Entries by ALB1970

Do I have to eat Italian?

When arranging Jamie’s birthday night earlier this week Karl Helen and Andy confirmed they would love to go to Il Padrino in town it sounds great When inviting me mum the first thing she said was “Do I have to eat Italian?” lol well it is an Italian restaurant but no I’m sure they’d knock […]

Birthday Eve

Knowing Jamie really wanted to eat at Phanthong I said why don’t we go out on our own for your birthday eve and eat Thai then it doesn’t matter that no-one else likes it. Thats not strictly true we’d invited me mum for Italian tomorrow night and she said yes, she would definitely said no […]

The circle of strife

Mom and Reagan OMG they are so alike it is untrue Reagan wants to be better than Mom and finds it very difficult to admit that 99% of what mom is about and has been about for 15 and a half years is making her the best she can possibly be. As a teenager the […]

Come from behind

Sometimes I don’t enjoy pool on a Wednesday because I want to win and we have struggled as a team in recent years because most of us only play on a Wednesday and don’t pick a cue up any other time. Last night I really had so  much pride in not only my team but […]

She’s scared of me mum

Lincoln got a Well Done from the Head Teacher which we are obviously very proud of him for but he made us laugh when he told us his mate Logan got one too. Why is yours so wordy Lincoln, compared to my ‘Well done, for having consistent excellent lesson scores!’ Lincoln’s reply was “She’s scared of […]

Just make something!

I am really trying to create things and I am loving creating the storage under the stairs but this weekend I just wanted to relax and potter. So I had a little go at “dowel joints” to make a ‘perfect joint between the first slf and the storage top unger the stairs but as I […]

Just walk the dog

How has walking Billy become such a chore? Answer: Winter I love walking and do not consider myself a fair weather walker but as we enter deepest January, I look out of the window and its dark and wet I really do have to force myself to leave the house, and as I pull on […]

Festool Square

Festool is a premium wood working brand and most things are 3 times the cost of anything you can buy from DeWalt Makita and the other preferred brands but this week I took the plunge and bought the Festool FS-WA/90° 90 Degree Angle Stop My journey to this purchase has been a long one because I […]

Waiting

I dream about you when you’re away, although you don’t think I do Sad without you, I miss you I miss doing nothing with you that’s one of the biggest and best compliments I can give you Can’t wait to see you, I am watching the clock so I can go to the station to […]

The Forsters 2026 Calendar

Took delivery of the new calendars today and wanted to get them delivered so when I took Jamie to the station because she was working in London tomorrow and Saturday and Lincoln was at drama in Crewe , I was killing two birds with one stone why not deliver the calendars making it 3 birds. […]