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That was the summer
It's been so long since I last posted that every time I've thought about updating I've pushed the thought away because to recap all that has happened would take more time than I have to spare. Double...
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More summer fun
I know, I know, it's October now and summer is long gone, but since I now have these morning hours to myself, here I am thinking back to warmer months. We spent so much time out and about. Still in...
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Ashdown Park Hotel and an inappropriate photo.
A letter giving us permission to travel on South East trains without tickets? A driver with a sign bearing our name at the station? An overnight stay at a beautiful country hotel? For free?OH GO ON...
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Who is the President of France?
Things that have been thrown down our basement steps since we moved in:A cup of coffee (Starbucks)An enormous variety of wrappers from cigarettes, sweets, snacks etc. A drug dealer's stashA £10 noteTwo...
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Brooke at 5
Ahhh Brooke. I feel I should give her an entry of her own. Remember how last year I was at my wits end, she was biting, hitting, scratching us, wanted to kill me, hated me etc.? Well, I'm happy to say...
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Say what?
A conversation I had with Taya yesterday;Taya - "Mummy you have a baby in your tummy"Me - "No, no I don't"Taya - "Well what's in there then?"Me - "Umm, food..."Taya - "Yes and a polar bear"And this is...
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Ahh it’s been a while. How many people have said that on their first blog post since before Christmas I wonder? Anyway, I am sitting in the living room at Meadowgate. I have gone off in a huff with...
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Crafty makes
I always get a little embarrassed about posting crafty blog updates. Mostly because the majority of my readers are family and friends who have (I assume) very little interest in that aspect of my life...
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A very British hair cut
I've had a funny couple of weeks, feeling really blah due to the rubbish weather and having a persistent cold. I thought I would cheer myself up with a voucher for a hair colour and cut. It was one of...
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Holiday
I meant to write a few weeks ago, all gleeful and joyful and other happy adjectivefuls about how we were about to go on holiday, what with my handsome, clever and enterprising husband wangling a press...
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Tumbleweed
I feel the need to return to my blog to ask exactly how many other mothers spend their mornings asking, pleading, compelling and beseeching their offspring to please, please FOR THE LOVE OF GOD get...
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Discrepancies (v picture heavy)
I love the summer holidays. I love not having to race around so much in the mornings to get to school on time and exploring London with the girls. We made a list, it looks like this:So far we are doing...
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Go to bed! (and summer)
My daughter is a human yo-yo. Every evening I put her to bed and then seem to spend the next 3 hours intermittently saying "Go to bed, just go back to bed. Please go to sleep. Please just stay in bed"....
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Versions of Events
Yay! Summer was great! We did so much fun stuff, it was sunny and warm and London has so much to offer. We have ticked off carousel ride from the summer list, revisited the pirate playground, built an...
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70 - an interlude
I'm going to take a break from mid-level moaning about my rough life raising two young girls and take a moment to tell them instead about what we should be doing tomorrow and the Grandad they won't...
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One week out.
Hello again packed lunches! Hello hurrying to school, hello homework, reading books, grocery shopping and uniform washing. Hello reality!Yup, I was lucky enough to have a week off last week. No...
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A Brooke post
I can hardly believe Brooke is going to be 6 on Monday! I've been preparing this week, wrapping presents and making up party bags. I asked her what kind of cake she'd like me to make her this year. She...
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A lot of photos
You know, every time I sit down to write a post I have to spend a good 40 minutes sorting and uploading all the photos from the last few months in order to try to find a bit of focus and remind myself...
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Hair and Harry Potter.
It was half term recently, and it was hairy. To kick things off, at church there was a baptism and consequently a large candle was left in the aisle after the service. I was on the coffee rota and...
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Here I come, on my horse, on my horse!
So then, since I last blogged I have (and sorry Facebook friends for boring you now) made some bunting. It was for a barn dance at church, and given that the church is quite big the bunting needed to...
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Turn! Turn! Turn!
That's the song that's been on my mind for months now. My aunt Julie passed away in May. I had time to tell her I loved her and was there with her as much as I could be. I want to ring her up all the...
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393 days later
Oh dear, I appear to have taken a year off blogging, much in the same way that I have taken 8 years off regular paid work. Probably time to get back to both, though I suspect one might impede the...
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BAD AUNTY
When I was about 10, and lived in Somerset with my family, we used to go shopping in a town called Yeovil. Being 10, I didn't have much money to go shopping with, so one of things I liked to do was go...
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A lesson learnt the expensive way.
I'm trying to lay low today. I got all busy and out and about on Friday and was getting the bus home when a ticket inspector asked to see my oyster card and I had that awful, awful sinking feeling when...
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Art-Gate. AKA Silence is not always golden.
Who doesn't have a few regrets, or a few nasty memories you wish wouldn't haunt you when you can't sleep? I am tormented by the time when I was working as an office administrator and mail merged the...
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