My mind is a blank I don't know what to say. A whirlwind of events have led to such confusion. As I write I am distracted by a collared dove, who having tipped the bird feeder up at an angle is now desperately trying to eat as much grain as possible before it all falls down to the waiting sparrows underneath. Birds really have no gratitude. The pigeons have stripped all my green beans from the plants and the sparrows scatter seed in every direction giving some most exotic plants across the garden. I am sure some of them are illegal. The four legged one does his best but they have usually flown by the time he gets down the garden and then they sit in the trees and laugh at him
Bodybuilder is home for a few days before hoping to collect the keys to his new flat. It is nice to have him back but already we are looking forward to him going! This could be a whole new phase in his life and we will do everything we can to make it go smoothly but I wasn't necessarily expecting to have to bankroll the entire process. "In my day" and everyone else's we started with "second hand and not much of that" as one of my friends said - bet you never thought you would make it onto the blog eh? -
Jetski Boy remains in Zante - we work on the assumption that no news is good news since they all seem to have their mobiles switched off or are just too much in the party spirit to remember where they left them or "whose ringtone is that?" He is due back mid week although we are not sure when and probably neither is he.
Work - don't ask or I might start to cry but the Board are behind me at the moment - as the man said just before he was pushed over the cliff
Some moments of wonderful peace though as I took time out in my own personal Abbey
Regular visitors may notice some changes in photos. Bodybuilder and Jetskiboy did not want their faces on the blog. Doing stupid things on U Tube or Facebook, that's different, but Dad's blog is not cool.
We are looking for great things from Father Robert this week. Having discussed the real location of Mt Sinai, Christian Olympics, giving communion to minors and homosexual bishops I thought it was time for a change whilst I wrestle with the possibilities of the calling of the Levitical priesthood. The eternal student continues to disappoint with his absence and Cheeky Girl is suffering with another round of bad headaches so our numbers are a little depleted but as the only group continuing through the summer we give ourselves a pat on the back. That said, organisation is a bit lacking as we have still not made our Christmas party plans (2007)
I walked up past the Forest Centre this morning, a very sad sight and the four legged one picked a fight with a Staff so quite an eventful morning

The case of the missing blogs

Where have all the blogs gone? - you might well ask. My last two witty and interesting posts have disappeared into the ether never to be read again. Unfortunately I cannot remember most of the bon mots so you will just have to credit me with being brilliant and await the next instalment. There was a man on the radio the other day talking about variant spelling which as far as I could c waz just an xcus 4 knot being able to spel in the 1st plaice. All that and now they want to allow you use text messaging code in exams.
I have lost the car! Not that I have forgotten where I parked it, but body builder on water has returned and reclaimed it as his own. He paid for it so fair enough I suppose, all I do is pay the tax, insurance, MOT and servicing and fill it up with petrol at regular intervals. I have to admit I did enjoy being boy racer for a while with the fruity exhaust and the subs in the back. Cold Play and Pink Floyd were best even if there is nearly 40 years between them. Somehow Beethoven doesn't have quite the same effect but is much better suited to the slightly more refined performance of my own means of conveyance. That is of course if I am not running around in soon to be Jetski Boy's car which has no radio at all (at least not a working one). So bodybuilder on water has returned to the fold and we expect complaints from the neighbours imminently as his taste in music hasn't improved, nor has the volume at which he likes to play it. Mind you, Jetski Boy has developed a liking for Jimmy Hendrix so who knows what will happen after that.
Sadly Billy Cotton has passed on. I did make a comment about Wakey Wakey! but they told me that was the wrong one, apparently this one is responsible for the Two Ronnies (good), Monty Python (OK) and Generation Game (oh well I suppose we are all allowed one mistake)
Mrs Claus has been most unwell with a strained muscle in her neck nd is only just recovering after pills, ointments and a range of surgical collars, heated and padded.
Did you get the storm last Wednesday? Very impressive as we were swimming back down the M11. Unfortunately the spectacular turned into the disastrous as our local forest community centre was struck by lightning and burnt down. They have only just reopened the site to sensible walkers (ie people with dogs) but it will be a very long time before the centre is rebuilt and open again. I will just have to wait for my coffee and caramel shortcake
I am going to stop now and post this to ensure that it has posted if that makes sense. If it posts successfully you can read all about it, if not then you won't know and I will have wasted yet another 15 minutes. They say everyone has 15 minutes of fame - well this obviously wasn't it