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Month: December 2017

Slim Odds

December 30, 2017 by NunntheWiser

I am not very ashamed to admit that since the shops started stocking mince pies in October, TheBloke (TM) and I have nibbled our way through at least ten packets of them (this is a very conservative estimate). This is excluding the two batches of 12 homemade mince pies I made. At a rough conservative … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family, Food Tagged: competition, competitiveness, diet, healthy eating, losing weight, new year's resolutions, weight loss

Yule log

December 23, 2017 by NunntheWiser
EldestGirl and YoungestGirl in the bath

Before we had children, a night out was incredibly simple, the most complex part being remembering to feed the cat before we left. A leisurely shower, a lick of make-up, a fresh pair of jeans and we were ready to hit the town. Nowadays we never go out. Never. Except our lovely neighbours had invited … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family, Potty training, toddler Tagged: bath poo, children, children bath, christmas, christmas party, night out with children, social life

Nativity Naivety

December 15, 2017 by NunntheWiser
EldestGirl prays sarcastically at her nativity

EldestGirl took part in her first school play this week. It was a nativity, which our budding atheist was not delighted by. However, the lure of the spotlight proved too much; after the nine millionth time that she moaned about the vicar’s assembly, we asked her if she wanted to be withdrawn from religious activities, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reception Tagged: atheism, atheist nativity, christmas, narrator, nativity, nativity play, reception, vicars

Mark my Words

December 8, 2017 by NunntheWiser
Dont open until 2003

“I am not happy about this.” TheBloke (TM)’s tone was less than dulcet. “Who is Mark?” “Huh?” I said, intelligently. “Who is this Mark?” I mentally ran through every Mark I had ever met: three gas engineers (they are all called Mark; it’s a requirement of the job. So much so that I call the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family Tagged: childhood diaries, childhood memories, exercise book, true love

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