I’ve created a ! As I’ve said before, and indeed as Merry has said very recently the instant you start to fret about education along they come and show it everything is right on track. Sometimes however the reverse happens. So this week I’ve been banging on to people generally about how wonderful autonomous education …
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Coughalot & Son
So if there is one single thing guaranteed to get me googling for divorce lawyers and adoption agencies it is spouse or offspring with coughs. And guess what? I’m bloody surrounded by them! Anyway, dark and evil thoughts of ways to stop them from coughing aside it’s been an OK day today. Davies is tired …
Back later with more….
well will update on buymelove actually, but wanted to let those waiting know, everything is OK, very reassuring phonecall 🙂 No quick fix cure obviously but no dire and dismal news either.
Clock watching….
The trouble with being upbeat generally is that rather than doing a constant Eyeore you end up being positive until the very last possible moment and then have all your doubts crash upon you at once! Only an hour and a half to go before scary phonecall… This morning Davies wanted to make puppets using …
Oh and….
I forgot to mention that I have these odd ulcer type spot things on my tongue. They’ve been there for 3 days now and are not very hurty (although hot food and drinks sting a bit) but aside from worrying about them being a sign of some horrific disease and not very attractive they have …
Bloody hell it’s cold!!!
Last night we were the house of the amazing non sleeping children which is always wearing 🙁 Davies had clearly decided that Scarlett had had too much attention during the day so he stayed awake til nearly 10pm wanting one of us to sit with him because he was scared – not even scared of …
Oi Joyce! ;-)
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Joyce, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! 🙂 see you soon xxxx
I want you I don’t know if I need you but I’m gonna find out…
From Savage Garden who we listened to in the car on the way to Ali’s. We also listened to a bit of James Blunt, some Huey Lewis, a bit of Joshua Kadison, some ABC and a touch of Rod Stewart. The children were impressed and less than impressed in varying amounts! Tarly did indeed have …
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Go on then – as you’re expecting it ;-)
Well I did indeed coerce Tarly into her bedroom for a mammoth trying on session. And blimey, the girl has grown! She did have a very large mix of clothes sizes in her wardrobe and I don’t think I’d previously realised just how much different stores sizes vary even in clothes for small children. Davies …
Not done yet ;-)
Just looking around flickr and found this. I think it’s really cool 🙂
Still more….
We have returned from our expedition out of the house 🙂 We went to the library and waited for ages for a carparking space. This is a particular parking rage incident inducing car park actually – I myself have had at least two altercations in it with fellow motorists. Today I refrained from yelling at …
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Spent the last couple of hours reading all the library books we borrowed last week so we can take them back and get some more. Loads of story books although none which stand out and were all a little on the babyish side really as the children still make their choices based on the pictures …
A day of many blogs…
I think that’s what it’s going to be… My cold has broken today so while I still feel fairly pants I don’t feel all woolly and full of ‘something’ any more. Anyway, Ady got up with the children and I stayed in bed until 8ish with them downstairs watching Nightmare Before Christmas on full volume. …
I had some dreams there were clouds in my coffee…
Whatever it was that ailed me yesterday has taken hold with a vengence today. I am snotty, coughing and maybe a little whingy! 😉 I am in need of woolly cardigans, warm lemon drinks and methol chest rubs. I require a bubbly bath drawn for me, a roast dinner cooked for me and lots of …
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Tomorrow I will change and today won’t mean a thing…
A line from one of my all time favourite songs… I was not sure whether this was the right place for this but I’ve decided this is where I want to put it. I’ve just written it, I’ve not even read it through as I’m about to go out. It’s been written with lots of …
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Spinny spin spin…
Told Ady I’d had a bad day today, but when he reminded me of some of the stuff we have done I realised it was actually not such a bad one after all! I felt a bit like Snow White this morning in that I woke up sneezy. Also feeling generally blah although it hasn’t …
Baby it’s cold outside…
snow is a-flurryin’ but I can’t do Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow as a title because it just reminds me too much of Alison’s birthday 🙂 A pretty good day today. We had to be out early so I managed to get lunch made and packed and the children and me …
Birthday monitor says….
Happy Birthday Barbara 🙂 Hope you have a fab day and look forward to seeing you very soon! Oh and don’t go overindulging in the sweet cheese 😉
The amazing non-shouting mother…
was once again in attendance at our house today. It was a concerted and deliberate effort but it really didn’t come so hard to do so somehow we broke the viscious circle today anyway 🙂 The children played with lego pretty much all day on and off which aside from a few foot on lego …
Got to admit it’s getting better…
Way better day today 🙂 First thing Scarlett did some painting – really coming along in a 100% autonomous way her painting – she pretty much fills a sheet of paper with colours, there is a main object (usually me or Ady) and then a full background of sky and grass. Davies was on the …