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Yule Be Sorry
I don’t quite know what it is about December that makes me so down in the dumps every year, except oh yes, maybe I do. Maybe it’s the way...
jdettmann
Dec 3, 20164 min read
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RUN NOW!
Baffling contraption As we are wont to do from time to time, H and I have started a small health kick. It’s not a high kick. We’re not...
jdettmann
Aug 2, 20164 min read
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Sticker Shock
Part of a Lego exhibition we saw on the weekend and in no way a freakishly accurate representation of our bedroom when it’s my morning to...
jdettmann
Jun 15, 20164 min read
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Spread Joy Up To The Maximum
While Garnet was sick all he has wanted to do was have me read him books while he languished in my lap. Once day I dragged out a Play...
jdettmann
Aug 18, 20142 min read
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When You Think He’s Fast Asleep, He’s Always Wide Awake
Why the italics, you might ask. What has Gusto done to merit that? Nothing. Gusto is being an exemplary feline. It is the jellicle cats...
jdettmann
Jan 15, 20143 min read
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Flat-packed
So sweet, you’d never know they have tiny ear canals brimming with filth and germs. Nor that the one on the right is about to throw up in...
jdettmann
Dec 12, 20133 min read
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Things Are Good When Things Are Good
Thing 1: Since one or other or another of his or my recent colds or ear infections or other random maladies that have blurred into one...
jdettmann
Sep 20, 20133 min read
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True Romance
Because I want this to remain a mummy blog, and not morph into a beauty blog, I shall refrain from giving you the contact details of the...
jdettmann
May 22, 20132 min read
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You Give Me Fever
In the event of finding yourself over thirty-eight weeks pregnant and suffering from a virus that makes you burn with fever and shake...
jdettmann
Dec 4, 20121 min read
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My Wedding Advice
My most excellent friends Nic and Wilf are getting married today! So, in their honour, I present my top ten pieces of wedding day advice....
jdettmann
Nov 24, 20123 min read
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Probably For The Best
Must dust cat. To our dear friends whose hen’s and buck’s nights we failed to attend last night, the following conversation is what we...
jdettmann
Nov 18, 20121 min read
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The Talkies
This is not strictly relevant to the following post except that it sums up better than any other photo I have how today has made me feel....
jdettmann
Nov 17, 20122 min read
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What I Learned on My Holidays
1. You have to stay somewhere as good or better than home. My very clever friend Other Jess once told me this, and I think she is right....
jdettmann
Aug 21, 20124 min read
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What I’ve Liked This Week: Learning to Be On Holiday Edition
Swimming in an ocean rock pool. I am a bit slow, clearly, but I have finally discovered a place that has all the nice seawater of the...
jdettmann
Apr 14, 20122 min read
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Holidays Make Me Sick
Things aren’t going exactly according to plan on our holiday. No sooner had we arrived and unpacked our Tetris-style car that took us a...
jdettmann
Apr 11, 20122 min read
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Gracious Is My Middle Name
I actually had a very, very nice birthday. May Blossom decided that I should enjoy the day for as many hours as possible so she got up at...
jdettmann
Apr 3, 20122 min read
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Break It Down Now
My little family is about to take a little break. Not from each other, but from the city and work, from battling for parking and crowded...
jdettmann
Mar 29, 20123 min read
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Is Going Out Tonight Worth It?: A Statistical Analysis
I bought the tickets a few months ago on a whim, because H loves Bonnie Prince Billy, who is a grumpy-looking, balding, blond bearded...
jdettmann
Mar 5, 20123 min read
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Summer’s Blood Was In It
The reason for the subterfuge is that since blackberries are a terrible pest in these parts, and you are supposed to keep them away by...
jdettmann
Jan 30, 20123 min read
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Cider Road
I am a hoarder. I come from hoarders, I married a hoarder and together we have bred a tiny hoarder. Over the years, H and I have...
jdettmann
Jan 9, 20124 min read
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