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Very Bored in Catalunya

Things About Blogging I Care About - Following a bizarre week in blogging which started with a tale of a blogger who was offered some shoes to review, all's good in the hood she thought until ...
55 minutes ago
francesca frames

LA SCUOLA DEL 2020...immagina... - *Immagina....* La scuola del 2020...le cose che saranno obsolete... Sul sito dell'ADI, curato da Silvia Faggioli, una interessante rassegna di tendenze inno...
1 hour ago
From Australia to Italy

And then there were 4. - I'm still here...the new year has been a busy one already. Since last writing we have gone and come back from a summer holiday in Australia. *Bel marito's ...
1 hour ago
Rachel Cotterill

Sixty Years of Marriage - [image: Grandparents' wedding] Last weekend, we went out for a family lunch to celebrate my grandparents' diamond wedding anniversary. That's sixty years: ...
1 hour ago
More Than Just a Mother

Win a family holiday at Mill Rythe Holiday Village - Reading the press release for our half-term trip to the Mill Rythe Holiday Village, my heart sank just a little bit. 'Hi-de-Hi!' it proclaimed, gleefully...
2 hours ago
A Nut in a Nutshell

Just For Fun: Vote for Your Favorite Character from Marvel’s Avengers! - [image: Marvel's The Avengers One-Sheet]On May 4th, Marvel’s Super Heroes unite to save the world in The Avengers! Everyone has their favorite Marvel chara...
3 hours ago
Why Homeschool

Another sign of our changing world - Encyclopaedia Britannica to end print editions starts with: ---------- *CHICAGO — Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. said Tuesday that it will stop publishing p...
4 hours ago
Free Technology for Teachers

Create Hashtag Infographics with Visual.ly - Infographics are all over the web these days. Now Visual.ly makes it easy to make your own Infographics from Twitter hashtags. To create an infographic wi...
5 hours ago
Young & Younger

Potty training twins - I have been dreading the words potty training and twins for as long as I can remember. Be it fear of the unknown, fear of such a big change in our routin...
6 hours ago
Dulwich Divorcee

Dalani Home & Living Competition - Have you ever wondered how some people just have the knack of collecting lovely, designery bits and bobs around them, without appearing to break the bank...
8 hours ago
Almost Unschoolers

Can Butter Conduct Electricity? And Other Questions For Children From Burkina Faso - Turning back to our study of Africa, the children and I, joined by the Man of the House at lunchtime and in the evening, spent most or our day yesterday, l...
8 hours ago
TheMadHouse

Dalani Home & Living – Competition - There is something about spring which makes me want to throw open the windows and decorate. Change things around from the darker colours that I favour over...
9 hours ago
WAHM-BAM!

Blog tour: Chris Haughton’s Oh No, George! - Today, we’re very lucky to be part of another Walker Books Picture Book Picnic blog tour. This time, it’s the turn of Chris Haughton, who is promoting his ...
9 hours ago
Laughing At Chaos

There and back and there and back again - For six months my calendar is pure white and I practically die from ennui. Then six months worth of activities are pushed into six days. Good times, good t...
9 hours ago
Family affairs and other matters

MOTHER’S DAY - What are you all doing for Mother’s Day? Do you think Mother’s Day should be about spending the day with your mother or your children if at all possible or...
10 hours ago
News From Nowhere

Gimme A Pigfoot And A Decent Internet Connection - A final selection of photographs from my Lanzarote holiday. The first one shows the amazing Green Lagoon at El Golfo on the south of the island; a volc...
10 hours ago
English Teacher X

The Scary Mixes - (Back to the topic of English teaching. This is a story from Bangkok in 1995; published on the website back in 2005. Ah, was anybody every really so young...
11 hours ago
Babyrambles

How do you break a vending machine with a toy car? - My two year old knows how. She managed to do it while Podge was having his swimming lesson earlier this week. Swimming lesson time is always a stressful h...
11 hours ago
SueAnn's Journey

Photo Art Friday!! - Welcome to another Photo Art Friday! Hosed by Bonnie at Pixel Dust Photo Art . She gave us the challenge this week of using the color green in honor o...
11 hours ago
Il Terrazzo Italiano

Emerging - *Ah, the warmest seats in town.* It has been a dry, but cold winter here and many of us arenow emerging to welcome the warm sun. Flowers and people are ...
13 hours ago
3 Bedroom Bungalow to Let in Crazytown

