos from Turkey.

Flash, bang, wallop

Poor Mishka was spooked by fireworks when Olga took him for his walk last night; someone fired one from their back garden just as Ola & Mishka happened to be walking by, and once Mishka got home we couldn't coax his tail out from between his legs - see the photo. He get's like that when something frightens him, but normally it only lasts for a minute or so then he's wagging it like it's going out of fashion. Last night though he stayed like this for 30 minutes, and kept glancing up at the ceiling, as if waiting for another firework to go off!! We're planning to launch a few fireworks ourselves on Sunday, so we'd better get him some earmuffs before then.

Pumpkin Carving

We had a go at carving our pumpkins last night, here are some on-the-go photos and the end results. Ola seemed to be a natural at it, and was definitely more artistic with her design.

Now we've just got the small job of thinking what to do with all the pumpkin flesh we have left over (see the baking tray in the third photo!). Ola reckons she has a recipte for Pumpkin-pancake-fritter type things. Watch this space....

Morning has broken, and how time flies

This photo doesn't quite do the sunrise justice on Monday morning this week (I did take it with the camera on my phone). I don't mind getting up to walk Mishka when the weather's like this!

Sunday was a bit of a wasted day, I didn't get up till after 11am, and then I couldn't really make it off the sofa, thanks to the Rugby Final on Saturday night. That's all I'll say about the rugby, apart from I guess South Africa deserved it for the way they'd played throughout the tournament.
So that meant I still haven't put the glass into the windows and doors of the summerhouse, and now I can't do things outside in the evenings, as the nights are drawing in. Oh well, there's always this weekend....


I have bought my first pumpkin, I want to try the whole carving-the-lantern thing, I've got a couple of years to practise so I can impress Junior. I'll post photos up when I'm done (and I'll let you know how many pumpkins I get through before I have a lantern that's any good!)
It's been a fairly quiet week so far, last night's big job was to buy Mishka a new bed, as he's chewed up his old one. We picked what we thought was a big enough one in the shop, but once we got it home, it's only just big enough, and we spent the evening convincing him it's not a new chew toy.


The Sky Channel UKG2 has renamed itself to Dave (apparently because everyone knows a bloke called Dave) and it's started showing reruns of Whose Line Is It Anyway, which I'm addicted to. Channel 111 at 7pm for those who like good comedy.

The words for this weekend are going to be "Laminate" and "Flooring". The days are numbered for the loud carpets in the study and spare bedroom. I need to get round to booking my last 4 days of holiday for this year, I doubt - with my DIY track record that I'll get both rooms done in a weekend. Especially as we're off to York via Radcliffe next weekend.

Oh, I read something today that made me realise how time flies.... remember the Washington Sniper, shooting those people at petrol stations? That was 5 years ago...... FIVE years! The things you learn when you read the FBI website. Here's a photo of Chief Charles Moose to jog your memories. What a cool name.

Just makes me wonder how quickly the next two months will go?!