Comments on: A road to nowhere

By: K13

K13 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:00:16 +0000

Number of cute megaboys in picture: 2!!!

They are adorable – I love love love their hair!!

By: Top Bird @ Wee Birdy

Top Bird @ Wee Birdy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:41:29 +0000

Very cute photo – look at those curls!
BUT – you crack me up. And so does the apparently crappy Balloon Fiesta! xx

By: CatLadyLarew

CatLadyLarew — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:11:36 +0000

Hey, Spud… I spread a little love on ya over at How to Become a Cat Lady…
Stop by for your award!

By: OptimisticPessimist

OptimisticPessimist — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:31:52 +0000

oh joy…the iphone is back. What a wonderful happy ending!

By: Relyn

Relyn — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:52:44 +0000

Oh, Spud. The balloon fiesta – what a stinkin’ bummer. Of course you can find a way to write it and make it funny.

By: Ali Bobali

Ali Bobali — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:00:42 +0000

There there my little Spud, don’t worry it DOES get better! We didn’t do road trips for about a year or so ‘cos I just couldn’t stand the stress of it all but now I love it! Ash is still a handful on the road but mostly they are happy to look out the window and chatter about whether we’re in Nanny Land yet (Florida) and they try and look for wildlife, trees, all kinds of stuff.
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel… it’s tiny right now but every day it’s getting bigger!!!
p.s. you’re right though, road trips in England are more stressful ‘cos drivers are assholes!!! hahahahahaaaaaaa hhhhhaaaaaaa ahhhhhhaaaaaaaaa now I’m losing it!!!!!! better go.

By: Eliza Claire

Eliza Claire — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:51:59 +0000

Sympathy. I know what it’s like to be far from family and with a hideous journey to get to them. Not fun at all. I comfort myself by remembering that it’s the quality of time they spend together, not the quantity, that’s important.

By: Eliane

Eliane — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:37:51 +0000

hey, you and me just finished writing and it says 8th of August!!!! but it`s the 11th!!!!

By: Eliane

Eliane — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:36:13 +0000

I am glad you finally saw at least a FEW baloons. My boys need even plane flights to reach their grandparent, aunts, uncles, cousins etc. Most of them are in the reach of two hous by plane (and across the Channel), some – in the other direction in Soouth America – more than 12 hours (by planes again). So just consider two nice e-books for the Megaboys for the next time, they can work a miracle… When we still lived in Germany and went to see my in-laws our then 3 to 6 year old had his “My first Sony” and WE became familiar with many of his favourite fairy tales and Bob the Builder etc (no headphones!!!!) But a can’t remember a single tantrum (from both sides) nor a grumpy boy after the trips. Contrary to the tiny I-Pod of our youngest, which is constantly lost, this big read tape-recorder was always there and with him.
How is your back?

By: spudballoo

spudballoo — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:30:06 +0000

Thanks everyone…Mari I can’t ever really ‘enjoying’ the road trips! The roads can be so congested here, it’s pretty miserable!

Deb, yes it looks staged doesn’t it? We’d grabbed them out of the car and woken them up, and plonked them on a sofa in the cafe while MrSpud foragged for caffeine and snacks. And they just collapsed in front of me like that, very sweet.
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