tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38783679386128636102024-03-13T16:25:13.653-07:00Making it to the Top of My Own Listmaking it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-28436683717118927732020-06-16T07:30:00.001-07:002020-06-16T07:30:50.847-07:00You might need to re-subscribe<b>Hello again,</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>I think the subscription emails might have gone by the wayside, so if you do find me again, you may need to re-subscribe. I do apologise - technology beyond my understanding or control. I promise to blog more often to make it worth your while!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>If you are an old subscriber and you did get an email without re-subscribing, do let me know. I would hate to have lost everyone!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Have a good day!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>MITTTOMOL</b></div>making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-74473216605596145422020-06-16T03:40:00.002-07:002020-06-16T03:41:19.642-07:00The Six Million Dollar Bracelet<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When she was four and a half,
Daughter bought me a bracelet with a locket on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect she had help; she’s always been
smart but she wasn’t tall enough to reach over the counter at that age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a silver bracelet with a heart that
says ‘I love you Mummy’ on the front and ‘There’s not a Mummy in the world more
special than you’ on the back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cheesy,
right? But of course my most treasured possession.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When it was new, the locket was
anchored on to a particular link on the bracelet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was where it should be at all times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wore this bracelet 24/7, and there the
heart was, same place all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
about a year later, out with the girls for a meal, it fell off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, it dropped onto my lap and I was
able to take it to the jewellers and get it fixed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I didn’t get it fixed on to a link, on
the advice of the jeweller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So suddenly,
it wasn’t exactly where I thought it was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It moved up and down, caused a bit of distraction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And then you guessed it; the
bracelet itself broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had this
bracelet for over seven years now, and have paid twice its’ worth in repairs
and replacements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s almost in Trigger’s
Broom category (‘I’ve had this broom twenty years…five new heads and seven new
handles…’).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I’m on bracelet number
seven, and the locket itself is the Six Million Dollar Man of lockets (We have
the power to rebuild him…).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been
soldered shut, because it kept flying open at inopportune moments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s had the link that holds it on to the
link that holds it on to the bracelet completely rebuilt (at a cost greater
than the original gift, I might add).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
had a stronger link to bracelet made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
got stuck for a while on a bangle, and for the first time in years
(notwithstanding all the time it had been in repair!) I didn’t wear it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was odd, not wearing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was nice that it didn’t clank on the
table, or get caught in certain sleeves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But I felt a bit bare, like something was missing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daughter noticed I wasn’t wearing it, and 48
hours later I took delivery of bracelet number seven, polished it up and put it
back on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do love jewellery, but in
this time of not leaving the house, not even my wedding rings are being worn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing but this bracelet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a bit noisy sometimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it stops me from sleeping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it gets in the way of work or
chores.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I don’t take it off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because although it can be a pain, it’s
bright and shiny, it looks nice, it’s a distraction (largely from boring
meetings) and gives me something to do (zooming it up and down the bracelet in
boring meetings, which is probably what wore the link away in the first place),
it makes me smile and above all it reminds me I’m loved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Writer’s disclaimer – for those
fully on board with the jewellery as a metaphor for child theme, please do note
that you can’t buy replacements for your child on Amazon J</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 312 of working from home…and
learning from home…and homing from home…What’s that you say?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s only Day 2?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
feel I may have been a bit premature with my 5:45 glass of wine then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Must try harder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it’s all a bit odd isn’t
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For everyone, I know I’m no
different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve got a List of Things to
Do and am wondering about adding ‘running a book about how many of the things I’ll
actually do’ to the list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s all good
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this extra time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually I have about five minutes an evening
to myself, what with child collecting, dinner, lunches, washing, homework, hair
washing etc etc, and suddenly there’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">all
this time</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was literally ripping
clean clothes from the fellow housemates today as I’d emptied the washing
basket yesterday (in scheduled breaks and lunchtime, of course).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m saving ironing, don’t want to peak too
soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a bath, cleansing mask and
moisturising mask, meditated, watched some TV, and then it was 7pm!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha, I joke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was half past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, amid all the worry, I am trying to think
of the stuff I can do, books I can read, learning to do, blogs to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say be more adventurous with cooking, but
you know, delivery subs and all that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although it might make meal times more exciting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I hadn’t banked on was the
absolute horror of video meetings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
looking down at my screen and the effect is horrendous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we could only see someone else’s
eyebrows, not hear someone else and a few were surrounded by the most heavenly
light as they were sitting by doors and windows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then of course you’ve got no proper visual
prompts about when people are going to speak and it was all just a bit
horrible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get used to it, but I’d
rather write a letter! I’ve had some makeup on, straightened my hair, but I was
wearing my glasses and I feel like I’m not far off completely forgetting anyone
can see me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The learning at home part is
interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There has been high levels
of displacement activity in the sorting and organising, and as a teacher I’m
literally sitting on my hands and having to keep my mouth shut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well almost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not home schooling, it’s distance learning (at best) and it’s
tricky and it’s new and there’s a groove to be found.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daughter only moved up to high school this
academic year and it’s a lot to get on board with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, we’re doing our best, alongside me trying
to put a full day of work in, and I think that’s all you can do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought I’d dip my toe back in
the blogging world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been an
age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve got a few half-finished
crumpled attempts in the back of a notebook, so I will try and resurrect them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure they were wittier than this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forgive me, I’m rusty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m off to do something from my
list and do some chin exercises before my next video call and decide what
slippers to wear tomorrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See you for
another thrilling instalment of the working from home diaries soon.</span> </span></div>
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xxmaking it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-48955767728479220652017-03-02T05:11:00.000-08:002017-03-02T05:11:55.872-08:00Dream Job
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I read a magazine cover with
excitement recently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t remember
the exact title, but the gist was ‘Make a Massive Amount of Money Doing what
you Love’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoop, whoop, whoop!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could hardly write my list fast enough –
fortune makers, each and every one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Things I love to do:</span></div>
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Sleep</div>
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Go to the beauticians for treatments</div>
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Reading</div>
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Watching TV</div>
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Having a bath</div>
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Running</div>
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Perusing the aisles in Boots</div>
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Eating chocolate</div>
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Going out with the girls</div>
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Shopping</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And yes, of course, spending time
with Husband and Daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I was
under the impression that this was all about a new job, and Husband has his own
and Daughter is too young to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
they are excluded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will let them share
in my new wealth though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I excitedly flicked through the
pages looking for the application form, daydreaming about how I could properly
describe my skills in the activities on the list to do myself justice, and
fight off the no doubt massive competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What would the job actually be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was most excited about the prospect of being some kind of beauty salon
tester.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And actually, that could combine
a few; selecting products in Boots, taking them to the salon for a professional
to use on me, a bit of reading in between treatments, and then the piece de
resistance – if the treatment was really relaxing, I’d fall asleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That really would be making money from what I
love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Imagine my disappointment when
there was no job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, there was an
article about starting your own business doing something that you’re already
skilled or interested in, and investing a load of your own money (that you’ve
conveniently acquired from ginormous redundancy pay out or from savvy saving
from your highly paid job over the years).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>More power to these creative entrepreneurs, all of them women doing what
they love and making a success of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But for me, who has no skills, money or time, it was a blow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nor do I have any courage to do something
like that – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my default mode is worst
case scenario, I should have added ‘catastrophising’ to my list of things I
love to do, so no jacking it all in to make bobbles at the kitchen table,
whilst I imagine every footstep to be the bailiffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Back to the day job then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You can find any number of quotes
about working.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do what you love and it’s
not work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life’s too short to do
something you don’t love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I rather
think that most people bumble along doing something that’s alright, manageable,
tolerable, pleasant, better than a smack in the face etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do know a couple of brave pioneers who set
up their own businesses and, as far as I can see, are genuinely doing what they
love, but I know far more people who enjoy what they do most of the time, but
aren’t making money from their passion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But I suppose we make the world go round, so back to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It did make me think what I would
actually do if I was setting up a business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>L and I have talked many a time about a coffee shop and a wedding dress
shop. Not both together obviously, too high a risk of stains!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do make a nice cake, but the reality is I’d
be the size of a house if I worked in that kind of environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’m not sure I’ve got the manual
dexterity to operate a coffee machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
always in awe of the multi-tasking that goes on to make my flat white (skinny,
please).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there a market for cups of
instant?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A wedding dress shop shouldn’t
do any harm to the figure though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
surely everyone who comes in is happy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d
definitely like to do that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And less
washing up than a coffee shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another
thing I’d like to do is party planning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It really appeals to my Little Miss Bossy side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we had a party for my Dad last year, I
elbowed Mother and Sister out of the way, sharpened my pencil and dusted down
my clipboard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a strict ratio
of blue to white crystals on each table, but my minions struggled with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sister was mean with them, Daughter kept
stealing them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You simply can’t get the
staff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyway, with lunchtime in the
real world job nearly over, I’d better get back to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if you see any jobs for someone that
involves my skills, so let me know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m particularly
keen on the TV watching aspect, as I’ve got a bit of a backlog on the Sky
box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, and I can’t start in the
chocolate testing job until after Lent, I’ve pledged to give chocolate up…</span><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"></span></div>
