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the last day of monday idleness

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Surely is!  Tomorrow, I too will have to bound out of the home, bright and early, clothes ironed, face washed, hair brushed, ready for a day of WORK!  Outside the house!  On a busy street!  In a busy bookstore!  Oh my goodness!
So, making the most of this last Monday at home for a while - [...]

the first day in ordinary time

Monday, February 1st, 2010

It is Monday.  We are not moving.  We are not visiting.  We are not being visited.  We are not holidaying.  We are not knee deep in back to school preparations.  We are not eyebrow deep in family celebrations and Canadian cousins.  After what has been a long time of un-ordinary, we Boots are, at last, [...]

making pancakes and good memories

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Yee-ha!  I am sitting here on the sofa; Julian has pedalled off to work (god bless his hard working soul!), Abby is making the most of her last day of summer holidays and is sleeping in, Toph is curled up beside me, my very first issue of Marie Clair Idees is on the other side [...]

twelve

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

My wee sweet girlie is twelve.  Twelve!  Wherever did the last twelve years vanish to?  The day of Abby’s birth is crystal clear in my mind - the wonderful surprise of whether she would be an Abby or a Joshua; the utter, utter exhaustion when we arrived at our room, me hoping she would have [...]

rushing … not rushing

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

There are some things that can be rushed and some things that just can not.
It is not possible to buy 72 desk chairs, 54 kitchen chairs, 6 Poang armchairs, and 16 bar stools in under 5 hours.  Nope.  It takes a heck of a long time to load them onto 17 trolleys and then push [...]

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