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The 25 Things Meme

7 minute read

I honestly thought I had avoided this one - several of the blogs I read had been caught up in it, but I had not received the dreaded instruction. Until ten m...

The Morning The Smile Slipped

2 minute read

Before going to bed last night, we talked to the children about them getting dressed as soon as they woke in the morning - rather than waiting for us to “hel...

A Year With The Girls

1 minute read

It’s hard to believe a year has passed since we visited the foster carer’s house, and met the girls for the first time. A year of fun, stress, hard work, exa...

Fifteen Thousand Hits

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Can you believe this blog has been visited 15,000 times ? What on earth is so interesting about the words I write or the pictures I occasionally post? The wo...

Sunday Morning 9Am

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It’s Sunday morning, it’s raining outside, the kids are watching Harry Potter on the television in the playroom, W is sitting quietly sipping Rooibos tea in ...

Listening To Tiny Dancer

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It’s Sunday evening - heading towards 10:30pm - and I’m sat listening to “Tiny Dancer” on the “Madman Across the Water” album by Elton John. There is an inte...

Timbuk2 Design Your Own Bag

less than 1 minute read

While hunting around the Moo Cards website, I happened upon “Timbuk2” - a company that makes bags…

Nothing To Report

less than 1 minute read

While not revising for another Microsoft certification exam tomorrow, I have been wondering what to write a blog about today. The “common sense” part of my b...