I Don’t Understand!

Him: Do you know what’s happening?

Me: No

Him: They have to get from where they are to the end in the maximum of 6 attempts

Me: Oh

Him: It’s all about yardage

Me: Oh

Him: They’ve all got different roles. There are receivers – they catch the ball. Then there are defenders. There are actually two teams each side – an offence team & a defence team

Me: Oh. So do they keep coming off & on then?

Him: Yes

Me: Similar to cricket is it?

Him: No. Rugby League. Do you understand Rugby League?

Me: No

Him: Oh

 Note to self: Next year, go to bed before the Super Bowl starts!

Dear Mum…..

This is my entry for Kat’s Writing Workshop at Mamas Losing it.  I have chosen prompt 1   ‘Dear Mommy and/or Daddy…(write a letter to yourself from one of your children)’.Do pop over & read the other entries!

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Dear Mum,

Thanks for all those photos you gave us. Gosh they go right through my childhood don’t they? Carly is going to do something fabulous with them for the wedding but you’ll ge the em back of course!

What’s the score?

The clouds were scurrying across the sky giving the watery sun the chance to play hide & seek. The breeze was there but not particularly interested in playing. The grass had been cut into that familiar oval shape with a slightly barer strip in the middle & the wickets (sticks with little bits across) stood upright, ready for the challenge that was to come. Somehow, nature had decided years ago, to settle a tree inside the boundary. There