Advantages
May31

Advantages

So I’m missing my boy, that’s to be expected. He’s a huge part of my life. He’s been gone four days now. He’ll be doing all sorts of exciting and dangerous beach stuff today. I hope he’s having a good time. I’m sure he’s loving every minute of it. But it’s not all bad. Even though we’re missing him, there are a few advantages to him being away. Some of them I noticed straight...

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Hole
May29

Hole

There’s a hole in my life. It’s about 5 foot and six stone. It grunts a lot instead of speaking in a case of early onset teenage strop-dom. Except when it talks non-stop about complete rubbish – hurricanes, electricity and the like – or sings very badly in the shower. It forgets to brush its teeth and leaves clothes all over the floor. Put like that, I’m not sure why it is such a hole in my life, but it...

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Crime, law and order
May28

Crime, law and order

There are some bad people out there… Some of them lived a long time ago, some of them could be living among us right now. Some live near us, some a long way away. But either way, bad people, crime, law and order are endlessly fascinating and intriguing. LG age 5: If we got caught by real pirates, would they kill us? B1 age 10: Do gypsies take drugs? B1 age 10: Who’s the evilest person in the world? B1 age 10: It’s...

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How and when do you find the time to…
May26

How and when do you find the time to…

I’m always busy, so how and when do I find the time to… Do the laundry? Washing is constant for me. I wash every day apart from Tuesdays, simply because I barely have time to breathe on a Tuesday. The washing goes on and is hung out in the morning. At weekends and when I’m not at work I tend to do two loads and I do one load on work days. Every evening I’m putting clothes away or moving them from a clothes...

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Big red monkey jumper
May25

Big red monkey jumper

I have a big red monkey jumper. It is very old and very scruffy. But I wear it every day. Twice a day. My husband takes the p*ss out of it. He said jokingly ‘Why don’t you write a blog about it?’ and I thought ‘Do you know what, I might just do that!’ So here it is… The story of the big red monkey jumper. Remember Paul Frank? He was the guy who designed all those Tshirts, hoodies, purses and bags...

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