making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-91153858147782810362016-08-10T16:39:00.001-07:002016-08-10T16:56:34.937-07:00The Holiday Blog<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Holidays cost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not talking about the flights or the
accommodation or the hundred weight of toiletries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or the new clothes (and underwear; how does
that happen?)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plenty in the drawer and
then boom!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not enough for a mini-break,
let alone a fortnight in the sun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh no.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There’s all the preparation to account for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Husband:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Haircut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cut and colour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Foot overhaul at the chiropodist (so much
more ruthless than a pedicure).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eyebrow
threading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spray tan (scrapped this time
round after being a bit David Dickinson last time).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bikini wax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All this in the name of not scaring the children .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Husband doesn’t get it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Absolutely bamboozled by a bikini wax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why can’t I do it myself (like I do all
year).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because I want to pay for the
humiliation of making small talk whilst a girl half my age and size attacks my
nethers with a level of scrutiny and precision last exercised by the doctor who
sewed me back together after giving birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The jury is still out on which is more painful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Disclaimer:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have been for plenty of bikini waxes in the intervening 8 years but
this one could only be described as ‘zealous’)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And then of course there’s
the monthly slimming group subscription for three months beforehand, only to
waste the good work of a month in the few days prior to the holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘I’m on holiday!’ my brain says.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Eat the bread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the chocolate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the...’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is teamed with a fortnight ‘off’ enjoying my holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And for ‘enjoying’ read ‘scrutinising every
choice available, eating what my brain and not my belly wants and refereeing
the fight between camp ‘You’re on your holidays!’ and ‘Nothing tastes as good
as slim feels’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m very firmly in the
NTAGASF camp, but bizarrely my hands and mouth seem to have surrendered their
membership and I know I’ll have a fight with them when I get there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I should have done more fake
tan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should have had a spray tan this
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Am I as fat as that woman
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bikini bottoms?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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beauty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t realise one day you’ll
be 40 and in big bottoms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Embrace your
hip skimmers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Near disaster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s Day 6 of 11 and I’ve just closed book 3
of 4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m no maths genius (Grade C
at Intermediate, although that was the best you could get on Intermediate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not even a tier these days.) But I
could work out that I hadn’t rationed the pages properly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could I survive another 5 days with only
one more book?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started eyeing
Husband’s Jurgen Klopp autobiography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Seems like a nice fella (Jurgen, not Husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although he is, of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, I could tell that Husband wasn’t going
to finish Jurgen before I finished book 4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m a fast reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t
bear individual’s reading aloud in class unless it was me that was doing the
reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to read ahead at my
speed and then not know where the reader was up to when they finished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I digress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found myself in a real situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d clearly under-packed the library and
obviously the decision to leave the Kindle at home (lots of lovely books to
read in the shade – can’t see the screen in the sun) was a wrong one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daughter had cast us aside for holiday
buddies and hours of lovely reading time stretched ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I didn’t fancy the three different
Diary of a Wimpy Kid episodes she’d brought, so I was no better off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then a thought struck me...there’s always a
stash of abandoned books in a hotel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jurgen would be safe!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found the
stash, and boy, did I strike gold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hidden amongst a few Mills & Boons was only Marian Keyes latest, and
the only downside was that I wasn’t wearing my big bottoms, because I laughed
and laughed and unfortunately I was a few (thousand) sit ups from my belly not
wobbling when I laughed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can only
apologise to any fellow sun worshippers that I disturbed with my laughing or
traumatised with my wobbling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you get
the chance to read it, do (but only if you’ve got big bottoms on). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marian Keyes is truly one of the funniest and
best writers around, and was the very first person I ever tweeted in response
to a competition and she welcomed me to ‘the twitters’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So highly recommended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also enjoyed ‘The Thirty List’ by Eva Wood,
‘The Moonlight Hotel’ by Jane Costello and ‘A Daughter’s Secret’ by Eleanor
Moran, which reminded by of books by my lovely friend and author Mary
Torjussen, whose books would also be a very clever addition to your holiday
e-reader. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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bottoms issue also caused me some angst.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m a two-piece wearer and I make no apologies for that (except when
laughing at a book on the sun lounger).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My friend C, who is quite frankly a wisp of a thing after having been
more substantial, was aghast at the idea of wearing a bikini.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully that was at the idea of wearing one
herself rather than at me wearing one, although she was very clear about me
being Too Old to wear a playsuit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
equally aghast that she was so against getting her tiny self out on the
lounger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She assures me that I don’t
know what lies beneath, but I’ll have to take her word for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The perfect bikini bottom eludes me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I declared a couple of side-tie sets as being too skimpy, despite the
fact they weren’t last year at the same weight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although last year I was a couple of stone lighter than the year before,
so it’s all relative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feeling fat and
almost inclined towards a one-piece, I bought what could only be described as
Big Bottoms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I went on to lose half
a stone and the Big Bottoms became Ginormous Bottoms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very unflattering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the very next smaller bikini bottom day
(which were genuinely more flattering), Husband declared that I looked much
nicer in them, much nicer than the ‘granny knickers’ from the day before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not to worry that I’d bought two sets in
different colours...One thing is true though; eating cake from the afternoon
tea buffet in a bikini, regardless of the size of the bottoms, is a very
sobering experience indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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undecided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From my observation point at
the mini-golf (gammy leg, more later), I can see two pairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One worn to good effect and enough to make me
wonder whether it’s a look I could carry off (with C’s playsuit caution ringing
loud) and the other putting me in mind of Don Estelle (meet the gang ‘cause the
boys are here...).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t
understand that reference, Google ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’, but I do warn not to
do this at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a 70’s sitcom, it’s
rife with ‘isms’ that could probably get you the sack.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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been all decades here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday we went
on a coach trip to the eighties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
was no air-con.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were no
seatbelts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It got a flat tyre (which isn’t
exclusive to the 70s, of course).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
it’s been both the 80s and 90s round the pool, right down to ‘Rock Me Amadeus’ and
‘We’re Going to Ibiza’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could
pinpoint whether the holiday makers were in their 40s or 50s by what songs they
knew the words to. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Somewhere, there is a mirror
manufacturer that adds a touch of magic to their mirrors and sells them only to
hotels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The owner is a kindly Grandpa
with many daughters and granddaughters, who knows the harsh scrutiny that
females put themselves under and who, many years ago, recognised that these
ladies deserved a holiday from their self-loathing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The magic mirrors have different properties
for each user.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is clearly a
well-kept secret, but I’m on to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
my holiday mirror, I’ve got a great bronzy (for the non-Scousers:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve developed a deep, even tan).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reality is that I’m like a patchwork
quilt of ashen face, brown(ish) arms and chest, pink and white stomach (very
reminiscent of the ‘Pink and White Ice Creams’ shop in Southport), and legs
ravaged by prickly heat and insect bites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Glam.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Magic Mirror also tells
no tales of the 3 big fat restaurant visits a day, snacks, gin, lager, Baileys
(Baileys!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In July!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No Siree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Magic Bathroom Mirror could even seduce me into thinking I’ve <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lost </i>weight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that is simply physically impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I thank Magic Mirror Man, because all of
my home and work mirrors are cruel, cruel harridans that joyously points out
every ounce, blemish, wrinkle and wayward hair.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My only complaint is that
whilst basking in the soft-focus of the mirror, your eyebrows grow unnoticed
and then the first mirror encountered will refuse to show you your holiday
Magic Mirror face and reveal that you are, in fact, Frida Kahlo.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You’ll know from earlier
blogs that I’m locked in constant battle between stuffing my face and wanting
to fit in a size 12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was just short of
it for my ‘Fab at Forty’ plan and since then I’ve been in a dramatic Paso doble
style dance with half a stone and I switched slimming club allegiance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Half a stone kicked to the kerb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tight trouser comfy again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Big bikini bottoms rendered too big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then came the holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fabulous Greek cuisine, easy to stick to meat
and salads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gin. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fruit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No need to give my half-stone certificate back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Food Diaries<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Day 1<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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with fruit <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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yoghurt, fruit<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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rice, salad<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Boiled
egg, bacon, tomatoes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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salad, fruit<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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salad, potatoes, fruit<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pasta,
quiche, cake, lager<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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buffet<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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buffet<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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meat, pie, potatoes, cake, wine<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And that is why I know that
I will be greeted with BIG FAT WEIGH IN DISASTER.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, what time does the afternoon tea buffet
open?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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pondered whilst I’ve been here, other than poor wardrobe choices and what cake
to have.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Weddings<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It’s hot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, it’s bloody roasting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can feel sweat trickling down my near-naked
back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My waterproof mascara ran.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My sparse eyebrows can’t function as a
sweat-dam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quite frankly, I don’t look
my best in the daytime on holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I
can’ help but wonder what possesses people to get married abroad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s been two weddings here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was a full-on waistcoat, cravat and big
dress affair (clearly, not all on the same person).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why????<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One of the reasons behind our October wedding was so I wouldn’t have to
stress about sweating, and I don’t consider myself to be an overly sweaty
person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I only know two people who went
off to get married.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C and P went off by
themselves and didn’t require anyone to suffer a tie or a feathery headdress in
the heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>T and G did have their
immediate families accompany them, but I don’t know that Anglesey has the same
destination wedding problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But each
to their own and congratulations to the happy couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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having produced one myself, but I do ponder taking very young babies on
holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not worried about the heat,
but they do have you like a bloody pack horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s still an international mystery how such small beings generate so
many bags.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daughter was a few days past
her first birthday when we took her abroad, and even with two grandparents
willing to surrender some of their precious luggage allowance for cartons of
Cow & Gate and nappies, we still struggled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, I did favour the hysterical parenting style so often present in the
parents of Precious First Born’s, but at least no one wanted to park their
lounger next to my carefully rigged out shady buggy space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the most down-to-earth baby needs a lot
of stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m imagining lots of parents
what possessed them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then again, who
doesn’t smile at a chubby baby in a swimming costume?</span></span></div>
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The Pack Horse Years, doesn’t enjoy suddenly being able to read four books
because their chubby baby is hanging out with their new holiday bezzies?!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The whole packing thing
stresses me out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clothes are fairly
predictable, but the rest...Obviously I had a serious lack of judgement on the
reading front, which was due to the unexpected lack of offspring company, but I
can’t quite explain why I’m about to pack 5 unworn bras (including the rogue 32
C that was camouflaged on my size hanger).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there was the anxiety about some of the toiletries lasting, so
there was a conscious eking out mid-week, leading of course to excesses come
the last day and a woeful lament about being tight with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The toothpaste I was trying to calculate
weight per use left?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still a good few
brushes in the tube.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shower gel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two one-third bottles left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The giant shampoo and conditioner?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could have stayed another week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sun lotion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Work out the maths on 4 bottles for two adults and 3 for one
child...suffice to say we were all slathering on the factor 50 kids by the end.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, there’s another holiday
been and gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tan still golden (pasty
legs helped along since I got back...).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cake and beer weight still there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Washing done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Photos
developed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the browser open for
Summer 2017...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-46026486817688136082016-04-01T08:29:00.000-07:002016-04-01T08:29:14.500-07:00Where I Did Not Know and possibly Got It Wrong
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s no shortage of sticks and
the opportunity to beat yourself with them in parenthood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a minefield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe it gets easier with subsequent
children, but for firsts or onlys, every day has got the potential for you to
do something wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doing stuff wrong is
an alien concept for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m a planner,
a thinker, a reviser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I treated
pregnancy like I did my academic qualifications; reading, research,
planning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t go into it
half-baked, and much of the research was focussed on how to get a girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grapes and strawberries, apparently. Copious
bowls of Frosties and eggs (not together, I’m not an animal) were also part of
my diet, but I was well pregnant by then so imagine they didn’t have any impact
on the pink or blue issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted a
girl, and was willing to take a bit of dubious advice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m no scientist, who am I to argue?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, I Got It Right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Early babyhood was approached similarly, and
really, there’s not that much to get wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, from right to wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daughter is nearly eight and I’ve no
experience with eight year olds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are no books now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The holy grail of
Mumsnet generally confirms I’ve Got It Wrong, but who’s to say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the not knowing what to do I don’t like.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not one of these intuitive wear-your-baby-in-an-aztec-print-blanket
type of mothers (although admittedly I think she would be a bit heavy for that
now).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not a follow-her-lead type
(her lead would be to Wetherspoons for ham, egg and chips followed by a
supermarket sweep style jaunt to Smyths).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to know what to do in advance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to get it right first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not comfortable with making mistakes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once they go to school, keep your
stick handy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dropper-offers and
picker-uppers may be able to keep it somewhere a teeny bit further, as they
might have a bit more opportunity to Find Stuff Out, but I suspect it still
needs to be accessible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m so seldom at
the school gates that Teacher asked me who I was there for last time I picked
her up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Practically on first-name terms
with Nanny though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I read all the
letters, ask the questions, but generally still have no clue what goes on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The very latest stick beating happened with a
Children’s University Graduation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
remember the passport coming home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
remember…well nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t
return the form as I knew Daughter had a princely two stamps in her passport
(which was securely stored in a location I remembered, so yay me).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the day, about 4 children in the class
didn’t go, one of whom was Daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was pretty casual about it and scoffed at the prospect of a graduation in
primary school, but I was beside myself (whilst also scoffing at the prospect
of a graduation in primary school).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
worried me was the possibility that she could have gone only for my
devil-may-care letter chucking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
troubled me was that I Didn’t Know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
did everyone know about this and understand it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Where had they got their stamps?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why didn’t Daughter have them? What if she doesn’t graduate?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does she need to to get into a good high
school?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is Oxbridge out of the question?
Why was I so rubbish?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So of course the
rest of the day was written off to forensic investigation of where she could
get them, how many she might have, what was recorded at school centrally and
what I’d failed to do for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
harangued the Drama club (participates, hooray), pestered the Dance teacher
(thinking about it, thanks!) and the swimming club (no response, get your act
together).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was me thinking these
were nice activities for her to do, when all the while they may have had stamp
value!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next family day out is
planned according to the list of places that participate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve already been to loads on the list, but
like a bad parent I concentrated on us having a nice family day and let the
stamps go to waste!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If only I’d
known.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t I know?!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So of course I’m black and blue with stick
beating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might even need a new stick,
but I’ll have to keep hold of this one for now because you can’t be without
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do know that she’s off for a
fortnight now though, and I do know who is looking after her on the days that I
can’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I do know that I’ll be
sending her Children’s University passport…</span></div>
making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-74181652585090638582016-02-03T04:36:00.000-08:002016-03-30T04:43:40.243-07:00I like to move it move it<br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went for a gym run last week, I didn't fancy their tunes,
so I cranked my favourite iTunes album on - Ministry of Sound Anthems 90.
427 minutes of pure joy. Well, probably 400, there are a few duffers in there
(King of My Castle, Ebeneezer Goode and Don't Call Me Baby, if you're asking).
I had to have it loud to drown out the perma-playlist (and the sound of my
heavy breathing). and it was exhilarating. Although my feet were
pounding a mechanical pavement, my head was in various 90s local hotspots...Ferraris...Paradox...Reds...Some
of the songs actually made me run faster and I had to speed the treadmill
up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My speed songs seem to be:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">Things
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Feel free to sing as you’re reading now…</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I got in the car, where my radio was set to Radio 1, and
there was some kind of old and new mash-up going on. I should admit that
Radio 1 is at Daughter's insistence, having decided that Radio 2 (I slipped
there gradually over the years...) is for old people and I should have the
station that Granddad has on. You know, her 69 year old grandfather, who
clearly pumps out the best choons on the school run. She was very keen to
distinguish which Granddad, as maternal Granddad listens to a local show that
she has actually been on, so there's no moving the dial on that one. When
I asked Father in Law what station he had on, he replied it was 'just' Radio 1,
thus revealing himself as some kind of secret hipster. I'm monitoring him
for growing a beard like the young ones do. I'll have to say something if
he tries a man-bun. Particularly with him being bald…Anyway, loud music,
post run high, I was car-seat dancing all the way home. And it got me to thinking;
where is the post 30s mummy to shake her thang?</span></span></div>
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We danced on our Christmas night out. We waved our hands in the air like
we just didn't care. We did the dance-walk to the dance floor. We
danced and sang to club classics of our day, in a hotel function room that had
been converted from one of our main stomping grounds when these songs were
out. And to be honest, it wasn't much of a conversion. But since
then, nothing. Not a shimmy, not a shake. Because post thirties
working motherhood doesn't leave a lot of time for dancing. And even if
it did, we don't know where to go. Where are the clubs? We don't
want to be starting our nights out at midnight. Someone will start
mentioning ringing a taxi around then. But even if we had the stamina, we
can't be rocking up and shaking our stuff with the young ones to remixes of
songs that were ours first time round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What if we slip up with the words now they’ve been remixed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s too risky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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daily grind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mum dance parties!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They could be based on those under 18’s
discos that nightclubs used to do in the old days before 14 year olds looked
old enough to actually get into nightclubs like they do now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could actually hire nightclubs, we’d be in
and out before the actual clubbers wanted to come in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Early start, maybe around 8:30pm, big ‘ol
dance floor, limited bar (prosecco and gin, what else would we need?), and a
full on 90’s mix, throwing in those few 70s and 80s belters that get everyone
on the floor (Dancing Queen and We are Family being personal favourites),
plenty of soap and loo roll in the ladies and we’d be set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finish at 10pm, home in time to make the
packed lunches and get to bed at a reasonable time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Result!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now remember, this was my idea, so if I see any MumClub nights
advertised, I’ll have to give you a very stern talking to!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(but don’t forget to send me a complimentary
ticket!)</span></span></div>
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can actually go out dancing, it looks like it’s car dancing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you see me at a set of lights, give me a
nod and join in!</span></span></div>
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making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-30150787259236924712016-01-19T08:06:00.003-08:002016-03-30T04:44:01.858-07:00We're All Going on a Summer Holiday<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been on a lot of holidays. I'm not saying I've seen a
lot if the world, but I've seen a lot of sun loungers. If I look back at the
last 21 years of holidaying independently, I'd say the key changes are the
internet, terrorists, budget airlines, clamping down on piracy, and of course,
parenthood.<br />
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The 20-28 years were spent holidaying with Sister to lots of different places
that were all really the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The list
reads like a 1990’s diary entry for Judith Chalmers…Magaluf, Benidorm,
Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos, Tenerife (various), Lloret de Mar…you might spot a
pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But regardless of the destination, I think there are a
number of incontrovertible truths:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At least one item of clothes will return unworn,
but several hours will be spent lamenting the absence of another item of
unpacked clothing;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ll arrive more tanned than I leave (thank you
St Tropez);</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The placing of sockets and mirrors in the hotel
room has been at the bottom of someone’s thought list;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Placing of said mirror will mean that in the dim
light ‘more is more’ becomes a makeup mantra until mistaken for the drag act;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pledges to ‘take it easy’ on food and drink
become a myth as soon as you’ve passed through airport security and it is
entirely acceptable, nay compulsory, to have a pint of lager/glass of prosecco
(depending on the decade) with breakfast (or for breakfast).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The joy of packing has been
entirely smooshed by the new airport security measures. Yes, I know it's
