I know many of us, indeed most of us have encountered this point: a much beloved pet clearly enters a point where it just feels cruel to go on. Ruby, my massive German Shepherd is old, she has been/remains a wonderful pet, but there is no denying that she is now more than just slowing…
Emma, Liam and Zoe in their Beano-style jumpers. Emma had an (appropriately enough) Minnie the Minx Jumper from when she was about 6. Now she has a full-size one. Now I want one!
In case you haven't seen the Twitter or Facebook post, here is our 2011 Christmas Greetings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9_HpQrXUYM As usual featuring some nice pictures of the last 12 months and sarcastic comments about the kids. The money saved on cards and postage will be donated to Oxfam. Please note that from 10th February 2012 our new…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_5OyvCE3us (This is not my shoulder, but this is the sort of thing they did. If you are squeemish, don't click it) I am typing this with my left hand as the right arm is up in a sling keeping it at a right angle to my body. There is a nerve block in situ…
"...on a Saturday?" Has been the first reaction of many when I have told them that this afternoon, I will make very serious promises on behalf of Isaac and Charlotte, and I will mean them. This is not to say that when I conduct Baptisms, one of my favourite of the pastoral offices, most people…
There is so much to say about Baptism that there are not enough books in the world to carry them. No amount to Baptism Preparation, I find, ever fully captures all that needs to be said about the Mystery of Baptism. Baptismal teaching should also therefore be at the heart of each celebration of the…
Candy knows how poor Customer Service can be I have tried my utmost to avoid breaking my silence and sharing my story about possibly the worst, most unhelpful customer service department in the history of White Goods, but I have now reached an all time low, and I just need to tell the world exactly…
Fr. Simon and his youngest daughter, Zoe messing around at Hardway during last year's Parish Crabbing Competition, Summer 2010. It looks like the Tango, but Zoe is so much better at Latin and Ballroom than I am, so I could be doing anything...
I trained as a Registered General Nurse at the Middlesex. I met my wife on Bond Street Ward (Orthopaedics), at least that's the story I tell to avoid lurid tales of drunken Nurse's Home Parties, but we were actually going out with each other when this trouble-making RCN Steward Student arrived on Bond Street. Once…
For the past couple of years, we have not sent Christmas Cards out, but rather sent the money we would have spent to Oxfam Unwrapped. Usually we have parodied the round robin letter (Jocinta is excelling at her Cello lessons, and Tarquin simply loves his extra Latin lessons!) and peppered the video with various untruths which…
