Poor mouse

Well, tonight, he just didn’t want to go to sleep.
We did the usual, made all the right noises, fed him all the right cues, but from 7pm to 8pm he cried constantly.
This sounds like nothing - in fact there’ll be parents out there who are rolling about laughing that I even mention this. But as [...]

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I had a lovely day

Me n the Mouse did loads of lovely things today… wrestling; laughing at Wallace and Gromit especially the rabbits in the fridge; shopping for cake; eating said cake; cooking and eating ham n marto omelettes for lunch; ironing with him handing me items to iron; cleaning with him sweeping with his little brush from Granny and [...]

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Still working!

I’m such a good girl; adding layers of gilt to my already sparkling halo…. well, not quite. This is really just an affirmatory exercise to ensure I get the entirety of Christmas off next year. I’ve put my effort in and I will the year after next too. If I’m going to suggest guidelines then [...]

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Working!

and this is no bad thing, despite the fact than any sensible 9 to 5er would have inveigled all the time between Christmas and New Year off.
I’ve had a busy day with a colleague, planning our line of attack for the New Year, and now I’m catching up on my sites and listening to really [...]

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13:29hrs, and counting

He’s been asleep for 8 minutes, and he’s been awake since 3am, and so have I; so by my calculations the meter reader, the postman or some feckin religious nutbar should come pounding on the door in about 15 minutes or so and wreck his slumber. Like Coleridge when writing Xanadu, I shall watch the serenity [...]

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Tempting fate?

I always expect the worst to happen when I say this, but am I ever looking forward to Christmas. I can’t remember a time when I thought there was so much to look forward to.
Looking over this phrase it doesn’t really show the right spirit; I shouldn’t worry about what might happen just because I’m [...]

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Bunged Up Noses

R is suffering from one, he hates the fact that he can’t get any air in through his cute little button-nose. I had to bring him into bed with me again last night - at 1am I heard a wail, then ‘Mummeeeee’ so I went and got him. Poor thing was coated in snot, and [...]

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Gotta get on so… Piglet’s New Coat!

Despite the seismic activity round here, life always feels firmer under my feet if I’m trying to make things more normal. So I’m going to carry on telling you all about the lovely and odd things that happen to me and if I wish hard enough, maybe everything will be all right!
It was really really [...]

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My Clever Boo

As at this weekend he can say 72 separate words and some of them he can string together. He is a gorgeous, sparky, alert little boy - we’re so lucky.

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all alone and actually happy

D has had to go to Crete, to help his grandfather; his grandmother died unexpectedly this week, so huge family drama; and Mother in law and husband have jetted off today to try to sort things out.
I am ok, surprisingly; I thought I’d be panicking but I’ve had supper, the house is bristol-fashion, the piggymouse [...]

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