Author Archives: Sarah

Bloomin’ bullying

Annual leave. A day of rest. Yeah right. Sacrifice half of that for a meeting: planned at short notice and due to involve me, a middle person and someone else who I shall call Maggie (not a real name, you … Continue reading

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Summer 2010

The summer of 2010 was fabulous. I take it that’s what the weekend just gone was? It was wonderfully hot and sunny, the kids swam in a friend’s outdoor pool whilst the alleged grown-ups enjoyed a very sociable barbecue. So … Continue reading

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Bloomin’ Birthdays

I’m getting older. In about a month’s time I’ll be older. About a month older than I am now. But a year older than I was on my birthday last year. Quite enough years. Present ideas? Really really difficult… all … Continue reading

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Mac convert

Okay. I confess. I have seen the light… well… mainly. There are roles for all OSs in our house! Linux in various flavours lives on our servers… Windows XP Home on our son’s computer (games support for his purposes)… Windows … Continue reading

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Wot No Blogs

There have been no posts for a while. Why not? Could it be the advent of a dog? Or too much work? Or something else? Interrupted there… the dog’s face is hugely swollen on one side. Looks like she must … Continue reading

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Long time no blogging

It’s the middle of the night again – working on the ‘puter until this late on a Friday night isn’t good for much… but does reduce the stress levels associated with having far too much on my todo list. I … Continue reading

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Bloomin’ snoring

Insomnia.  Snoring.  Insomnia.  Snoring.  Small child clambering.  Snoring.  Insomnia.  Ho hum.

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Bluntest knife in the block

The most stupid person in the world might be the one who, whilst trying to be super clever, made themselves look stupid and petty by trying to score points. And failing. And being publicly ‘badly behaved’. There are actually at … Continue reading

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Friends

Truly great friends sent gravy browning. We love them

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Bloomin’ browning

Why oh why does Tesco think that I will be happy with Krunchie gravy browning. It may be made in Maesteg… it’s a fab plan to support local businesses… but I want decent gravy browning made by Cross and Blackwell … Continue reading

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