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Nice busy old weekend
So then, is this why I never seem to get any jobs done around the house and have a pile in my 'to do' bowl like the towering inferno? Friday morning – PT at the gym and the joyous monthly weigh in – not an ounce on but not an ounce off, so a stern talking…
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Poor old Mumsy
Now what could that noise be? Ah, seems to be my phone ringing at 5.45am last Friday, and then the Mummy saga began.. Was Cathy on the phone in Clogland, who'd just had a call from Mum to say she couldn't get out of her bath and was stuck. Despite me never managing to persuade her to take…
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Cool Wedding Prezzo
Ah the 2011 Scott/Hawkes Wedding – the gift that keeps on giving! Had a delish supper chez Woodsie/Swight this week, preceded by the auspicious event of the wedding prezzie handover in our domestic filthbowl, judiciously dusted in honour of the great occasion. A BRILLIANT choice – a flat printed map of the world, in 'our'…
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Latest Prof results
Phew – all fairly good still, thank god. Paraprotein result just in today, is still 'on the scale' with a score of 2 – but it's the third time now that it's been the same (low) score, so it's so far, pretty stable. And most importantly not going up. Major, major relief and not back…
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The Little Nieces
So, one advantage of the visit to Holland last week for Jan's funeral was seeing the little nieceyplopses. Lily aged 3 – mostly trying to suffocate Daisy, but seen here in brief 'I like my little sister' mode, and Daisy - now 6 months old, sweet. And watching some lovely playing with Granny… here having her hair done…
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A Farewell to Jan Bruch
So, a bit of a sad one, as Mum's one brother – my Uncle Jan – died last week. He'd done so well, hanging on in there so many years and was a fair old 86 when it all finally came to a finish. I had a good conversation with him a week ago so…
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Well chuffed
So then, last week heralded the auspicious (suspicious? merititious? perditious? expeditious?) moment of my… Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrum rollllllllllllllllllll…………. 15 Year Anniversary At Added Value. Good grief! I was a mere stripling of 27 when I joind in September 1996 – with hockey hair, patent black interview shoes and a highly dubious wardrobe representing a homage to rayon. (OK, OK…
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Stig of the Dump
Firstly, that was one of my favourite books growing up, so I felt compelled to mention it to all you procreating people, as necessary reading for your many offpsring when they get to the right age. Up there in the literary stakes with The Cat in the Hat, Mallory Towers, St Clare's, Billy Bunter, The Secret…
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Annecy Dans La Pluie
OK, so southern France in September is meant to be nice, right? Well it ws 26 degrees and sunny before we came, then a deliciously chilly 10 degrees and honking with grey old rain for most of the 2 days we were there. Oh, except the first photo – make the most of Annecy in…
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Hatch’s 40th – 1980s revamped
So – check out these puppies – some of the pictorial evidence from Hatch's 40th showing how overly comfortable Hawksey is dressing as a make-up laden 1980 New Romantic, and how I should definitely lay off the white goth slap for a while…. Caspar the Friendly Ghost Gone Bad, eat your heart out.. Oh and…