I took the children and Joanne to Weymouth on Wednesday a school holiday special treat, we went to the Sea life center there. We had a lovely day despite the most god awful weather you could imagine. The sea life center which we thought would be mainly undercover is not!! it is however a kids …
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Month:July 2009
Hard Up & Hungry
I came across this cookery book at a friends house it was for their daughter going off to university, it is aimed at students, the author is Betsy Bell, it is a brilliant little book. Not only will it help in this current credit crisis but it could save a lot of people from trying …
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Who Is Having The Most Fun?
I was working this weekend but still managed to find sometime to have a bit of fun with the children, oh yes and John. This is the beginning of the summer holidays and I am quite looking forward to a couple of days out with Joanne and the children, also my brother coming down from the …
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Sorry You Are Too Old!
This morning I was watching early morning TV, on it was a lady of 72yrs telling the world she wants to be a mother, maybe I am wrong but this really got to me, at 72 pet you’ve missed the boat, she claimed she was not ready when she was younger. I can understand that to …
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Things Are Changing
Don,t get excited, only small changes, Joanne had one of Paige’s OT’s out today and it has been agreed to go for adapting her bathroom so Paige will have a wet room style shower and a lovely padded shower chair so we can drive her straight into it, that will be really good for her also …
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Waiting For The Sunshine
Well I guess most people feel the same at the moment, back in May I was told it would be a red hot summer, then when we had a week with temperatures in the 30c I thought , yes they have got it right, I think I changed all that, I went and bought a …
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Lemon Drizzle Cake
This cake is one of my all time favorites, Joanne’s gran always made this cake for me she was an amazing woman and a wonderful cook. The lemon cake freezes very well so you always can have some cake in, which is nice if mates call for coffee. This cake will keep and freeze but …
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Camping Adventures
This article is not about one destination but about the many different types of camping experience I have found. This has been inspired by the current credit crunch and the cost of doing something special with the family. So hi di hi campers, pluck up the courage in our wonderful english summer and take the …
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Great Camping
This is a list of really exciting camp sites. www.jollydays.co.uk www.yurtworks.co.uk www.thereallygreenholidaycompany.com www.deepdalebackpackers.co.uk www.crealycamping.co.uk www.wowo.co.uk Please let me know if you also know any campsites.
Friends Old & New
I had a very busy but very pleasant weekend with some unusual highlights, Joanne told me her father had said to mention he had seen an old school friend of mine and that she was on facebook, that was enough to get me hot footing it to facebook. After 34 years we are now back …
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Changing Places
My first piece for this page is more about awareness and how we can all become involved to help improve the quality of live for people with different needs, I am supporting the group Changing Places and their site www.changing-places.org I have read some of the stories on this site and it brought to the point …
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Bake Farm, Lovely Cakes
Bake Farm just outside Salisbury on the road to Blandford it is a fruit picking farm, so kill 2 birds with one stone, pick the best fruit around here and then try their cream teas or their cakes they are really wicked, you can just go to have a coffe, you do not have to …
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