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Month: December 2016

Shopping Myself

December 21, 2016 by NunntheWiser

Earlier today, YoungestGirl and I were shopping at Aldi Waitrose when I heard a lady in a wheelchair ask a member of staff if they had any fresh lobster. The member of staff could not have cared less, suggested they might be in tomorrow and told her they definitely didn’t have them. Two minutes later, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Food Tagged: Aldi, Waitrose, YoungestGirl

Cream of the crop: Aveeno Baby

December 16, 2016 by NunntheWiser

YoungestGirl’s absolute favourite thing in the world is pulling the cat’s fur out, and trying to eat it. Her second favourite thing in the world is waiting until you’ve taken her dirty nappy off, and then reaching her hands in for a good old scratch. If I remember in time, I can sometimes distract her … [Read more…]

Posted in: Baby, Health, Reviews Tagged: Aveeno, Aveeno Barrier Cream, barrier cream, bath, cream, eczema, EldestGirl, Emoillient wash, Reviews, teething, YoungestGirl

Airing my dirty dishes

December 12, 2016 by NunntheWiser

TheBloke (TM) and I have fundamentally different ideas about what the dishwasher is for. This is interesting, because if you had asked me, age 15, what a dishwasher was for, I would have said primarily it was for washing dishes, but also for arguing with my brother about whose turn it was to empty it. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family, Food Tagged: dishwasher, food, TheBloke

Water, water everywhere

December 6, 2016 by NunntheWiser

For the last four days, water has been pouring through the ceiling of one of the properties we rent out. Evil slumlords that we are (we’re totally not), it has been almost impossible to rectify this problem because the origin of the leak is in the flat above… and we have had no way of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Baby, Preschooler, Property Tagged: buy to let, christmas, leak, mince pies, teething, tenants, work life balance

More Pinter than Pinterest

December 2, 2016 by NunntheWiser

A Three-Hander Dinnertime Play by Nunn the Wiser   Characters: EldestGirl – age 4 YoungestGirl – age 1 Mummy – age 37 Late twenties   Mummy: Dinner’s ready! EldestGirl: (bereft) You know I don’t like raw carrots, Mummy? Why would you make them? Mummy: Because you’re having a sandwich and I couldn’t be arsed to cook them raw carrots go … [Read more…]

Posted in: Baby, Family, Food, Preschooler Tagged: dialogue, dinner, EldestGirl, family food, mealtime, raisins, YoungestGirl

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