The worst birthday ever
While reflecting the other day on the fact that my birthday this year might be a bit crap read about it here, I remembered my…
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Canal boat
My mother-in-law has a canal boat. Way, way back in the day, before my kids were even a twinkle in the eye, my husband and…
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Early days
Continuing my memories of life as a new mum 11 years ago… I was wiped out from my ridiculously long labour and just wanted to…
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How I met my husband
My husband has just celebrated his 39th birthday. I celebrated his 20th birthday with him (that’s us in that photo), so in a non-scientific sort…
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Steps – Better best forgotten?
In the dim and distant 90s, after I graduated, I stayed on in Nottingham, the city where I had been to university. There was nothing…
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All cakes 5p!
This is a famous family story which has been re-told many times over the years. It’s not really a big deal (my kids don’t get…
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School bully
Once or twice a year, I have to email this woman at work. One of the hundreds of emails I send at work every day,…
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Santa Train
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and time for a favourite family tradition. The Santa Train has been an annual Christmas event since my eldest son was…
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Christmas past
For his homework recently, my younger son had to talk to a family member about what they remember of Christmas as a child. So he…
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The early-ization of Christmas
I am resisting the early-ization of Christmas. (Yes, I did make that word up. I couldn’t think of the proper one and I didn’t even…
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My gorgeous boy
When I was expecting my second child, my husband, himself a second child who firmly believed second children get a raw deal, said he would…
