Introducing the actors

The whole family, including the dog, are packing up shop and moving to Bosnia in 4 weeks. We have rented out our house and are in the painful process of packing up, putting into storage and trying to work out how we will ever fit everything into the car. Obviously I'm in denial and have decided that the way forward is to start a blog, because that doesn't take up much time and I have so much time to spare. But hey ho, it is blog or start clearing out my desk so no contest really.

In the same way a script for a play starts with a list of characters so the salient points of each player in this comedy are listed below.

D - long suffering husband

A - generally an angelic little 3 year old boy, but with the ability to be atrocious at will...

L - a legend or a liability depending upon his mood. 16 months and we have been aware of every single one.

J - picnic stealing, cricket tea munching, fox poo rolling golden retriever dog.