Mum of 5 boys

Category: Raising boys

  • It’s nearly tax return last date for filing time

    It’s nearly tax return last date for filing time

    Hi Blog, Following on last year’s successful post of ‘Things that I have done to put off doing my tax return’, here we find ourselves again. This means that it is January.  I am not in full procrastination mode yet as I do in fact have weeks before the deadline of 31st Jan-submit-your-Self Assessment form…

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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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  • 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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  • An addition to the family

    Good morning Blog, Time check: 6.20 a.m. Is this the best part of the day? Not from where I’m sitting especially from where I’ve been sitting started just after 5 a.m.  Why thank you, Fatty. Remember the blog ‘And then there were three’?  – well, let’s just say ‘and then they were 5 plus 1…

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  • Exchanging wine for a boomerang?

    Howdy Blog and a very warm welcome to my new followers – may we enjoy 1,000s of blog entires together…. I’ve just lost you haven’t I?  You can’t answer as you’ve already spaced out and moved on to a better, brighter, funnier, more insightful Blog – in case you’re waivering, I’ll insert an extraordinary picture…

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  • Liberty, equality, fraternity – anyone?

    Bonjour Blog, Comment ca va? Impec-ca-b-le and glad to hear it. A quick thank you to my new follower, Cristian Mihai and for the L(y)ikes I received from people I don’t even know. I will never cease to be amazed that anyone (who isn’t a friend or family or whom I have no power of blackmailing)…

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  • Blog 2 of 2014

    Hey, Yes, I know that I only blogged the other day but as I’ve set up an alarm to remind myself to do this more often……here i am! And, guess what? bang on time, Fatty, who has been doing something (sticking forks into plug sockets, chewing on an old nicorette gum he found lying around,…

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