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Six things to do on a snow day

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    Hurrah! The Beast From The East has finally arrived and all schools in the region have been shut. The view from the window is blizzardy. It’s probably a bit chilly, but I haven’t ventured out yet. I’m listening to a radio phone-in of people reporting the whiteness where they are (not that interesting […]

Snow, in January, who’d have thought?

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I’m looking out on what has been called, of late and on social media, a winter wonderland, but what, in reality, is what you’d expect to see at this time of year, in this part of the country. If your community needs help clearing the roads and sidewalks that are burred in snow, call on […]

New year new snooze: Is smart sleeping even a thing and is it worth thinking about?

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Remember when sleeping was just a matter of lying down and shutting your eyes? I was brilliant at it – talented. My only concern was that I wasn’t particularly good at doing it on public transport or for all that long after the sun came up. But I could do it pretty much anywhere else […]

Christmas: How to cope when it isn’t your turn to have the kids

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I wrote this a couple of Christmases ago and I was reminded of it when I saw another mum chum going through similar this year.  Every other year Boys One and Two spend Christmas with their dad. We’ve been doing it this way for 15 years now. So that’s around seven December 25ths I’ve spent […]

The parenting milestones no one tells you about

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It’s possible that before you conceive your first child, milestones are just those old things beside the road or on the set of a panto. Somewhere that Mr Whittington does his turning. You know? But that doesn’t last long. Soon everything is measured out and ticked off – compared to the average, or to her […]