Childrens Personalised Books » New York http://www.childrens-personalised-books.co.uk Your family faces in a fun photo storybook. Great Kids birthday gift & what a giggle! Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:24:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Big news!! I went to the Big Apple minus kids and old men in tow… http://www.childrens-personalised-books.co.uk/big-news-i-went-to-the-big-apple-minus-kids-and-old-men-in-tow/ http://www.childrens-personalised-books.co.uk/big-news-i-went-to-the-big-apple-minus-kids-and-old-men-in-tow/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:57:25 +0000 saronti http://www.childrens-personalised-books.co.uk/?p=490 Big news!!  I went to the Big Apple minus kids and old men in tow. Yes, after checking my dusty old memoirs I realised it was the first time in 21 years I have gone anywhere – for recreation- on my own. With the big take off looming I went through ‘the list’ wiht the Old man. ” What do I need list for”, he asks. “I’ve only got 48 hours to catch the plane” thought I- not enough time to explain!! So I briefly went through the schedule for the kids activities. Not brain surgery, not even multi tasking, just driving really. So as I wheeled my suitcase off to the station, butterfiles in my stomach for either excitment or dread not too sure, I smiled weakly and blew kisses to him. Off I went into the unknown.
Had a great time in NY with my long time friend, even managed to enjoy myself, in between the phone calls and texts and emails from campbase in London. Seems like the Old Man was coping. Seems like the kids had got to all their activities and he hadn’t forgot to pick one of them up.
He outdid himself when he managed to drop the 12yr old off at TT camp and then get to the airport to meet me. Amidst hugs and stories of NY we drove home. The Old Man smiling away as he buffered the ‘did you’ questions with confident answers and a kind of smirk of satisfaction that he’d ‘coped’ without me. He then admitted he hadn’t manged to tidy up, or cook anything or do any washing. Mmmmmm. He did however say he had done a marvellous job at entertaining the 7yr old shopping !!
I’,m not sure whether my horrified reaction was to the rotting smell, the take away boxes covering every surface of every room or the rows of new clothes hanging in the 7yr olds closet. Not to mention the high heeled shoes she’d got him to buy her. Men!!!
So will I be going away again in the future- well what do you think ???
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