Chez Spud

The Wife offered to install a panic button on my MacBook today after Cyberworld niggled me and, I must say, I think that’s an inspired idea. I know that Facebook, MySpace, Bebo etc have them but I do think an actual, physical button (perhaps red?) on my ‘puter would be ideal and, of course, of [...]

An unusual post for me, a kind of Public Service Announcement…but I read an article last week which shocked and disturbed me, and it’s been on my mind ever since. Today MrSpud happened to read the same article and showed it to me. Similarly, it completely overturned everything he thought he knew about what someone [...]

My Megaboys snuggled up this morning. Looks like they’re engrossed in a book doesn’t it? They’re not. They’d filched MrSpud’s iPhone, turned it on, broken the password and, having engaged in a little light movie snack, they are hard at work with their spelling using an app. Later they got busy with phonics on an [...]

In a rare moment of Blog Housekeeping I have (a) updated my blogroll (b) done something really groovy with avatars if you comment on a post and (c) added those badges to the right, up top. I’m really proud of the badges. Not because of the rankings (although that’s very nice) but because I managed [...]

This is not a post I ever thought I would write. But necessity means I must buy a new bike. When I say ‘new’ I mean I must replace the bike I bought when I was 18 (bought with the profits of selling my scooter, weep) which I rode about twice (both times clad head [...]

Last weekend, at the beach, I spotted my 10 year old self. An only child I suppose, since no siblings were in evidence nor cousins or friends. Just her, plus parents and assorted grandparents. She pottered about the beach on her own, making up games, paddling, making sandcastles, swimming a bit. Every once in a [...]

I’ve been absent. I hate those blog posts that start, all breathlessly,  “Oh I’m SO sorry I haven’t blogged I’ve been so busy with [insert usual tedious reasons]“. It seems so unnecessary. It’s a blog, not the Wall Street Journal. Surely no one cares, even if they actually notice, if you don’t blog to a [...]

Thanks to everyone for commenting on my ‘I’m one’ post. I wrestled with a random number generator thingy and the the winner is….drumroll… Number 14 which was Shannon, from An Enlightened Heart who will be the unfortunate lucky winner of something handmade by me. Congratulations! x 0

Oh I had such a giggle at a comment from Deb a few days back, when I posted a video of Bertie on his go-kart. “Nice to hear your voice”, she said. Um, Deb….that was MR SPUD not me!! This is me talking. I sound like the Queen. I was teased mercilessly about my cut [...]

Happy Birthday Chez Spud…one today…does getting to my one year blogaversary mean I’m now in the Inner Circle of the 0.0000000001% of people who start a blog and actually keep it going? Although Rate of Blogging has slowed down in recent months, for lack of anything to say rather than lack of enthusiasm for blogging. [...]