Little Toto R.I.P

I don't know if any of you watched Big Cat Week on BBC1 last week but it was absolutely captivating, not least because of the plight of baby cheetah Toto and his mum. I was absolutely devastated when in the last episode it transpired that the tiny little guy hadn't survived and this may make me sound a little bit sad but it prayed on my mind for a little while, wondering what had happpened to him, did the baboons get him, did he drown in the river his mother may have tried to cross, or did he simply get lost from his mum and couldn't survive on his own. But bless you little Toto, you were a wonder to watch and were the highlight of my week!

Other news. Some arsewipe thought it would be a great idea to vandalise our car. Something was scratched into the side of it with a key and it covers the entire back panel and passenger door (excuse the state of our car it's been sat unused under a tree for a while as Stephen uses the Ibiza for work!)

Obviously spelling isn't the culprit's strongest point! But it was done on Thursday night, reported on the Friday and the police came round this afternoon (Tuesday). It's not the work of kids i.e. vandalism, as they tend to have signatures and avoid causing criminal damage that can't be easily cleaned of i.e. grafitti with spray paints. The police reckon this is personal as no other car was touched, and after a bit of asking about it looks like the man responsible is none other than the brother in law, who, we have a 7 month long standing feud with. Nothing we can do, unless we have a video of him doing it. Because the car is a beamer it's gonna cost a fortune to put right, and we don't think insurance will cover it, but we're going to try. But basically, if we don't pay for it to be done, the car is unsellable and with us moving we hadn't planned on taking two cars with us (not practical, two cars and only one person who drives, and the other car being brand new!). The brother in law has his car for sale up on Ebay at the moment and for a fleeting moment I was tempted to go round and key his car, but I think a revenge that is slightly more subtle and causes no financial damage is what is best. Utter idiot, I seem to come across more and more idiots the older I get. I appear to be married to one too!!! ;)

Jack had his pre-op yesterday afternoon. Had a mad dash picking up the Brothers Grimm then getting to the hospital for 4.30. Because I have been through all of this before with Daniel, the hour long appointment was actually only 10 minutes as I didn't need all the spiel about what grommets are etc explaining to me. I've had them myself twice so I could probably give the lecture myself! He will go under general anaesthesia. He needs to be in there for 8am on the Monday 31 July, because he is the youngest listed he will go in first at 8.30, be away for half an hour, 10 minutes op, 20 minutes recovery room. And then depending on how quickly he recovers he will be home by lunchtime. There is the slight concern over Jack's sleep apnoea. When Daniel had his operation he had an episode on the operating table and had to be brought back round, and then re anaethetised and the whole procedure took 2 hours instead of 40 minutes! If Jack has an episode on the operating table then he may get kept in overnight, but his apnoea is not too serious at the moment and he's only under for 10 minutes it's highly unlikely there will be any complications. He's to stay at home for 24 hours, and then avoid mixing with too many children for a few days just whilst the grommets are settling in and the risk of infection, but by Friday/Saturday he should be up and running as usual!! Get this out of the way and then sort out his adenoids and tonsils, he's still only 23 1/2 pounds, too light to undergo the procedure, however, I was told yesterday that if the weight is not going on it's an indicator that it's a serious tonsil problem and they get done anyway and his height is growing nicely so obviously it's both his tonsils and genetic makeup that make him so skinny. Ironic isn' t it that us women who spend 90% of our lives battling our weight, have skinny children!!

Decided to go back on WW this week, but I'm really struggling with it now, I think when you are heavier and you can eat more points it's not so bad and when it's cold too and you can live on soup, casseroles etc which are low in points, but in this weather I just seem to live on barbeques, french bread etc. I need a diet which fits into the summer months before I end up not being abl to fit into my summer clothes!! I haven't put any weight on yet, but it's only a matter of time if I stick a large galaxy bar in the fridge and polish it of in two days!!!!!!!

We've seen this house on the internet for sale in Manchester that we really really like, it doesn't appear to be shifting, probably because it's slightly overpriced, but with us having a house for sale in london suburbia it's within our price range up there (but only just - Manchester is fast becoming the new London!!). So we're tempted to go up there sooner if we can if the house is still on the market in a couple of months. Going up in August for a vist to my sister and for a lookaround at where we SHOULDN'T be looking. But I still think the best thing for us is for me to get a job in Manchester and move up there and rent, whilst my sister childminds the Bee Gees, Stephen sees to the selling up down here and then buy later in the year, much less stress and hassle.

Enough rambling, it must be the heat causing such verbal diarrhoea!!

Bye for now