Dear So and So...I Got 99 Problems but a Kid Ain't One - Dear Cheeto Bandito (formerly Gingerbread Rogers), Whilst knocking the cat food bowl off it's perch into the dog food bowl for easier access is an admirab...
13 hours ago
Being a Mummy

Redundant - Redundant at 36, until this point I had a career of sorts. I've worked in national museums, local museums and for archaeology units since I was old enough ...
13 hours ago
Classroom Free

Urgh! Enough already! - We have been hit by the cold bug again. Urgh! First Taisia, then Lee (husband), then me, then Callum, and it's just tickling Tiegan with a "It's your turn...
14 hours ago
Janet's Abruzzo Edublog

IATEFL Glasgow Online 2012 - Joining in the Fun!! - Comic created with Comic Creator - Boy's Life Magazine I have just been accepted to be a Glasgow Online Registered Blogger and I am delighted to be taking ...
14 hours ago
www.equazioni.org/

Un ‘lavoretto’ per la festa del papà. Ma anche no. - Festa del papà in arrivo. Ci prepariamo a fare un bel ‘lavoretto’? Mmmmm… anche no, grazie! Sarà deformazione professionale, sarà che il binomio bambino-l...
15 hours ago
A Mothers Ramblings

Marbling with Yellow Moon - There isn't a lot that I remember from School, but one thing I remember quite clearly is an art lesson when I was about eight years old and we did marbling...
16 hours ago
Homemade Love

March in Veneto 16/31 - I wish I could add the smell as well....soooo sweet!
17 hours ago
Just another perfect day...

Randomness from the Nut House - Words of wisdom from the Ashinator: - *all I've learned about being an adult is that I can't fucking afford it.* - *what screws us up most in lif...
19 hours ago
Fun, Feisty & Fabulous...

a flying visit - I arrived on Tuesday for a short drive by visit, keen to see Mum/Moannie and Dad/Jp face to face. I haven't been down to visit this year and with all the d...
21 hours ago
Mummy do that!

- Stones, glorious stones. I searched for smooth ones, Cubling for big ones to throw. Snowflake didn't search, she explored every one. There was a lot of cl...
23 hours ago
Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino

Aero-Mom - "Single mothers or those traveling alone with small children: please come to the front of the line for immediate boarding." What was that? Did the voice co...
23 hours ago
Driving Like a Maniac

Grey hair and giggling - Ma, maestra! Hai i capelli bianchi! Arianna is sitting on my lap, supposedly looking at a clock and telling me the time in English, but actually pointing o...
23 hours ago
cesarean debate

CTV Interview with Choosing Cesarean co-author Dr. Magnus Murphy - Dr. Magnus Murphy has appeared on CTV's Morning Live today with interviewer Sage Pullen, to discuss our new book, *Choosing Cesarean: A Natural Birth Plan...
1 day ago
Glowstars.net

China Glaze Optical Illusion - Today we have the second China Glaze Prismatic that I picked up at Pro Beauty: Optical Illusion. China Glaze describes Optical Illusion as being “aqua gree...
1 day ago
In a bun dance

This Mother's Day give yourself a pat on the back... you deserve it - So it's that day again, the Sunday where there will be whispering and plots, tea and toast in bed. It's Mothers' Day. Apparently it's all about appre...
1 day ago
Expat Mum

Twenty Year Olds shouldn't be allowed to Serve Me - So, I'm going to a family wedding in England in June. This is Very Exciting as I have missed every single one of my cousin's weddings since I've lived in t...
1 day ago
Help! I live with my Italian mother in law!

Fireflies, soccer moms and alien hookers - When I was ten I joined a local soccer team. Growing up in a small town full of Italian immigrants, soccer was the number one sport. My team was called the...
1 day ago
Globetrotting in Heels

Fabulous timepieces: Kate Spade launches watch collection! - Aaaah, I love me some Kate. The bright colors, the prints, the fun accessories, the whole “this is what Audrey Hepburn would wear now” vibe. Love it. Not a...
1 day ago
Home Learning Family Going Sane

U.S. History Lesson Plans - Screenshots - As I have gotten a number of emails after posting the resources that we have used for our U.S. History study from people asking about how we implemented it...
1 day ago
Burnt by the Tuscan Sun

