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I have been given the most amazing early christmas present ever!

My lovely mum is paying for me and the icklebabe motley crew to go on holiday in January to Egypt. Such a lovely lovely thought and the idea of languishing all inclusive on a far away beach for a week in deepest darkest January sounds sooo apealing but there is just one thing filling me with dread….

Well two if I’m honest, the first is taking an 11 month old Milly on five hour plane journey… hmmm… she is very good girl but like all little nippers has attention span of very small gnat, so unless they allow her to speed crawl up and down the isles of the plane or let me  hand out copious amounts of valium to everyone with their complementary peanuts we could be in trouble! Maybe a generous dose of calpol will be in order

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rainbowbright

After a whole 2 weeks of trips to casualty , swine flu,ear infections and teething babies I have come to a conclusion… I no longer want to be a grown up, I want to opt out, throw in the towel, resign my position, give up my post… ok I will stop now, but you get my point!

I have decided I want to be young and care free again and before you think I am having some kind of midlife crisis I don’t mean go back to my teens or twenties ( I never much liked that part if I am really honest! to much pretending to be having a great time whilst wondering whether I looked under dressed or over dressed, over made up or under made up and whether when I danced I looked like I was doing the funky chicken… oh the shame!!) no,  I mean going back to around six.

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Blackberries are Autumn!

He, he, he!… before you say it, I know my bad spelling is now  legendary but  I do know  it doesn’t actually spell blackberries ! no, to me blackberries are Autmn along with conkers, Halloween and toffee apples. (more…)