essential, and yes, I'll rather be safe. But I feel a bit sorry for those
who never experienced the joys of liquids in hand luggage. Sister and I were
proud carriers of the Vanity Case. Oh yes. In addition to your bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stuffed to the gills with goodies over
100ml.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Choice of perfume.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Factor 8 sunlotion (well we didn’t want to
burn…) Large bottles of Finesse shampoo and conditioner (Finesse!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where did that go?!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The joy of the vanity case was
that it left your 22kg free for clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And when I say 22kg, that was pretty flexible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Father used to chauffeur us to the airport,
and like all good packhorses helped us right up to the desk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then he used to lift it on to the belt,
keeping a bit of weight off so that our true excess didn’t register.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Talk about going over and above your
parenting duties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if they didn’t slap
a ‘WARNING – HEAVY’ label on our cases we thought we’d forgotten
something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And of course, security was
simply ‘Did you pack this yourself?’ and the detector arch thing, which I still
set off every time I go through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clearly
some kind of secret metal body part that my parents have decided I’m better off
not knowing about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But despite the capacity to
pretty much pack anything, I can describe several holidays where Sister and I
were woefully ill prepared…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rep (remember them!) had bright,
bright pink lipstick and could have benefitted from a dollop of Finesse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She welcomed us with tales of a
heatwave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clever us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Excellent thinking not to travel in our usual jeans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too hot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We won’t need them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to
sleep to rain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We woke up to rain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a fortnight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We got wet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sister bought some
fake tan, but we refused to buy over-priced brollies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nice little Easter breaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scorching, we were told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One bad day of weather a year in Cyprus, they
said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unexpected then, for us to have to
seek out indoor bars, and revisit the German bar with the real fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But lovely resort, lovely people, good fun,
so we booked again for next Easter, told by all we’d had bad luck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We clearly travelled by Tardis rather than
plane, as we found the same again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only
a pair of idiots would book a third time, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don’t know where we were when
we watched Jim Davidson Live (on the telly, not live live) and I have blocked
it all out of my memory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all make
mistakes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what did we do on these
inclement jaunts?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Museums, trips,
immersing ourselves in the local culture?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We sought out beer for 100
pesetas a pint and watched every episode of Only Fools and Horses and films
that had only just hit the cinemas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
there’s my next complaint about the modern holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where are all the bars showing pirate films
and back-to-back comedy telly?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want Sky Sports or
miserable news.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to see Del-Boy
falling backwards through the open bar hatch.</span></div>
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person that accompanies me on my holidays now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s turned me and Husband into the pack horses, and seeing that she
hasn’t quite developed a palate for lager yet, she’s not keen to seek out a
cheap pint, or watch a just-released film with shaky camera work and shadowy
images walking across the screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
happy to while away an hour or so thrashing us at Top Trumps though, so there’s
a new holiday activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And crazy
golf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’d think they were at the Open
(or some other golfy type thing).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
not allowed to play, just keep score and carry the cardigans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pack horse…it must be in the genes.</span></div>
making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-20875235303055140962015-10-02T07:56:00.003-07:002016-03-30T04:44:18.035-07:00Early Retirement<br />
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it’s 27 years 11 months and 3 weeks too long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve worked for 17 years, and I think that’s reasonable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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job, and I’ve certainly got lots of lovely memories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I’ve made a difference to a few
lives, even though I struggled to make Wingy understand that the case about the
boy who drowned doing the doggy paddle wasn’t actually about dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I treasured the blu-tak Christmas tree angel
that Badders made me for many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
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though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be a good investment to
the nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I retired, I would…</span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Be able to go to all these school things and not
inconvenience my hardworking </span></span></div>
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Daughter would know that there’s nothing more important than her.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Go to the gym every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fit and healthy, less likely cost to the NHS
in years to come.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Go shopping at least once a week, thus fuelling
the economy.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->But not at peak times, inconveniencing the
workers</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Keep a pristine home (which has no real benefit
to the nation, but still…)</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Be happier and smilier and more pleasant to be
around</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s so much more to life than
work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wouldn’t be bored,
honestly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wouldn’t even mind people
thinking I was a young-looking 60 something (as long as they did think I was
young looking!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t think of any
other way to achieve my desired at-home lifestyle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s winning the lottery, of course, and I’m
still well up for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I can’t
think of anything else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I only want to
be at home with some money, so packing in work and becoming a housewife is out
of the question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t sew and have no
creative cooking skills with pulses (I remember both of them from my childhood,
so clearly the type of housewife Mother was has influenced my idea of
housewifery!) , so I don’t want to be running the house on less cash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So retirement is it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might get a forecast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh! I could retire now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a lump sum of…about £2000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Oh, there’s a monthly payment too..that would cover Daughter’s pocket
money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back to the drawing board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hang on!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Isn’t it a Euromillions night?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You should always have a Plan B…</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-19138266588488033822015-07-02T06:31:00.001-07:002016-03-30T04:44:34.953-07:00Has anybody seen my baby?<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My baby girl
is about to turn 7 in three days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Seven!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I absolutely can’t believe
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My time hop is full of memories of
being told at my week 37 antenatal appointment that they were keeping me in
until my baby arrived (I thought this was the worst thing ever at the time, and
now I look back fondly at the 5 days lying in bed, watching whatever I wanted
on hospital TV, doing my nails and napping), not being able to believe she was
1, then 5 (clearly wasn’t fazed by her being 2, 3 and 4).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And now 7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And with 7 comes more changes, all of which indicate that she is
officially No Longer My Baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve just
been out buying thank you things for the Rainbows leader, because she’ll
graduate to Brownies in the autumn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got to buy her proper button up blouses for September as she goes into
Juniors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juniors!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where some of the children are in double
figures (and to be honest, judging from Sports Day, look like they could get
served in the pub) and they have to wear a tie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A tie!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes me all my time to
buy her hats without chin straps, so buying a tie is absolutely beyond my
comprehension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I discovered a forgotten
about Pooh Bear duvet cover last week (the first one she had, lovingly made
smaller for her cot-bed by Nanny, and then reinstated to normal size when she
got a big bed) and she solemnly told me she was too old for it now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was wild about Pooby, as she called
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And now…too old.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She went to
a no-Mummy party a couple of weeks ago without batting an eyelid, went off home
with her bestie’s parents after Sports Day and sent an email to her holiday
buddy from last year without either of us setting it up for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told her I was working late tonight and
wouldn’t be home until after she went to bed, and she simply said ok.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Five minutes ago that would have been met
with snot and tears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me a
flowery head band I bought her made her look ridiculous and picked a
bag-on-trend neon pink nailvarnish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
told me no-one would want to use her Little Tikes play centre at her birthday
party as they were all too big, and yes, fine, sell it if I want.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ve moved
from a Barbie themed party last year to a Wicked (the musical) one this year,
which has taken my party planning skills to a new level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve got a roll of green shimmery fabric and
some crepe paper and as if by magic will be turning the dining room into the
Emerald City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t know, but she’s
having another doll-in-a-cake cake, but this year there will be no pink and
white icing making the skirt – it’s going to be black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent last night making a witches hat and
black hair for a doll that she has that happens to be green, so hopefully I’ll
make a credible Elphaba.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The piñata is
full of bobbles and lip gloss and haribos, rather than acres of plastic tat,
and she wants to make a playlist. </span></span></div>
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spend a long time wondering where my baby has gone, but really I know where to
find her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s fast asleep at night,
her beautiful long lashes flickering and poor Fluff (her no longer fluffy at
all bedtime favourite) clutched to within an inch of his life under her
arm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in the garden, running around
in her knickers, shooting Cousin with her water gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a sleepy girl pulling my hair for
comfort (hers entirely, not mine at all).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s getting harder to find though, so I’ll take the hair pulling
without (much) complaint, because one day I’ll realise she hasn’t done it for a
long time.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-5183330470148727212015-06-11T08:01:00.002-07:002016-03-30T04:44:56.599-07:00Sunny Day<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love a bit of sunshine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s good for whatever ails you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s lovely where I am today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
just been across the campus and the sun wrapped me in a perfect warm hug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not sweaty hot, but it’s exactly the
type of weather that makes you reluctant to be sitting at a screen trying to
untangle an untangle-able timetable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
perfect activity on a day like today is to be snoozing in the sun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s something about a sun lounger and warm
sun that leads to the perfect, restful sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In terms of sleep hobbies, it’s my number one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I had Daughter, my entire summer holidays would be
spent in the garden with a pile of magazines, knowing full well that if I
closed my eyes, the sun would soothe me to sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boyfriend/Fiance/Husband (delete as
appropriate for the time) would come home from work and ask if I’d been asleep
all day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to say no, but we both
knew I certainly had been for a good chunk of the day!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There’s very little restful snoozing in the sun these
days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The summer holidays that used to
seem so long are brutally short now (and makes me very much appreciate the
flimsy relationship my boss at the last job had with holiday cards and
recording attendance!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked hard all
year, he reasoned, who was he to deprive me of a few days off) and my fear of
Daughter being stolen over the fence puts me off sleeping when we’re in the garden
(and of course because it’s more fun being bossed about and thrashed at swing
ball, honestly), and then unless she’s busy with Husband on holiday, I can’t
sleep then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been known to attempt a
snooze when she’s been younger and sleeping in her push chair, having first
tied the pushchair to my sun lounger for security and wedged her in so she
couldn’t escape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hardly an idyllic
situation for restful sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’m
sure you agree that someone with that kind of kidnap paranoia probably deserves
some brain rest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should probably get
some therapy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can only just about go
in the house for a drink or the loo and leave her in the garden now, the summer
