Phyl's Blog

A Danish Xmas tree Originally uploaded by PhylB While Thomas is taking down our tree, I thought I'd take this chance to blog it and the ...

lonely and deserted Originally uploaded by circulating I don't know if you have read Thomas's prediction for the recession. It is w...

Anna's spork Originally uploaded by PhylB Sometimes Charlotte is incredibly sharp. She understands things way beyond her maturity and sc...

Marcel and Charlotte have been saving up for an XBOX for months and Thomas and I gave them the last £70 towards it for their Xmas. By the ti...

Bison Eating Originally uploaded by marttj I meant to say the other day... have you ever tried bison? We got some bison steaks the other wee...

Am I simply intolerant? I have several programs on my computer that come free of charge and remove red eye at the click of a button. It'...

I now know why you should celebrate Xmas on Xmas Eve! It is because when you come down en masse with a vomiting bug on Xmas day at 3am, then...

Xmas tree Originally uploaded by PhylB I've been part of a French/German/Danish family since 1985. The French, like the Germans, like th...

Charlotte is a very down to earth practical child. We were out shopping the other day and we passed Starbucks. I think they should change t...

H. Samuel Jewellers Clock Originally uploaded by kenjonbro You all know I worked in H Samuel over Xmas as a student back at the end of the 8...

What's that? Pudge asked once we'd built the carousel for the pots. In retrospect, I should have said a pot shelf because it'...

Marcel and Granny Originally uploaded by PhylB What happened to that wee bitsy man I gave birth to in 1997? No one tells you when you b...

Antibiotics_1850 Originally uploaded by dkalsbeek Léon is on antibiotics for a delicate little infection on the tip of his manhood. No prob...

When I was a little kid I hated the Xmas song Little Drummer boy . What I found particularly offensive about it was all that 'pa rum pum...

Gordon Brown - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2007 Originally uploaded by World Economic Forum I never thought I'd agree with...

We have an official first word! For weeks we've had something sounding like Daddy , something like Mummy and a Doodah sounding word f...

I was listening to a news article today where a woman teacher had been sacked for telling some kids in class 3 in England that there was ...

When we started cutting down Pudge's intake of my milk shortly after his first birthday, we quickly found out that he thought formula...

I decided to show Léon  The Snowman to put him in a Christmassy mood. He'd never seen it but was familiar with the Irn Bru version . A...

Me and my pal Originally uploaded by PhylB I have this dear friend called Carol. I have known her for 18 years and she's one of those ca...