a rainy day

Well, it's not nearly so freezing any more - heaps of rain now though. Our house is in the middle of a swampy garden...the water table has risen and the drains smell bad...but we have no leaks, so all is good. We listened to the Beatles today, had soup, did puzzles, read books, listened to the radio, made castles out of cardboard and eggboxes, played silly chasing games, had the brandy snaps we baked yesterday...a real winters day... Too bad we didn't read the Sunday newspaper but that's just silly with 2 young children - a bit like trying to read it with a cat who insists on sitting just where you're trying to read, purring with the knowledge that they've definitely caught your attention. Also, a bleak day for a New Zealander who fancies the All Blacks as World Champions or who expects the America's cup to 'come home' - so probably better there was no newspaper to analyse.