A Nice Pair of Tits

Wandering out into the garden on Saturday, I noticed a tiny fledgling bird sat on the grass. A little research lead me to believe it might be a blue tit. A little later, another one turned up near the garage. Obviously they had dropped/flown out of a nearby nest but we couldn't see where. They were sadly unable to fly very far and simply fluttered off your hand and down to the ground. We dug up loads of worms which one was eager to eat, but the other less so. Alas, they both croaked during the night. Nature is harsh sometimes.

We seem to have acquired a nasty cold of sorts although I seem to be weathering it a little better than Di, who is complaining of aches and pains in addition to the coughs and sneezes. She reckons it's swine flu. Clearly time to break out the oinkment. Anything to ward off the aporkalypse.

We've taken the plunge and confirmed with PSS that we'll be using then to ship our stuff to NZ. Also, we're parted with £4,500 for air fares. Just when we thought we'd offloaded one of the kids, Craig has now decided that he is going to come with us which will of course mean that he's going to have to bunk out of his flat before the tenancy is up and will loose his deposit. He is allegedly saving as much as he can since he's under no illusions of a free ride when he ends up in N.Z. I reckon the main reason he's coming with us is that he was somewhat bricking it at the thought of having to figure out how to navigate round various foreign airports.

The great junk disposal continues. I was going to chuck my old Sinclair ZX81, but they seem to be attracting a few quid on fleabay so I thought I'd have a go. I have one bid and three watchers already.