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Working
So, I got a job, in an office, with a desk, near an independent coffee shop with cool thin young people asking me which roast I would like (totally wasted on me, because they both taste like good coffee, but … Continue reading
Everyone is a little bit mad with me
The children are furious with me, because I have banned them from any screens today and I am making them sit at the table and finish their homework. The reason for the discipline is because they cannot walk down the … Continue reading
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Tagged dogs, neighbours, puppet show, Queensway, shame, Whiteleys
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J.O.B – A Slacker’s Lament
Amazing! I just paid £66.00 to wordpress and now you will be able see my really short, lame videos that you could see on my instagram account for free. You guys are SOOOOOO lucky. I could summaries my occasional videos … Continue reading
Really awful amounts of voms
Oh yeah. So much vomiting, from everyone in the flat, except for the adults, and the dog, who have remained mysteriously unscathed. So much late night shrieking, followed by padding little footsteps, through the door, into the living room, onto … Continue reading
HNY
Happy New Year, all! We came back from our Christmas break in Devon, where we swam and ran and ate a lot of duck and ham, and where we all wore a fair amount of polyester with varying degrees of happiness … Continue reading
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Tagged Appledore, Devon, sheep, Tawstock, wedding anniversary
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You can all come back, now. Please.
Look! It’s Robert Smith from The Cure! Really, it is. Both of those tiny, fuzzy, completely blurry little men are actually him, with huge hair and adult-emo-alarming makeup, in a kind of comfortable post-workout hoodie and bovver boots, singing The … Continue reading
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Tagged anthrax, Crockford Bridge Farm, gingerbread houses, Nativity Play
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An assortment of not much
I have been running! With Kerry, faster and faster, and we are going to run in a race in January and it is all very exciting. Two weeks ago, running along Bayswater Road in the dark at 6:20am, I fell … Continue reading
Hair woes
My 9 year old kid has very shaggy, longish, Oasis-era hair, which he likes. He also likes skipping baths, which is currently grossing me out. I cannot fathom why someone who is a bit OCD about cleaning their hands and … Continue reading
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Tagged fringes, haircuts, parenting fail, sauvignon blanc, Yukon
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Assaults On My Person
Last night, Otis punched me in the eye and I have a red, bleeding-looking red bit across the ‘ball. I saw stars and bright lights and firecrackers as he took his swipe with his sharp finger-nailed little pokey fingers. It … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, eye injury, george clooney, sexual harassment, westfield
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The Harridan 