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Confessions of a Single Mum

The ups, the downs and sideways views of life as a single parent

Thing, Thinhy and Thingmebobs

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You know how it is, you stare at something for ages but nope, you just can’t think of the name of it. So it gets called thing. Or you ask one of the kids to pass you the ….the….yep you can’t think of its name so it’s called thing again. The word ‘thing’ gets used for so many items and moments when the old brain cell refuses to work. Thing, thingy, thingamabob…..all rush to save the day. ... VIEW POST

15 Really Usefully Useless Facts

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15 really usefully useless facts because most of us love something totally useless. 1                     You burn 3.5 calories each time you laugh. 2                     The delightful expression ‘kick my arse’ is thought to date back to 1705. 3                     More than 500 peanuts are used to make a jar of peanut butter. 4                     Japan is the largest exporter of frogs’ legs. 5                     One in ten people in the world live on an ... VIEW POST

Dear Me at 50

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I have tried to write this Dear Me post so many times but it’s hard. It’s hard to think in less than 10 years I will be knocking on the door of being 50. To me being 50 conquers up images of elasticated waists on polyester slacks and comfy shoes. It conjures up smells of violets and lavender. That’s how 50 year olds are often portrayed and I so don’t want to be one of those 50 year olds. ... VIEW POST

New stuff in Karoove land.

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Just a quick catch upon on what I have been doing in the Karoove world. There has been the excitement of a new craft shop opening up. Not just a small craft shop but a new Hobbycraft store. I have never been to one and had heard that they are expensive on a few things so I was a little cautious when Mum and I went to check it out. It’s true some of the things are a bit more expensive but Mum and I still managed to come away with several bags of crafting stash. It was also nice to see so much ... VIEW POST

Will there be Snow

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These seasons really are confused and all over the place aren’t they. Spring is a bit of an early summer with days that are warm and sunny just like summer. They tease us and get us all excited that this year will be the year we actually get a summer. It never is and we spend the most of the summer complaining about it. But if we do get more than two days on the run with nice weather were so unaccustomed to the heat we complain at that too. Summer doesn’t happen, well not like I think it should. ... VIEW POST