Today was supposed to be a very different post, but this week has been swallowed up in one big gulp of the 4 year old’s chicken pox. I’ve had two days off work, which I spent playing Mario Kart, watching Looney Tunes and ‘Sell Your Gold’ adverts with Dale Winton, all of which stopped him [...]
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Our village is fairly quiet on the whole, nothing much happening.
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Any incidents that stick in my mind seem to involve one of the five churches in the village.
Every year there is a Scarecrow walk around the village, the local shop keepers, churches, pubs and the golf club make a scarecrow or scarecrows and display them.
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A few months ago Insomniac Mummy and I were at a meeting of sorts in a pub. I was amongst a table full of people I’d never met and trying to make a good impression. Yeah, yeah, I know … stop sniggering.
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So there I was, sipping my Diet Coke like a lady whilst trying to endear myself [...] -
Whilst gazing at the photocopier in the Post Office queue the other day I had a flashback to when I was 17 and working in a publishers. Picture it now, September 1995, the current number 1 is Boombastic by Shaggy.
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One quiet day, when there weren’t many people around, a colleague and I decided to photocopy our faces. [...] -
On Sunday I had a photo-shoot at home for a magazine article I’ve been interviewed for. Unlike the last one I did which involved the whole family (including the dog) and a partial nervous breakdown this one was just me.
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In nervousness I straightened my hair to the point that I’m surprised the photographer didn’t arrive [...] -
It’s half term, I’ve had a very busy weekend, Gramp’s 60th party, a photoshoot for an emotional piece about my ‘other blog‘ and a random illness where I was so cold that the duvet hurt me last night. Yes, it actually hurt me.
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I’ve had 6 hours sleep in 48 hours. I must have had a [...] -
The Teenager and I went to Tesco Express on Friday night for some food for the weekend and some ‘Thank God It’s Friday’ Wine.
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I particularly like the self-checkout at our store. I don’t have to queue or make small talk with the cashier if I’m that way inclined. I can whizz in and out [...]




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