Music at his Fingertips

I should be used to Robbie by now, but he still manages to surprise me. For a few days he had been asking to be taken to Blacks to buy some gloves. It seemed like a reasonable request, after all it is very cold early in the morning when he catches the train, so anything that makes him feel more comfortable has to be a good thing. I had forgotten one thing, wit Robbie you always have to expect the unexpected..............

On Sunday we were heading to my mum's for the afternoon, but we took a diversion to Blacks so that Robbie could buy his gloves. He said it wouldn't take long, so I waited in the car while Robbie headed towards the shop. I was just starting to wonder if I should send out a search party when Robbie came trotting across the car park with a huge grin on his face. When he got in the car he was loud and over excited, and I began to wonder if he'd had too many blue Smarties. How can anyone get so excited about a pair of gloves?

As I drove off Robbie tried on his gloves, they are not exactly what I expected. They were black with grippers on the palms and silver pads on the finger and thumb. Emily said they made him look like a magician while I thought he looked more like a mime artist, but our teasing didn't seem to dampen his enthusiasm at all. He explained in great detail that the silver tips enable him to use his ipod without having to take his gloves off! Apparently they are called etip gloves I am not sure what they are made of, but judging by the price they should be covered in gold leaf!

Robbie's Ramblings 01.01.07

I have finally got Robbie to write something for the blog, so today I will be handing over to him. I't's a bit soppy, but not bad for a novice! Just before I go, I must remind you not to worry if you see him shopping for women's underwear in Birmingham. He's not a 'tranny' (as far as I know!) but he has to replace certain white items that he managed to turn grey in the wash!! So over to Robbie.

Well, they says there's a first time for everything.....and writing something for my 'ramblings' is I suppose one of them! Chris has threatened that I can't go to bed until I write something for my blog. I suppose I did well to get away with it for so long!

Christmas has come and gone, and now its time to reflect on yet another wonderful Christmas and New Year with Chris and the children in Northampton. To me, Christmas is all about children and families and being part of this family in Northampton means EVERYTHING to me.

Every Christmas Chris says to me (and I always believe her...d'oh!) that she has only bought me a little present, and she was quite insistant about it this year. You can imagine my face when after the children had opened all their presents there was a red sack in the corner unopened. To my AMAZEMENT it was for me!!

So there I was like a kid again, unwraping my presents....railway DVD's galore, a stationary set, a parker pen set, a coat, Hugo Boss aftershave, an ipod speaker docking station, and........................................a 30GB, black, video ipod!!! These days, there are only a few things that bring tears to my eyes (getting married to Chris to name but one), but when I opened the ipod I couldn't help myself! What a lucky boy I was. It has been another GREAT CHRISTMAS..... and I still have loads of railway DVD's to watch!!