It was just another day in paradise relaxing today. Oh..... and I did my laundry. I want everything including me to be clean and lovely for Jay when she gets here. My excitement is building!

I have been known as The Puppet Master. This name was given to me by a wonderful girl that I used to work with. This is as you may or may not know because I love puppets. I always have done. My all time favourite puppets are Gordon The Gopher and Emu. I used to terrorise people with my emu puppet when I was a kid. I still have an emu puppet now. Gordon The Gopher is awesome, he is so funny. I used to watch him with Philip on Going Live every Saturday morning without fail. The funniest Gordon moments ever are when he was alarmed by a dog on Going Live and when he was gunged on Noel's House Party, classic! I used to be a volunteer at Radio Lollipop which provides an interactive radio/play service for children in hospital. I got involved with this wonderful charity whilst in Perth 20 years ago and continued volunteering for them in Manchester for many years after that. My lollipop name was Rockin' Roger and I used to entertain the kids with my puppets. The gang was Gordon The Gopher (I had 7 of these!), Oscar The Dog, Ashby the orange bird and his multi coloured bird friends. Radio Lollipop was a very worthwhile thing to do. It was great to see the kids happy and getting better. Gordon The Gopher even had thank you letters sent to him. I love being the puppet master!


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

You are never too old to have fun like a child. Play and be happy.