… if it all pans out, i’ve worked out a mutually beneficial agreement with 2 people, Lucy and Mummy-Flower, which will mean that i’m only going to have to pack parcels one day out of 5 from now on. So add in the nursery (must fill in forms) and the student (must ask for another) […]

… so the story goes, i looked round the living room, said “you know what, we’ve painted this room half silk and half matt so you better repaint one half because i’m having a baby.” And then i went and sat in the bath to try and make it stop, but it didn’t and at […]

So, we made it back in time for the rehearsals… i am no longer bad dancing mummy. Today Max was off but Emma the student was here; she did fantastically and kept the kids occupied with stories (Something to tell the Grandcows and While the bear Sleeps) EC work and then about 3 hours of […]

It’s been done in plenty of places by now… so i’ll just blog my most memorable moments. Suffice to say really that it was easily my favourite Melrose so far; really relaxed, friendly, gentle with lovely community spirit and plenty of time to sit back and be, which i sorely needed. Highlights included: Meeting marcus, […]

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Right, where was i? Did forget my entertaining trip into town on Thursday night, which took place during Fran and Maddys double Rainbows/Brownies stay. I had 75 minutes to get the kids a wedding outfit each, plus myself and do sundry other odds and sods. I walked into town to discover that Pumpkin Patch without […]

Well, it seems everyone else got snow, but we got nothing more than a few patches of it here and there. Very disappointing. Had a lovely couple of days with my sister and here two; Fran adored playing big sister to 5 and both of them were a big hit with most of mine. Not […]

Which of my reprobates daughters would say this? “When horses get married, the lady one shows the boy one her bottom straight away…”

Didn’t seem like anyone was up for going really so we are rescheduling for Feb 🙂

I just stepped on Kirsty 🙁 Wail. Fortunately, she very obligingly came apart in her component pieces and i’ve put her all back together again and no one will ever know. Oh. Oops.