Monthly Archives: August 2006

Buzz, Balls & Hype : The Doctor is In

Buzz, Balls & Hype : The Doctor is In Any article with Books saved my life. in it, is going to get a look from me. Right at the moment, I’m reading more than I’ve read in years. Last night … Continue reading

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Water, water everywhere

Big watered my mobile phone last night and the errors it it now giving suggest that it is effectively deceased – over a year old and I think it would have to go back to Nokia for repair. I still … Continue reading

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Protected: nobody puts baby in the corner

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Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | An appetite for control

Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | An appetite for control Apart from one or two sentences, this article makes pretty good sense to me.

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Ode To Autumn

SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness! Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit … Continue reading

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honey i suckle the kids | hidden lives | five.tv

On now! honey i suckle the kids | hidden lives | five.tv Just seen an ad for this – anyone we know know anyone on there? I’ve never thought as elimination communication as more controversial than home education, but it’s … Continue reading

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Can you tell what it is yet?

Can you?

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feeling diffuse

We’re all lollygagging round the place atm, not quite sure what is wrong. Tim summed it up beautifully earlier by describing himself as ‘feeling diffuse’ – I responded that I could probably have done the shopping in half the time … Continue reading

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Badabingbadaboom

The house price boom reaches new heights… The boom is gaining pace across West Yorkshire…  

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getting organised

hah! It’s more like yet another procrastination attempt Anyway, I’ve just built a page on my affiliate links – dragging them all together in one place. This doesn’t mean I’ll stop sprinkling them throughout the daily story, but it does … Continue reading

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Beards are laziness

moustaches are vanity. Says Tim. (He’s now going on about it. As he does ) This was sparked by my rant about one of the characters on CSI suddenly appearing with a moustache. My theory was that he was trying … Continue reading

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I love our library (again)

Tonight Big read Night You Were Born (Orchard Picturebooks) to me. We got it at the library earlier this week, when they were selling off lots of books, 6 for £1. And as you know, we’ve a shortage of books … Continue reading

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Roche Abbey

Today we went to Roche Abbey We played hide and seek Admired the spots on a ladybird Threw Pooh sticks And waited for them to reappear   … and Small has learnt to play with the stream…

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liveotherwise books

New toy from amazon Been playing with it a bit tonight, haven’t quite managed to get it how I’d like and the categories are interesting to say the least, but it’s a start. liveotherwise books

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Been and gone again.

This morning Sarah-the-speech-therapist came around to assess Small’s progress. We know he is making astounding progress – this is a child who was to all intents and purposes non verbal at the start of this year, who now has a … Continue reading

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I want one of these!

A Toy President! Mind you Hero Builders are good too. I will pass on the talking Jesus though. I just think that is in terrible taste. Too bad even for me.

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meme of three

tagged by Carlotta 1.Things that scare me: War Climate change Our government. 2. People who make me laugh: Susan Nickson (writer of two pints of lager) Small Robin Williams 3. Things I hate the most: Reality tv (let me run … Continue reading

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Size, fashion and discrimination.

You know, since I had children, I’ve been a little larger than I was previously. It’s a fairly common complaint/ situation, there’s even an entire blog devoted to a celebration of it, the shape of a mother. In my case … Continue reading

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Bolsover

Today we went to Bolsover Castle. It is only two villages away, so of course, we haven’t been there in the six years since we moved here. Signed up for family membership to English Heritage while we were there (15 … Continue reading

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