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Slightly South of Sanity
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Like Bridget Jones meets motherhood - but with Strongbow instead of Chardonnay and blokes called Dave instead of Darcy.
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A River Runs Through It

So, those of you residing in the UK, may have notice that the rain finally stopped and kind of overnight we went from thermal vest and potentially ear muffs to t-shirts and flip flops weather.  ...

3 days ago

Strange Love

Sorry slacking again.....but all is good so lets get on with it. We havent talked about Badger Girl for a while so lets.  For once lets not talk about me.  Badger Girl is alive and wel...

19 may 12

Its been a long time coming but I know a change is gonna come...

Well Ive been getting complaints. Complaints that Im not blogging often enough.Im sorry, Im sorry! Although Im also very flattered and love ya all.  Well maybe not ALL of you - maybe not the man...

25 apr 12

Wiggle It Just a Little Bit

Well this blog post WAS going to be backed up with a photo of me semi-dressed but  those of you hoping for flesh shots will be disappointed to hear  that the phone the photo was on was stol...

25 mar 12

I Gotta Little Something For Ya.......

Ok Ok you need to know what happened to the ladybird. Well - after much deliberation it was decided (by the look of its legs - allegedly) that it was the BAD ladybird. The dreaded Harlequin...

22 mar 12

The Ladybird Assassins

Apart from the health aspects and increased general risk of dying, I really dont know why people worry so much about getting older.  If you are lucky enough to keep your health and mobility (and...

06 mar 12

Of God and Elephants

So its Parents Evening time again!Yipee (said through gritted teeth).The verdict on Second Son (officially the youngest child in the school) is that hes err young (funny that!) and as I am sure you a...

11 feb 12

Octo-Pants

So I get back from Asda today, with a box of cat food under one arm, 24 plastic clothes hangers squashed up against my torso and enough Hula Hoops to feed an army and stumble over the post on my door...

03 feb 12

The Inspector Called...

Hello People. I am here with you courtesy of the Inland Revenue.  Im trying to do my annual tax return before they put in me in prison with hungry crocodiles or whatever they do these days but g...

22 jan 12

An Inspector Calls

Well HAPPY NEW YEAR!We made it folks - in one shape or another, here we are in 2012. I  would like to say a big good luck and hope its a good one for you to all my lovely followers who keep me g...

01 jan 12

Decks the Hall with Boughs of Sorrow

Well thats that over and done with.Its Boxing Day and Im still here.  The children had a lovely time trying not choke on Ferraro Roche and tattooing me with stegosaurus ink stamps (the...

26 dec 11

Catering for Zombies

Ok so if you read this blog you are probably used to the surreal (and the downright ridiculous) but even I (after many years of living with this life) sometimes pause and look back at the day in hand...

28 nov 11

Strand Tests are for Wimps

Many years ago this blog started with me searching the internet for ways to save cream coloured cushions from a tsunami of red wine - I think I ended up soaking them in litres of milk - so it seems q...

11 nov 11

Time Out

So we wanted a weekend away – having funand forgetting about our responsibilities.So we went to Birmingham.Don’t ask – I don’t even really knowwhy.  We started out looking at cheapTravelodge dea...

24 oct 11

Here Cometh the Silence

I have a bit of a blog block.  I barely seem able to get on the lap top these days and I can only blog from the lap top (I do have access to computers in two of my three jobs but there is no way...

23 oct 11

Bumfit

So my life continues to fall apart around my ears. Yawn yawn yawn.  You dont need to hear all this (although it is all actually quite fascinating from a bystanders point of view).But the good th...

07 oct 11

Be Careful What You Wish For...

So - as you all know I have had some issues with the hall I use for my teaching.  Issues including fig-roll stealing-Orange Club raffling-line hopping-chain smoking ancients, a roof that leaks b...

20 sep 11

The Dog Days Really ARE Over

So, as I hinted in my last post, my mums other dog died. This post will therefore contain potentially offensive subject matter about dead dogs. Again. You have been warned. Now the poor thing was abo...

08 sep 11

The Dying Days

And so here we are in the dying days of August. August - the month of dying. This is a kind of catch up blog post and I warn you now - its not all laughs. There are wry laughs in it and feel free to ...

26 aug 11

And With These Cakes I Blind You....

So Im back in the den of the Fig Rolls stealing, you wear pretty clothes, for a big girl, Line Dance stomping ancients. And their wrath.Yes, back in their hallowed village hall to try and prepare peo...

30 jul 11

The Voices

Not long ago I was standing out the back of Badger Girls shop, which happens to be a rather beautiful church yard (if you can see past the over flowing bins, people hanging around waiting for their m...

05 jul 11

Beaver Feaver

So tonight I bust my Beaver virginity and attended my first ever meeting of The Colony.Seriously.They call it The Colony.I had had no previous experience with Beavers, what with being a girl and all ...

29 jun 11

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

Now let me start this post by saying that I am immensely grateful for EVERY moment of childcare my mother ever provides me with. Having done years and years with no babysitters or childcare or help o...

18 jun 11

But Bumble Bees Dont Wear Thongs....

Its 5pm on a Friday afternoon and whereas in a far distant parallel Universe called When I Had a Normal(ish) Life I would have been hitting the pub for a few post work Strongbows, Im now trying to sh...

30 may 11

You Gotta Roll with It....

Wow - sorry about the rather large blogging gap there people. Dont worry I havent been to rehab (yet), sectioned (yet) or in fact even had my hernia fixed. No I was busy picking up the crumbs of my d...

26 may 11

Easter (the continutation )

As you may recall, I was giving you some suggestions as to what to do with small children should you find yourself responsible for them at any point of the Easter Celebrations (or in fact during the ...

21 apr 11

Top 10 Things to do with your Kids this Easter!

Well we are in the midst of the Easter Holidays.Which if you have small children probably means you have heard the words Im bored or where are we going? more than once. Or twice. And it probably also...

19 apr 11

Fun at the, erm, Beach....

Ahh here we are again - the new dawn of Easter. A very fine time of year indeed. Sorry for my rather scatty blogging of late - I have started yet another part-time job and have found myself so utterl...

16 apr 11

Laugh and the World Laughs with You - but not if theyre listening to songs about Asda

So Badger Girl (my friend...the one who gets me to remove dead badgers from her buildings, test her on the anatomy of stallions and runs a ladieswear shop full of clothes that leave your bits highly ...

03 apr 11

Half a Boiled Potato Will Not Save Us

Dear Mother,I know Ive raised this issue before, but keeping that half a boiled potato on the wire shelf of your fridge will not save us in the event of global lockdown, outbreak of war or famine. Ev...

17 mar 11

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