Project Monkey

Tag: Diary

  • Study Time

    26 June 2013 Today we were at Lancaster University Child Psychology Unit where Elliott was participating in a study into how children perceive other peoples motives. To summarise it was looking at an abstractism, do young children infer that someone is being purposefully false and acting. This is a simple description of a more complex…

  • Auntie Kathryn’s Operation

    11th June 2013 Mark’s sister, Kathryn, had a quite serious operation today. She has suffered with a congenital heart issue for years and now it needed an operation to replace part of the aorta. Mark went to see her on the twelfth when she had only just recovered from the operation. The op was a…

  • Leigh at the Wedding

    8 July 2013 Leigh looking beautiful with her cropped hair and dress at the wedding. This specific post was created using WordPress for Android on a mobile phone. This explains but not excuses any incorrect or unusual typography, brevity or formatting.

  • Wedding Days

    8 July 2013 We went to a wedding this weekend which was an event for the privilidged few as the people getting wed didn’t want a large occasion. Their wish was to invite a select number of people and Leigh, Markie and Chuck were the only non family at the event. As part of the…

  • Oh I Do Like…

    7 June 2013 Mark flew back from America this morning and so this evening when he picked up the family he decided that he would drive them to the seaside st Morecambe for s walk in the sand and a fish supper.  While there we saw some sabd sculptures being done for charity and Ben…

  • Traditional Disney Shot

    16 May 2013 We have a tradition that when we go to Disney we take a photo with the castle in the background. So here is one of Leigh on her own and the kids, mummy and daddy together. This specific post was created using WordPress for Android on a mobile phone. This explains but…

  • We’re Going to the Zoo, zoo, zoo

    It was a sunny Wednesday in April so Markie took the bold decision to skip work and head to Chester Zoo with family in tow. Well they were in the back if the car but you get the idea. Chester Zoo had really evolved since the elder Keatings last went there in the 80s. They…

  • Gang Aglae

    15 May 2013 Sometimes you just have to kick yourself hard as there is no desk to slam your face into. A series of minor incidents create a larger issue. Each one a tiny accident whose sum affect is a larger issue. We were only two hours early for our flight. There were huge queues.…

  • Farm and Fun

    April 27 2013 Today we took a trip to the farm, New Holly, so that Ben and Elliott could go in the play barn and also see the animals. By the time we arrived Elliott was fast asleep so just Ben and mummy got to go in the play barn while daddy sat in the…

  • Achievement Unlocked – Graduation

    April 19-21 2013, Edinburgh Awaited If you read Mark’s post on his blog you will know already that we were all in Edinburgh a weekend ago to see Leigh collect her graduation award. A mere formality with a lot of pomp and circumstance to cement a fact already existent, Lei has her degree. We stayed…