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SunshineGirl

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Phase 2 of our family

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Back in the summer we were contacted by our daughter's former care home to ask if we would consider fostering/adopting another child. This came about from a casual remark I had made about the office/study that I created for me and my daughter, that... See More »

Bayeux Tapestry arrives in UK for the first time in 900 years

The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in the UK, for the first time since it is believed to have been created here nearly 1,000 years ago. At 02:50 BST, chaperoned from a secret location in northern France by a police guard, it was driven into a loading... See More »

The oldest Englishman

Meet Cheddar Man. A Mesolithic hunter and the owner of the oldest complete skeleton to be found in the British Isles (around 10,000 years old). Scientists at the Natural History Museum have reconstructed his DNA profile and concluded that he was... See More »

Happy Independence Day!

🇺🇸 🎉 🎇 And for those of you listening to Trump's "really long speech", please make sure that you are well hydrated, have emergency rations to last several days, and that children and pets are safely housed indoors 😊

Laws of physics remain undisturbed

Our teenager wants to celebrate the end of her exams (and her school career) with a sleepover at our home this weekend. Just a quiet affair with 17 of her closest friends 😳 My gently expressed reservation that her room and bed may not be up to the ch... See More »

Date night with my daughter

Our 15 year old finished her school exams on Thursday. At some stage I had rashly promised to take her out to dinner at a restaurant of her choice. Friday was a beautiful early summer evening and we sat at an outdoor table overlooking the sun rippled... See More »

Deadly hamsters board raft for Channel crossing

Nigel Farage warns of nibbling rodents taking secret rowing courses (Mail Online).

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Breaking news . . .

Apparently Elon Musk is being lined up to play a trans Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan's new version of The Odyssey 😃 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c242d9472dqo

I received a panicked text from my daughter at school yesterday telling me that she had lost her PE kit. Normally I would be tempted to ignore this, as I must have done on the 132 previous occasions that she thought she had forgotten or mislaid her... See More »

Pre-exam wobbles

After trying all weekend to gently coax our teenager to sit down for a couple of quiet hours of maths revision, the inevitable meltdown came shortly after lunch today when I was left in no doubt that the world was about to end 😥 Drastic times call... See More »

Beware of Greeks . . .

I've just returned from my 10 year old's school assembly. Her class have been doing a project on Ancient Greece and some of the children were asked to research and dress up in typical clothes from the period. My daughter was assigned the part of a... See More »

My teenager is muttering darkly to herself in the Time Out corner

She has declared herself to be "very disappointed" that I won't unilaterally lift the grounding imposed on her by my wife yesterday. Not half as "disappointed" as I am to be stuck indoors with a grumpy teenager 😅 Back to school on Monday 😌

J D Vance shows Trump how to do regime change properly!

SW is currently showing me ads for gold bullion investment and dementia tests

I wonder what in my recent activity may have triggered that 🤔

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

Last month Reform UK leader and rarely seen MP for Clacton Nigel Farage travelled to Florida hoping to meet Donald Trump. Although he was denied an audience with the president he did at least manage to cover his expenses with a £27,800 fee for... See More »

Old man shouts at clouds

Reform UK leader and part time MP for Clacton on Sea, Nigel Farage, has labelled Greater Manchester Police's decision to close an investigation into allegations of voter coercion at February's Gorton and Denton by-election as "an establishment... See More »

Times are getting hard . . .

A Guardian investigation into thousands of Cameo messages recorded by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, has resulted in the self-styled patriot withdrawing his services (£106 a message) over "security concerns". Among the more controversial messages:... See More »

Operation Deep Breath and Calm Down - a parent's perspective

Following a slightly surreal discussion of the current global crisis with my 15 yo, I thought I would offer a mum's eye view of the current war that was begun by a man who may well have benefited from some stronger parenting 🤨 (1) Sticks and stones... See More »

Mothering Sunday

We started the day with the girls bringing us breakfast in bed. Always a slightly tense affair until the tea is safely poured. The 9 yo proudly presented us with a card she had made at school. Her elder sister provided a helpful artistic... See More »

Rebels without a cause

Our home became suspiciously quiet this afternoon. I found both girls busily at work with card, paper, and paints. The 9 yo was mercifully well wrapped up in her artist's smock 👍 "What are you up to?" I innocently enquired. "We're having a... See More »

Does anyone else use ChatGPT to help with their children's bedtime stories?

Our 9 yo has a long bedtime routine and I seem to have made a rod for my own back by leading her to expect: (1) A chapter from the book she is reading by herself (2) A freestyle story from my own imagination (3) A "thought" story - ie. an... See More »

Onwards and upwards

Our 15 year old had some fantastic news this week. She has been offered a place on the very competitive hospitality apprenticeship she applied for. So from September she will be working three days a week in the kitchens of a large hotel, and... See More »

Romance is still alive!

My teenager's Friend-Who-Is-A-Boy-But-Not-My-Boyfriend came to our home yesterday bearing Valentine gifts . . a small bunch of daffodils and a 1kg bag of marshmallows. Daughter looks appalled as she assumed he would be at his rugby club all day and... See More »

My teenager dumped a very muddy PE kit in the laundry basket

Launched into a long and discursive narrative about a fire alarm that went off during the lesson. OK, I understand that you were standing outside for 5 minutes, still not sure why you had to roll around on the grass 🤷‍♀ Still, she's now updated... See More »

Our girls are back from school

Shoes and coats lie strewn where they were thrown in the hallway . . School uniforms are (more or less) in the laundry basket . . Rhythmical thumping to strains of Taylor Swift can be heard wafting from the teenager's bedroom . . And so our... See More »

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