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Gardening in Australia, AKA Dancing With Death
With forty-eight hours and thirty minutes to go, no, I’m not the teeniest bit nervous about the arrival of the rellies for Christmas. While one half of me can’t wait to wrap myself up in dad’s arms again and beg him to take me home to let me be a child again, the other half…
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Prioritizing Your Fucks This Christmas
Don’t get me wrong, I BLOODY LOVE CHRISTMAS, but there are certain seasonal chores necessary for its success that have lost their appeal over time. I give you: Making your own mince pies, pudding, gravy, stuffing or bread sauce Cooking a whole turkey, as opposed to a super-processed crown from the supermarket where the birds…
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I’ll Even Miss Her Drinking My Wine. Maybe.
Its been a long and exhausting week since child number-one finally decided to leave the nest a few weeks before Christmas. In fact, it has been so completely crazy helicoptering over the move, there’s been very little time to consider the emotional ramifications. While my daughter is a bright little cookie with a very practical, logical…
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The Naughty List And Outsourcing Parenting At Christmas
Anyway, according to my hairdresser, who planted the grapevine and is obviously the fount of all knowledge around here, there are now several Christmas apps where parents/kids can connect with Santa before Christmas. You input all your kid’s information into your phone – nickname, age, shoe size etc – so that Facebook nets all their personal…
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Heghan – There’s Something About Harry
I failed miserably to maintain the cynicism of my Royal Grinchness as I watched the Harry/Meghan engagement interview yesterday, although it is irritating how difficult it is to turn their names into some catchy moniker such as Kimye or Brangelina, which is why I’ve decided on Heghan. My apologies – I’ve used this phot before.…
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Turns out that aqua aerobics is really f
Turns out that aqua aerobics is really fun! http://ow.ly/LLGJ30gLiPx
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What do you get an older man who has eve
What do you get an older man who has everything and expensive tastes for Christmas? Budget $50.
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Aqua Aerobics: Welcome To The Middle-Aged Club Of Fitness
Firstly, I believe that this is an appropriate opportunity for me to issue a formal apology to those women that do aqua-aerobics, that I may have slighted in the past with a secret snigger of immaturity as I swaggered past them, head held high, towards the fast lane of the pool. Because yesterday, I joined…
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What Do You Do When Your Daughter Rejects The Most Sacrosanct Of Family Christmas Traditions?
There has been a rollercoaster of changes in our house recently, all of which are interfering with the slow and steady build up to Christmas and my preparations that I pride myself on each year. That’s the thing about this stage of parenting – one minute you’re stumbling along in a fug of wet-towel-on-the-floor acceptance,…
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The Proudest Achievement Of The Modern World Should Be How We Break Down The Walls Of Inequality
If ever there was a period of time where it’s possible to believe that genuinely bad people do exist, it is probably right now. With daily mass shootings in the US, terrorist bombings all over the world, the ongoing abuse of women and the surge of a far-right movement – it is hard not to…
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Not Exactly Leaving The Nest…But Close
I drove NC to the airport at stupid o’clock this morning. They might not have flown the nest quite yet, but it turns out we have two budding explorers in the family, and from the perspective of two parents that rarely leave the house these days, I see their recent adventures as a reaffirmation that…
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