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201/365 Lookout, there’s a heatwave about…

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Honest, I think it’s all gone to our heads. I spent most of today in the office of a Sunday Newspaper and the other item on the rolling news – apart from the none-arrival of the third in line to the throne and the sad death of Mel Smith – was the dangerous weather. Reporters the length […]

200/365 It Disney take much

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  To make Boy Three happy. Today it was a princess spinner at the Mickey Mouse Rockin’ Roadshow at Braehead. Lots of fun with Tigger, Mickey, Buzz, Jessie and the gang – plus some fellow called Jacob I didn’t remember from any Disney offering.   Posted with Blogsy

Help – my child is fat.

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For months I’ve been ignoring it, pretending it would go away.Then my son got a letter home from school pointing out in black and white that his BMI is too high. In short he’s heavier than someone his height should be.The local health board offers comforting sources of advice and support, but surely I don’t […]

Review: bar stool from Debenhams

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This is the problem (or one of them anyway) in my kitchen. There’s a breakfast bar where the Boys sit for breakfast, but I only have two proper sized stools and there’s always a fight for who gets to sit on them.  So when Debehnams offered me the chance to review a new fancy pants […]