family – Mum of 5 boys

Trains, planes, automobile taxis & a farewell

Dear Diary-Blog, The dreary February of the last post? I’ll take that description back. Let’s re-wind that last 10 days and we’ll do it all with a fine case of flu. Today – Tuesday Nothing of note other than I managed to leave the house twice and didn’t fall over once. Me: 1 point …
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Things I have done this week to put off doing my tax return…..plus other snippets

Good eve-noon, blog (that’s the time between afternoon and evening. I just made it up), So the Inland Revenue or Her Majesty’s Revenue C….. erm..not sure what the C stands for. I’d suggest that you all (yes, that’s all 3 of my followers) message me with an answer but that could get me kicked off…
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And it has only been a month since Christmas!

Blog, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!! Week before Christmas: Let’s go back four weeks and to the Nativity play at the Prof’s school. Held in an old, crumbling stone church down here in the department of Nowhere, the entire school plus family, plus family friends, plus the friends of friends, plus friends of friends of friends, plus…
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Christmas approaches

Good afternoon blog, Christmas approaches. I’m excited. Genuinely. This will be the first Christmas that I’ll spend in England with my charming (witty, good-looking, intelligent, modest) family since 2006. It’s a shame that my ‘usband will not be joining me and buggers 2-5 (the Prodigal being already there). He is so selfless – offering to…
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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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Fingers or Mumfy

Dear Fing, How are you doing? Been a while since we’ve chatted or been in touch. The last time I saw you was 19th June 2010 at Bill’s wedding. Billie Jean was blaring from the speakers. There was a crowd of dancing, happy, tipsy people in a circle watching as two guys tried a moon…
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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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And in other news…..

Blog, my friend, I’m back a day earlier than usual. Does that suit? As World War III approaches, I am glad to report that Life goes on: -King Tuheitia is having a strop with the (English) Royal Bureaurocracy department who organised the Pit Stop visit (of Prince William, Mrs. Prince William and Prince William Jnr)…
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And then we were down to three (boys and a dog)

Good morning mon cher and happy Sunday to my thousands of followers, The Husband, the Prof and the Lips have just thrown some belongings into supermarket bags (for life) and are heading north for the holidays. This leaves me with the dog, Fatty, the Face and the Prodigal. What this means to me: Now, we’ll…
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Chasing my tail

Dear Blog, This is what I do, every, single day: Now, the week that has been, involved :….- or should it be – Things we now know that we didnt (want to) know last week? -little sleep. Such little sleep that my logical (?) brain decided that ‘surely we are under attack from a bad…
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