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Antici-Pater
How this fine, fine weather raises the spirits. Mo had another ante-natal hospital appointment, all is well and, though tired, her form is top. That means mine is pretty good too ( Read more... ) -
Reverie
My dream:
Boring, boring, I know. I'm just keeping my hand in.( Read more... ) -
All Change
Last week we attended the last of both sets of ante-natal classes. Three of the women in our group have since given birth. Mo is good to go. Could be weeks, could be...much sooner. My beloved is eager - her body is continually putting her through practice paces. She springs a sort of labour emergency-stop test on me on occasion - strolling through ( Read more... ) -
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I just finished assembling the cot.
Bloody hell, it's all getting a bit real, this.
Four weeks til due date. -
Lovingly Dishonest
This weekend brings St Patrick's Day, Mother's Day and me oul Irish Granny's 101st birthday. ( Read more... ) -
Singing Hallelujah with fear in my heart
Grabbing a few minutes to update; as of Monday I am under the lash of Bro 2. We're sharing an office now (and for a place which I had a large hand in setting up, it looks ok) and he is such a, let us say, capricious fellow that the situation has me on edge much of the time. Also, I'm a strange-o who has become too used to ignoring the normal usages ( Read more... ) -
Arresting things my dentist has said
- First in an occasional series:
Now, I've just got to seal the root canal, so you'll hear a little sizzle on your tooth. I did too, and saw, as I lay helpless, smoke rising from my instrument-crowded mouth as well. I think some dental journal must run a competition in which fang-wranglers compete to see how much junk they can pile in a patients ( Read more... ) -
We will look back and laugh and think 'We thought we were tired and busy THEN?'
Aw, poor wee journal, have I been neglecting you? I even forgot your birthday - two years old last Thursday. ( Read more... ) -
Is it safe?
I said all I need to say about the necropolis of tortured enamel that is my mouth back here. So just an ill-tempered word about this morning's visit to my dentist ( Read more... ) -
Paint-stained schmoozing and Scotland's greatest living writer
We finished painting the nursery over the weekend, praise be. ( Read more... )