before last I used to make her come in with me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am paranoid but she is quite frankly one of the most attractive
children you’ll ever set eyes on, so I think she’s prime kidnap material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when I say ‘one of the most attractive
children’, I only say that so as not to offend my readers…</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d like to set some guidelines for the general public in the
summer though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe consider it helpful
advice…</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coats with fur trim need to be put away at the
end of May at the very latest, regardless of the temperature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will you do in February?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Mother would say, you won’t feel the
benefit!</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All
toenails look better painted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, even
men’s (I imagine).</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Crusty,
horny feet are vile to look at.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
highly recommend the Scholl whizzy foot file thing, but a foot file from the
pound shop can do an excellent job too!</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There
is no reason to smell of BO.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever.</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Woolly
hats will make you hot, whatever look you’re after.</span></span></span></div>
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this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fur trimmed coat hanging up
in garage and I don’t really like a woolly hat in the winter, so definitely not
tempted in the summer!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’m pretty
confident I haven’t got BO.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t come
too close after my run though…ooh, that’s a new blog in itself – the new runner’s
guide to running in the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tips
gratefully received!</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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think it’s just me, but summer dressing for work is a nightmare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little burst of good weather has thrown
me into a frenzy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things are made worse
(in a good way) by being two clothes sizes smaller than I was last summer, so
when I say I’ve got nothing to wear, I mean it literally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ok, I’ve got a couple of strapless
maxi-dresses, but it’s not the kind of capable, in-charge yet (slightly) human
image I like to rock in work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we
have a no bare shoulders policy.</span></span></div>
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One:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Am I ready to bare?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My natural pallor makes Wednesday Adams look
healthy, and I don’t want to embrace pale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There’s a difference between ‘pale and interesting’ and ‘let’s check for
a pulse’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Operation Tan must
commence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And of course it’s not just a
case of slapping it on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s
scrubbing and buffing and bed linen to consider.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a bit of a school-girl error to change
the bed and do the tan on the same night… </span></span></div>
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promoted myself over the years from novice tanner to high grade professional
tanner (ever aspiring to get to C’s Advanced Tanner status), and a decent foam
and a velvet mitt have revolutionised my tanning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elbows and heels remain a problem
though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it was very interesting to
see what colour it went on Daughter, when she snuck into bed with me the night
I’d done it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Starting her early,
although she is absolutely puzzled by my ‘painting’ myself a different colour!</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Two:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Footwear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not have a single pair of comfortable
seasonal footwear for work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finally
laid to rest my faithful M&S nude peep toe courts at the end of last
summer, knowing that if they went into storage, I’d wear them again, and they
truly had had their day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And M&S
aren’t known for change, so I was confident I’d just pick up another pair this
year, but NO!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have replaced them
with a lurid snakeskin, which I will probably buy in the end out of sheer foot
desperation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I picked up a bargain on Sunday,
pretty much exactly what I wanted but with a bit of a shimmery patch, but it
wasn’t a shop that did half sizes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unable to keep a 7 on, the 6 came home with me, but by Monday lunch time
they were under my desk and I was wearing illegal flip flops (against
policy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No mention of slippers though…).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So today I’ve unearthed a pair of lovely gold
wedges I’d forgotten I had, which are ok as long as I’m sitting down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it too much to ask?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then of course there’s the big fat hot
summer feet to contend with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Show my trotters
a bit of sun and warmth and they rise like a home-made loaf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If that wasn’t enough, I have to think about
quiet shoes for the exam season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I’m
setting up or supervising exams, I don’t walk about peering over their
shoulders like Miss Battle-Axe, but spend the time running about catering to
their every whim – more paper, new pen, toilet trips etc etc, but in the
deathly silence of an examination hall, you don’t want to clippity clop about
in your heels, but over the years students have told me there’s something worse
– the sandal foot slap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know, the
noise your mule makes when you walk and it reconnects with your foot?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Definitely a concentration breaker!</span></span></div>
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short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t so bad in the safety
and security of the Opaque Months, but as soon as it’s time to ditch the
tights, much of my work wardrobe goes out to pasture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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Four:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it smart enough?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still need to look like the boss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t look like the boss in anything
floaty, flowery, tropical, short, see-through or with a draw-string waist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its times like this that I wish we had a
uniform policy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But of
course I don’t need to tell you that Daughter has no such wardrobe crisis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Range of footwear:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do they go up to an adult 6 in those new gold gladiators, I wonder?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lace up pumps, flashing pumps, sturdy
sandals, glam sandals, ballet flats, flip flops…all footwear eventualities
covered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>T-shirts, vests, floaty tops,
appropriate cardi’s:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dresses, shorts, cool MC Hammer pants (you
can’t touch this), skirts, blah, blah, blah:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The child has a sunglasses
collection (including a matching blingy pair of aviators to me; so vomit-making
for us to have the same, but so irresistible to me) and has to keep her hats in
the spare wardrobe because they won’t fit in hers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be willing to admit she’s potentially
short on summer coats though, so there’s my mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we’re past the Peppa Pig and chums age,
and she’s ditched cutesy for cool, I’m quite envious of her wardrobe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not sure it would help me out of my work
wardrobe crisis, but the kid’s got some nice stuff!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And my worries about her thinking her name
was George or Florence due to the labels in her clothes have proved unfounded!</span></span></div>
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me, I’m at the mercy of the forecasters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I reckon I can cobble about 5 appropriate outfits together, but I am
truly in footwear crisis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other than
that, there are some basic rules to follow:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Stay tanned, stay smooth, and always have a pair of flip flops under the
desk and a bobble in my bag!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe this
clothing crisis is the real reason I entertain ideas about being a writer and
working from home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would definitely
have a completely unrestricted dress code – bare shoulders and flip flops all
the way!</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I find the
Easter break a bit of a strange one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
has far less appeal when every food item has a weight-loss plan value as soon
as you look at it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that hot cross
bun dripping in butter might be divine, but it costs about the same as
stir-fried chicken and rice…or 3 gins!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
love chocolate, but an article in my weight-loss mag haunts me with values of
12 plus for Easter eggs – not far off half of my daily allowance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And yes, of course I’d eat it all in one go!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In my single
days, me and Sister would hot-foot it to Cyprus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first year we were promised glorious
weather, and shivered for a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of
our favourite haunts became a bar with an open fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it was always a fantastic holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were wise in subsequent years and packed a
bit better (only a bit).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Picking up fiancees,
husbands, mortgages and children put paid to the Easter jaunt, so now it’s all
about searching for the Perfect Day Out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But we’re hostages to the weather and Easter opening hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I know that my Perfect Day Out does not
involve sitting in a traffic jam of people also in pursuit of the Holy Grail
PDO.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, here on Maundy Thursday, I sit
with NO PLANS for the Easter weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got a few more days off across the two weeks school holidays, and me and
Daughter will easily amuse ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But, I repeat – WE HAVE NO PLANS FOR THE EASTER WEEKEND.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have clearly failed in basic festive
parenting 101.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have bagsful of Easter
craft, but no plans as to when to use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve been very ill prepared full stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have no food shopping for the weekend that starts tomorrow, and I
realised at lunch time that I had nothing for my class (of 17 year olds…) and
so went out to buy something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think
they all agreed that a Freddo really does symbolise Easter in a different way,
and clearly the Easter Frog gets a raw deal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I did buy some emergency hot cross buns in M&S before, and have
taste tested one before taking them home to the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No butter, I haven’t lost the plot!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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could go for suitably festive food tonight after work, except I am doing Sister
a kindness by accompanying her to see a boy band that she likes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am going in dark glasses and a scarf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I expect it will sound like an explosion when
a venue full of old-enough-to-know-better women All Rise – all those cracking
knees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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most unusual way, I’m going with the flow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not my style, and it makes me a bit twitchy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I’m giving it a go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wish me luck!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I’ve been coasting on my ‘fab at forty’ plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve lost my Zumba habit, not lost my Christmas weight, allowed some
grey hair to come through, and haven’t been out with the girls since Christmas
(although have enjoyed a very nice night out with Husband).</span></span></div>
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will be glossy and swingy and not a hint of silver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done very well – I’ve still got less
than 10 greys (or thereabouts – it would smack of unacceptable vanity to have
actually counted them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And what if there’s
any I can’t see?!), but since I’ve turned 40 they are picking up their pace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t see me ever embracing grey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m that pale that I would be invisible with
grey hair, like some kind of X-Man but without the useful powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But nor do I want to be that septuagenarian with
the unconvincing raven barnet…Ageing is so cruel!</span></span></div>
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and although I enjoy the new one when I go, I don’t get the same thrill about
going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But what I am desperate to do is
run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, regular readers will know I
went to a running club. Once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having
marked it down as only marginally less horrific than childbirth, I never went
again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I have this yearning to give
it a go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I imagine this super feeling of
achievement and health & fitness, and last time the achievement was not
actually dropping dead on the run, and the only fitness I achieved was knowing
I was fit for nothing afterwards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I
definitely bit off more than I could chew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was the equivalent of giving a weaning baby a well-done piece of rump
rather than baby rice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I’m going for
it this time, with the help of the Couch to 5K programme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When it stops raining, of course!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that’s where I fear I might be a fair
weather fitness fanatic…</span></span></div>
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ballroom dancing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kept that one under my
hat, eh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh yes, Gold Bar something I
was!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Me and L went, and we were
addicted!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I threw my shoe collection
away recently and I’m regretting that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
bad back and wedding planning stopped me going, but I want to go back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still don’t want to be the man though!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I’m committing to my eating plan like someone who wants to
