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Skating On Sunday Morning

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As I begin hitting the keys, it’s just gone 11:30am, and Sunday Morning has almost gone. Simon and Garfunkel are filling the study with sound, sun is streami...

Refilling The Wash Bag

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I don’t know if all guys work the same way as me, but I tend to keep using stuff until I’m out of virtually everything, then resupply. Today was resupply day.

Bikeability Cycling Proficiency

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This weekend sees our eldest attending a bicycle training course at her school. We were up bright and early, making her a packed lunch, finding her warm clot...

The One Where Everybody Forgot

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This morning happened just like any other morning. Literally. Got up, shower, dressed, hit the kitchen for breakfasts, lunches, washing up, then brushing kid...

The One Where My Mobile Phone Bricked Itself

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While the “Welcome to O2” screen is quite pretty, I actually expect a lot more from my mobile phone than being a glorified torch. The title of the post has a...

Memories Of The Adoption Process

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I’ve spent the last hour or so reading my own blog posts from late 2007 and early 2008 - the months when our adoption quest came to an end, and little people...

Three More Chickens And One Chicken Down

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At about midnight last night I heard what I thought was a cat fight in the garden. I wandered through the house and discovered W stood at the patio doors, sh...