I know we're nearly a quarter of the way through 2017, and no one is even thinking about 2016, but I've tried my best to do this photo round-up for the last three years or so, and it's pretty interesting for J and I to look back on the things we've done. 2016 was very busy and involved much travelling. We were very lucky.


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With the arrival of the snow (that has er, now melted) I have gone into winter hibernation, hence the lack of posts. Well, there was also the back-to-back trips earlier in the month to Lisbon and London, both of which were amazing and well worth writing about ( Read more... )

Just barely made it to the gates with the annual meme I try to do every year. Some of these questions are pretty dumb. I think next year I'll create my own meme. [Previous years if anyone can be bothered: 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010Am I looking forward to 2016? Less than 24 hours to the Sherlock Special broadcast, hell yes I'm looking forward to ( Read more... )

It's the final stretch to the end of 2015! The kids have enjoyed starting on their advent calendars... because they are filled with chocolate. I can't be bothered with the Lego and Playmobil advent calendars this year because they never get played with and it's just a waste of money and plastic. Last year's Playmobil one is quite festive looking ( Read more... )

I am loving, loving, LOVING how both kids are in school for at least part of the day. Bao stopped crying at drop-off at the end of last week, and has been cheerfully talking about school and (according to her teacher) running amok in the playground, so I think all is well. The mornings are still a mad rush with two children to ferry to two ( Read more... )

I didn't even know CBeebies Land existed until late last year, when The Bun forcibly tugged me away from the kitchen towards the TV to point at the last few seconds of the advert on the screen. Since then he had been begging, on and off, to go and I had told him that I would think about it. Both the children only ever watch CBeebies since it is the ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago I spent nearly an hour in FNAC flipping through their rows of CDs. This is how I know I am old: the sound of plastic jewel boxes thwacking against each other really takes me back. Those days of hanging around Tower Records at Pacific Plaza (remember that place?!), spending hours slowly moving through the aisles, flipping ( Read more... )

I didn't have time last night to post this annual meme, so here it is.

[Previous years: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010. And more if I could be bothered to list (or read!) them.]

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Massive, massive picture post that took ages to do. Not much introduction necessary - this is all about what all of us got up to in 2014, in pictures and captions.

( 2014 photo roundup )

Those who are familiar with me will know that I'm a very unsentimental person in general, even though my emo maudlin posts may indicate otherwise. I'm one of those people on the opposite end of the hoarder spectrum - I prune down and keep only a very few items for memory's sake. When we were moving out of our apartment last year, J and I did a ( Read more... )