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Mistaken age

ByEmma January 3, 2021

I reckon it’s been a day for it, although the first in the bank (I was transferring my ISA to one with a decent rate, very sensibly) was poor hearing from the customer services woman. She misheard my date of…

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First parents evening at nursery

ByEmma March 18, 2023

I can’t believe I’ve been to our first parent’s evening. It was the day nursery parent’s evening yesterday, and we had our 15 minute slot. Although only I went along – the OH still hasn’t done the nursery run or…

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Listography: top 5 phrases that make me crazy

ByEmma March 11, 2023

I think it’s going to one of those listography’s which after I’ve written it, I then remember all the other annoying things that I’ve forgotten about! Here are my phrases that I can’t stand (I’ve tried to not include too…

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Listography: Top 5 Websites

ByEmma April 11, 2018

Linking up with KateTakes5’s listography this week, and it’s on your most commonly used websites. I’m not really surprised about mine, as when I don’t have much time on the computer, there’s a few I always check. WordPress. Not sure…

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Listography: Top 5 photos of 2011

ByEmma March 17, 2021

Mmm, big event this year which was N’s arrival, so I’m anticipating this could be quite obvious! I have taken hundreds of photos this year, so it’s quite hard to choose which 5 make it to this listography list of…

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Bleak house…illness reigns

ByEmma March 17, 2021

Makes a change that I’m the healthy one in this house, as my OH always moans I have the sniffles. OH’s come down with a kind of tonsillitis illness that he sometimes suffers from. Of course being bank holiday weekend…

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Listography: Top 5 Christmas Songs

ByEmma February 15, 2016

Ooh, when I saw this week’s topic, it made me smile. I love Christmas songs, the old, the traditional, and many of the new ones. I just makes me warm inside. So here are my top 5 (in no particular…

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Listography: Cartoon characters from your youth

ByEmma March 8, 2023

This listography is proving quite hard for me to decide on. Kate’s original post here includes 5 cartoon characters already from my youth, so I’m going to try and think of some different ones. Here they are. 5 cartoon characters…

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Listography: Top 5 Randoms

ByEmma October 24, 2020

This week’s listography from KateTakes5 is top 5 random things I like. They have to be explicit, and not generic (eg I like chocolate is not unusual for most people!). I can think of lots of things I don’t like, but…

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Listography: Top 5 famous folk I used to fancy

ByEmma June 17, 2018

Well, no posts recently due to having a 24 hour bug, and now having a horrible cold. Plus the OH’s now ill so I’m sorting out N all day with no time to spare. But, saw this listography and thought…

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Regular family photos

ByEmma June 17, 2018

Although I have ‘get a decent family photo of the 3 of us’ on my day zero list, I think it’s going to be a really hard task to achieve. So far we’ve had 2 photos taken (one blurry one…

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