In a bun dance

If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

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Dear Jo

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I hope you don’t mind if I call you Jo. JK seems a tad contrived.Now, Jo, I like a good read and I’ve really enjoyed all the Harry Potters. I’m not quite ordering ahead of publishing at Amazon, but I the last couple have found their way into my supermarket trolley within the first day […]

Well I never

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Apparently women over 40 drink the most and the boffins are baffled. Why don’t they find a 40-something woman sober enough to answer and ask her?Here are a selection of likely responses:“Here I am. Over here. Yes. I know you couldn’t see me at first. That’s because I’ve become invisible. Yes. It happens when we […]

just a mum…

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Instant karmaFeminism is the most revolutionary idea there has ever been. Equality for women demands a change in the human psyche more profound than anything Marx dreamed of. It means valuing parenthood as much as we value banking. Polly Toynbee in the Guardian, January 19, 1987Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,”script”,”twitter-wjs”);

Moroccan Lamb

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No. No. No. NO!This made me really cross. Not just ordinary cross, but hungry cross and, believe me, that’s not to be recommended.Here’s what the menu said: Moroccan Lamb Chunks of lamb cooked slowly in an exotically sweet & spicy sauce, finished with soured cream. Served with basmati rice and roasted vegetables. Had me fooled, […]

I think this might take a while

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We’ve moved on from the idea that another cludgy would be a good idea to wanting a full-on extension with a roof and everything. In my mind’s eye it’s fab – spacious and tidy (clearly the building fairies will spirit our clutter and junk away too). I’ve even figured out the kind of tiles on […]

Piece of cake?

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So I’ve decided to get a new car. Now I consider myself to be quite good at shopping therefore it should be really simple to get a new set of wheels. Just pick what you want, find it at the best price and hey presto.But no. It’s much more difficult than that…I started ever so […]

As hard to spell as it is to climb

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Last Sunday we were very blessed – the sun (you remember, big hot thing – makes your shoulders go pink) shone on the day we fixed to do the Aonach Eagach ridge. There’s usually a gasp at the mention of Glencoe’s fearsome ridge… and now I remember why. I’d done the ridge – considered to […]