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Well it seems Dear Daughter has arrived all safe and sound in Yorkshire, unpacked her car and installed herself back in her digs.

So now that my mind's at rest I think it's time I slipped away into the kitchen and did something about cooking up some dinner. A man's gotta eat hasn't he?

See all you bloggers later!

It seems I'm not the only one here in Blog-land that doesn't actually know what this whole TAG thing is about: I assume there's a post somewhere that explains it all and was hoping someone could see their way to pointing Carenter's Daughter, myself and others in the right direction.

Much appreciated - happy-rest-of-Sunday all.

Typical! Having posted a comment on MrFlighty's blog earlier this afternoon about non-tag activity, I find I've been tagged...

Oh well, here goes then:

I am - a middle-aged person of average intelligence not much ambition left in my life.

I will - endeavour to continue helping others as I progress through life's mystery.

I want - to see my daughter succeed in her chosen field and be truly happy with her life.

I see - many wrongs in the society in which we live.

I need - to make improvements in my personal life and achieve the happiness that I know lays dormant.

My five nominations are:

Lonemum
Menhir
MrFlighty
Pollygarter
Welshceltgirl

She's gone, finally.

Bags have been packed and unpacked.

Boxes and containers have been sorted through and contents repackaged.

The car loaded and weight distributed; why do students need so much stuff these days?

Lily Allen was playing on the stereo as she waved her way up the road and disappeared around the corner at the top of the hill. So that's it then. My baby is on her way back up North. At least it's finally stopped raining.

It’s Bear movie time again and I have a real epic for you this Sunday morning.

Well okay it’s not exactly of epic proportions, but it is a biggie.

At least, I think it’s a biggie.

That is to say it’s longer than some others....

And fatter too....

Are we still talking about Bear movies here?

Well I was, anything else you may have imagined is just in your mind....

No I haven’t turned into a raving Bay City Rollers fan overnight, so you needn’t worry on that score. Strange I may be, but not that strange!

Once again the lounge resembles a scene from a transit camp as Daughter’s stuff is piled on the carpet waiting to be packed into her little black car this morning in preparation for her return to university.

The weather is absolutely foul; I can hear the rain lashing against the window pane as I write and I’m mindful of how hard the journey from here to Yorkshire can be when driving conditions are poor. Thankfully there shouldn’t be too much traffic on the motorways it being a Sunday. I'll still worry though, until I hear she's safely installed in her house at Bradford.

With Daughter departed this house will seem very quiet again and although it’ll be nice to have our space back, I’m not exactly looking forward to it. I’d thought it would get easier, but I always seem to miss my little brat so much when she’s not here...

On a positive note, the girls finally got their broadband connection sorted out up in Yorkshire so I bought a couple of VoIP phones during the Christmas break and installed Skype software on the various computers; at least we’ll be able to chat freely for long periods from now on at anytime of the day or night.

There’s a couple of things I want/need to do for a while, but once complete I’ll put another Bear video up for you all to enjoy so see ya later!