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Call me Marge

31. May 2007

We’re working on colours with M at the moment.
It’s really wierd. you think she’s got it, then it all goes wrong.
E is always trying to teach her new things, some of which we’d like her to learn, others not. One of M’s first journeys into ‘what not to learn from your sister’ went like this.
Me to [...]

Ivor Novello Awards get mardy

30. May 2007

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Hooray,
I was browsing the net today and noticed a page on the Ivor Novello Awards on thisislondon.co.uk where if you peer through the gallery you will see Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner is described as looking ‘mardy.’
Not Mardi as in the French for Tuesday.
Not Mardi as in Mardi Gras
But just, mardy, M,A,R,D,Y – mardy.
While I know this is not an [...]

Can Sat Nav break your kid?

29. May 2007

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Ok, might sound a bit weird this, but I think it’s a valid question, (in a kind of tongue in cheek way.)
Can Satellite Navigation Systems break small children?
Why on earth would I pose such a question?
Well, this is the scenario. E, M, myself and Mr B are driving to Derby to pick up [...]

Robin Hood and his jelly men.

28. May 2007

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Here’s to another rainy bank holiday – surprise, surprise.
For once we have no flat packed furniture to build, no gardening to do (or none that we can be bothered with) and we’ve no relatives we’ve promised to visit and no kids parties to attend – blimey, freedom!
Having recovered fully from my night on the town, [...]

Lazy Sunday

27. May 2007

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Ok, have to admit I have a hangover today, but I had such a good night it was worth it.
We found a fab bar where we could sit upstairs looking out of a huge window and with two of the biggest squishiest settees in the world.
I love getting together with my mates cos we really [...]

Fancy a quickie?

26. May 2007

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Ok, I’m only doing a quick post tonight as I’ve been at my niece’s 3rd birthday party today and am going out with 3 of my bezzie mates tonight. We’ve not had a girls night out for ages so I’m dead excited.
Mr B is putting the girls to bed so all I have to do [...]

Just Hanging Around

25. May 2007

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Hello
Well I’m back again and I’m all on my lonesome. My 2 year old is upstairs dreaming about whatever two year olds dream about – I wonder if they dream like they speak?
i.e. in non sequiturs…
Me: M would you like some juice?
M: car
Me: Have you got a poor poor?
M: dat M’s doggy.
Me: Shall we sing [...]

What’s in a name?

24. May 2007

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I’ve just got back from my friends house where there were a plethora of new born babies, 7 to be exact.
A group of us mum’s meet up every Thursday to have a cuppa and let the kids play. My M is the youngest of round one, i.e. all the toddlers now aged between 2 and [...]

How Clean is Your Spouse?

23. May 2007

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Ok, I want to say first that I’m a humanist, Mr B is an atheist and we both believe very much in people, whatever their faith, beliefs or culture etc.
But, I was brought up in a catholic family and my daughter goes to the local catholic school. At the minute we’re busy getting ready for her [...]

Sausage roll anybody?

22. May 2007

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Hello again.
Well, now I’ve got that difficult first entry over I’m back again with the second, which lets face it, is often even harder than the first.
Bugger.
Anyway, today girls and boys, mums and dads (sorry, bit of a Matthew Corbett moment), today I will be writing about rolling.
…not rolling cigarettes which my mate D does [...]