Mild Peril http://www.dellah.com/mild May contain scenes of mild peril Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:02:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Sunset http://www.dellah.com/mild/2009/06/24/sunset/ http://www.dellah.com/mild/2009/06/24/sunset/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:02:21 +0000 pfreeman http://www.dellah.com/mild/2009/06/24/sunset/

Sunset

Originally uploaded by Paul Freeman.


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New House Set on Flickr
Originally uploaded by Paul Freeman.

We finally made it and got our new house – not moved in yet but have got the keys. Here are some photos from the house.

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Victoria

We visited the Linlithgow Union Canal Society who run "Victoria" a replica of a 19th century steam packet.  Victoria has been running since 1978 shortly after the Union Canal was reopened.

We took a short canal trip up and down around Linlithgow.  When the kids are older, we’ll go for the 2 hour trip which should be really interesting.


Originally uploaded by Paul Freeman.

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Day 3 / 365

Originally uploaded by Paul Freeman.


]]> http://www.dellah.com/mild/2008/09/22/sunken-boots/feed/ 2 When you go, will you send back … http://www.dellah.com/mild/2008/03/18/when-you-go-will-you-send-back/ http://www.dellah.com/mild/2008/03/18/when-you-go-will-you-send-back/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:46:13 +0000 pfreeman http://www.dellah.com/mild/2008/03/18/when-you-go-will-you-send-back/ … a letter from Reading ?

In a plan that has fermented from Easter last year, we are uprooting our family and heading out of the country. Not too far (like one friend we have who emigrated to New Zealand and make us rather jealous) but only to the next country up, Scotland.

For reasons many and plenty, although anyone suggesting it is for sporting purposes is very much mistaken, we had an idea, formed a plan, sorted out the house, located a general area to move to (West Lothian, near Edinburgh) and put our house on the market.

Of course, this is possibly the worst time to be trying to sell a house and nothing much is happening. Still we have a Plan B and we aren’t worried about it.

It’s a bold move, but click on the image below to see some photos from a recent trip to the area.

]]> http://www.dellah.com/mild/2008/03/18/when-you-go-will-you-send-back/feed/ 3 Jeannie’s Mock Ballet Exam Result http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/09/25/jeannies-mock-ballet-exam-result/ http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/09/25/jeannies-mock-ballet-exam-result/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:39:15 +0000 pfreeman http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/09/25/jeannies-mock-ballet-exam-result/ Here is the Mock exam result from last summer.

Ballet mock exam results

The real test is in November

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]]> http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/08/31/at-a-wedding-tomorrow/feed/ 0 Lateral Thinking http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/07/20/lateral-thinking/ http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/07/20/lateral-thinking/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:02:57 +0000 pfreeman http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/07/20/lateral-thinking/ Jeannie has brought home her workbooks from school as it is the end of term.

In her Maths book she was set the following question by her teacher.  Write down 10 lots of three number that add up to 18.

Jeannie put in the following answers

18 +0 + 0 = 18

17 + 1 + 0 = 18

16 + 2 + 0 = 18

15 + 3 + 0 = 18

14 + 4 + 0 = 18

13 + 5 + 0 = 18

12 + 6 + 0 = 18

11 + 7  + 0 = 18

10 + 8  + 0 = 18

The teacher’s comment was   “These may be right but I did expect   10 + 5 + 3 = 18  9 + 6 + 3 = 18″

To me, that was good lateral thinking.  I don’t see too much difference between using 0 and 3 (except it is easier to add up of course) and if she hadn’t wanted 0 to be used, she should have said.

]]> http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/07/20/lateral-thinking/feed/ 2 Curry hangover http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/07/17/curry-hangover/ http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/07/17/curry-hangover/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:50:02 +0000 pfreeman http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/07/17/curry-hangover/ Gabby was back to her normal self on Friday, as if nothing had happened. Then the evening came and her temperature came back. She has been up and down ever since. The other two children are getting “end of term” syndrome and need the break I think. Petty arguments and fights break the peace on occasion.

Is it possible to get a curry hangover? We had a takeaway Friday night, a lovely Malaysian curry with just a single bottle of beer. Next morning, I felt like I’d had 5 bottles of beer. Mind you, I felt equally bad Monday morning as well, so maybe it is a bug.

We were going to go to Legoland on Saturday but a “fun day” put us off. It would have been packed and one of the “attractions” was Barney. I’d have gone if I been allowed to take Hiro’s sword and sort him out once and for all. Barney is not a Hero. Plenty more days this summer to go. We nearly went Sunday but the weather wasn’t very good. Instead we went on a bike ride after Jeannie had her Mock RAD exam. She did well and passed to go to the real exam in November. Again, I think Gina was more nervous than Jeannie. But, apparently she really knew her stuff on this one.

On the bike ride (well Ryan went on his scooter and Gabby was in the pushchair and I was pushing her and Gina walked so really Jeannie went on the bike ride on her own!) Ryan managed to find the nettles and sting himself again. If he had a hero power it would be the ability to find nettles when no one else can.

]]> http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/07/17/curry-hangover/feed/ 2 Hot http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/07/12/hot/ http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/07/12/hot/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:36:05 +0000 pfreeman http://www.dellah.com/mild/2007/07/12/hot/ Gabby has come down with a temperature. When she woke last night at about midnight, we realised it was the first time she had woken up in the night since she had moved into her bedroom (and Gina had stopped breastfeeding). You forget sometimes when your children are doing well. It got me thinking. I couldn’t remember the last time I’d had to put Ryan on the naughty step. Yes, we are stereotypical middle class parents that use the naughty step. At least we don’t just shout at our children and then let them wander the street like our next door neighbours.

Jeannie got the results of her ballet lesson today. She got a commendation which means she’d done really well, but didn’t get the top mark, Special Commendation. Whilst we’re generally happy about that, one girl did get a special commendation and I saw that girl and she was just rubbish. Oops, middle class parent alert again!

p.s. special sports day edition coming at the weekend.

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