You may have noticed the rather In Your Face NaNoWriMo winner’s badge over there on the right. Yes, that’s right – my month of hell is finally over. I’ve written 50,019 words and I can now catch up with the rest of my life which includes updating this silly old site and trying to get [...]

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Ahem. Yes, I know. Hello, remember me? My word count is going really well though. In the meantime, here’s a link that may or may not be useful: Song Tapper. The idea is that you tap the rhythm out of a song you like (but can’t remember the name) using the space bar on the [...]

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And with all the new babies about the blogosphere, you might find this interesting: An interview on Oprah with Priscilla Dunstan – an Australian mother who claims to have unlocked the secret language of babies. Reading the article, it’s all a bit … hmm, maybe. Watch the video clip on the second page though and [...]

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Meant to post this earlier, but congratulations to Jane (no blog, but frequently comments here on the Prattle) who gave birth to a baby girl around lunchtime last Tuesday! My love to you all.

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Thank God. For the techies, the LNB had blown. I’m so not going to tell you what it cost to replace, we’re still reeling ourselves. Still, Cbeebies and sanity has returned after what has to be one of the longest weeks of my life. All I have to do now is get them unhooked from [...]

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I know I’ve been really dismal at replying to comments the last few days, sorry about that. I am reading and enjoying all your comments though even if I don’t always get a chance to respond! NaNo is going less than well. Tiredness is setting in, lots of other demands on my time have suddenly [...]

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Many congratulations to Turquoise Lisa who gave birth to a baby girl on Monday. I’m very jealous as she beat my record by posting the announcement herself a mere five and a half hours after giving birth. That’s dedication to blogging. In the meantime, I seem to have completely lost the plot. I have spent [...]

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Interesting video – makes you think. Work safe but content may upset/be inappropriate for younger children – might be best to pre-vet.

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Here at ‘Pewari Lite’, I’d like to quickly report that I reached 20,000 words in my NaNoWriMo novel about five minutes ago. Everything else is getting rather neglected at the moment, for which I apologise. I think my children still know my name, but it’s hard to be sure. Thank god for Cbeebies, either way. [...]

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As if we still needed an excuse to drink red wine, there’s been yet another internation study looking at its health effects. This time the conclusion was that red wine allows guilt-free gluttony – in other words, a substance found in red grapes counteracts many (but unfortunately not all) of the consequences of overeating. Must [...]

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