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January 2009

How My Children Are Helping Me To Lose Weight

by admin on 28 January, 2009

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My lunch on Saturday was a bowl of tomato soup with two slices of fresh crusty bread.
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With my children already sitting at the table eating their sandwiches and carrot sticks, I too sat with my soup and bread. I hadn’t even bitten into the first slice of bread when one of my children asked [...]

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Feet

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Hello one and all.
Firstly let me apologise for the slow running site. It has been reported to the host and although I’ve had a reply, it didn’t really help, so I’m back in the queue again. Harumph.
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I did try turning on the WP-CACHE thingy which made page loading a bit speedier but it [...]

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My Sister Tells Me The Things I Don’t Want To Hear

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I had a text message from my sister today just asking after my general well-being.
I was walking the dogs at the time and so I thought I’d call her instead of replying by text.
It turns out she was walking her dog at the same time, so we had a little chuckle pretending it was an [...]

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Last Roll Of The Dice

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I very much feel that I’m in ‘Last Roll Of The Dice’ territory.
I feel a sense of desperation and anxiety and a nagging feeling of self-loathing.
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Within five or so weeks I’m going to have to contact the Human Resources department and advise them that I want to return to work. They need [...]

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Not Today Thank You

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It wasn’t my intention to post another rant today, but I’ve got some anger issues and I can’t afford therapy.
Yesterday I was furious about something that happened at the Doctor’s surgery.
My eldest girl who’s 3 years old was due her Measles, Mumps and Rubella jab.
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As is the normal practice the Doctor’s Surgery send out [...]

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It’s Odd But It’s True

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As if further proof were needed that small children addle your brain….
Following on from my recent absentmindedness causing me to make two trips to get a punctured tyre changed, I bring you new proof of my jelly brain.
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I walked into the living room the other day and my wife, who was reclined on the [...]

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Daddy’s Girl

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One of the things I feared most about taking over the full time care of the children, has happened.
Our youngest daughter who’s just turned two has found big love for her Daddy.
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In some ways I’m ecstatic about it because it’s probably the nearest I’ll get to feeling the bond between mother and [...]

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I Love Power Tools And Gadgets

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Prior to becoming a Stay-at-home Dad, I was pretty much like any other cave dwelling guy on the planet – I loved power tools and gadgets.
I still do, but something alarming is happening to me.
Instead of drooling over the latest Hammer Drill or Cordless Bumfungler [...]

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My Children Trash My House Every Day

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I’ve got to get more storage.
My current arrangements make me want to cry, even though I’m a big tough man. And I am.
Everything I own is in easy reach of my children.
I swear that they do it on purpose. Every day they pull out every damn book, every damn toy and every damn floor puzzle [...]

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A Mother’s Guilt

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My day is turning into a wreck already.
I loaded up the car with all the kids for the school run, collected another child en route and then battled the traffic only to get to school to find out it was closed. The boiler has packed up. The two boys were delighted. I was not.
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Running On An Empty Head

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Obviously I don’t provide enough excitement in my wife’s life, because it seems there’s little she likes more than running the cars on empty. She laughs in the face of ‘running out of fuel on a deserted country road’ and kicks sand in the eye of ‘being able to deal with an emergency without having [...]

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Nigella Lawson Is Gorgeous

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Nigella Lawson is a beautiful woman, of that there’s no doubt. I’m tempted to litter this post with pictures of Nigella, but I’ll stick with just the one. What I really would like is to get my hands on a Nigella Lawson calendar. I’d be a happy man, but I can’t find one anywhere. And [...]

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Coughy Anyone?

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One lump of catarrh or two?
Nasty business.
The snot goblins are playing merry hell at our house.
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All four of the children have a cold. Two are coughing for Britain and two have snot candles to rival those big old church alter candles I see at weddings and funerals (other than that, I don’t have [...]

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Shaving

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Shaving every day is for women and for those men who have to go to work.
At the moment I’m neither, so shaving happens when either my face gets too itchy or there’s the prospect of some good lovin’ (or bad lovin’ (oh hell, or any kind of lovin’ at all, I’m not fussy)).
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I [...]

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Not Without A Fight

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My current lifestyle as a Stay-At-Home Dad is under threat and it’s far too good to be abandoned without a fight.
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Over the Christmas period I had many conversations with friends and relatives about my situation.
I was surprised at how reluctant I was to admit that I didn’t really want to return to work.
I think [...]

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