Thumbs Up for Italian Conspiracy Theories - I have oft-repeated how Italians love conspiracy theories. In fact, it seems to be the oil that greases the entire Italian machine. Nothing is taken at f...
1 day ago
Gutsy Writer

Winner of the February “My Gutsy Story” - Larry Jacobson 1st Place Congratulations to Larry Jacobson, the winner of the February “My Gutsy Story” contest with 110 votes. Larry wrote an amazing st...
1 day ago
The American Resident

Giving prizes - The American Resident I love giving prizes. No, I’m not talking gold-catsuit-on-the-Formula-1-podium-while-drivers-spray-champagne-everywhere style priz...
1 day ago
coffee-stained clarity

For Blunderbuss Weeks - “I blundered into creativity as blindly as any child learning to walk and see. I learned to let my senses and my Past tell me all that was somehow true.” ~...
1 day ago
On a quirky quest with Lady Fi

Frosted light - If you wish for the light, be ready to receive it. — Rumi Spring is on its way – But only last week, the bright sun And the feathered hoar frost Turned the...
1 day ago
Life in a Suitcase

Review: Sins of the Night - [image: Sins of the Night] Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon My rating: 2 of 5 stars Meh. Read it on one day's subway commute though. View all my...
1 day ago
Sicily Scene

"ITALIALICIOUS" GIVEAWAY - * * * * *Sicily Scene* has linked up with the innovative Italian gift box company ITALIALICIOUS to bring you this blog’s first ever giveaway! On offer is...
1 day ago
Istanbul's Stranger

Turkey Expat Forum: My Big Interview - So I was contacted a couple of weeks ago for an interview with Ricky Carbis, creator of the Turkey Expat Forum. It took me forever to get around to it beca...
1 day ago
It's a Dog's Life

Round'em up - I know I'm a little early with this but we found it funny. Makes me want to get another border collie. For the big Irish lad at my house. Love, M
1 day ago
The Lazy Girl's Guide to Life

Blog Lovin' Claim, please ignore! - Follow my blog with Bloglovin
1 day ago
Perfectly Happy Mum

Mummy, I’ve got a secret… - E was really excited about something yesterday. He had a secret to share just with me, so he sat there and told me: “Mummy, I have something to tell you…...
1 day ago
Good Day, Regular People

Washington, D.C. - The last time I was in *Washington, D.C.*, I had gone alone. I was there to visit my niece, who -- I will shamelessly braggity tell you -- was a * CAPTAIN* ...
1 day ago
The Un Mom

Medicated. I probably should be. - Today a co-worker told me about how a prescribed medication gave her nasty side effects, so, she took it back to the pharmacist and asked them to dispose...
1 day ago
Empty Nest Expat

A Review of LiveMocha.Com : The Internet's Largest Language Learning Website - *This review originally appeared as a guest post on the Everyday Language Learner's Blog. Thanks to language coach Aaron G. Myers for his encouragement! Yo...
1 day ago
Lost Persons Homeschool

African Animals - My two middle daughters have been doing all things African - from a MBtP unit they read an Akimbo book as well as Africa for Kids (and made several proje...
1 day ago
Gigi's Ramblings

Apparently, I'm not "average".....or, the "average" woman is a lightweight. - *Overheard while walking through the kitchen as Hubby is watching television in the living room....* "How many pairs of shoes does the average woman own?" ...
1 day ago
Homeschooling a Texas Tornado & a Preschooler !!

Quince Shocked A Teacher Today ! - Went to the doctors today as I was signing in the kids introduced themselves to a couple waiting there. When I was done I handed Quince, The 3rd Grade Dete...
1 day ago
Dim Sum, Bagels, and Crawfish

March View - The sun has returned and everything is even greener. My mom arrives tomorrow. Camille has been building traps for Leprechauns. I have been spending way too m...
1 day ago
We Are Here

mid march...nearly. - Almost half way through the month, and I've hardly managed to be here. This makes me sad. I like to blog, I like looking back over years past. This year i...
1 day ago
Single Parent Dad

Messing with Mother's Day - This time last year (depending on when you are reading this) I was sat in church. My son was taking part in a school service dedicated to Mother's Day, and...
2 days ago
News from Italy

