Silent Sunday at the Beaufoix’s

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Autumnal Spitfire, and a picture of a plane…

Once again Miss E has had a project to complete.  You remember the mountain?  The biscuit parthenon?  Well this term they’ve been studying World War II.   I’m keeping my fingers crossed she gets some good feedback as the message so far with homework hasn’t been the best, in that it hasn’t been marked and the [...]

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Must buy Miss M a kettle

I often wonder about the time my girls will decide to spread their wings.  I imagine them as tall as me, Miss M possibly taller.  Young, head-strong, ready to take on the world.   Small pristine ships about to set sail.
I think of them building a home for themselves.  Will they rent or buy?  Have [...]

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New Baby

Big smile on my face.
Huge.
This morning at 5.45 my sister and her lovely hubby became the proud parents of a gorgeous baby boy.
I won’t get to meet him till next weekend, but  I’ve already seen a pic and he’s a little gem.
Big hugs and kisses big sis.  Love you loads and well done.   E [...]

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Tidy

I have learnt a little something about calm.  It is something I hadn’t realised.
Tidy can be calm.
We’re kind of a messy household.  Surfaces get covered.  We live in layers, and though I mostly know where stuff is it’s not an easy way to live.
I tell myself it’s because we like ’stuff’.  I tell myself it’s [...]

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This Child – Join The Big March to Beat Bullying

This child was bullied.

This child always believed she wasn’t good enough

This child was ashamed of how she looked

This child thought she was enormous

This child always stayed covered up

This child learnt to smile even though inside she was crying

This child hated herself

She didn’t want to be here
She didn’t want to be anywhere anymore
She didn’t think [...]

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Who lives in a house like this? Celtic Haven we’re moving in!

Come on in, let me show you round…

Isn’t it gorgeous?
This was our home for three days and two nights.  Three days of pretending that this little bit of heaven was ours.
On the beautiful Pembrokeshire coastline, known for its tales of pirates and fairies, our weary travellers arrived at their destination on a dark and rainy [...]

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Going Home

We have had such a weekend.
I am tired to the point of falling off my legs and Miss M is barely upright.  We’re heading for Cardiff Central and from there we’ll jump on a train that will get us back to Notts for around 7pm.
We spent the morning packing then wandered down to Lydstepp [...]

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Heading to a Celtic Haven

Today I am wearing my ‘just keep plodding head’ but I have my ‘going to have a lovely time’ head ready.
Why?
Well tomorrow myself and my two little girls are jumping on a train and heading to the gorgeous Welsh countryside to spend a weekend at Celtic Haven with lovely Linda, the fabulous Peabea and gorgeous [...]

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Wishing I was Worzel Gummidge

Today I didn’t want to come home.
There are thoughts in my head that I find disconcerting.  Dark, startling thoughts that seem completely PMDD, but this should be my PMDD free (ish) week??  Yet I feel totally hormonal.  My mind is a jangle of whizzing thoughts and emotions.  I could cry, scream, laugh or quite possibly explode.
The [...]

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