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The inevitable demise of Film Friday
My more astute and committed readers (who I love more than life itself) might have realised that this is the second Friday in a row with no Film Friday feature. There are two main reasons for this: I...
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Things I have been cooking lately #159: Gestational diabetes friendly peanut...
With only 4 or 5 weeks until Little O makes his appearance and I can technically eat whatever I want I have been starting to fantisise about the list of things I am going to eat immediately post...
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The bump chronicles #25: The baby has been showered
Weeks pregnant: 35 Baby size in fruit: Honeydew melon According to my BabyCenter app my uterus is now 1,000 times the volume it was before Little O took up residence in there. (Good job, uterus!) I can...
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Snapchat anyone?
As I have mentioned before my blog is going to be slowing down a bit but I do still want to keep communicating and sharing aspects of my life. I have been blogging in some format or another for about...
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BOOK REVIEW: Possession by A.S. Byatt
Roland Mitchell is a literally scholar focused exclusively on the works of Victorian poet Roland Ash. He works for Professor Blackadder in a mostly unpaid position and lives in a mouldering flat in a...
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Things I have been cooking lately #159:Prawn lettuce boats
I swear this is the last Lean in 15 recipe coming up for a while. I have made this a few times because Mr O loves it and although the sauce is very simple it is delicious… it will also stink out your...
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The bump chronicles #26:Food glorious food
Weeks pregnant: 36 Baby size in vegetables: Romaine lettuce Last week we had Little O’s last growth scan to check that he is on track to be a normal sized baby and that his important parts (head,...
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Film Friday #278
Sing Street (2016) Fifteen year-old Dubliner Connor AKA Cosmo (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo), has been forced to move to a new school because of some family unrest and from day one things are pretty horrible....
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Things I have been cooking lately #160: Gestational diabetes friendly peanut...
These cookies have a somewhat different texture from traditional cookies but they are still very tasty and extremely satisfying when you can’t really eat normal cookies. They’d also work great as a...
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The bump chronicles #26: The bump drops and D-Day approaches
Weeks pregnant: 37 Baby size in vegetables: Swiss Chard In the last week or so my bump has “dropped”. This is something that happens in the last few weeks of pregnancy where the bay starts to move...
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Film Friday #279
X-Men Apocalypse (2016) I have always been a big fan of the X-Men franchise. While I have limited patience with the never-ending superhero trend, it’s always felt like X-Men delivered even when it was...
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Things I have been cooking lately #161: Chicken and pancetta tray bake
I have already made this tray bake twice because it was so easy and delicious, once for Mr O and I and then once for a pot luck Sunday lunch at N’s new house now that he has moved out of our flat....
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BOOK REVIEW: Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Black Like Me was the latest choice for my book club inspired by Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin. It features a white character who passes as black. We all thought this sounded kind of...
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The bump chronicles #27: Maternity leave
Weeks pregnant: 38 Baby size in vegetables: Leek Friday was my last day of work, which was kind of awesome and totally weird all at the same time. I went for a lovely lunch with my closest colleagues,...
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Film Friday #280
The Nice Guys (2016) Holland Marsh (Ryan Gosling) is a down on his luck private investigator who has been struggling to make ends meet and raise his daughter, Holly (Angourie Rice), on his own since...
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Things I have been cooking lately #162: Chorizo and spring onion Spanish...
I decided to make this Spanish omelette because we had some leftover over new potatoes that I had boiled the night before and I didn’t want them to go to waste. Plus eggs are great for gestational...
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The bump chronicles #28: The last one
Weeks pregnant: 39 Baby size in fruit: 🍉 By the time you read this blog I may very well have given birth to Little O since his eviction date will have come and gone or I might be in labour. One way or...
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The baby chronicles #1: He’s here
Weeks old: 0.5 I love: Being held folded in half like I was in the womb, boobs, sleeping on daddy’s chest So this is my first baby chronicle. I am not sure how frequent they will be. I think it’s going...
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The baby chronicles #2: A week of firsts
Weeks old: 1 I like: Being in my pushchair, boobs (still), daddy cuddles… but only at certain times of the day Mummy is learning: How to eat with one hand, how to sleep sitting up Milk coma So we’ve...
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The baby chronicles #3: The great relocation
Weeks old: 3 I like: Riding in the car, boobs (always), my play mat Mummy is learning: How to avoid a surprise wee, not to take my hatred of baths personally The last couple of weeks has been pretty...
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