Category Archives: Ma

What We Learn

London is getting pretty hot this week and I’ve been doing the traditional Nic thing of falling asleep and then waking up an hour later and then taking an hour to fall back to sleep. And repeat all bloody night… … Continue reading

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February Photos – Part Two

Not a good place to park. 16 February. Or, how I almost died on the way to work.Blue-ish Sky. 17 February. Morning photo Gold Shoes. 17 February. A different journey to work because of train failure and someone with a shiny pair … Continue reading

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Words to live by

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Jillian’s Birthday Cake

If you’ve been around here for any amount of time, you’ll have worked out that my Ma and I are very close. It wasn’t always this way, according to her I was a teenage nightmare! I always reply to that … Continue reading

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Last week

Well last week was a surprisingly social week. I generally don’t plan social events for school nights but it turned out that this week was all about catching up with some of my oldest friends. I met Christelle and Mike for an … Continue reading

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Last week

Like last week I’m going to talk about the various things I did in the week just gone. There were blue nails.. Turkey burgers Some sunshine Thursday night wine (it was that kind of a week, wine was necessary!) A … Continue reading

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Saturday – Eating this week

One of the disadvantages of living alone and on a budget is that my eating isn’t exactly exciting. I like how I eat but it’s very rarely spontaneous, I have a menu plan, I stick to the menu plan, which … Continue reading

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Builder woes or why I am more than usually grumpy..

Remember how last Sunday, I moved out of the house so the builder could fix my bedroom window and re-plaster that wall? Originally, I was planning on being back on Thursday but that didn’t happen because the work wasn’t finished … Continue reading

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Living with mother

I was at hoping to be at home today, but I’m still at Ma’s and will be until Friday. On Friday night we are staying in Watford and I will finally be back in my house on Saturday! Living with … Continue reading

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An old cup and the importance and unimportance of things

Can you remember what you used to eat for breakfast when you were a child? I was thinking about this on Monday and I remember, boiled egg and soldiers, cheese on toast and toast a lot (I didn’t like milk … Continue reading

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