By: Blonde Two
This year Family-Blonde-Two are coming home for Christmas. Nothing unusual there you might think, but for us it is the first year that all of our children have been away, and so the first that they can come back again.
Not-at-all-Blonde has already arrived from her new home in Up-North. Already very sensible, it is amazing how much someone can ‘grow up’ in a few months of independent living. I can recommend sending your daughter (or son) away on a course that teaches her (or him) culinary arts. I came home from work on her second day home to a delicious creamy vegetable soup!
Six-Foot-Blonde and his girlfriend Red-Red-Blonde arrive tomorrow, they are coming from Up-North as well. Red-Red-Blonde is a teacher too, so I have declared tomorrow to be, “Teachers On The Sofa Day”. On this day all teachers in the house have to sit around on sofas and everybody else has to look after them. If you are a teacher, you will understand why this is necessary; if you are related to one, I am sure that you won’t mind waiting on them hand and foot!
We have to wait until Thursday to see Bearded-Blonde, but when he arrives from the depths of Up-North-Dartmoor, house Blonde Two will be bursting at the seams. I am really looking forward to it all, especially now Not-At-All-Blonde is fully cooking capable!
Just love your posts. What the world needs now is lots of blonde silliness. Have a super Wintertide and don’t go rambling near the Great Grimpen Mire.
Ron/Strider
Thank you Strider, we Blondes discovered long ago that a bit of Blonde silliness in the face of adversity goes a very long way. Merry Christmas and have fun striding!
I’ve done my share of teacher support since the summer holidays, but I have sent a message straightaway to High Horse to see if she needs any pampering. The reply was a bit ambiguous:
“Lol! You have no idea”
Do you think that lets me out?
Fairly certain that being a reliable grandparent puts you in the ‘done my bit’ range. As long as she has a sofa …
You should see it – all in leather, like a letter L, long side about eight feet, short about four – dictates what house she can occupy.
Quite right too – the harder a teacher works, the larger the sofa she needs!
I am continually amazed at all the people who actually learn to cook – a skill I have never achieved! I never owned a sofa, either. Well, where would I put it? I suppose it might be suspended from the ceiling; no – I’m too tall. I don’t suppose the frogs would like it by the pond; (incidentally, they are back and splashing – is spring a-comin in?) The landing is full of 2nd piano; the space under the stairs is full of tents; the loft – well the loft is just plain full. No, definitely soferly challenged this end.