Person!

Mouse finished getting his jim-jams on this evening, scampered over to his futon chair, scrambled up onto it, sat down with his ankles crossed and patted the space next to him while saying, ‘You!’. I think maybe he wanted me to come and sit with him!
I’ve posted before about the amazing revelation of his improving [...]

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How d’you get an elephant in a matchbox?

This crossed my mind when talking to my youngest, largest brother about his revision technique. Truly, an indissoluble problem. Or so it would seem.
Remembering things is an artform, tempered with just a little science. There is a plan afoot - by the next round of exams he will be nigh-on invincible. Of course, we’re breeding [...]

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Comfortable in spite of it all!

Spent today largely in bed, with my little radio on, listening to R4 and reading / snoozing / waking up / drifting. I have eaten 1 piece of toast, one Mullerlight and shamefully, a Pot Noodle (beef and tomato). I have read 2/3rds of a Bill Bryson about how mad Britain is. I have blogged. [...]

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Swannee Whistle For Breakfast

Sitting here in my pyjamas watching Brother Bear, and eating toast, drinking coffee, and typing; every 30 seconds or so I get importuned by my youngest to play him a riff on his Swannee Whistle, an infernal musical torture instrument from the Early Learning Centre.
Now the grown-ups have taken over and the game has transmogrified into [...]

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Raining today…

… but that’s ok, because I dried my first load of washing outside this year yesterday; one more piece of evidence to support my theory that yesterday was the REAL first day of spring.
I’m glad for the rain; I slept better last night than I have in ages, which is always the case when it [...]

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Post Chocolate Self-Hatred

Ok, maybe a bit strong. But I mindlessly demolished a whole Thorntons Easter egg last night while watching Addams Family Values. This was bad, but the worst thing was that I’d dropped the whole shooting match on the floor prior to eating it so what I was actually eating was floor-soiled shards of Thorntons Easter [...]

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Where’s yer Dunkirk spirit?

Oh, shut it, already, P! Everyone goes through this and Mamatried’s right - there are always savings to be made. You pay for what’s important. This is important!
I think it’s a given that the state isn’t interested in the man in the street - that’s why we need a new team at the helm. All [...]

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You know that feeling you get…

… when you have a fruit gum in your mouth and your gums ache and itch because you want to chew it so badly?
I wandered round the town yesterday, looking at tiny baby clothes and layettes, and miraculously, all my books about babies and baby names have jumped out of storage and back into the [...]

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Presentperfect

Ohh, what a lovely day we had. And Mouse got some truly amazing gifts. A JCB Jnr toolbench and tools, a minature Dyson hoover, a proper big boys bike and stabilisers, a farm set, playdoh, clothes, books and money. He ate his own weight in cake and rolled around on the floor with the dog. [...]

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Two tomorrow

My lovely Mouse is two tomorrow, and we’ve had talk of parties! cake! presents! all week. I’ve sent him off to nursery this morning with a large and chocolately cake in the shape of a caterpillar, candles for the girls to stick in the top, and perhaps inauspiciously, a pair of new cream-coloured trousers on! [...]

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