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Cybher, collective bias and my conscience.

May 15, 2013 By Jax Blunt 11 Comments

I thought until a week or so back that I wasn't going to make it to Cybher this year. I'd put a few very tentative calls out for a sponsor, but got no bites, and couldn't quite see how I could afford … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: blog for good, Blogging, It's where it is Tagged With: boycotts, collective bias, Cybher, Nestle

Happiness

May 14, 2013 By Jax Blunt 1 Comment
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Happiness is: family film nights with homemade popcorn, walking to the beach for games in the sand, bubbles in the garden, books at bedtime … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: It's where it is Tagged With: happiness, limetree, Sand Angel

That was then, this is now.

May 13, 2013 By Jax Blunt 10 Comments
Four of us

1983. Prehistoric times. My children ask me if it was colour by then (they've swallowed their father's tale that the world was black and white when he was growing up). The answer is barely and … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: It's where it is Tagged With: change, competition entry, diet, SpecialK30

Blog birthday giveaway: Panasonic Slimline Combination Microwave

May 12, 2013 By Jax Blunt
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Do you fancy helping me celebrate my 10 year blogaversary? I'd love it if you would. I've got some great ideas on how to celebrate, and the first thing I'm doing is giving away this microwave from … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: giveaway Tagged With: blogaversary, John Lewis, microwave

Silent Sunday 12 May 2013

May 12, 2013 By Jax Blunt 3 Comments
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Filed Under: It's where it is

Saturday snippets 11 May 2013

May 11, 2013 By Jax Blunt 4 Comments
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{Travelling} to Kentwell for open day. {Seeing} lots of friends. {Meeting} imaginary people. Hello taming the goblin :) {Cuddling} snotty grotty miserable boy for two hours of nap failure. {Eating} … [Continue reading...]

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Read 52: Just Imagine with a What are They Thinking?! giveaway.

May 10, 2013 By Jax Blunt

I don't seem to have had time for any reading for myself this week. But we got a fabulous book through for Smallest to review, and it's been a great one to spend lots of time talking to her about. … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Book club, giveaway, review Tagged With: Just imagine, Nick Sharratt, What are they thinking, WW Norton

Emotions.

May 9, 2013 By Jax Blunt 14 Comments
sunset

It's been a day of high emotions for no particular reason here. Small has had several moments of unhappiness - grazed fingers when he was helping with the washing, and then a variety of … [Continue reading...]

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The Mazda DPF fault that wasn’t.

May 8, 2013 By Jax Blunt 8 Comments
Cambridge library children's area

Regular readers may recall my painful experience earlier this year with a DPF failure on our Mazda 6. What I don't think I've blogged, though I know I tweeted, is that the saga didn't end there. We … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: ranting or raving Tagged With: breakdown, BritMums, DPF, Mazda, RAC

Walkers Hoops and Crosses – sponsored review.

May 7, 2013 By Jax Blunt 2 Comments
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Home educating four children means that from time to time we Go Out. On days out I have to do packed lunches for 4no 5 people now. That means two types of bread, three types of fillings, and assorted … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: monkey, review, walkers hoops and crosses

Bubbles in the garden.

May 6, 2013 By Jax Blunt 13 Comments
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The other night at dinner it became apparent that Small doesn't know how the family works. He doesn't know that some of what I do online earns money. And he doesn't appear to have noticed shopping, … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: It's where it is Tagged With: Bubbles, equality, garden
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Where I’m from

I am from the cul de sac, from Black Jacks and paper bags of penny sweets. I am from the ordinary semi that grew and grew to fit in the … [Read More...]

Desiderata of blogging

with apologies to Max Ehrmann. Go placidly amid the blogs and the tweets, and remember what peace there may be in going offline. As … [Read More...]

Unheard cheerleaders.

Yesterday in the car on the way to a friend's house, I asked Big some more about the swimming gala. To be precise, I asked if she could hear … [Read More...]

Productivity and how not to do it.

I have, as has been mentioned many times before, a todo list problem. My todo list is out of control. If I'm catching up online with … [Read More...]

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