lose weight, like I did when I started it last May.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the start of a new weigh in week
tomorrow, and I want to be a food bore again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve been passing my pre-weight loss clothes down to Mother, who has
been losing weight as a by-product of Father’s weight loss programme, and she’ll
need some smaller stuff soon, so it’s only right that I carry on passing my
clothes down because I need smaller ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>See, completely altruistic!</span></span></div>
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girlfriends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From seeing L twice a week
at Zumba, I haven’t seen her for weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And, while it’s better than nothing, it is nice to see her when I’m not
dripping with sweat!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw T and Z at
Niece’s birthday party, but we haven’t got together for an age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I’ve just seen an advert for the
Macmillan Night In event, and thrown a date out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m hoping it being in the name of charity,
one that many of us have seen in action, might spur us on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quite how they’ll feel about paying to come
round is another matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’ve not
worked out how to persuade Husband to vacate the premises, or how to have
raucous fun without disturbing Daughter…What’s that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Send her for a sleepover to the Grands?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Excellent idea!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m wondering whether Sister has still got
that limbo set from Niece’s birthday party last year..!</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I listen to Radio 2, which I’m sure will come as no
surprise!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Thursday’s, there is a
‘higher or lower’ song feature, requiring the lovely sports presenter (never
seen him, just sounds like a good egg) to guess whether the second song was out
earlier or later than the first one played.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Anyway, last week it was ‘Good Enough’ by Dodgy, which took me right
back to the day I got my finals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
friend K had stayed over at my house, having travelled back to Liverpool to get
the results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hit my local the night
before and somehow K managed to rip her jeans on the way home and we never
worked out why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seven pints does seem to
dull the brain cells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The morning of the
results, the radio alarm went off and the song playing was ‘Good Enough’
(clearly not listening to Radio 2 when I was 21!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it turned out it was more than good enough
as I nabbed a better classification that I had been expecting!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It got me thinking about K, and how we’re just Christmas card
and Facebook friends now, and how I’ve completely lost touch with another one
of our gang, and it made me melancholy for a mo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such is life and the passage of time and all
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it did get me thinking of
all my fab friends that I do have more regular contact with, and how it would
be good if there was a platonic Valentine’s type day for all the wonderful
people who enhance our lives, whether they be real, virtual, constant or in and
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I watch Daughter with her friends
now and wonder whether they will be distant memories in 30 years or whether she
will still be laughing with R about how R loved our rug and used to come and
make rug angels on it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went out for dinner with some of my ‘mum’ friends last
week, and we had such a good time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are new friends, acquired at the school gates, and they only know the ‘now’
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s J, who is so calm and
chilled and just being in her very presence is like having a soothing balm
rubbed on your temples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there’s
another J, who makes me snort with laughter every single time we meet, whether
that be exchanging children on a play-date or on a night out, or just
exchanging plans to drink gin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
planning to take our girls to the Big Smoke in the autumn, so that should be
fun. H is my mum-idol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there’s any
doubt or confusion about school plans, date or requirements, we all chime in
with the same…H will know!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s got an
older child, and most of the rest of us have only got one, or have younger
ones, so she is the acknowledged guru.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And she makes a darned strong cocktail!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And not forgetting R, upon whom Daughter loads bags full of toys/tat at
school drop-off when she is going to their house for tea (despite the fact that
her friend, R’s daughter A, has also got plenty of toys and no doubt tat, and
really they just want to wait for R’s partner to come home so they can play whatever
computery thing they’ve got!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And of
course, ‘R lets me have two eggs!’ (subtext:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>unlike you, Mother, you mean and miserable one egg miser) , which is
akin to a Nobel Peace Prize for Daughter!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And L, who is witty and funny, and usually has the up-to-date
information (I wouldn’t sully her reputation by calling it gossip!).</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The there’s ‘the girls’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They’ve starred before, and we do like to operate a ‘Vegas’ policy,
having all known the ‘then’ us…We don’t see each other enough, but what we are
absolutely certain of it that time doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it’s a big night out of a casual meal
out, we will all go home feeling warm and fuzzy and wishing we saw more of each
other.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there’s H, for whom I was bridesmaid a couple of weeks
ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How lovely to see one of my dearest
friends floating on a cloud of love and happiness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And how lovely for me to have glammed up in a
gorgeous gown (thanks, Mother of the Bride!) and stayed in a posh hotel
(thanks, Mother of the Bride!) and drink champagne at 9 o’clock in the
morning!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And 10 o’clock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again, the Vegas approach has been adopted and adapted – whatever happened
in Ayia Napa has well and truly stayed there, and whatever happened in South
Wales when we lived together is also there (in Wales, not Ayia Napa).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Except for the night that me and H didn’t go
out with everyone else but took the opportunity to clean the disgusting
communal kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really was vile and
a health hazard, but I think I’d send a message back to the young me and tell
me to get my backside down the pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
message to H’s new husband…see what you’ve let yourself in for!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some friends you just don’t see at all anymore, and even
nearing twenty years later it can still feel like you’ve lost a bit of
yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LL and I, who for complete
in-joke purposes and so she can identify herself, I’ll call Roy, truly were
partners in crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How we ever actually
got anywhere I don’t know, because it was pre-mobile phone and they didn’t have
a house phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But come rain or shine,
we’d be where we were supposed to be on Saturday night (and Sunday, Thursday
and Friday…)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thursday nights were good,
and I didn’t have uni the next day, but I do remember a particularly late one
where Roy did have class the next day and ended up asleep under coats at the
back of the studio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, you’re only
young once!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we are miles from each
other, and not in touch very much at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ve both got daughters (and her a lovely handsome son), only six
months between them, and we often comment on photographs of one daughter that
the other daughter has got the same outfit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sometimes you can’t be separated by distance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know our girls would have been best friends
if we still lived near each other though.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If I mention the other L again, she might start charging me
appearance rights!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is probably my
oldest friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to say just
how long, for fear of giving our age away (oh! Have I already done
that?!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But in over 25 years of
friendship, we’ve never been on holiday, never been away for the weekend, and
not stayed in the same house together since we were in our teens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t spa together, and really don’t
actually see each other outside of exercise classes very much at all, despite
literally living round the corner from each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But she’ll be the first person the comment on
this blog, probably by text, and I don’t think a day goes by where we don’t
text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She knows what I watch on the TV,
how much weight I've lost, who’s annoyed me today…you name it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t go for gooey sentiment, and I could
count on less than one hand the number of times we’ve hugged, but this about
sums us up:</span></span><span style="color: blue; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I love
telly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, I’ve said it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gorge on books, spend more time on Facebook
than is appropriate for a woman of my age, don my trainers a couple of times a
week and jump about, enjoy the therapeutic value of a bit of baking and what
have you, but I do love a good old session of square-eyesism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And demand TV has revolutionised my
viewing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m a busy woman, work full
time, including at least one late night a week, house, family and a magically
re-filling washing basket, so my real-time viewing opportunities are
limited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus our TV only seems to have
two channels – Sky Sports and Pop! (not even Tiny Pop anymore, sniff sniff at
my baby not being a baby!) and so<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do
very much appreciate a bit of catch-up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I have a bit of a Venn diagram approach to joint viewing, with my side consisting of hospital dramas, anything starring Rob Lowe, 'women's stuff', and his consisting of sport and Masterchef, and our common ground being Midsomer Murders and a few more pensioner crime dramas. Not Silent Witness though, he's not at all keen on that!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">There are a
couple more things that we might meet on the sofa for, but our viewing habits
are largely poles apart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did used to
like a cup of tea over Emmerdale prior to Daughter discovering the TV, but then
it clashed with 64 Zoo Lane and In the Night Garden, and now I don’t know who
anyone is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">You’d
imagine it would be lonely, watching all this solo TV, but no!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For I have a very valuable commodity – a remote
viewing buddy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>L and I have very similar viewing habits and
being a busy woman herself she doesn’t do a lot of real time viewing
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, whilst we’re not sad enough
to co-ordinate our viewing, we do very often find ourselves watching in
close-ish proximity, and in the absence of an actual sofa buddy, it’s nice to
have someone to comment to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Solving
mysteries (was it the son or not in Missing?), sharing emotional exhaustion
(funeral in Last Tango in Halifax) and general character assassination (Meredith
in Grey’s Anatomy) or mutual appreciation of a fine view (Derek in Grey’s
Anatomy), a response is only a (free!) text away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wonder of the modern age…TV at the wrong
time and company via a screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Between a
busy weekend away and having to camp out at the Parent’s house thanks to a wait
for heating repair, I’ve got a right old backlog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Husband and I have got a couple of things to
watch, but I’ve got quite the stash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">L reminded
me I hadn’t blogged in a while, and I said I hadn’t had any inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well of course that’s not true, because it’s
all around, but I haven’t had time to connect all the dots of inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, last night, lying in bed watching Last Tango
in Halifax on my iPad (rock ‘n’ roll baby, rock ‘n’ roll.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The night before would have found me watching
Silent Witness in bed when it was actually on instead of on some kind of
catch-up! Living on the edge…)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>inspiration struck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very pleased
with myself I was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I went to brush
my teeth and the bathroom light exploded and took with it all my ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And perhaps I swept them up with the broken
glass (how can such a small bulb make so much mess?!) because whatever I was
thinking of eludes me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">But I did
find myself giggling a couple of times at the very near miss I had at Zumba
last night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve changed class, largely
to go with L again as I like a fitness buddy so that your sense of obligation
not to let them down outweighs your overwhelming desire to lie on the couch
watching telly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My old class was dark,
and I liked that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one is held in
the brightest hall ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should
probably watch out for planes trying to land in there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, week one was Zumba step and I had two
things distracting me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well three
actually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was the fear of falling
off the step and making a Wally of myself (and probably spraining an
ankle).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t got particularly
massive feet, but I swear this step had the circumference of a dinner
plate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Distraction number two was my
pants (trousers pants, for those of you not from round here, not knickers
pants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They caused no problems
whatsoever.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, my lovely wide legged
exercise pants are too long for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are too long because they are two sizes too big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I love them so, and who wants to spend a
fortune on workout clothes for a new activity?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So the blighters tried to trip me up a few times, but ha!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was on to them and kept hoiking them up
until I was a bit Chubby Brown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But what
really distracted me was when I realised I had my t-shirt inside out…How
embarrassing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cherokee from Tesco
