I’ve posted this statement on a couple of online discussions lately. Sometimes people have engaged with me about it; other times it’s been ignored. I don’t wear lipstick, blusher, mascara or eye shadow Ever. I used to but it made my face feel heavy and I was never very good at applying it. I didn’t like...
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I’ve suffered from sore knees for years now. When I was 14 I tore the meniscus in my right knee while doing Tae Kwon Do and ended up having surgery to trim and repair it. For the rest of my teens, my knee didn’t bother me too badly but sometimes I would have a twinge, or my knee would lock. Sometimes I’d have to...
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This was the question I, and about 30 other parents and interested parties, found ourselves discussing this morning in the lower school hall. Currently our children go to two schools, an infant and a junior one that effectively share a site. The infant school is run on the lower floor of the 1930′s brick building, the junior...
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Almost five months after we got home from our summer holiday in Namibia and South Africa, I have finally finished the first draft of my travel book about our road trip. Basically, it’s the story of our adventures in Namibia, while exploring the question, ‘Do you have to be utterly mad to drive 4 children around Namibia...
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I had three people compliment me on my hair last week. They said they liked my highlights and thought they were really natural. This amused me as any ‘highlights’ I have are about as natural as you can get. I’m not one to spend a lot of time on my hair but until about 12 months ago, I used to get it dyed...
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This was me this morning. No, it’s not actually a photo of me; I lifted it off the Internet where it’s more commonly labelled ‘Mother Shouting’, but it depicts me as I was this morning. Shouting. A lot. The real thing is a whole lot less attractive. And just as well that’s a photo you are looking at,...
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