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May 9, 2012, 16 Comments

I was stood in the butchers on Saturday afternoon, having just ordered the meat for our Sunday roast, when my phone rang.  Not recognising the number I answered to hear …

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Between a hoof and a hard place …

April 21, 2012, 9 Comments

The 7 year old has been begging me for a VERY long time for horse riding lessons. For 18 months I have used every diversionary technique possible to a ...

Essential travel guides

Barcelona: Paella, mugging and the grumpy waitress all washed down with a Spanish measure of gin

April 18, 2012, 9 Comments

We travelled to Barcelona for a weekend, long ago, before we had children.  When we were planning a trip with friends, recently, I didn’t need ...

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Everyone needs the sense of a 7 year old …

March 15, 2012, 3 Comments

This morning I was up early.  On work from home days like this I always hope I might be up before everyone so that I can enjoy a few moments ...

  • Rules to live life by
    Rules to live by …
    March 7, 2012, 11 Comments

    On a dark rainy day, after dropping the children at school and taking the dogs for a muddy walk, I returned home to find this framed print hanging in the ...

  • Flaming Sky
    Standing on the toilet seat …
    March 7, 2012, 16 Comments

    This post is for Tara Lara’s Gallery. The theme this week is light. On Sunday I was working at the kitchen table when The Teenager suddenly exclaimed “Wow, look at ...

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    Long and Curly
    March 5, 2012, 18 Comments

    Before the children were born I had straight hair.  Not a curl in sight.  So it took me by surprise when my hair decided to have a natural curl after ...

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