Toby Atkin-Wright

Beth brought home Freddy for the weekend, a teddy bear from school. A different child takes him home each weekend. We have to write up his diary to take back to school, with some photos. Beth has to change his clothes (and pyjamas), and brush his teeth.

We had a relatively quiet weekend; a trip into town for lunch yesterday at Nahm Jim. Beth wasn’t keen on her bento box: “Don’t bring me to this disgusting place and give me this disgusting food again!” As usual we had a Sunday trip to the Fairmont for a swim.

Last weekend was much busier; a day out in Glasgow to the Science Centre on Saturday, and a school parents’ association BBQ on Sunday (good to meet some of Beth’s classmates’ parents).

Looking forward to Marple tonight. The suspense! How far will it deviate from the plot? Will I end up shouting at it?

Beth brought home Freddy for the weekend, a teddy bear from school. A different child takes him home each weekend. We have to write up his diary to take back to school, with some photos. Beth has to change his clothes (and pyjamas), and brush his teeth.

We had a relatively quiet weekend; a trip into town for lunch yesterday at Nahm Jim. Beth wasn’t keen on her bento box: “Don’t bring me to this disgusting place and give me this disgusting food again!” As usual we had a Sunday trip to the Fairmont for a swim.

Last weekend was much busier; a day out in Glasgow to the Science Centre on Saturday, and a school parents’ association BBQ on Sunday (good to meet some of Beth’s classmates’ parents).

Looking forward to Marple tonight. The suspense! How far will it deviate from the plot? Will I end up shouting at it?

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kateaw disappeared off to bed yesterday afternoon with a headache — she went upstairs to read her magazine, and fell asleep within minutes. After feeding Beth her tea and putting her to bed, I thought I’d take the opportunity to watch one of the films on our shelves that I like but that Kate isn’t so keen on. After some deliberation I settled down with the Blu-ray of John Carpenter’s “The Thing”. To my taste it is a wonderfully atmospheric, intelligent, and visually stunning slice of science-fiction horror.

Kate woke up, and joined me for the latter part of the film. She really wasn’t keen on the gory special effects, and wondered why anyone would watch something so unpleasant.

On the other hand, earlier this evening she was watching some Channel 4 make-over programme which involved cosmetic surgery and skin-peeling chemicals. I couldn’t cope with it and felt a little queasy. How could anyone watch something so unpleasant?

kateaw disappeared off to bed yesterday afternoon with a headache — she went upstairs to read her magazine, and fell asleep within minutes. After feeding Beth her tea and putting her to bed, I thought I’d take the opportunity to watch one of the films on our shelves that I like but that Kate isn’t so keen on. After some deliberation I settled down with the Blu-ray of John Carpenter’s “The Thing”. To my taste it is a wonderfully atmospheric, intelligent, and visually stunning slice of science-fiction horror.

Kate woke up, and joined me for the latter part of the film. She really wasn’t keen on the gory special effects, and wondered why anyone would watch something so unpleasant.

On the other hand, earlier this evening she was watching some Channel 4 make-over programme which involved cosmetic surgery and skin-peeling chemicals. I couldn’t cope with it and felt a little queasy. How could anyone watch something so unpleasant?

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