Ooow, look at the date: it's the 07/07/07

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OK, this has got to be the most appropriate business card Scally has produced so far, and if it doesn’t appear on Pooks cupboard at work, I will want to know why. Her boss should get a copy at any rate.


Scally has a wonderful way of capturing peoples qualities, doesn’t she?

*Walks away laughing*

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All the Quails are still alive, even the rut of the hatching. I’m not saying we're out of the woods with them yet, especially as I put the sauce of water on top of the one and make it squeak – I honestly thought it had moved, but I remain hopeful.

Being me, I had to have a hold of them tonight; they are so very, very small. When I put my hand into the box they all run up and if I move it around they follow. Himself has made it very clear that we are Not Getting Any More Pets, which I personally think is a bit harsh – I hadn’t even ask yet.

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Fiancée had her first tiny mishap in her car this week; she drove into a parking space and didn’t stop soon enough. She wasn’t actually going fast enough to knock the sign over or damage her car. She just pushed it forward a bit. It actually reminded me of something that I’d forgotten about, so had she – but we both had a giggle when we reminded her about it.

Eldest first met Fiancée whilst still at school, you know young love and all that. They were together for quite some time, before splitting up. It was during that time that I took them and Youngest to the cinema one evening. I can’t remember what we went to see now – just that Youngest and I were on one side of the room and those two were as far away from us as possible. That was after I’d taken out a bank loan to pay for the popcorn, hotdogs, sweets and drinks. It really annoys me the amount those places charge for things. You pay the same amount for two scoops of Ben and Jerry’s in the cinema as you do for a carton full in the supermarket.

Anyway, the film finished and we all got back into the car. Youngest was sat in the front passenger seat and the two love birds sat cuddled up in the back. Now I’m not renowned for my amazing sense of direction, quite the reverse in fact. And on the way home I managed to take a wrong turn and end up down a cue de sac.

It wasn’t a very wide road either but there was no cars parked in it; so the three point turn was more of a five point turn and it was icy. Although I’d scrapped the windows off I wouldn’t say that visibility was that good – well certainly not out of the back window at any rate. I started to reverse, looking out of the side mirrors and the back window – well as best as I could. There were no cars after all, so it shouldn’t have been a problem.

Unfortunately for me, there was a lamp post. I know that for a fact as I reversed into it. Like Fiancée I wasn’t going very fast, so the lamp post remained upright with a smallish dent in the metal pole and my bumper didn’t get damaged at all. After getting out to do a quick check, I was getting back into the car when I heard Eldest telling Fiancée (or girlfriend at the time):

Don’t worry; she doesn’t normally drive like that.