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Sandwiches
I hate sandwiches. I absolutely do. And I can tell you when I started hating them – it was when I was twenty six years old. I moved out of home, and became responsible for making the sandwiches. Yes – Read more
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HAIR DISASTER! Thank God for Clairol
I am a very busy person. I do not know what I actually achieve, and when I make statements like that, I feel the weight of a million condemning eyes on me, silently accusing me of HAVING NO JOB. But Read more
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Escaping to Idaho: hankering after Tara Westover’s education
I can thoroughly recommend “Educated”. It might make you hanker after a Cambridge stint, and the ability to tell stories the way Tara Westover does, but it’ll certainly make you glad you’ve never had to operate heavy, sharp, deadly machinery supervised by a father whose idea of health and safety is trusting in angels.
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A New Wardrobe! Kind of.
Well, I’d like to report that the Funny Little Bungalow is now sorted. Tidy, orderly, and functioning. Sadly, I cannot. There is a bathroom missing. There’s whole section of the house yet to be renovated. No room is completely painted, Read more
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Change of Tack
My blog is now not so much about life on a building site – I am almost sorry to say. There is still a long way to go, but we can no longer claim rooflessness or shed dwelling. We all Read more
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Patrick’s Helmet
An exciting development has occurred here at The Funny Little Bungalow. Not the whole MOVING IN thing – that’s old news. But we finally have achieved Big Seymour’s dream, by getting solar tubes installed on the roof. By God! They’re Read more
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Parenting Dilemma; to wine or not to wine?
Here’s my parenting dilemma: let’s say it is a Sunday. As usual, on a Sunday, we are working at home. That “work” could involve anything from pruning fruit trees to burning dining tables, but it always involves mega mess and Read more
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Thank You, Shed
One night. One measly night was all Mini Seymour got to enjoy in her new room, in her own room, before she found herself, inexplicably, under a starched blue cellular blanket, atop waterproof sheets, in a ward at Brighton Hospital, Read more
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Help! I’ve created a monster!
I’ve waited for ages for my teenager to love reading, and now she’s stealing my books!
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Niggly Bits
This has to be the most frustrating part of the whole project- this stage right here. We have a house, with working things in it. The oven is marvellous! Apparently. Sputnik has the capacity to heat both the water and Read more