Author: The Collington Family

Lisa A Fact of Life: After Monday and Tuesday even the calendar says W T F …

Lisa For all my single and/or disillusioned friends: "He wasn’t what she had wanted; just not what she didn’t want." (From the Poem "The Ballad of Chris & Ann’s Fish Bar" by Luke Wright). Oh Morrissey and Johnny Marr… you looked into my soul and made a song a decade before I ever felt like…

Lisa 1. Rosie slept in her own bed last night! 2. Have job interview today. I go to Collington train station and the building is on Collington Rd. Lisa Still waiting to hear from Madgex. It’s driving me crazy!! Lisa No from Madgex (ideal job). No from Hasting Direct (sure fire, can’t fail but soul-sucking…

Lisa "Luther can learn to joust… I mean, why else would you learn to ride a horse?" -@Andrew Collington. Lisa just finished my interview. Pretty sure I did well enough to get invited to the next round of interviews. I’ll know Wednesday so keep your [everything!] crossed! Lisa Really cheeky question, but does anyone have…

Lisa Luther’s fever finally gone. At the worst it hit 105. Talk about freaking out… Unlocked 7 achievements. Zombie Driver — It’s like a sport Burn Zombie Burn — Red Shirt Zombie Driver — Can’t hide from me Zombie Driver — I’m just warming up Zombie Driver — Very Important Person Burn Zombie Burn —…

Lisa Best present? The bag of instruments given to us by a neighbour. Luther keeps insisting we play jingle bells. Luther on triangle, me on kazoo and maracas, daddy on harmonica and bell and Rosie on shaker. Flippin’ fantastic! (p.s. I got a ukelele from Santa). Lisa ‘s little man has a fever. But he’s…

Lisa has had some BRILLIANT (but not publicly available) news today!!!

Lisa went on a sleigh ride to visit Santa at his house. He told the kids a story and gave them a present. Lovely day! Lisa – It seems to be snowing the little styrofoam balls you find in beanbags. So odd. (And heavy!)

Lisa ‘s husband just threw a dirty diaper right at her face. And no, not the yellow kind. (*Andrew wants me to be clear that it was in a plastic bag…) (but still…) Lisa is watching the Star Trek movie with her sister-in-law while hubby does the dishes. Life is good. :-). Lisa Shopping with…

Lisa had a really odd day. My dad was in the paper talking about dogs, I was told in a very informal email at the end of the day, ‘Oh yeah, we went ahead with the redundancies, you no longer have a job.’ and my daughter cut a tooth but no one seemed to notice.…