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Bullet Journal Productivity Tip

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You know how everybody seems to be going on and on and on and on and on and on about Bullet Journals at the moment? I have a cunning tip to aid you in your p...

The Brand New Testament

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I started watching an unexpectedly wonderful movie last night. Everybody else had gone to bed fairly early, and I found myself sitting in the lounge on my ow...

Nothing In Particular

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We made it to Friday again! Do we get cake, or party poppers or something? It feels like we should.

Kicking Myself Up The Arse

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This blog has been unspeakably rubbish recently. There. I said it. I’ve been churning out posts like some sort of cheap sausage machine - more because I thou...

Recycling And Resurrection

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A little while after finishing chores last night and sitting down quietly to survey the remains of the evening, my eldest daughter sidled up to me, and caref...

Manic Monday

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I have “Monday Monday” by the Bangles bouncing around inside my head today. It won’t go away. I think “Eternal Flame” by The Bangles may have been the first ...

Sunday Afternoon

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After a Sunday morning standing in the cold on the touchline of a rugby pitch for two hours, stamping my feet and making conversation with other parents, I’m...

Every Other Day

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I seem to have fallen into a pattern of posting every other day at the moment. This is not intentional. Hell - posting every day was never really intentional...

The Vanishing Cat Trick

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The phone on my desk at work rang at lunchtime - it was my other half. Miss 18 was at home (she goes back to work tomorrow) - and was freaking out, because s...