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abatstone
- Oct 8, 2022
- 1 min
Autumn Comforts
There is no denying Autumn is here. The weather is colder, the nights are drawing in and we are terrified to put the heating on! Before...
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abatstone
- Jul 30, 2021
- 2 min
The Mum's Race - Spa Part 2
Who knew that there would be a Mum's Race at Spa! I am totally on it ... Like all things in Motorsport, Regulations, Rules and Guidance...
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abatstone
- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
"Let's have some Spa" he said. Part 1
My partner has been quite ill and I dont mean man flu. I wont go into detail but suffice to say we were in Accident and Emergency just...
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abatstone
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
DIY in the bedroom
"You made your bed my girl. You better lie in it" I am quoting my ex-mother in law. It was, and still is, one of her favourite things...
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abatstone
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
Wet Expectations
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain". Dolly Parton Do you feel like this Peony sometimes? Head...
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abatstone
- Jun 14, 2021
- 1 min
The need for a good foundation
Molly is now 13 and experimenting with make up. As you can see she was a natural from an early age. We love nothing more than a visit to...
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abatstone
- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
Bikini Ready? Be More Duck
The upside of having a teenage daughter is the fact that we can bond over Love Island. It is also good for my work ... really. Let me...
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abatstone
- Jun 8, 2021
- 1 min
Wedding History
1998 Twenty three years later we've all been married, become proud parents and have eleven children between us. Weddings ... It would be...
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abatstone
- May 30, 2021
- 2 min
Gnome Sweet Home(s)
Dear Friends Without Prejudice I have just bought a gnome. I should've bought two as I have a home in Kent and a home with my Mum. It's...
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abatstone
- May 26, 2021
- 1 min
Weather forecast is for Brain Fog
This morning ... I lost my purse. I went back to the shop. I searched the car park. I ransacked the house. I was not an oasis of...
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abatstone
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Judging ... big mistake. Huge.
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged..." Matthew 7-11,Proverbs 5:1-14 Matt is right. I am a sinner. There is a shop in Tenterden...
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abatstone
- Apr 16, 2021
- 2 min
Refusing to Sink
Molly and I bought some beautiful duck eggs earlier this week. Fried, poached and with soldiers they were delicious. So impressed were...
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abatstone
- Mar 24, 2021
- 2 min
Bring me sunshine
Hark, what news from The Potting Shed??? No ... she is not showing the neighbours where she keeps her vibrator, she is telling them...
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abatstone
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Every School Needs
... amazing children, adults and Spritzer! A successful school feels like home and I have been lucky enough to work in a place that has...
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abatstone
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
Laughing through the tears
“Don't go fighting against the Spring.” ― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View We have moved house and are faced with a new view. Twelve...
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abatstone
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
Testing times
I just shouted downstairs, to anyone who will hear me, that I am just about to wee on a stick. Eerie silence, fear and panic envelopes...
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abatstone
- Feb 19, 2021
- 2 min
Perfume Holy Grails and Gin
I saw this on Instagram today: Blimey! Apparently there is a waiting list to get a £69 bottle! Do I wait on the shore or at Stonehenge,...
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abatstone
- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
Pancakes and parenting - Fake or Bake?
Picture: Robin Weaver @robertweaverphotographer Shrove Tuesday is here again and I am struck with the age old dilemma - 'Do I fake it?'...
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abatstone
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Happy Half Term
What are your half term plans? We are off to Cornwall to visit Grandma and Grandad. Car overloaded with bikes, fishing and crabbing...
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