Wind Turbines and An Afternoon Walk - When I go for a walk I often take my camera with me so that I can share the landscape with you here. Today's photos and mosaics are from a walk I took o...
2 days ago
ribollita reboiled

According to GG - Just wanted to give you a sneak peek of According to GG! A couple of her first posts are about how to make a rocket, and how to make cereal. Coming soon: ...
2 days ago
Kickbutt's Crazy Lapbooks

Medieval History Fun - As usual i've over extended myself..lol.. I agreed to teach a medieval history class. Since the class can be a lot of lecture while i read through books li...
2 days ago
BareNakedMummy

Cat in sink - You'd think with a lovely title I'd have a lovely picture for you but it seems that the shock of seeing our cat asleep in the bathroom sink yesterday morni...
2 days ago
Hot Cross Mum

Titanic - and me - Three years ago, I started this blog. I'd just been made redundant, so what better reason to finally do something about that dream I'd always had of being...
2 days ago
lathophobic aphasia

Intermission - I need to take a break from blogging. I've got nothing to say, indeed have had sod all to say since last December if truth be told. Last month I posted a...
2 days ago
Elisa...creating memories

Story of the Day - I'm loving daylight savings! early sunrise on my drive to work and lots of sunshine in the afternoon *have a wonderful day my friends!*
2 days ago
Miss Grace's Disgrace

Teach Me How To Dougie - Copyright missdisgrace.com
2 days ago
mamma e mimma

Mamma Mondo - VI SEGNALO QUESTI INTERESSANTI INCONTRI PER LE MAMME,POTETE AVERE ULTERIORI INFO SUL SITO "UNA DOULA PER AMICA".
2 days ago
Homeschool Math Blog

Pi Day is Upon Us... - Vi Hart: Pi Is (still) Wrong. Vi argues against Pi, and for Tau. Even if you disagree with her, I think you will enjoy the pies! And if you're not famil...
2 days ago
lost in sicilia

Archeo Gusto: wine event at the Monastero dei Benedittini - I'm a bit late posting this, but this evening there is a wine event at the Monastero dei Benedettini in Catania, that will including learning about anci...
3 days ago
The Archers at The Larches

And the winner is..... - The gorgeous, the wonderful, the funny, the..... wait a minute, I haven't told you what I'm wearing.... Well, as it's an awards ceremony I thought I'd...
3 days ago
Handbags & Handguns

What's in my makeup bag - I have a lot of makeup. Obviously, I change things up when I'm in the mood or going out for a night on the town, but the following items are what I use mos...
3 days ago
A View from Carmine Superiore

Eastern lights - *Twenty degrees yesterday at Lago Maggiore. A strong wind by the end of the day, but no sign of any rain...* * * Sunrise over Lombardy, March 2012 Worth ...
3 days ago
Lory's blog

Per imparare ad ascoltare -
3 days ago
The Amazing Trips

the path (viii) - Before I dive in to this post, which I started to write two weeks ago, I want to take a quick moment to acknowledge all of the *amazing* e-mails that I've ...
3 days ago
Moments from Suburbia

Just like the first time, but not (part 2) - The train was on time and I picked him up as arranged. It is a delicious feeling to know there is an empty weekend ahead. The children were away, the sun w...
3 days ago
Confessions From A Work-At-Home Mom

The House That Mickey Mouse Built - My very first memory is of Disney World. I had just turned three years old. In an effort to make my family's move to a new house - in a new town - a little...
4 days ago
Working mum on the verge

Mother's Day is not a day off! - On Sundays I also help a friend's daughter with her maths in readiness for the madness that is the 11+ exams in this area. We have a jolly catch up chat wh...
4 days ago
Home Education Heretic

Learning the old fashioned way; autonomous education, the oldest method in the world - One of the most endearing features of autonomous home educators in both this country and the USA is the way that many of them seem to be convinced that the...
4 days ago
Bleeding Espresso

Announcing My Latest Up-Venture: Gemelli Press, LLC - My one-word theme for 2012 is UP, and upwards we go, indeed . . . right into a new position as the Managing Editor of Gemelli Press, LLC - Calabria location.
4 days ago
Bringing up Baby Bilingual

pinterested yet? - So I just joined Pinterest as a way to gather together blogs, blog posts, resources, essays, and articles about French, reading readiness in English, childre...
4 days ago
grit's day

