april challenge: how was it for you?
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I was supposed to post this yesterday when it was still April. But I didn’t, mostly because I was feeling a bit under the weather and I had an early night instead. You’ll be glad to know I am feeling a gazillion percent better today so now you can all find out the results of [...]
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Last Friday was World Photography Day (apparently) and to mark the event Tara asked us to take a photo over the weekend. So, being the good girl that I am, I did what I was told. Well, I nearly did. I took my camera out and everything. Turns out I left the battery charging in [...]
i must go down to the sea again
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“Don’t grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.” Michelle Held See more H2O over at sticky fingers.
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Or, My Week In Numbers. hours spent in car on Bank Holiday Saturday: 7 hours same journey takes on a regular Saturday: 3 hours spent in hairdressers: 2 grey hairs now visible on my head: 0 cleaners appointed: 1 tubes of pringles purchased: 5 tubes of pringles consumed: 2 days on my own: 3 wake [...]
march challenge: how was it for you?
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Finally, finally, spring seems to have made an appearance. Whoop! My personal challenge for the month of March was to get the garden back in some sort of order ready for some serious paddling pool/football/picnic action as the weather gets nicer*. A couple of Sundays ago, while Little M was supposed to be napping, I [...]
the white goods imply i am a grown up
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When we finished university, Mr TOPP and I moved in together. Between 1999 and 2005 we lived in rented accommodation. Because money was tight (he was doing a PhD, I had a job that barely paid minimum wage) we always went for furnished places. In 2004, however, Mr Topp got a “proper” job, and we decided [...]
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Like most children, I looked forward to and longed for the summer holidays. I loved the wind down to the holidays, and the activities week that meant that school finished on Friday. I used to get so unbelievably cross with shops that put “Back To School” signs up, even before the holidays had begun. Like [...]
tiddlyompompom thinks: the sky's the limit
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Today has been a busy day. This morning we did house stuff (unsuccessfully shopping for curtains), and then this afternoon we took Big M swimming. Then we got home, it was time for tea/bath/bed. Little M took two hours and five (yes count them – FIVE) attempts to put down to bed. By the time [...]
july challenge: how was it for you?
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At the beginning of the month I set myself the challenge of completing a full sized knitted garment. Being someone who is full of good intentions but lacking in sticking power (hence the whole Personal Challenge thing), I have had three projects in progress for over a year. I know, I know. I am a [...]
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