Turn of the Shrew

This is a shrew.

But then you knew that right?
Except,
It’s not just a shrew.
It’s special.
Because on December 31st every year, it evolves, just for a moment, into something else.
It becomes…

The New Year Shrew
Sighhhhhh.
Is it not beautiful?
All year round it does normal, everyday shrew stuff, such as:

Chasing stag beetles around small anthills
Reciting Wordsworth to foreign dignitaries at [...]

Who Said That?

Interesting things Miss M, Rosie Scribble and my friend Nic said to me today…
1.  ”I’m going to be a marshmallow.”
2.  ”Is this thrilling for you Jo?  It’s thrilling for me.”
3.  ”You’re a poo poo.”
4.  ”What’s that on your finger?”
5.  ”Is your phone more important than your kids?”
6.  ”How do grown ups send things to Santa?”
7. [...]

Jack and the Beanstalk – Nottingham Theatre Royal

Twas a cold, dark night when la famille Beaufoix once more ventured out to the Theeaaaytah.  Dressed in our finery, with a box of Quality Street, a couple of cartons of apple juice and enough cash to bribe encourage Misses E and M to sit for a whole two hours, we take our [...]

Did you survive Christmas?

We have survived Christmas.
By we, I mean myself and Mr B.
Misses E and M seem to have been absolutely and completely fine, which is perfect, but I have to admit Boxing Day without my girls was hard at times, so I’m sure Mr B felt it on Christmas Day.
Sharing our children [...]

Christmas Smiles

Do they not have the faces of angels?

Ok I lied

Snort

At least they look normal on this one, if a little diva-esque.  Happy Christmas everybody.  Ours has started well.
Daddy has been round.
Songs have been sung.
So far, so good.

What the Dickens??

Don’t you just love it when even spam gets into the Christmas spirit?
I don’t mean I’m getting snow covered, bauble draped goodwill messages from ‘morepornthanyoucanshakeyourastickat.com, although, you know, that would be lovely, but I mean spam that seems to be channeling the Ghost of Christmas Past and has gone all Dickensian…
“Foremost, let me commend your [...]

Disney Blu Ray brings you Last Minute Prezzies and I bring you Exploding Cow Farts

Having been stuck in the house with no car and rather a lot of snow over the last couple of days, Misses E, M, and I have been partaking of some movie goodness.
All you need is a sofa, a TV, a DVD/Blu-Ray player, at least one small and one large bottom, (I have one large [...]

Some People Might Call this a Poetic Interlude…

The North Wind doth Blow
And here comes some snow
And what will poor Jo Bo do then?
(Poor thing)
She’ll sit in her car
And wait for her Pa
To arrive with his jump leads and hopefully get her back on the road otherwise Schmesco is not going to happen and Misses E and M will be having pasta for [...]

Worst Christmas Gift Ever

It’s never a good idea to send livestock by Royal Mail.
Socks?  Yes.
A book?  Perfect.
Turkish Delight and those yucky sugared almond things?  Well, if you must.
But an animal??

I knew there might be a problem when I read the words “Fully Vaccinated” on the lid, but I still didn’t truly expect there to be a living breathing [...]

Christmas Cat

Curled small and dark, a soft pink fleece cushions her from cold metal.
It’s been a long day.
A stretching, stalking, mewing, purring, playing, pawing perfection of a day.  But even though food is coming soon.  Even though Christmas is around the corner, school is out for two whole weeks, and Santa is outside collecting money for [...]