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Yeah, Merry Christmas!

  Take it from me - deciding to study two subjects in the middle of Christmas is the stupidest thing you could ever decide to do.  Not only am I furiously trying to finish an essay which is due on the...

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It's all about me

Waking up the other morning after returning from our glorious Christmas by the beach, I declared, 'I hate it here' - which in woman speak means, 'I'm not happy'.  True to male form, when I explained...

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Tough love

Ali's got nothin' on me In accordance with my self-regulated rules of the Year of Caz and having spent eighteen years trying to get my children to pick up and clean up after themselves, it's time the...

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Great expectations

Today my eldest is 18 - an adult!  Instead of being known as TD No. 1, she'll now be AD No. 1!  She can now drive (technically she's been able to do this since she was 17 but still won't get her...

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All's well

Don't worry, I'm not going to regale you with my never-ending parenting wisdom (and lack thereof!) - God, how utterly boring I've been!  My summer semester is almost over and now the kids are back at...

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Slavery

Having scrubbed the house from top to bottom this morning, I am absolutely exhausted and utterly over being a 'domestic goddess'.  My hands smell of bleach and any thoughts I had earlier about getting...

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Honkers

I have a horn and I'm not afraid to use it Okay, I'll admit it...I'm a honker.  While I consider myself to be a very considerate driver, if you break the rules and cause harm to everyone else, I'll...

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Mean girls

You know, sometimes I absolutely love having daughters.  Growing up in a household with three brothers, I yearned for a sister and swore I would have two little girls when I had babies.  As it turned...

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Yikes

Well, you'll all be pleased to know I didn't pull any eyes out of sockets or hair out of scalps.  Instead I've been panicking about starting back at uni tomorrow.  I can't believe it. While I've been...

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What should I do?

This is how I feel! I'm 99.9% sure I failed my Gender exam last night.  I spent the whole day before studying and the whole day of the exam trying to be calm and not worry.  However, as is usual of my...

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The week that was

http://www.easyvectors.com/ After my near nervous breakdown last week, I have finally come back to my senses.  I refuse to quit uni just because I've had a stressful week and I realise there are more...

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April Fool

It's 3.00pm.  It 's almost the end of an absolutely beautiful weekend, which I've once again missed - sitting at my laptop, frantically trying to spew out another assignement and I've only JUST...

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The good life

Yay, mid-semester break and a chance to take a breather for a week.  I was so close to chucking it all in about two weeks ago.  However, amid tears and tantrums there was SH No. 1, egging me on and...

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The bitch is back

Yes, I'm back.  I've been in hibernation for the last couple of months - didn't really have much to say.  I actually deleted my blog altogether which was rather scarey for a while there.  But I...

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Crazy Town

'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure' Marianne Williamson Yes, people, I'm still alive and well in the bloggerverse.  The truth is,...

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Have a breather

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin I've gate-crashed my son and hubby's boys weekend.  Having had another stressful week with...

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Weapons of mass distraction

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still. Chinese Proverb The holidays have finally arrived, (albeit an extremely short one - one week) and I'm so looking forward to sitting...

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Life's a beach

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller Well, escaping for a few days, sans technology, worked wonders.  Teenage Daughter had no money for credit, so the phone was out of the...

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I must be mad

I don't have any words of wisdom this week.  The semester is nearing an end and I find myself completely unmotivated to complete the last three assignments.  They're all well spaced out and that may...

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Dumb and dumber

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. B.B. King I don't know about you but the longer I stay at university, the dumber I feel and it's given me great insight...

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