displayed for the world to see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">For week
two, I was smarter than the average bear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No lovely pants this week – leggings!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The absence of a trip hazard enhanced my stepping greatly, although didn’t
add any additional co-ordination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t
you hate it when you realise that you’re the wrong way round to everyone
else?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, just me then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, a couple of days later off I leapt to
ordinary Zumba.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back to the pants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Told you I love them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was actually a different pair to the first
week, I’ve got three identical pairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">told</i></b>
you I love them!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought I’d be ok
because of the flat floor and no step.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But no.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out, it’s tricky to
jump about it a pair of pants that are two sizes too big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could feel them going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I had to hold on to them and hope that I
didn’t take my eye off the ball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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get some new gear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not a sportswear kind of gal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if I’m honest, I’m a bit tight about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to pay a fortune for
decent brands when I’ll wear it for an hour a week and sweat on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then I don’t want to be wearing non-brand
brands that everyone will identify as being straight from the budget lines at
Sports Direct ( I know I shouldn’t care, but I think there’s a real minefield
in sportswear that marks you out as all different things – proper sporty
person, posing sporty person, scally sporty person possibly-about-to –burgle-a-
house person and the not-really-sporty-at-all-but-trying-to-get-fitter-but-of-course-was-the-last-person-to-be-picked-for-a-team-at-school
kind of person).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I need to start a
search.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least everyone else is on
their New Year fitness kick and so the shops are full of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The adverts and displays are full of
hard-abbed slender beauties, showing off their golden washboard midriffs and
shapely calves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then you get it home and
it looks like vanilla blancmange escaping from a support bandage (which reminds
me how last week, Mother, on seeing my uncovered legs as she took in some pants
for me (unfortunately not the workout pants…) asked had I run out of fake
tan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Porcelain, Mother, porcelain!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, if you know where I can get bottoms that
won’t trip me up, fall down or make me look like blancmange or sausage skin, and
tops that are fool-proof (or look the same inside out…) let me know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feel
the burn!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-81765088618594285302014-12-11T08:53:00.004-08:002016-03-30T04:47:03.459-07:00Fab at Forty - am I?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, forty finally arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks alien on the screen to me. Me,
40!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sounds so mature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grown up. Like I should be able to knit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or at least sew a button on.</span></span></div>
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Forty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well of course I couldn’t say…but
I can say that after ten months of counting and pointing and shaking my thang
at Zumba, I’ve managed to knock a couple of stone and a couple of dress sizes
off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never got to my holy grail 12
though, so at least I’ve still got something I can put on my New Year list.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After not knowing what to do, I decided to have a party,
where enough people duly oohed and aahed about my reinvention to have made it
worthwhile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three generations of family
raised a glass, and friends old and new put on their gladrags and helped me
have a lovely time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But now what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been planning for months, buying
shimmery and glimmery doo-dahs to put some fab in the very functional function
room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve glittered up invitations,
sourced the perfect dress, found a mini-me version for Daughter, made paper pom
poms…and now it’s done and dusted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
without project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am suffering
list-less-ness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well of course there’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a list </i>of kinds – it’s Christmas time
for goodness sakes, who operates without a list?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there’s no overriding list, no pressing
project…and I don’t like it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve got
plenty to do, with some list potential – no Christmas cards written, no
presents wrapped (not even all bought – eek!), and no comprehensive outfit plans
for me and Daughter, not a morsel planned for the Boxing Day Buffet (that
probably won’t be a buffet this year – too much pastry and clock watching for
all those little mini fancies that pretty much all taste the same!) – but no
next project. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what should it be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My wise friend J would tell me to just be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be present in the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good advice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But I do like a plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So until it’s
time to start on the summer holiday plans, I’m going to have to stretch out my
mini lists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I might just get a
brochure…</span></span></div>
making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-45037468085339727302014-07-24T17:13:00.001-07:002016-03-30T04:47:18.392-07:00Guilt<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was discharged from hospital after having Daughter six years ago, I was sent home with painkillers, blood pressure and water tablets and a rather large dose of maternal guilt. The drugs were for a week or so, but the guilt was to be taken liberally several times a day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The guilt is largely about two things. The first is not being there. Not for the school drop off. Or pick up. Or to be a 'helper' in her class. Or to take one of her friends home from school for tea, and 'everyone else has someone for tea all the time'. I should get a different job she said, so I can be there to do that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second is about not giving her a sister (or a dog, because I'm allergic). We tried, we succeeded, but it wasn't to be. We have tried to explain that you can't guarantee a sister, but that falls on deaf ears. And really, she doesn't want a baby sister, she wants a ready made five year old sister to play with right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, in order to compensate for my epic fails, I try to really step up where I can. And the last opportunity I had to do this was for the big 6th birthday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first chance I had to put a shed load of extra work in was sourcing the invitations. Barbie, she'd decided. No problem, I thought. But it turns out that she's not quite as easy to get hold of as you might think. But it gave me the chance to put plenty of time in sourcing them and medicating my guilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Some of you will disapprove of Barbie. I get your concern. Is she a suitable role model? We'll let me tell you we now have the Dream House mansion thing in our dining room and I personally think the girl's done good. But each to their own.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the big chance came when I got the idea to make her a Barbie cake. No nipping down to Asda for a ready made version for me. I mightn't be able to pick her up from school, but I could stay up half the night making one to show her how much I love her. Mother made our birthday cakes every year, still does and they still look the same. When someone makes you a cake, it's like a message of love on a plate. So, if a cake says 'I love you', what would my Barbie extravaganza say? Probably 'I love you and you have me wrapped around your perfectly formed little finger'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I'd seen a picture...how hard could it be?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first hurdle was what to cook it in. Option one was apparently to bake a number of sponge cakes, stack them and then then carve them into shape. Hmm. Sounded a bit trickier than I'd anticipated, but of course did give plenty of scope for assuaging guilt and stepping up. However, I decided there was nothing gained from giving Barbie a hideous deformity and so had to look further afield. Option two was to buy a tin. Having exhausted my borrowing options quite quickly ( there's only Z that embraces home baking in my circle of friends, and the Head of Catering at work drew a blank), it became clear I was going to have another opportunity to demonstrate dedication by researching and then buying said tin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there was the decorating to think about. A lunchtime abandoned to comparing edible diamonds, sugar roses and pink balls (if in doubt, buy all) and I was ready to roll (not the icing, it bought that ready-rolled, ha ha)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, the big bake began. Half way through I realised I'd underestimated the size of the tin and had to suspend the proceedings for an emergency dash to the nearest shop. That done, I metaphorically sat back and waited for it to cook. And waited. And waited. Eventually it appeared to be done and my job was done for the night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next day was all about the decorating. And I also discovered that loom bands make excellent Barbie bobbles. To be fair, I quite enjoyed the decorating so it didn't have the guilt repayment value it should have. Anyway, Barbie eventually looked like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(And then eventually like this...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did she say 'I'm tastier than a brother or sister and quite frankly people will be more impressed?' She did say 'please ignore the icing in my hair' though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So eventually it was party day. The many surrendered lunchtimes culminated in bags and bags of stuff to make the party look pretty and help 30 odd six year olds have fun. Did I see the fun? No. I spent most of the party willing heat resistant fries to cook to accompany their very accommodating and quick cooking hot dog buddies, accompanied as always by Mother, who surely has no mother guilt to pay for having been ever-present.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did Daughter miss me at the party? I don't think so. Did she have a brill time and tell me it was her best birthday ever? Yep. Will I ever not feel guilty? I doubt it. All I can do is try and make the big (and little) things count. Oh, and keep doing the lottery...</span>making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-28322124600458093032014-05-23T04:10:00.002-07:002016-03-30T04:47:34.481-07:00All Change<br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every
morning, when I’m performing my morning ablutions, I hear a small child be
dropped off at his grandmother’s house round the corner from us (they’re not
really loud, we’re on the corner!) and every morning, he cries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I’ve seen this child, who must be about
two, with his grandmother, and he’s happy as Larry (lucky old Larry, always
cheerful).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What he doesn’t want is for
his mummy to leave him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hear his nanny
placate him with their plans, and I’ve seen his mummy extricate herself and drive
off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And every time I hear or see it
all, it takes me back to when Daughter was little little (considering her to be
just little now that she is nearly 6).</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went back
to work when Daughter was six months old, and as I’ve mentioned before, it was
all very traumatic for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And probably
for Father, who was her primary daytime carer and used to present me with a
record of nappies changed, ounces of milk taken and slop ingested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Strangely there was no record of the Starbucks
muffin eaten when she was about 8 months old and in the joint care of Father
and Sister for the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sister thought
little of what she called my food regime and decided it was high time her
precious niece lived a little. How she laughed a few months later when I
anxiously asked Mother if she thought it was ok to give Daughter a little bit
of fairy cake! That was when I discovered the treachery, now known as Muffin
Gate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fast forward over five years and I’m
the one with the child who tries to exist solely on chocolate and she’s the one
with the child who chooses an apple over chocolate as a pudding (apple for
pudding? Does not compute!) and is a regular at their local curry house.</span></span></div>
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digress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dropping her off as a baby was
hard, but not on her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t till she
was one, and we’d spent the entire summer holiday together that she took a bit
of umbrage at being abandoned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Poor Mother,
who was still working at this time, had to try and coax her away and entice her
with the fun she’d be having with Granddad that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they did have fun, and I used to struggle
to get her out of there come home time, but by god were the mornings hard.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eventually
it all became easier, but she still had her moments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t about where she was or who she was
with but rather about the fact she wasn’t with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What she failed to realise is that wonderful
Nanny and Granddad did far more exciting stuff with her than I ever would have
done (I’m finding the years between absolute dependence and leaving home
independence a bit of a challenge…) and never in a million years would I have
been creative enough to build her an obstacle course of boxes and furniture
when she started to walk to keep her away from the radiator and give her enough
places to hold on to when she wobbled (good old Granddad), or taken her out to
the front gate <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">every day at the same time
</i>to talk to the man with the dog that she liked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or probably a load of things they did with
her that I can’t remember now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But it’s all
different now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t get to Nanny
and Granddad’s fast enough if there’s the chance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She asked could she phone them the other day
so that she could ask if she could go round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Or if it’s not going there, it’s can she have a friend round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And no longer do I have to go and snuggle her
before she gets up and play a set routine of games before she’ll get up
(grabber – where I pretend to be one of those machines and try and grab her
belly, tickle – if she doesn’t laugh she wins, cuddle round 1, rock, paper,
scissors and then cuddle round 2).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No,
