Mum of 5 boys

Author: Mum of 5 boys

  • Drowning Dog – attempt II and other trucs.

    Blog, Hello there and good afternoon. I’ve just finished my online purchases of more tat for the house whilst the Husband isn’t looking. Do you know how quickly I can punch my bank card numbers into this computer without being caught? Do you also realise how my greed need for these purchases is only short…

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  • Various from the re-Crippled

    (For anyone that i’ve emailed this week, don’t bother reading this blog as I’ve already exhausted your sympathy with my moaning about my back. For anyone else, read on and sympathise!!!!!) Blog, good afternoon and a g’day to all of my followers especially Story time with John and Felix O’Shea (maybe not a follower but…

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  • Windswept & interesting

    Bonsoir Blog, We’re still holidaying (is that a word?) up here in the Department of Somewhere. Here’s a list of some of our enjoyable activities: -Making the kids cycle to the next town on their gearless, pygmy bikes and deciding, just for fun, on the return trip to take the road less travelled …. Or…

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  • Boys and their boules

    Howdy blog, Up here in the Department of Somewhere the August holiday makers have arrived. And whether there is sun, hail, rain, hurricanes or snow, they WILL be outside enjoying themselves. The August bunch who flock to this seaside town are on the whole, from Paris. What this means is that everyone not from Paris…

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  • Happy holidays

    Bonsoir Blog, Slack? Very Promises of regular blogging? The road to hell is well paved. Here in the year 1904, summer is being enjoyed. Oh! Hang on – did I say 1904? What I mean is living as if I was in 1904 -when this house was built – but without the conveniences of staff…..…

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  • The long road to recovery and some other stuff

    Blog, I’m back. It’s been 6-7 weeks since I was last in touch (and none of my uncaring Readers asked when the next post was which tells me one thing – that we (that  is you and I, blog)  are BOOOOOOOO-RING). The night that I actually felt fully recovered enough to drive, I had an appointment with…

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  • Between some stone (stairs) and a hard place

    Blog, This is how my Tuesday began: I push off the covers and sit up. Have no idea of the time but the full moon is on the left side of the window which means it’s before 5 a.m. (yes, I use my bedroom window as some kind of lunar clock….doesn’t everybody?). I don’t feel…

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  • Sprung Sprang Sprong Spring

    Well Blog, What a day. Has your day been like that? IS your day currently like that? Let’s have a photo of something peaceful to calm down any unhappy spirits:   Did that work? Not even a little bit? Then we’re all doomed to depression. Anyway, moving on: In this old stone (crumbling) abode, we…

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  • Liebster Award anyone?

    Bonjour Blog, So one of my charming fellow bloggers has nominated me for the LIebster Award ( boybandinthemaking.wordpress.com – check out her blog, It is hilarious. Different hilarious to mine (does that make me sound desperate to keep my darling readers?) ) This means that I’m now an award (nominated) winning (?) blogger? Stop.The.(word)Press!!!! This…

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  • Cinderella Law ? God help the parents of teenagers.

    Hey Blog, Guess what they’re up to now? Bringing in a law which makes it illegal to emotionally abuse a child. A law which will help to stop – prevent even, emotional neglect by the parent/carer of that child or children. In an ideal world, I’m all for this. We should protect the weakest members…

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