It was both Evan’s and my brother-in-law John’s birthday parties last weekend and my dieting willpower completely deserted me. As a result I put on 6lbs this week. Hey, when I fall off the wagon I like to make sure I do so with a resounding crunch. I’m back on…

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In a conversation in the comments section yesterday Insomniac Mummy inspired me to start up a sort of “Things I Have Got Out of Blogging” series of posts. So here we go. I’ve been incredibly fortunate to make a number of really good friends through this blog. And many of…

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Something that Sally from Who’s the Mummy said in a recent post has got me thinking: …many of the parent bloggers I speak to are desperate to make some money from their blogs. As one blogger told me last week: “I’m just so sick of working for free.” Now I…

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Yesterday I asked you to identify what this was: Arjan and Dad Who Writes thought it was a giant courgette. Don’t they know that giant courgettes are actually called marrows? Arjan I can forgive because his first language is Holandish (or is that Netherlandese), but for Dad Who Writes there…

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Amy’s school had their harvest festival last week, which was good because we had a particular revolting brand of tinned spaghetti in the cupboard we needed to get shot of. I often think that there should be some sort of international UN or NATO version of harvest festival; where all…

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This week’s fat club report is delayed somewhat due to me forgetting to send an email to everyone asking for their results. I’ll post it up hopefully tomorrow I’ve well and truly lost anyhow, with both Ian and Kerry leaping ahead of me yet again. Well bollocks to them, it’s…

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Remember me posting this a couple of weeks ago?: If you ask Amy what she wants to be when she grows up she’ll give you one of two answers – either “a famous pop star” or “a horse riding teacher”. It’s very hard not to take these responses as a…

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There is a sliding scale of domestic catastrophes. It runs from dropping dried pasta on the kitchen floor all the way through to your dog urinating on your bed at 3am New Years Day (not a good start to 2003 let me assure you). Kerry and I have seen it…

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A slightly delayed Fat Club report today due to me spending most of my allocated blogging time yesterday messing about with my ukulele. I’ve discovered a number of Ben Folds songs on Chordie that I’m having a lot of fun mangling. Unfortunately I’ve been thrashed in the contest yet again…

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Yesterday my friend Dave and I walked the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge. This is a 23 to 26 mile long circuit (depending on which specific route you take) that covers three mountains in the Yorkshire Dales National Park: Pen-y-ghent (694m / 2277ft) Whernside (736m / 2415ft) and Inglebrough (723m /…

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