An Age of Magic

Keeping the kids happy

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Last Xmas we finally gave in to our kids requests and bought them each one of those hand-held game consoles. Now, as they are young we were glad to see that there was a range of games to suit their age and they have played happily with them since then. But it was a good decision to buy two though.

They are now the second generation of ‘gamers’ in the family; I bought the very first nintendo that came out and had a lot of fun with it. Personally I reckon that the original format was the best and have a genuine affection for the first Mario and Zelda that appeared - primitive now as they may seem

Now my own kids have the benefit of how technology has moved on in the gaming world; my eldest have the xbox 360 and, even though it all seems too complicated for me, it looks like a lot of fun.

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Send Amy to Malibu

Poor Amy Winehouse, is she ever going to get better? how ironic that her first big hit was a song called “Rehab”  and how sad it is that she seems to want nothing to do with it.

Maybe she should read this post and book herself into Sunset Malibu for some intensive drug and alcohol rehab before it is too late. But judging by her latest antics - wandering the streets in London smoking crack late at night - she is yet to hit rock bottom enough for her to do something for herself.

What a shame.

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Time to start the clear out

As we have our place on the market for sale we are keeping our fingers crossed that by Xmas this year we will be in a whole new location. We have a few ideas of where we wish to buy our next home and one of the ‘must haves’ will be a good sized yeard for the kids to play in - just as they have here.

So, we have been making a start on the sorting process - what to take and what to ditch. Better late than never though as last time we left things too late and at the last minute we were not getting to bed until way after midnight packing boxes and all that stuff.

We sure have collected a lot of stuff in past four years and it is surprising just how hard it is to toss out things that the kids have outgrown, such as baby clothes, toys and even that long lost dummy.

So it seems that by the time we eventually move out we will be taking pretty much everything that we came with; we are not great at throwing things away.

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