What Next?

Dear God

Thank you for the house sale (massive clean-up), and the house purchase (massive box-up), and the birthday party for Miss Four (massive mess-up), and the car purchase (massive stress-up), and the BIG fat mortgage/insurance/etc paperwork (massive loan-up), and the winter ills (massive health-down) . . . but did you have to give them all to me in the one little fortnight?

Love from Maggie xx

Kids And Their Priorities

Master Nine: What if there’s a fire in our house, Mum?

Me: We get out. Fast.

Master Nine: Would there be time to get a few little things first?

Me: No. Get out. Fast. (Thinking OMG WHAT???!)

Master Nine: Does fire burn everything? Even metal?

Me: Pretty much. It melts metal.

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