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I think my brain has been infested by slug. Or it could be the 3 hours spent at Playland with Miss M’s friends after Nursery or the hour and a half at MacDonalds with Miss E’s friends after school because they broke up for the summer today…but it’s probably the slug.
Maybe I have caught […]
It’s funny how you can be down one day and then up the next.
Not funny like a monkey doing a little dance then running off with some rich blokes sandwiches is funny…
And not funny like Vic Reeves or Tommy Cooper or Stephen Fry or Eddie Izzard is/are funny…
And not funny like a small badger playing […]
Lovely AOJ over at the Lurchers wants us to describe in words and/or pictures our favourite walk.
So we had a lovely day planned today. We would visit Mr B’s mum, aka Grandma, and go on the lovely walk over the field to the park, then back home by the river.
But then the rain and […]
The fabulous Nekked Lizards are hosting this weeks Fun Monday and their challenge is:
FIVE PICTURES - FIVE WORDS PER PICTURE.
Any 5 (FIVE) pictures, any subject, and any 5 (FIVE) words to describe and/or explain each picture.
Here we go…
My kids feet. Just perfect.
Hail storms in April? Weird.
A gift from a friend.
I bet they play […]
The talented and gorgeous San at A Life with a View invited any one who fancied it to partake in one of the many memes she featured in one spectacular post last week, and there was one that I hadn’t seen before but thought might be fun.
“Determine what superhero you are, a little research […]
It’s been a tough day today. And the happy thoughts and prayers would still come in very handy.
I can’t tell you much at the moment except that part of my close family is struggling. They are struggling, and battling, and awaiting information/advice/diagnosis, and there’s nothing much any of us can do except be […]
Tonight Miss M and I read this:
By Nicola Baxter.
M knows it nearly by heart. If I’m honest, it’s not the best story in the world in my opinion, but the pictures are adorable and I used some of them when I painted the mural in Miss E’s room. You remember, the one with […]
Have you…
..ever seen…
..anything more gross…
..in your kitchen??
Dumdad, you can’t play as I’ve seen the picture of the cow’s tongue and I can only imagine the brains….
But look.
It is gross isn’t it?
I mean, I’m not missing a slug loving gene am I??
Hmmm, I wonder if soft focus will help…
Nope, still shiny, still […]
Mr B came home last night laden with gifts.
It wasn’t our anniversary.
We hadn’t had an argument.
He just saw something and thought of me.
Isn’t he nice?? (Well, sometimes anyway.)
You’re all excited now aren’t you?
What is it?
Wine?
Jewellery?
A holiday?
A new car?
(OK, you’re getting a bit too excited there if you think he’s just going to go out […]
Many of you who know me will be well aware of the problems we have been having this summer with a certain group of little slimy visitors…
Remember this… and this?
Well, according to BBC News 24,
‘Plentiful rain, warm temperatures and a shortage of sun have
provided perfect munching conditions for […]