The End of Mr Y. - Scarlett Thomas

Loved it!

Would recommend it!

Hanging on to it for a while! The story is good...gripping even! Once the heroine starts doing the 'magic' it gets a bit 'Being John Malkovich' but that in itself is not a bad thing.

The Roof Rack Shop

I just have to say how impressed I am with the Roof Rack Shop! I ordered a new car seat for Sunshine yesterday at about 2pm and it just arrived this morning! Dead impressed! I wasn't expecting it at least until tomorrow! Top marks for the shop on three counts:

1. Cheapest price for the car seat (and Sunshine's Trunki)
2. Free Delivery
3. Bloomin' quick delivery especially as the seat was ordered after the 12pm next day delivery cut off!

Muffin

After much deliberation and prevarication we have a new car...a replacement for Barbie who has given a good 5 years in our service. From my early commuting days to Manchester...to Peter's commuting to Snodland in the last 6 months, she has done us proud! So proud in fact that another Mini was in order...a diesel one this time though. And the name....chosen by Sunshine once the car had been ordered....Muffin...not sure why...Peter is not happy with the choice...he wanted to call it Ken...

So, farewell Barbie...hello and welcome Muffin.

(Barbie was so called because the security etching started with BBQ)

Sepulchre - Kate Mosse

My Dad gave me this book in July and I have finally finished it. I guess it's slightly similar to Labyrinth which was ok...I can't say I didn't enjoy it, but I'm not racing out to get any more Kate Mosse! Sometimes it takes me a while to get over a good book...you know, can't start a new one because the last is still a bit imprinted....but I had no qualms about starting a new one....The End of Mr Y...

Mamma Mia

 

I've been to the cinema in the first time in probably 4 years! I couldn't miss Mamma Mia...I spent the summer feeling fed up that there was no-one to go with (I'm not one to go to the cinema on my own)and finally found someone to go with who hadn't seen the film! Sunshine was very well behaved considering she wasn't really too interested in it...although she enjoyed dancing in her seat, the sweeties and feeling grown up and dancing at the end! The reason poor Sunshine got dragged along was that the film was showing at the new Camberley Vue cinema as a Kids am showing and I needed a child to take along! I just feel sorry for the 10 yr old boys dragged along by their mothers!

I really enjoyed the film (I'm sure the stage show is fab too!) it was a bonus that the lyrics were posted at the bottom of the screen for a sing-a-long but there didn't seem to be many people singing along and Sunshine was a bit miffed that she didn't know the words and can't read! There were the two obligatory trips to the toilet for Sunshine but that was a small price to pay!

And yes, I know the film will be on DVD in about a week, but I felt I needed to see it on the big screen!

Washing Machine

Goodbye trusty Bosch washer...you have been a good washer for the past nearly 10 years but now as your fuzzy logic becomes far too fuzzy to manage to finish a  wash it's time for you to go and be replaced by a new model! Welcome to Miele W3740 only installed for a matter of minutes before it was on constantly for 2 days to catch up with the washing mountain! We love it and hope that we won' have to use the 10 year parts and labour warranty and will work for 20 years!