Knock-on effect
My decision to leave work has had a knock-on effect on other people, which I hadn’t really considered until it happened. For me, being able…
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The Gallery: Sport
Regular readers will know I join in with The Gallery at Sticky Fingers every week. I like doing it. It makes me think about something I…
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Swimming argument
My daughter is a pretty good swimmer. She’s not going to be in the Olympics, she wouldn’t be considered gifted and talented, but she’s pretty…
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Opening the presents (birthday girl)
We take birthdays pretty seriously in our house, but I don’t think a birthday has ever been quite as anticipated as this one. Not our…
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Happy birthday 8 year old girl
My daughter came into this world on her due date exactly eight years ago today. There can be no better indicator of her future personality…
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I’m Loud ‘n’ Proud! Are you?
Being a parent blogger is great – you can have a good moan about all the things that are wrong with your life and your…
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New friend
My eldest has a new friend and I couldn’t be more happy. My poor boy has a record of losing best friends to the seaside. In 2012,…
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‘Not a silly mummy’
Things went a bit pear-shaped in our house the other day, leading to a thoroughly unpleasant evening for all of us. A question was asked…
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Last half-term
Tomorrow something momentous will happen. It might feel like a pretty ordinary day, but it’s a real milestone, because it’s MY LAST EVER DAY OF…
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Achilles heel
My younger son, usually the most energetic and easy-going of my kids, wilts when faced with cold, hunger or thirst. It hits him like a…
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Don’t park on the zigzags!
In life there are confrontational people and there are people who hate confrontation. People who will back away from an argument, find themselves pretending to…
