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Costume Developments
We spent a good portion of last weekend making papier mache and experimenting with acrylic paints and ink and I have to say the results are starting to look quite good. With the rest of the costume...
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Rollercoaster Week
Ups and downs this week, with unexpected bad news about the health of one of Lady M’s relatives casting a pall, but great results from the first of her exams and unexpectedly good feedback from a...
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Fright Nights and Dungeon Crawls
Well, we seem to have made a fair few people jump with our dressing up for Fright Night at Thorpe Park last night. I was a little disappointed to see less people in costume than last year, but we...
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Doing Better
To the relief of pretty much everyone I seem to have come out the other side of the major dip this week – though not without giving my counsellor pause to wonder if it was sheer exhaustion rather than...
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MCM London
We had a great time at Comic Con at the Excel Centre last weekend. It was the first one I’ve been to in many years, and the first ever for C and Lady M, so there was a lot to take in. By far and away...
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Happy Halloween
Our local coffee shop staff have recently been calling us ‘the coolest people they know’, which is a great ego boost, but usually comes in the same sentence as a guess at our respective ages that are...
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Coughs, Colds and Booksignings
We have a new nickname for my daughter. She is no longer the mother of horses, but now the mother of germs. We’re all feeling grim and grotty, which is no help for Charleesi as she’s in the middle of...
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A good evening
Yesterday was busy, with work at the library, followed by the arrival of G+A for dinner, which turned into a game of Cards Against Humanity. This lasted us until the early hours of the morning, and...
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Celebratory Sidestep
We fought our way up into London yesterday evening, despite the best efforts of South West Trains, to join G+A for A’s birthday. It’s one of those culturally important birthdays involving a 3 and a...
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Preparing for Valentines
Keep Calm and Use the Konami Code I’ve been scratching my head this year with the realisation that Valentine’s Day and our anniversary are only a couple of weeks apart. This year is our third...
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National Libraries Day
Try Something New I’ve been extra busy the last few days, which has left me far too exhausted to write anything for the blog until now. The current short-staffing at the library tipped into crisis when...
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Today’s Word: Meandering
Both Lady M and Charleesi have studies for exams in the near future, so after the riding lesson, they both buckled down to work while I played some if the new haul of games. The first mission of dragon...
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Happy Anniversary
And now to play... You know, as opposed to an unhappy one. Three years ago, as I write this, I think I was in a Starbucks with my father, getting drinks before cramming into his car to drive to Rowton...
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World Book Day
Continuing in our onward journey to have an awesome year, I’ve made sure to leap into any opportunity to do something worth remembering with at least affection if not glee. Today was a perfect...
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Friday Night Red Noses
Well, it’s been a weird old week, and so it’s nice to relax on what has turned out to be quite a grey saturday. After Thursday’s sad news, Friday at the library turned out to be a combination of hard...
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Gaming and Modding
I’ve finally got round to writing up this week’s Monday game, and that heads up a new chapter in the Wartorn game – what’s a fantasy pirate adventure without a few zombies? The modding for Artyfakes...
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Cowpunkabilly Nights
We went out last night after more modding to see The Wessex Pistols playing at The Plough at Norwood Green. They bill themselves as a Cowpunkabilly group, and were, frankly, great fun. The range of...
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Another Night on the Town
A Grand Night Out Well, another working week done, with only a small degree of gnashing of teeth and a general desire to kick customers out the door on a regular basis. Last night was a good end to the...
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Love Wins
Keep Calm and Use the Konami Code I am friends with people who are genuinely distressed about today’s marriage equality ruling in the States, and that’s led to a series of conversations with other...
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Weekend of Whut?
Well that was an intense weekend! Saturday was the first day of the 2015 Summer Reading Challenge at the library and I’m glad to report it was busy all day. I even had children queuing up for the doors...
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