- I seem to spend a lot of time waiting for buses in bingley. Must learn the bus times… #
- Momentary power outage in greengates = burglar alarms going off everywhere. Had to enlist 4 people to help recall our alarm code. #
- @caius until 2 weeks ago, I had never watched a star wars film. i didn't even really watch it then, just on the same room while I was WoWing in reply to Caius #
- Just had some very pleasant dealings with HMRC. Am expecting day to become night, up/down and horses to start eating each other etc etc. #
- Talks herself out of a walk to the post office. Leaving the house is for LOSERS. #
- I'm always impressed when the cats managed to press key combos when jumping on my laptop – Carbon just hit Ctrl+P six times in a row #
- Had one of those dreams where you wake up still angry at the person in it.Might lash out next time I see him-will probably deserve it anyway #
- Horsforth today is proof that everyone spent last year bumping uglies in a bid to save money during the credit crunch. Babies *everywhere*. #
- Today was perhaps the wrong day to tidy the garden at the old house. C*O*L*D. Needed to be done though, estate agent taking pics on Monday. #
- Engaged in a fierce linguistic battle with @johnleach over whether bacon & crumpets is "bumpets" or "crumpon" #
MonthJanuary 2010
1. The afternoon seems to stretch on forever. I combine chores, pottering and play.
2. Her ginger coat reminds me not of a tiger but of tiger bread. She’s a friendly one, that’s for sure. She invites herself into the garden, sniffs around then meows at me because I’ve stopped stroking her.
3. The mustard seeds swirl in the mortar at the pestle’s command. Eventually, they give in and fall apart under the pressure.
1. Sometimes, usually in the late evening, Carla decides that the metal and plastic thing on my knee has had enough attention and now it’s her turn. She sticks her claws in my sleeve, pulls my hand towards her then deposits the hand on her own head. If the hand strays back to the laptop, she repeats until she is sated.
I’ve been neglecting my beautiful things of late. Naughty louisa, naughty.
1. Even though I wake up earlier than normal, I feel thoroughly refreshed and ready for the day. The sun shines brightly into the room.
2. The bar is overrun with babies. There are six downstairs (in three separate parties) and upstairs in the restaurant there is a full antenatal group meeting upstairs. The lovely barman runs to the door whenever someone arrives with a pram to welcome them and point them in the right direction. He rushes up and down the stairs carrying prams and generally being cheerful. All the babies repay his kindness with silent stares and contented chunters.
3. Pink meat sliced so thin it melts on the tongue.
1. My fingers smell of old, dried glue.
2. A circle of matte green-grey shoots have appeared in the garden. Only time will tell what they’ll be.
3. As I leave the theatre, a woman is holding a fake hand prop in her arms like a sleeping baby.
4. Carbon spot it first: a fox running down the road outside our house – the first we’ve seen here. We watch it until it disappears back into the woods.
5. The cats decide that 10pm on a chilly January evening is the ideal time to explore the front of the house. Carbon runs a beat across the empty recycling bins then climbs a tree; Carla explores the street and the gardens across the road; and Boron, manic-eyed Boron, celebrates every new outside discovery by racing back into the house to check everything’s alright in there. I stand under the street light and watch it all.
- @tim_waters yay! hope you'll be very happy there. you should get a cat! ;) in reply to tim_waters #
- Has a bloody lip after being headbutted by the cat. #
- Got overwhelmed at drama: the kids' 1st rehearsal & my first time looking at the script. It'll come together but right now, *head explode*. #
- Looked after BabyJoe while Katherine was busy. A calamity-free sojourn aside from when I threw baby milk all over both of us. Sticky now. #
- Left alone in the office while everyone else is making tea/emptying bins. Wish I had 5 whoopie cushions. #
- Autopilot. Nearly got on the bus to the old house not the new one. #
- Sounds like all the cool kids are at NWRUG this evening. The draw of Brightbox-sponsored pizza, eh? :) #
- meh. #
- For dinner, I would like bbqed king prawn, mango & pepper chunk kebabs. Am likely to have fish'n'chips. Not quite the same but still ace. #
- The cat is sniffing my laptop warily as if he can smell the dogs I'm reading about on the Dogs Trust website. #
© 2026 Louisa Parry