http://blog.thekilners.com Daaah, dah dah da daaah, dah dah da da da da da ... Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:09:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We had to buy a new washing machine because the other one broke, which was quite annoying. Anyway, it’s currently on the 1st cycle to get rid of any water that the manufacturer used during the testing cycle that they ran.  It has 89 minutes to go. Technorati Tags: ... http://blog.thekilners.com/2008/12/22/new-washing-machine/ Pictures of Tehilla throughout 2008 are here. http://photos.thekilners.com/Tehilla/2008/index.html Technorati Tags: Tehilla,2008,pictures http://blog.thekilners.com/2008/12/08/tehilla-through-2008/ Today is Tehilla’s 2nd birthday.  She is 2!  Well done Tehilla. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to Tehilla. Happy birthday to you. Technorati Tags: Tehilla,birthday http://blog.thekilners.com/2008/11/24/happy-birthday-to-tehilla/ As James wrote, we had a flood last week and on Thursday the plumber came and took a small fortune for jiggling it away and tellinig us off for flushing wipes down. Tonight, as the kids came out the bath and we came downstairs... Ooooops.... big flood again. Ugh! So I ... http://blog.thekilners.com/2008/09/07/flood-resolved-now-it-is-also-illness/ Sounds like it could be an Agatha Christie novel, but the two books that it mangles together are Taken at the Flood and After the Funeral. Anyway, last night after we bathed the kids Ruth went downstairs to start getting Tehilla ready for bed. As she got to the ... http://blog.thekilners.com/2008/09/04/after-the-flood/ Lynn Truss is the author of a wonderful book called Eats, Shoots & Leaves. One of the things that she highlights in the book is the "10 items or less" queue in supermarkets. It seems that with the help of The Plain English Campaign, Tesco (a British supermarket) have changed ... http://blog.thekilners.com/2008/08/31/lynn-truss-will-be-happy/ We have been on holiday for the last few weeks. (That sort of explains why there haven't been any new posts here for a while, but since we've had internet access while we've been away it's quite a poor excuse.) Anyway, we got back late on Thursday night and ... http://blog.thekilners.com/2008/08/31/why-does-everything-break-when-youre-away/ I just went to the shops to buy a big bag of apples (I think I got 27) and a bunch of other things. Normally when I go to the shops, I don't buy enough things to need a trolley around the shop or plastic bags to take it home, ... http://blog.thekilners.com/2008/07/08/those-pesky-automatic-walkways/ I have proof that I live near giants. On my way to work this morning, I found a discarded giant blue cotton bud by the side of the road. I don't think anybody else has noticed, but in case they eat me on my way home, here is a photo. ... http://blog.thekilners.com/2008/07/01/here-there-be-giants/ The other day, I came out the shower, got dressed, brushed my (wet) hair and went to the girls. "Oh Mummy!" Esther gushed, "You don't look like a mummy now, you look just like a sister with your hair like that!" What a compliment! http://blog.thekilners.com/2008/06/30/compliments/