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Lets Try This Quiet Weekend Thing Again

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I headed into this weekend with hopes of not really doing anything - perhaps a chance to get better at last. That didn’t really happen at all yesterday… I en...

The Reality Of A Quiet Weekend

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Given that I have now been ill for five weeks, and have had a cough for the last week that only shows itself if I exert myself in any way at all - you know, ...

The One Where I Got My Hair Cut

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Here’s a lesson for anybody who’s thinking about having children - getting my hair cut this morning took three and a half hours. While I might have been sat ...

Nothing To Report

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I wish I had something more interesting to report than “life is going on”. Close friends have probably gathered as much by my absence from the social network...

Night Off

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Tonight was needed. A night away from doing anything, after days - weeks even - of thinking I should be somewhere else, doing something else.

Sunday Ironing Hell

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What wasI thinking of last night when I told W that I would do the ironing today? After six hours of ironing, the washing machine and dryer still going, and ...

Random Questions On A Saturday Morning

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It’s been a while since I’ve done this kind of blog post, but in the absence of anything more interesting to share this morning, here you go…

First Real Friend

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This afternoon our eldest was supposedto be painting a blown egg for a competition at school. I’m not sure who’s idea it really was to take part - Little Mis...