Batten down the hatches – the snow is coming!! Well at 5pm when we went to help set up for my cousin’s 18th Birthday the snowflakes were tiny and just created a light dusting. We’d had the meal that my Aunt had cooked with help from her friend. We’d had lovely pudding. We’d done the [...]
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30 Jan 2012 // 11:55 pm //
Dear Monday,
Family
Dear Monday, according to the weather we’re due to get snow this week – I’m not sure if it’s coming but it did sleet this evening – maybe it’s on it’s way, Who knows we might have a dusting in the morning. Dear CJ, You got very excited after reading my blog plan a few [...]
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It had been conversation for most of the week about Our Sidekick making dinner one day – he’d made pizza in Food Technology at school as few weeks back and we’d had that and it was so yummy we’d asked Our Sidekick to make it again for us. Originally it was going to do it [...]
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Listening to Allsorts really, I have an audiobook of Pride and Prejudice so I’ve been listening to that while driving home from work so that I can make time to fit in “reading” it. Watching Lots of TV. It’s not that good lol. I realised that I watch more American TV that British TV (if [...]
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26 Dec 2011 // 1:20 pm //
Celebrations,
Family,
Fostering
This year was bound to be different, from the moment Our Sidekick moved in with us it turned life upside down and round and round. I was all ready for Our Sidekick to be knocking on the door at like 6am like me and Rich used to do to our parents (alot of the time!!). [...]
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23 Nov 2011 // 11:16 pm //
Ch-ch-changes,
Family,
Fostering
Yesterday was our first Parent’s Evening and yes I was a little bit nervous (is that normal?) I made sure we were early for our first appointment because I know that nearly all teachers end up running late and I really didn’t want to be the person that had made everyone else late. Well we [...]
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5 Nov 2011 // 4:34 pm //
Ch-ch-changes,
Family
So, our family went from two to three recently. Don’t worry you didn’t secretly miss me pop a baby out of thin air (or have a moment like those Mum’s who don’t they are pregnant until they go into labour). Our Sidekick who had been staying for weekends and odd nights in the holidays is [...]
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2 Nov 2011 // 10:22 pm //
Challenges,
Family
It’s that time of year again where crazy people like me sign up for NaNoWriMo and write a novel. This is then fourth year that I’ve done it and I’m hoping that it’ll be my second year to actually complete. I spent most of October asking myself whether I really had the time to get [...]
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1 Nov 2011 // 8:00 am //
Family,
Monthly Reviews
My Manager at work retired at the end of October (Well kinda yesterday in fact) which means it might be all kinda of crazy soon – if life wasn’t already bonkers. Went to the cinema with Dad which was kinda rare as he doesn’t really like going. The Fountain had an official reception with lots [...]
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