now I have to put the TV on and come back when I’m all ready.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it’s not CBeebies, it’s CBBC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fear I’m becoming surplus to
requirements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the thanks I get
for holding her non-stop for six months and giving in to her every whim because
‘she’s only a baby’.</span></span></div>
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want to do each morning is open the window and shout on to the family
experiencing the morning trauma:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘this
too shall pass!’ – and you might be sorry when it does.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fooled by a
few cheery sunny and warm days over the last couple of weeks, I have unearthed
the summer clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is quite a
rigmarole to the change of seasons in our house, as limited wardrobe space has
always required clothes to be boxed up and stored in the loft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what happened in the parental home,
with poor Father being required to get in the loft and unearth unlabelled bin
bags for me, Sister and Mother, and always be sent up for a rogue sandal (or boot).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sister and I always had a pile ‘em high
attitude to clothes, so we’re talking a lot of bags.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that was probably the first thing
they did when I left home (last to leave) – teary eyed wave and then up the
stairs at record speed to use all the now vacant wardrobe and drawer space!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No more seasonal change loft jaunts for
Father now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sent
Husband up for the summer boxes, also for the last time due to the wise
purchase of some nice furniture for the spare room, and he was very surprised
to only find one fairly light box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it
all came back to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d had a cull, a
clear-out, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a declutter the summer
before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d Trinny and Susannah’ed and
Gok’ed myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Made me feel frumpy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Too big (ha ha as if)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pre-baby clothes (ahem, pre-nearly six year
old clothes)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And what survived will see me staying in a
lot over the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three strappy maxi
dresses (but not the shrug things I wore with them), three skirts I wear for
summer work, all of which are all too big, but no tops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two chiffony type maxi dresses that I still
love but have practically thermal slip dresses attached to protect modesty and
make my hair curl with over-heating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
that was about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d held some linen
trousers and some chinos back in case of an unexpected heat wave (ha! No catching
me out sunshine!) and that is the sum total of my summer wardrobe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What to
do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m trying to lose weight (and take
what you will from the fact I haven’t updated you with my Fab at Forty efforts
lately…) and so didn’t want to buy until I was looking at smaller sizes, but
all that’s happened is I’m in between sizes at this crucial shopping time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because we all know that if you haven’t
completed your summer clothes shop within the next couple of weeks you’ll be
stood looking at woolly hats and boots in the shops.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So while I’m
belting things in and working double time to get things washed and ironed, what’s
happening with Daughter’s wardrobe?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
did the same with her clothes, and generated eight bags for the charity shop
(they do keep growing!) and then declared a state of emergency shopping trip
and kitted her out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m having to try
hard to remember she’s not a baby and shop accordingly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d still have her in frilly knickers and
hats with elastic under the chin if I could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wasn’t quite expecting her to have inherited my fondness for leopard
print though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was given the choice
between identical gladiator style sandals (which aren’t the nice sturdy leather
Clark’s I would buy if left to my own devices!), which had some frilly flower
type embellishment on the front, one in a pinky hued vintage floral design, and
one in a gold leopard print design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
guessed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hear her roar.</span></span></div>
making it to the top of my own listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694213936343276987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878367938612863610.post-44983286851593100412014-03-21T06:14:00.001-07:002016-03-30T04:48:11.333-07:00Ready, Steady, Lunch!<br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday’s
packed lunches are always depressingly sparse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One of us does the food shop (also known as The Big Shop)on a Friday,
which means by Thursday night when I make the lunches for the next day (really,
who has time to make it in the morning?), there are slim pickings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not for Daughter, of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has the same every day – sandwich (egg or
ham on strict rotation, and the exotica of egg has been a fairly recent
addition), bear crisps, a mini chocolate bar that is apparently approved by
mums due to the high milk content, apple juice and until recently a
well-travelled pot of grapes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
well travelled in that she very rarely ate them and they went back and
forth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lunch-box police would
probably take me away, but they want to try living with a fussy eater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So of course there is always everything that
she wants, and let’s face it, I’d do a midnight run to the supermarket in my
slippers if I discovered something missing for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Substitutes will not be tolerated!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But for me,
it’s like a much scaled down version of Ready Steady Cook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I empty the fridge of potential lunch fare
and try and put something together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last
night revealed a serious lack of salad and fruit, but at least there was enough
to make a sandwich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was drooling
during a text to L before, who was having a jacket potato with beans and
salad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The food of kings!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have no access to a kitchen at work and so
I’m pretty limited to sandwiches and sophisticated pots of noodles that you can
make with water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not those!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve got a degree, thank you very much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My noodles come in cardboard containers for
that extra bit of sophistication.</span></span></div>
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with my parents (or ‘at home’ as I still call it occasionally), my very
wonderful Mother made my packed lunch for work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those were the
days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was never two days the same,
and there was never a make-do day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She worked full time and did
everything (more appreciated now than at the time, I think) and yet still had
enough sandwich filling on a Friday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
I’m no stranger to having discovered ham, soft cheese and grapes in between my granary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The imagination!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The effort!</span></span></div>
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think Daughter will look back as fondly on her lunches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How misty-eyed can you get over a boiled egg
sandwich?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be fair to myself though,
I do cut them into a heart shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do
hope she will entertain a ham, soft cheese and grape sandwich at some point,
but I think I will be resigning my packed lunch maker role the day she leaves
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Primary school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Grr.</span></span></div>
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pester L with texts now while she has her jacket and beans. Ha ha!</span></span></div>
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cans/bottles/sprays etc of hair product on my shelf in our bedroom, so this of
course doesn’t include the ‘wet’ hair products that crowd the bathroom (at
least 9 that I can think of from the top of my head, pardon the pun).</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know what
you’re thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’re imagining me
with a different hairstyle every day, all carried off with that ‘just stepped
out of the salon’ shine and gloss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wrong, wrong, wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wear my
hair the same EVERY DAY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Loose and
straightened for work, palm tree style with fetching fringe clip when I get
home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what’s with all the stuff?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve got
nice hair, if it’s not too big headed (there’s another one!) to say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I live with the desire to have <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nicer</i> hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Glossier, fuller, straighter, curlier, more
defined…and clearly those 24 products have promised me a variety of those
desires at some point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And have
they?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mostly, no.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do I keep falling for the promises?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
am a marketing team’s dream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Put a
picture of Cat Deeley in a magazine and use words like ‘repair’, ‘softer’,
‘glossier’ and I’m sold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will peruse
the hair product aisles of large chemists at least once a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been firm with myself lately and am
taking a ‘Just Say No’ stance, but like any kind of addict, I’m tempted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t help that Sister, with whom I
usually peruse the aisles, has an even worse case of product addiction.</span></span></div>
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tell Husband, who has a more minimal stance to this kind of thing, but on any
given day, I use two of the bedroom shelf products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s 22 unloved (and dusty) products on the shelf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I can’t throw them away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might need them!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that some of them have actually
survived a house move four years ago means nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m bound to forget why I’ve stopped using
some of them at some point and no doubt be overwhelmed by a horrible gone-off
hair product smell (apart from those that are really old and from the days when
our products were loaded with stuff to keep it tip-top for a century).</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s not
just my head that has all the extra stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I counted 11 body creams/butters/lotions on the go in the bathroom this
morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I have two vanity cases
full of extras, although I did unearth my last Christmas body wash this
morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It must have been a slow year.</span></span></div>
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probably time to admit it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My name is
Joanne and I’m a product-holic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I
have no plans to reform.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to
chuck or use the hair stuff, I think, but life can be hard enough without just
one body spray to choose from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
anxious to build up the body wash collection as we speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if I ever do run out, I can always cross
the landing to Daughter’s room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At five
and a half, she’s already building up a collection of perfume (because who
doesn’t want to smell like a Disney Princess?! Obviously not Daughter, who
never touches the stuff!) and gooey lipgloss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Like Mother like Daughter I suppose!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's understandable that she was fed up, but the real reason was that there was 30 quid burning a hole in my purse that she had from Other Grandad (so called to distinguish him from Nanny's Grandad!) and Aunty T, who had come to visit, and a promise of another tenner from me, all to spend in Build A Bear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We'd managed to get her to five and a half without ever building a bear. I'd let her spend birthday money on an outfit for a rabbit she'd got as a christening gift, but we'd never chosen one of the slightly alarming empty bodies and joined the queue. There was no choosing, she knew what she wanted (Treasure, an eye-wateringly orange cat, who is Princess Ariel's pet, presumably obtained after her move to dry land) and we encountered the attempt to get us to include a scent and sound (no thanks!) and then joined the filling queue. Our helper, Alice, was so good and I hope she's enjoying a well deserved vodka (or whatever youngsters drink these days!) tonight. Watching Daughter work the foot pump with such conviction that she was filling Treasure was so lovely, but the heart ceremony choked me up. I appreciate that sentence alone could cost me readers, because it might sound like I'm overly sentimental and have bought into the saccharine ploys of cutesy emporiums designed to hike up pester power to the max (surely I'm not the only one that cringes at being called a Guest in another well known place high up on the pester power list? And, on that note, do they really need a character name? The middle aged grump that attended to us in another (not local) outlet was so far removed from her character ( can't remember who, but one of the Big Five Princesses) that I nearly sniggered). Anyway, I digress. The heart ceremony. Daughter selected her heart, and then performed a series of actions with it, the last one being to kiss it and make a wish. Her eyes were screwed up so tight with thinking and wishing so hard, and she didn't move that heart from her kiss until she was all wished out. And it's a secret, you know, so I don't know what it is. But I couldn't tell you if I did, it's a secret!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And of course Treasure needed clothes. And accessories. What self respecting cuddly cat doesn't accessorise? So we added our dress, tiara, necklace and tail flower. Daughter did make a bid for the shoes, but they only come in pairs and Treasure's got four shoeable feet, so point to Mummy. Not buying shoes enabled us to go over to Cafe Thorntons, hurrah! Not for the delicious and restorative hot chocolate I had, you understand, but just so we could get Treasure out and dress her. What I did discover was that cats on four legs and bears/rabbits on two legs don't really share any physical similarities but are supposed to wear the same clothes, and consequently poor old Treasure's dress is a bit of a poor fit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fast forward a few years, and will we be firm shopping buddies or will it be a punishment for both of us? I suppose it depends how long I'm willing to buy things for her! I can't imagine future shopping being so cute as watching my little girl wishing on a heart though. I'm so soft!</span><br />
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