The kindness of friends

In the depths of my despair yesterday, M and S came round, bringing lunch, special posh organic BabyPlum baby food for R, and presents for everyone. Bless, bless, bless them. Their little boy D has had just the same thing as R – horrid for him, but at least S and I were able to [...]

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Yes, well.

From the Emergency Room visit on Christmas Eve, the tone was set for the Season.
R has a nasty upper respiratory tract infection and somewhere the family managed to contract Winter Vomiting Virus – even the dog and cat were hurling. I believe this to be unconnected…
Stressed out, seriously sleep deprived, sick, down and scared all [...]

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This I have to share…

At R’s playgroup Christmas Party last week,  Little E, one of the rising fives, came up to me and pointed at the small table at the front of the hall. ‘For the addition,’ she said seriously. I nodded, very much at sea. ‘Is it? Well!’ I said, hoping for enlightenment. ‘Yes,’ she said. ‘for the [...]

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Bleak Midwinter?

Not round here. Well, at least, not yesterday at any rate.
Feeling zippy I rugged up R until only his eyes showed and strode off into the landscape – I walked to the next village and round in a big circle, getting back to mum’s after about 3 hours. It was amazing. Trees coated in frost, [...]

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Ready? Schmeddy!!

I think the ‘…ready for Christmas, then??’ question is one of insidious power. You can seek to gain the ascendancy over anyone with this, no matter how cool, calm and well organised they look. It’s like a torpedo below the waterline of their sang froid.
It has particular potency if they have kids. I was ready, [...]

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Present but incorrect

Ladies, start your engines, cause I know you’ll be coming with me on this one.
After making Husband a curry last night from scratch (courtesy of T and her currytastic inspirations) I sat down to wrap 13 presents. All of which I chose and lugged home, and which were for Husband’s dad, stepmother, nieces, nephews, aunts and [...]

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The road to hell is paved with good intentions

I am an idiot.
I totally swigged down the fatal one glass to many and made myself very ill indeed. Spent all yesterday shivering and throwing up. I behaved like an 18 year old at a frat party. I suppose it’s time to admit that I have an alcohol problem.
It shouldn’t come as any surprise as [...]

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Poet’s Day!!! Hooray!!!

Crisp and cold here in the Welsh Marches and there’s enough of a breeze to put apples in your cheeks. Working away, but taking frequent walks up to the post office / down round the village on errands I could technically put off.
Tomorrow being the eve of the works Christmas party, which I am looking forward [...]

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Hippo Teeth

Darling T bought R a fantastic selection of squeezy bath toys, one of which is a green hippo with a wide smile and big rounded teeth.
R now has those teeth, and when he smiled at me this morning first thing when I went in to wish him a big ‘Hello Mouse!!!’ he showed them off [...]

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Microtantrums

The smallest soldier has now decided that sitting down will not do at all. If he does feel himself slipping his feet begin drumming on the floor and he squeals like a kettle coming to the boil. Quite often crawling will cause him to collapse face first on the carpet in rage – he flops [...]

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