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A rainy Sunday excursion

Last Sunday I forced us all to get into the car and drive to castle. As you do, when it is the last weekend of the Longest School Holidays In History and it is raining and you cannot face more … Continue reading

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Bored

This is how bored I am: I just washed my hair at 2pm. I am considering going through my clothes, ironing the unloved, photographing them, listing them on ebay. I am ‘supervising’ the holiday homework. (I am secretly actually AGAINST … Continue reading

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Halfway through the holidays, no homework done.

There has only really been pyjamas til midday and a smattering of brotherly suffocation. All in all, a very elegantly spent summer holiday, thank you very much, even if we have not been to the continent like every other self-respecting … Continue reading

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supermarket: a tale of mean old ladies

I have just been into Waitrose very quickly, mainly to get bread because my husband has expressed his consternation that sometimes there is no bread in the whole house, and it makes him despair and weep a little on the … Continue reading

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Photos, hardly any words.

Hello! Again. Here it is: 1. My FACE! My face is very normal. See: My hair is less so. That is because of this: Moroccanoil. It is supposed to make your hair look like a luscious Middle-Eastern belly-dancing queen but … Continue reading

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The one in which I show my StrokeFace

First things first. You know how I was jesting rather merrily about my sore tooth last post? Well. It got much uglier. There was the emergency dental hospital, stronger painkillers, 11 days of antibiotics, waking at 3am to top up … Continue reading

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My teeth. My aching hurty teeth

[OUCH MY TOOTH] I had my third root canal filling yesterday, and it was so much ouchier than I remembered being the first two times. And this one cost me £500, and this one is giving me a big fat … Continue reading

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My biceps are hiding from me

Oh, it has been too long! But I am back, newly-shorn and tinted, and I have much to tell. 1. I have changed my mind about having any more children. There is no real point in me listing the reasons, … Continue reading

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Why Big Families Might Be A Bad Idea When You Are From New Zealand

Today I got rained on, and got blanked by a friend’s husband and my new Stella McCartney jacket was run over by my pushchair. Luckily, there is a pie in the oven, which may fix me. And I just busted … Continue reading

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10 things I love

The clever, sexy and accomplished writer Betty Herbert (her ACTUAL, PUBLISHED book on shagging your (own) husband is coming out very soon, no less) tagged me to list 10 things I love. Ok then, says I, seeing as I have … Continue reading

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