The mop broke. Went to buy a new one. They only had the mop head type. So had to get a wringer too. You can’t buy a wringer without buying a bucket. Bought one. On the way home I thought, “oh sod this, not cleaning the kitchen floor now – it can wait until next [...]

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You’ll be glad to know the Naan offspring are back home from the grandparents. In less than five seconds, EVERY toy has been brought out and all over the living room floor. The air is filled with “MINE! NO MINE!” and poo jokes. God, I missed them.

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In case that wasn’t enough deep thought for us, we actually have another potentially life changing discussion knocking around at the moment – moving house. At some point, we’re fairly certain we’re going to have to move. While the local primary school here is excellent, our local secondary is worse than dire – about a [...]

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I want to write I want to do a martial art of some description I want to be fluent in a language other than my own I want to play the piano more often I want to be fit … really fit… the point where your body works fluidly and powerfully I want to be [...]

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Yesterday, the children were dropped off at their grandparents for a short holiday, so I have great plans to make the most of the next few days by giving myself a bit of a life makeover. I’ve felt slightly stuck in a rut for a while now, not really sure of any direction. By going [...]

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A few places worth seeing and a few places not, should you find yourselves in the vicinity of North Wales with a 5 and 2 year old in tow. You’ll note that National Trust properties feature a lot – this is because we’re members and because we prefer a free (well, okay … pre-paid) day [...]

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As you may have guessed due to the distinct lack of updates on the Prattle over the last few days, we have been off on holiday. Our second voyage in the Conway Cruiser, we chose to go for an extended four night visit to North Wales, with Akra Jr’s only criteria being that it had [...]

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So, does the environmental superiority of not taking an annual package tour holiday via a mega-polluting, DVT-inducing economy passenger jet (conveniently ignoring the real reason of exorbitant costs of term-time flights) outweigh the environmental deadly sin of buying a gas-guzzling, pedestrian-mowing 4×4 for towing out of boggy muddy fields necessitated by holidaying in the UK? [...]

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Given that we just had a hail storm here, and the weather for the weekend doesn’t look like it’s going to be much of an improvement… would it be a very foolish move to go camping? Any wet weather entertainment suggestions?

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Three random things that have aggravated me in the last 24 hours in no particular order: Grandparents: when taking your grandchild to swimming lessons please don’t applaud repeatedly and shout suggestions of technique to them. For one, it distracts the child. Secondly, it annoys the teacher. Finally, and most importantly, it completely pisses off the [...]

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