Tag Archives: Daily life

Things aren’t going swimmingly at the moment…

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

Things aren’t going swimmingly at the moment. The house looks like a bomb went off in it. Yesterday, I was away the whole day. Doctors in the morning. Pick up the littlest kid from Kindergarten and then take said kid, … Continue reading →

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A couple of recent corkers

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

My husband and I attempted to usher Akasha, our six year old, off to bed. She, as usual, came up with several excuses as to why she should stay up but we didn’t give in and insisted that we, as … Continue reading →

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Let’s start the year with a little bedroom talk

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

Apparently my son’s remote control is broken. Joni decided, in her loveliness and wisdom that this morning, as she is doing work experience at Aden’s school this week, she would take on the responsibility of getting her younger brother up … Continue reading →

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Pigeon English

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Let me tell you, it’s hard growing up as a bilingual when you are only five years old. You have double the amount of words to remember and the grown ups need to suspect expect that there will be mix … Continue reading →

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Beware of the bath

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Last night, after a hard day of tapping the keys fantastic and dropping a child at a birthday party and stuffing my face with pizza, I decided to plough on with my film challenge and snuggled into my husbands shoulder … Continue reading →

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She should be fired…

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

It’s ridiculous! We really need a new housekeeper around here. The current one is constantly sidetracked by blogs and stories and challenges and taking the children to feed the ducks. She doesn’t want to do homework. She keeps forgetting to … Continue reading →

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I am my own worst enemy

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

I’ve had a strange couple of days. Not least because the sun’s come out to play again, which means starting to have contact with real people after a forever lasting winter of illness and cold and grey. I say real … Continue reading →

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Brotherly love

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

Standing in the kitchen, preparing a couscous salad with my eleven-year old  son, (for the new neighbours who are moving in today – we fathomed they wouldn’t be up to cooking) we both listen to the dulcet tones of the … Continue reading →

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Do the shake and pop and get the freshness back…

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

Wow it’s erm… well March already and I have erm… been on a date with Joni and that’s well, pretty much it for February’s update. I don’t mean that’s ALL I’ve done in the whole of February. Silly. I’ve: fought … Continue reading →

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Another magic moment

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Sometimes there are moments in life that warm you from the tips of your toes to the roots of your hair. And back again. I had one of those moments yesterday. I watched from the sidelines as my littlest princess … Continue reading →

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