Wedgies ‘R’ Us

9 January 2005

John, Lee and Debbie were down yesterday to see Mum and Dad for their birthdays. I made lemon bundt cakes which kept the East Anglians happy and later John taught me how to play blackjack. We used cocktail sticks and nuts left over from christmas as chips – cocktail sticks were worth 1, hazelnuts were 10 and almonds were 100. After a while I got the hang of the game and a new chip – a walnut, worth 1000 – had to be brought in. After playing for a while with Mum (and Dad for a few hands while Mum made coffees), I finally broke the bank and came away from the table with rather a taste for gambling. Apparently it’s harder at a casino cos they use more than one pack of cards, but I think I might have to try it one time… what are life savings for?

While the boys were here yesterday, they installed airport to the house. Not an airport. That would take longer. Apple Airport enables our network and internet access to be cable free and we can also play music from our computers via the stereo in the sitting room should we wish. It’s all very flash and, no, you can’t play. All the wiring for the base station has been done in a very tidy Marchant kinda way (it’s not going to be undone in a hurry!), which meant Lee was on his hands and knees in and out of the cupboard for quite a while. Leaving me ample opportunity to give him wedgies, put coasters and pens down his trousers, bits of plastic in his back pockets and – I’m particularly proud of this one – a tail attached to his belt loop. It took a while to attach as he kept batting me off, but eventually I sneaked it on and later added the little red end to it. He can just consider the beginning of my revenge for the lost years of my youth I spent locked between his legs while he sat on the sofa.