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Oops, I guess I fell off my pedestal!

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

I’m sure you’ll all be very pleased to know after yesterday morning’s overachievements that I’m not wonderwoman after all. I didn’t get anywhere near all the stuff done that I’d unrealistically planned – surprise! I did take daughter no. 2 for her test results though – and she had make huge improvements and the therapist […]

A little gentle domestic goddessing

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Today I seem to be having the sort of day when I make great strides with seemingly almost no effort whatsoever. Jobs that I’ve been dreading seem to get done in a trice and although it’s only lunchtime, I’m quite taken aback at what I’ve managed to achieve so far. I’m kind of in shock […]

Normal service has been resumed

Monday, August 15th, 2011

Everyone has come home. While we still have a week of school vacation left and I’ll be slogging my way through the washing mountain for some time to come, it’s good to be home. Don’t get me wrong. I love to travel and see new things and have new experiences. Deep down though, I guess […]

Why does life always get in the way?

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

I had such good intentions….but try as I might, I haven’t got as much done as I’d hoped to over the last day or so. You see, I had visions of a troublefree day just trundling along sewing blocks on the sewing machine. I hadn’t quite taken into account having to do a holiday worth […]

Reflecting

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Sometimes life just doesn’t turn out how you hope it will. Despite her best efforts – and she really did work hard – Daughter No1 didn’t manage to pass the year at school this year – it came down to an average of 3.74 instead of 3.75 in French in the end. Couldn’t have been […]