Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
12.4.24

Memory One. April 2023. A trip to Devon, a small church and a drink.

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  Back to April 2023 when I visited a friend (on online friend, for those people that insist online friendships aren't real - turns out ...
11.4.24

It's been a while

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When I started this blog over 20 years ago it was as a simple online diary. And no one read it but that didn't matter because I read it,...
26.9.16

Stationery haul giveaway

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I think it's been a while since I've done a giveaway - and as I'm just a little blog (yes I know you imagine I'm world famou...
25.9.16

Does Parenting Change When You Have a Gay Teen?

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My daughter, the lovely DD is 16. She has really blossomed lately, budgeting for herself, suddenly deciding (against her parents wishes) t...
8.9.16

School Uniforms - Love them or hate them?

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You must have been living in a dream if you have failed to notice that a) it's the start of a new school year and b) school uniforms ...
8.1.16

New alcohol guidelines? Bottoms up!

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In 2014 my evening 'mum drinking' had crept up to one large glass of wine a night when I got in from work. It was lovely, tasted gre...
27.11.15

I've never seen Star Wars

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I have of course, seen Star Wars, many times in fact, but I thought I'd borrow the title of the radio show to tell you a few things it m...
17.11.15

When I worked in a cafe, a memory

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Just a memory. When I was in my early 20s I had a job as a waitress and server at a café on the beach. These days maybe I’d have the grand...
18.10.15

My Sunday

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What's your Sunday like? My Sunday is a lazy family day. We used to have dogs to walk but now they are gone it is a lazier day than ev...
12.7.15

The day I got married and didn't wear white

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I blogged about my marriage proposal a few days ago and when conversation with some online friends turned to wedding dresses it seemed app...
5.7.15

When your baby grows up.

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Sometimes (often) I treat my daughter as if she is eight when in reality she is nearly sixteen. I still find myself thinking I should ...
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2.7.15

Wife's work

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This recent spell of UK hot weather reminded me of something that happened over 2 decades ago. When I was 21 I started dating a guy 19 years...
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5.6.15

Organised Parent or Relaxed and Wild?

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How organised a parent are you? A conversation amongst some other parents today made me wonder. By nature I'm a laid back hippy kind of ...
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29.5.15

Top 10 things women find attractive in men

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Beards – woman love manly bearded men, so masculine, proper man of the wild, able to protect and support a family, all that displayed i...
7.5.15

A guide to etiquette when you find a stranger attractive

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It's complicated So here is a guide to what is the etiquette when you see a person that you find attractive. We shall assume this pe...
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3.1.15

Dry January

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I'm taking part in dry January this year. For those not au fait with what this entails, dry January is sadly not a guarantee of a rai...
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11.7.14

A catching up post

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I'm sure* you are all wondering what I've been up to this week (*I realise you don't care) And so here is my news. This wee...
28.11.13

Angry at the government. A pointless rant

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Image credit: iqoncept / 123RF Stock Photo I'm angry. No surprise. I'm angry that David Cameron thinks it's ok to lecture ...
6.11.13

So This is a Mooncup

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I bang on about the Mooncup quite a bit on Twitter, and on the blog . People ask what I'm on about, why do I love it, how easy is ...
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5.11.13

We are spoiling our children

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I don't mean in the 'buying them tons of crap' way (although we do that too) I mean in the 'stifling them by protecting them...
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