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Note to a mother-to-be: on chaos.
Chaos is when the boys have taken all the cushions off all the couches, spread them with blankets (and clean - well, previously clean - laundry), and then abandoned them in favour of lego and jigsaw puzzles...
and then leapt around the room on top of everything roaring at each other!
Welcome to motherhood! You're going to love it! -
Oh my giraffe!
Everyone has to make a giraffe and post it here: http://www.olahelland.net/giraffes -
Love and marriage
Something I read in a book yesterday by Joyce Huggett. She was quoting someone else, I've forgotten who, even forgotten the actual quote, and the title of the book, but the general gist of it stuck ( Read more... ) -
Praying for a better night.
Last night, a short while after I'd switched off the light, Sam rolled over and looked at the clock. Wow! he said, it's not even 11'o clock! We snuggled down and enjoyed the thought of a decent night's sleep for a change ( Read more... ) -
Sam's Recipe for a Wife's Birthday Dinner Stew
- Chop beef, onions, celery
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Whew, I'm knackered...
Been a long day. Did lots. That's not what I wanted to write about ( Read more... ) -
Big Person Jokes
Mr 3: I'm all full.
Grandad: You can get down from the table then. ...[to Mr 5] See, I didn't make the silly joke about being "awful" that time.
Mr 5: My daddy makes silly jokes too.
Grandad: Like what?
Mr 5: Like you. But not as well. -
Small Person Jokes
Daddy: What's brown and sticky?
Mr 5: Um, you? -
Small Person Language Part III
Daddy: No more horsing around!
Mr 3: No, I was cowing around, and [Mr 5] was birding around. -
Boys with girls' toys
Our neighbour S just gave us an enormous, very pink, plastic dolls' house with a large car, a large family, and a large amount of stuff to go with it ( Read more... )