Minuscule - The ladybug

i think i'm getting an ulcer from stress. to avoid thinking about my house fiasco i find amusement any way i can. there's a commercial around at the moment that uses the old school sesame street song ladybug's picnic. since the topic at school is minibeasts i thought it'd be fun to teach it to my kids. they love it.

but as i was searching for the song i came across the most wonderful little animations called minuscule. if you have 10 minutes watch some of them. the insect race has my kids gripped in delight. they've wanted to watch it every day for 2 weeks and still cheer at the end for the winner. i think snails dream and zzzelpin are my favourites but picnic is pretty great too. they are complete amusement for young and old.

oh the drama

i've not a had a pleasant few days. saturday alex and i decided it was time to move. our landlady is crazy and has been illegally subletting the house. she gave notice to the letting agency but didn't tell the house. so we're out....we could cause a hoo-haw for the illegal eviction but the house is not worth the time or effort.

we found the greatest place saturday night but then on sunday night the flat fell through. so we searched again today and found a mostly suitable flat. the bonus? it's a studio! and it's all ours. but it's not in the most central location. the down side, i have to give deposit tomorrow and they can't promise to hold the flat until after school. so i'm hoping my school caretaker will take my money to the bank as soon as it opens and deposit it the letting agency's account.

the best part of my weekend was when a car was broken into right under our window. thank christ it wasn't my car. some strung out, junkie looking man smashed a car window at 11:30 to try and steal the radio. he didn't succeed. i called the police while a guy across the street chased him off. could i sleep after that? between the paranoia for my car and alex jumping up to the window with every sound there wasn't much rest.

buda and pest

so i've finally gotten around to editing and uploading some of the budapest pictures to flickr and 23. have a little looksie.

hever castle is next on the list...

traveling doesn't leave much time for blogging

budapest was lovely, although after a week of nothing but delicious goulash and ragout and potato/pasta/gnocchi i was feeling a bit sickly (and exuding a distinctive paprika smell) with the lack of vitamins and minerals you can only get from vegetables.


alex my mum and i went to hever castle yesterday and we're off to canterbury today. i'll eventually get around to a proper blog and photo update.