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My kindle has died. It has died before but usually comes back to life. This time there is no life returning; it is just dead. To be fair, it’a a keyboard kindle so not a babe in arms by any stre...

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WHERE: In. The. Bath! One leg is propped on the edge with a generous coating of veet (or immac as we used to call it). I’m very hairy, my razor bit the dust some time ago and I haven’t replaced i...

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Now that was a day!! I’m a gonna make a list! The thing is, I swear that they either set waaaaay too much to be completed each lesson or L is particularly slow. Their one hour lessons have NEVER ...

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It will be the husband’s birthday in a couple of weeks. Usually we would book into a hotel in Glastonbury and do various things there. Hiking up the Tor, eating in specific cafes/restaurants etc…...

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Having returned L to school and T to college in September for mental health reasons, I am now VERRRY happy that they have at least a couple of weeks of home learning ahead. R and I have chatted a...

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You know the ol’ straw and the camel? Yes, so many things are stressing me but this one finished it off. On Dec 3rd I made an order for a fun Christmas tree decoration, you know, one that says 2...

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What did you do in 2020 that you’d never done before? Discovered that the suburb we live in has some great trails, off-road biking areas etc… we were aware of the green spaces but had never explo...

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R is in bed unwell. No, he doesn’t have Covid-19, he has went-to-more-than-one-pub-and-had-to-eat-far-more-substantial-meals-than-is-good-for-you-itis. L is in bed and T should be in the shower b...

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Well, there are twenty minutes of official morning left! No idea about what to write, so many little things and big things and I don’t want everything to be always about T. I’m in the bath and ...

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The nail extensions have gone. It wasn’t the desperate desire to scratch just situational. You may or you may not remember my purchase of a second hand treadmill at the start of lockdown. Younge...

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I get self satisfiedly excited at this time of year as I create the girls ‘ advent calendar. When T was 1 I bought a fabric advent calendar kit and sewed it, creating 24 pockets (there are actua...

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WHERE: oh, You know! This is my post Sunday run bath wallow. WEARING: gold ankle chain, 4Ocean bracelet, wooden bracelet, blue paua shell and silver necklace, a variety of earrings, a belly butto...

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While waiting for R to finish in the bathroom, I wrote myself a list of headings so I could write a comprehensive “what’s on” at Ermen’s house while in the bath. T doing covid thing There is a la...

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Going into lockdown number two means no nails for at least four weeks… so I bought some remnant Christmas fabrics and started making masks to sell. I just put a few feelers out on t’internet and ...

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Let’s play FAMILY FORTUNES! THESE ARE MY ANSWERS! 1. Something people hate to find on their windscreen? Jaywalkers 2. Something a man might buy before going on a date? Breath freshener 3. Somethi...

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Today was a ten miler that ended up being 10.66 miles because i was determined to make it to the next car park. The start of the run had to have a backwards bit as last week I turned around in th...

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WHERE: this is where I’m rocking the retro… I’m in the bath, not sure I’ve done a bath realty in a LOOONG time!! It’s an early evening bath so I don’t interrupt T’s shower, I have a little over h...

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L is finally on a football team. It’s been an effing long road. She spent a year training with a boys team, constantly being promised that she would make the team soon but that never happened. Sh...

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I just saw someone’s insta story about their morning which involved Buddha bowls, yoga and meditation.... I thought about what mine would say… . Had a big shit . Nagged the kids to get up . Clean...

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I had another Ridgeway run today, I trotted ten miles and got a little lost. Well, not so much lost, I knew where I was, I just wasn’t where I wanted to be!! Anyway, I really enjoyed it, I had a...

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I did a short section this morning and, even with fewer than four miles I became quite dehydrated!! I devoured my bottle of water when I got back to the car. There were so few people aroun...

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WHERE: lying in bed, one leg hanging out of the duvet. The curtains are closed but the window is open and I can hear the gentle rain and a groaning motorbike. Rich is sleeping next to me and Oreo...

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I just wrote this as a comment on Facebook and followed up by making it my status. If you feel the same as me, please feel free to use it. Xx Okay, looking at this from an impartial stance. Let’...

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I think the moment that you realise the farmers veg box you signed up for, when shopping was nigh on impossible, is surplus to requirements is when you discover three cauliflowers and two broccol...

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(Aside: bicho is Spanish for bug). It really doesn’t matter how much you resist the scratching, the rubbing against the rough sofa fabric, scratching around the perimeter nor how many antihistami...

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