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Author Archives: Mamie

Trying to Conceive – or Our TTC Jouney

Posted on 30th January 2016 by Mamie — Leave a reply

Ta Da! I’m pregnant Short, but sweet, and completely unexpected. After a single menstrual cycle, there is a small person growing inside me. I can’t say that I was excited Continue Reading →

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Pregnant? – Not ready to believe

Posted on 14th January 2016 by Mamie — Leave a reply

How many pregnancy tests does it take to prove a pregnancy?No, it’s not a joke, it’s a pretty clear fact that women either trying to conceive or terrified of being Continue Reading →

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Parental Visit – A proper update

Posted on 13th October 2015 by Mamie — Leave a reply

As mentioned, my parents came to stay last week and it was lovely to see them. I love them both dearly, I enjoy talking to them, I love being able Continue Reading →

Posted in Birth Family, Relationships | Tagged family, family drama | Leave a reply

A break is not always a rest

Posted on 12th October 2015 by Mamie — Leave a reply

An apology is due for the lack of posts in the past few weeks. My only excuse is the visit from my parents and the accompanying stress that goes with Continue Reading →

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Sunday: Parental Visit

Posted on 5th October 2015 by Mamie — 1 Comment ↓

I’m drunk. J is working market opening and I have spent the past three hours getting the rest of the way to drunk. You may have guessed by the atrocious Continue Reading →

Posted in Birth Family, Relationships | 1 Comment ↓

The First Post

Posted on 25th September 2015 by Mamie — Leave a reply

The pressure builds in the here and now A bead of sweat trickles from my brow. “You have to do it, you promised you would” A promise I made without Continue Reading →

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Angry Egalitarian Rant

Posted on 17th September 2015 by Mamie — Leave a reply

It has been a dull couple of weeks for the website. I have things I could post, but nothing that really inspires me, at the moment. Actually, that might be Continue Reading →

Posted in Life Stuff, What's annoying me? | Tagged egalitarianism, feminsim | Leave a reply

Feminism – This may contradict your views

Posted on 15th September 2015 by Mamie — Leave a reply

I’ve read a fair few articles on feminism recently and I’m becoming increasingly annoyed by some of them. The dictionary definition of a feminist is a person who advocates equal Continue Reading →

Posted in Life Stuff, What's annoying me? | Tagged egalitarianism, Feminism, gender equality | Leave a reply

Dust, anybody? Dust?

Posted on 10th September 2015 by Mamie — Leave a reply

This has been a horrible week, not only have we been in the grip of a hot and humid heat wave, we have also been inundated with dust. It’s a weather Continue Reading →

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Kindle and the Love of Books

Posted on 8th September 2015 by Mamie — Leave a reply

A few years ago, you would have heard my ‘soapbox’ rant about the electronic reading experience. I was a vocal objector to the Kindle and its entire e-reader ilk. I Continue Reading →

Posted in Books, FDP | Tagged convenience, eReaders, Kindle, tree books | Leave a reply

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Also, my thoughts and opinions have been known to change from time to time, I believe this to be a necessary result of maintaining an open mind. This blog is intended to provide a snapshot in time of the musings and other things which run around the brain of the author, and as such the thoughts and opinions expressed in older posts may differ slightly, or completely, from those I hold today.

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