12/30: Happy birthday to me

What a long day. It started early in Salzburg, with my boy and a surprise cake, sparkling candle and singing and ended in England with my girls and more surprise cake, celebratory fire and singing. In between came a lot of talking in German, a flight home, my traditional failure to unpack properly, if at [...]

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5/30: Fireworks

It’s Bonfire Night here in the UK, so here, do what I did tonight: stay in the warm and look at someone else’s fireworks. The eating of too much pie for dinner afterwards is entirely optional.

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Summer party

Our traditional summer party at the beginning of the month was, I think, my favourite so far. I finally managed to get a pleasing mix of eating, hosting and taking photos. Hell, I even managed a few photos of the food – and we made the food labels that we’d always talked about too. So [...]

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A very royal picnic

How is it already a week and a half since we gathered in Lauren’s sitting room to eat far too much food? I guess time disappears when you actually have to go to work and Fridays and Mondays are no longer the part of the deliciously long weekends that they have been recently. In honour [...]

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They’re here!

On Thursday Sam and John had an appointment with their consultant and it was arranged that if the twins hadn’t made an appearance of their own accord, they’d be delivered by c-section on Tuesday 26th April. Twin 1 had been stubbornly breech for some time, hence the planned c-section. John and Sam left the hospital, [...]

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Chavtastic celebrations

Having made my chavtastic preparations, it was now on to the chavtastic celebrations. I was the first to arrive and was greeted by Suzy and Clara in delightful matching outfits, each accessorised in the most alluring way – with all the jewellery they owned, lip gloss ready at hand in the bra strap, white slingbacks [...]

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Chavtastic preparations

Suzy had her birthday party last weekend and took the opportunity to get us all to dress up for the evening. The theme was chavs, which may need a little explanation for those across the pond – unless of course you’ve seen “Little Britain” and are familiar with Vicky Pollard. Vicky represents the ultimate chav, [...]

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Dress code

Some parties call for diamonds and pearls. Others call for white scrunchies and fake ankle tags. It’s Suzy’s birthday party tonight. Can the Brits guess the dressing up theme?

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