Breathe, and feel the love

That is what I am trying to do. Breathe through the frustration of dealing with a lawyer who does not appear to understand Contract Law. No, dear lawyer, I will not sign the contract and then let you amend it. You will amend it, then I will sign it. As I have often said to the young boy this week (who I am attempting to retrain after 11 days of being spoilt rotten by his grandparents), 'less panting, more success'. Panting here being that 'ugh, ugh, ugh' noise to go with pointing at things you want mommy to do but you can perfectly well do yourself. Just a thought, but perhaps that would get me further down the road with the lawyer...

A year since...

I think it is a year since the small boy was baptised in Durham. It was certainly about a year ago. And a card arrived 2 days ago from his godmother marked as for today. So that seems like a clue. Amazing how much stuff I haven't managed to do since then. Like post the photos that were taken a week later to his godparents. Or persuade the munchkin to progress beyond 7+ month food in terms of texture. Or clean the oven. Or, well, lots of things.

Royal Historic Palaces Online

Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) have a series of mini videos online to tempt you to come see their wares: here is one of the latest on Grinling Gibbons. Enjoy.