So 2008 is about to end and another year is about to begin and as is common at a time like this my mind has turned to what has transpired and what has been learned in the last 12 months - so here goes.
Usurper has had a busy 12 months - probably the busiest 12 [...]

Well, aren’t we just a couple of very bad parents, possibly the worst parents in the world - well with the exception of all those parents that physically scar their children (we only tend to scar them emotionally).
Today we topped even ourselves. It was end of year party time at Little Miss’ daycare centre. If [...]

I have a feeling we are in for our first Christmas disappointment for Little Miss. You see after months of not specifying anything specific as a desire for Xmas she has with 2 weeks to go decided that there are indeed certain things she wants:
To whit:
1. A telescope - I think she wants one like [...]

Wife rang today almost in tears, the reason for once was nothing to do with me being insensitive, but instead had to do with the fact that Little Miss had not beein invited to a birthday party. Apparently this isn’t the first time this had happened but the third.
Little Miss had also noticed that she [...]