Category Archives: Family
I’ve kissed dating good bye
I bet there is no surprise there, I’ve been married to the Hubster for almost 15 years. While on Holiday I read Joshua Harris’s book ‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye’. You may wonder why a women in her 30’s who has been married for a long time wanted to read a book about dating. I have [...]
Beans for miles
Homely Wife has been on holiday. This year we actually went away, to the South Island. Being homely sort people we don’t do this very often. Holidays are supposed to leave you feeling rested. I’m not sure that this works for our family, all I seemed to get was bad dose of sunburn and grumpy [...]
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Silly Season
I have been absent in my blog duties for a while. This is because I have too much stuff to do. This week is going to be mad. Monday: I have to go to the Police Station and make a victim impact statement. See Friday for why I’m doing this. I also have to cook [...]
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Zoo to you
It seems that the behaviour of children is soliciting some media attention again. This article highlights that a survey conducted in Britain for Barnardos found 54% of adults thought children behaved like animals. Barnardos was disturbed by this finding. They thought it showed “unjustified and disturbing intolerance of children”. If ‘most’ children are not troublesome, [...]
Hello, any one there?
Stand by for more regular posts. I have had major ‘stuff’ happen in my life this year. Who know that was going to happen? (Well God I guess). Anyway I have finished with university for the year. So I’m planning to air my opinions more often. The first new innovation will be a review of [...]
Birthday girl
I introduced G1 as being aged 8. Well not any more. Today is her 9th birthday. Here she is with her mocha sponge-roll birthday cake. This year I’m particularly struck by the fact that she is growing in to a young women. This has led me to reflect on my role in her life. I [...]
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