After the excitement of THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW, things have fallen a little bit flat here at The Funny Little Bungalow. Progress has been slow in comparison, not helped by the fact that Big Seymour has been off working elsewhere. Having said that, we do have banisters in the making, Read more
Excitedly, I received the news that this weekend, we would be going to Howdens, and choosing a new kitchen! I decided to begin this little entry with a fronted adverbial. Mainly because I can, and also because I really need to understand what my ten year-old is learning at school at Read more
My children have gone feral. They’ve been living in the garden for so long that they have turned into wild animals. And Halloween hasn’t helped, either. As she descended the ladder this morning, Mini Seymour was grumpy. This in itself is not unusual. She wanted to watch television. I said Read more
I am twitching. I can’t help it. My synapses are all ablaze and I have that overwhelming feeling I get when I use my GHDs: did I leave them on? Shall I just check the plug is out one more time? So what if I’m twenty miles down the road Read more
Apparently, tonight is the night that our new fireplace will be lit for the very first time. I am scared. The End. (Sorry Helen – more later!;-))
OK. Here goes. Where are we? Oh yes. I shall tell you the story of the last week at The Funny Little Bungalow. I seem to remember posting something about Sputnik’s failed launch very late on a Saturday night. Well, I am pleased to report that Sputnik only bloody works! Read more
Well, that was epic. We had fun, we worked hard, we got a cold and we spent a fortune. I am still not fully capable of processing all that has been achieved in the last week. The world is spinning. But then, that might be because of my sinuses. Update Read more
Sputnik didn’t play ball. Take off has been postponed until Monday. In the mean time, I will whet your appetite with the prospect of tomorrow’s activity: celotoxing. This won’t be fun. 🙂
Today, the “first fix” electrics downstairs have been completed! So, tomorrow, we fire up Sputnik. This will be a heart-in-mouth moment, because Ol’ Sputnik was an Ebay purchase and is, as such, rather without a guarantee of any sort. I admit – I’m worried. If this goes wrong, we will Read more
As we left for Brownies this evening, I glanced up at The Funny Little Bungalow, and lo! There was a light on in one of the new bedrooms upstairs! Not a light made possible by an endless chain of extension cables and a tenuous link to the embryonic mains, but Read more