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Em's already got her first week in summer camp behind her. She send us a letter, and apparently she is very happy and already has made three friends.Phew.Of course, she wrote that letter on Monday, so...
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Lawks-a-lordy, we just spent 2.5 hours waiting outdoors in the screaming heat. Em's bus was so late. Motorway was blocked, so they had to make their way through villages. At one point Nathan and I went...
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Made it to France no problem. Even drove through Paris without a hitch. This time of year it really is a ghost town.Weather is so so - very windy atm and not too hot.That is all. My bed beckons.
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It's hot here. Lovely. We've already spend a day by the lake (L'Etang de Vioreau), and it was marvelous. Tomorrow we are off to the Puy du Fou, which is a historical theme park we've been to before...
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Have I mentioned that Emily has a boyfriend? His name is Eric, and she met him at summer camp. She's on the phone to him right now to let him know that we are back from France. He's adorable, and...
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So there I was, halfway up the stairs just having finished hoovering the nooks and crannies around the edges of the steps with the nozzle on the end of the hose. Of course, that made the rest of the...
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My local supermarket had mangoes on special offer. 99 euro cents each, the size of canon balls (and as hard).Obviously, this only means one thing - mango chutney. Tons of it. The recipe I use is a...
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Nathan is now 1.7m/5'7" tall.I told him he'd hit this height before the end of this year, and he wouldn't believe me.
View ArticleJoss Whedon endorses Mitt Romney. No, really. *sniggers*
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Eep-moment of the day: Nathan has just left to go to an open day at the local university. My baby boy. Snow is still being a pain. When Adam went for his walk this morning it turned into something very...
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One of the worst things about regularly being ill for two, three or even four weeks at a time is getting restarted with my daily life. There's always stuff to do piled up, no matter how much Adam and...
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Yesterday afternoon, Emily was bored and made some jelly/jello/Wackelpudding. Cherry and woodruff flavour. For some reason or other, she and Nathan decided to ladle it into my silicone muffin molds....
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Been more adventurous with my Easter baking this year. I'd wanted to make hot cross buns, which I love, but I'd seen this donut recipe in the Guardian that had really tickled my fancy. I started the...
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Just filled in my organ donor card to keep in my wallet. Felt a tiny bit weird, but now I'm quite pleased with myself.
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Emily just made my day. She told us about a mathematical game of tag they played in school. Everyone except for the tagger got a number and the teacher drew smaller numbers from a bag. If your number...
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Ow, ow, ow, my back is still not up to driving. Just went to the Weserpark to buy a birthday present for my mum (84 tomorrow), and those five miles were not a comfortable ride. And then, to round it...
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Kids are off to the cinema and I'm having a quiet afternoon in. Nice. This week I got a couple of balls rolling for doing our house up a bit. I've had some guys round to quote us on front and back...
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You know when is a really bad time to move a 50 litre bag of wet compost? When you've just washed your hands and put a ton of handcream on.Apart from that, pretty productive day. Took the car to the...
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