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Monthly Archives: September 2014
School Socks
Where did you go? Its only been four weeks since you were removed from the packet, all shiny and new. All 15 pairs of you, so unspoiled and full of promise. And now you have all disappeared. You’re not in … Continue reading
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Tagged disappearing socks, House, kids, missing socks, mother, parenting, school, school socks
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Shopping – From Enthusiasm to Desolatation In Under Three Hours.
The planets must have aligned briefly, the other morning, as I found myself in a shopping centre with some disposable income and only one placid child dozing in her pram. I had money to buy myself a belated birthday present … Continue reading
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Tagged a/w 2014, humour, parenting, shopping, shopping hell, stationary
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The Fourth Trimester
I have been very ranty and giving out a lot of late and have been told I am too self- deprecating………… So here we go, something I learned to be very good at. I enjoyed the newborn stage with all my … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, fourth trimester, homebirth, mother, newborn, parenting, positive
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Vasectomy – The Trial Run
The new child is our last child. The husband has plans to get a vasectomy. He has been talking about it for a long time. His body, his choice ,yay for body autonomy, so its nothing to do with me, … Continue reading
Salespeople Calling To Door- A Rant
Assholes. They are everywhere. I expect to meet them when in traffic or in the supermarket. I know there is always potential for one to try to skip me in the queue in the bank, that’s life. I do, however, expect … Continue reading
The Homework Survival Guide
My brand new junior infant got her first homework this week. We sat together happily at the table tracing the letter S and making s sounds. I lovingly pointed out words beginning with S that we came across over … Continue reading
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Tagged children, homework, homework hell, humour, kids, mother, parenting, school
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Starting As I Mean To Go On
The children went back to school yesterday. The four year old started. All went ok, she took it in her stride. I took the same picture of each of my three eldest on their first day of school, I put … Continue reading
The Clothesline 