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Is it really asking too much? (Rant Alert)
I seem to be asking this more often these days, to myself of course because I’m not deluded enough to think this question would actually be heard or responded to! Here are a few examples which have been going round my head over the past few days. Is it really asking too much to be…
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Looking for colour among lots of grey!
The amount of cloud and rain we’ve had over the last couple of days has been less than inspiring if I’m being honest but I did my best to find some colour in the garden just to prove there actually is some. I have to say it was pouring rain when I took all those…
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Kitchen Fail – beware YouTube recipes!
I like to experiment in the kitchen as well as the garden but sometimes they don’t work out too well so I’ll be more careful about YouTube recipes from now on! I’d made a lovely dinner – some chicken noodley thing with various veg thrown in. I found a packet of some tasty spicy paste…
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Are customers really a ‘hassle’ to stores now?
A recent trip to our local Co-op has led me to believe some of the staff there see us as a ‘hassle’ they have to deal with. The store is not very big but it does have a few checkouts in a row, even though I’ve only ever seen 1 of them in use. Most…
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Pure Positivity
To round this week off, I decided to do a post about all things positive from the week. To begin with, we have had a good start to our home-schooling term and I’m so happy that Macbeth has been well received! I have lots of ideas for us to learn about together – yes I…
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Back to routine
We started back with our home-schooling today and it went reasonably well. I was looking forward to showing Dearest Son what I had planned but he didn’t seem too impressed (reason for this will be explained in a bit). I don’t buy in a certain curriculum, preferring to take bits from various sources as needed.…
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Picture practise
I took some pictures today while out with our dog Scooby, I was needing to practise. You see, someone very very kindly gave me a new mobile phone which has a much better camera than my old one. The trouble is I am not very tech savvy and it took me a while to figure…
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Organising our home-school supplies
We are gearing up to start our new year of home-schooling and I’ve been busy! I have the first term mapped out and a few ideas for other topics to introduce later in the year but the corner we have to keep our supplies was leaving me less than inspired. I showed it in yesterdays…
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Bargains, organising and plans!
I’ve had a pretty busy day and I’d like to show you what I’ve done so far and let you in on what is next. We have a place not far from us which is next to the local recycling centre, i.e. dump, which sells stuff people don’t want anymore. It used to be really…
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It’s great to get a win
A day of wins today which I will not take for granted! The first major win of the day was the MOT. I put my car in for it’s annual test and I usually use a garage not far from here. However, after talking to my hairdresser a couple of months ago, I went to…
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The best laid plans – led to something else!
We had planned a beach trip this afternoon but we ended up doing something completely different. I had grand plans of taking Dearest Son to the beach for the afternoon and getting some wonderful shots of the North Sea to show you its splendour and maybe even a dolphin or two. We took the car…
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When the harvest is over
I am not saying the harvest is completely over but something did occur to me the other day when I was picking some peas at the allotment. We’ve had a great pea harvest this year and the plant I was picking from is showing the tell-tale signs it is coming to the end of it’s…
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