This Week....July 9th, 2012

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...We have been enjoying Miniscule.

My absolute favourite is the outdoor spider with the long legs 

but I really want to squish that wretched, irritating ladybird...

...my first-born baby turned 9.

Happy, happy birthday, my beautiful big boy...

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...The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

broke my heart...

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...We booked our first Vegas show for our suddenly-not-so-far-away USA holiday...

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...I remembered when Tom Cruise's first marriage ended

and I thought (as a single 21 year old) "Yay"

(a purely youthful and hormonal response)

I remembered when his second marriage ended 

and I thought (as a happily married 32 year old) "Boo"

(Just when we thought that it was a Hollywood marriage 

that was going to work)

Now that his third marriage has ended

I am thinking (as a judgemental, harsh 43 year old) "Care?"

(Don't get me wrong- it is a shame, especially there is a child involved

but really I have never felt the same about Tom since he jumped all over Oprah's couch

and dissed Brooke Shields for taking medication to help with her post-natal depression)

(As an aside, it is interesting to note

that each of Tom's marriages have ended when his wives were 33.

Scientology conspiracy theory anyone?)

(Honeysuckle Vine beret- Janice Garett)

...it has been about knitting hats

for cold winter days...

...My 7 year old roped me into being his partner for a little 1000 piece puzzle

for the weekend...

then more or less disappeared...

apart from turning up to announce what a great job we were doing...

Lucky that I love him.