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THE 5TH WAVE
Humn. I find myself somewhat ambivalent. I quite enjoyed the film, but the book less so - perhaps it was going back over the same thing...
Robyn
Feb 22, 20182 min read


HANGING PICTURES
Pictures painted just two days ago and already on the wall? Wonders will never cease! I think it all looks nice and really brightens up a...
Robyn
Feb 18, 20181 min read


SOME PAINTINGS FOR SALLY
Time to start putting some pictures up in this house! Step one: mask out some shapes on the paper - Sally helped choose where they needed...
Robyn
Feb 17, 20181 min read


OF COURSE I MADE A MISTAKE
But I think they'll still fit. I'm waiting for the point in my life when I stop making random, idiotic errors. Not the sort of mistakes...
Robyn
Feb 15, 20182 min read


HAPPY VALENTINES DAY
There were great plans to do all sort of wonderful crafts.... But then I was tired and we ran out of time and instead we just about...
Robyn
Feb 14, 20182 min read


HELLO PRETTY
Of course this arrives 25 minutes before I have to get the children from nursery! Half term comes with a limited amount of quiet, me time....
Robyn
Feb 14, 20181 min read


THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS
JOHN WYNDAM Really good! I like to have the occasional author binge - the current object is John Wyndham. I read the Day of the Triffids...
Robyn
Feb 12, 20182 min read


A BIT OF BEADING
(A couple of necklaces got busted during the show.) Time to get the beading kit out - another present from the husband, but that was back...
Robyn
Feb 12, 20181 min read


PRESENTS
I sometimes feel like my husband is rather nicer than I deserve. I think they're supposed to be a hybrid of Valentines and well done for...
Robyn
Feb 12, 20181 min read


ONE OF THOSE SUNDAYS
It actually started out beautifully. I woke up to giggles from Sally as she trundled out of her room. After working all hours with...
Robyn
Feb 11, 20182 min read


ANYTHING GOES
All the behind the scenes running around paid off. The show rocked! I love the Cole Porter songs, and the acting and singing from our...
Robyn
Feb 8, 20182 min read


THE SS AMERICAN IS ABOUT TO SET SAIL
Its the weekend of tech and dress rehearsals - lots of sewing and lots of fun. Pip came and played on set this morning - he was a super...
Robyn
Feb 3, 20181 min read


THE SHELVES ARE BUILT
Leave Husband alone for two days and magic happens! I drew this... and Husband built this. I think he's pretty much got me beat in both...
Robyn
Feb 1, 20181 min read


PROGRESS
I like it when my husband takes a day off work to do projects Bookshelves are constructed. Tomorrow is painting day and then the house...
Robyn
Jan 29, 20181 min read


TIME TO LEARN ABOUT A ROLLED HEM.
I knew the setting was there, but hadn't investigated it until it appeared the obvious solution to today's dress problem. I volunteered...
Robyn
Jan 27, 20182 min read


THE LAST MAN
OR Can you make it to the last page? Almost a year ago I started a course on Dystopian fiction through Oxford University's Continuing...
Robyn
Jan 26, 20183 min read


DIY TIME IN THE LIVING ROOM
The time has finally arrived to do something about our living room which has somehow languished into a vortex of insipid personalityless...
Robyn
Jan 24, 20183 min read
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