No. Or maybe yes. - I am here to save you from wondering, Shall I go to Ocean Park? The enormous theme park in Hong Kong? Of course not. It is just another retail experience. ...
5 days ago
FAB AT ANY AGE

Will I lose the Chanel nail polish obsession, now I have tried "Shellac"? - On Friday I took the plunge and had a "Shellac" manicure for the very first time. For those of you who don't know about "Shellac" it is a nail polish proc...
5 days ago
A Welshie in Italy

Sunday Classic - Every so often I hear an old Italian song on the radio that lodges itself in my head for days and doesn't go away. Recently it's been *Una donna per amico ...
5 days ago
Scuola e dintorni

In arrivo il liceo dello sport - Riporto questa notizia dell'agenzia DIRE:(DIRE - Notiziario Minori) Roma, 6 mar. - Il liceo ad indirizzo sportivo sara' una costola dello scientifico. Al bie...
6 days ago
supponiamoche

L'eredità - La passione per tutto cio' che è creativo l'ho ereditata da mia mamma.Mia madre ha imparato a cucire all'età di 10 anni ed, essendo portata, ha coltivato q...
6 days ago
Bibs, Babs, Bobs in Amman

That's Also Amman #85 : Abdoun Bridge - Wadi Abdoun Bridge: The only of it's kind in Amman and in Jordan for that matter. It took 4 years to build this cable stayed bridge, it opened in 2006. It...
6 days ago
A Journey in TEFL

Blogathon for IATEFL - Time for IATEFL 2012 I’m sitting at my desk and working on my presentation. just finished my power point (though not very sure) just finished a handout (st...
1 week ago
web 2.0 and something else

Jazz At The Lounge - You Are So Beautiful - Il distinto signore, che vedete nel filmato "*Jazz at the Lounge - You Are So Beautiful*", è *Giuseppe Deliso*, chitarrista e musicista compositore, sensi...
1 week ago
Maths-Whizz-The Whizz

Easy as Pie - Hello, I’m Steph, and I have been working at Whizz Education for just over a year. I work with schools to support them support their students, and this is ...
1 week ago
The apple tree

8 marzo ed altro - In accordo con la sobrietà un pò deprimente del nostro attuale paese d'adozione, anche la giornata della donna si traduce solo in un nome sul calendario. M...
1 week ago
Osmosi delle Idee

Somma di vettori - Il sito PhET offre questa simulazione interattiva che insegna come calcolare la somma di due vettori. Prendete le frecce rosse dalla faretra e disponetele ...
1 week ago
My Sweet Monkey

International Women's Day 2012 - Hey ladies.. These are for you! Happy International Women's Day! Visit IWD for more information.
1 week ago
This Life Is Mine

St. Patrick's Day, Savannah, Georgia Style - Need to know the ins and outs of St. Patrick's Day in Savannah, Georgia...please, go here: We Party Like It's...St. Patrick's Day Our city swells by almos...
1 week ago
Winston Smith

Farewell and a Few Final Words - Several followers of this blog have emailed me to ask why I haven't posted for a while. The truth is I no longer work in the social care or youth sector. In ...
1 week ago
Kalinago English

Why I don’t like Second Life (by Jacqueline Goulbourne) - Imagine a world where you can make a cartoon avatar of yourself and do whatever you like in an international community of English speakers. Well, it alr...
1 week ago
Primary Nuggets

Kidsmart–The Adventures of Smartie the Penguin - The Adventures of Smartie the Penguin is an e-book, with accompanying questions for use on the pages where you see a clock icon and the words “time to chat...
1 week ago
Make do mum

Innocent gardening giveaway - I really enjoy attempting to grow things in the garden and so does K (at least she likes the bit where you get messy) so we were both excited when the peop...
1 week ago
A Rose Beyond the Thames

David Hockney: A Bigger Picture - David Hockney: A Bigger Picture at the Royal Academy is like a prescription for happiness. Better reviewers who know more about art than I do have writte...
1 week ago
French Leave

Eau de Nice - No, it's Not a Commercial for Scent. - Friends are visiting from France and have been kind enough to bring a Red Cross parcel; goat cheese, Chaume, harissa.....and a large bottle of Eau de Nice...
1 week ago
Metropolitan Mum

An interest in Pinterest - For someone who has blogged for more than three years now, I am positively unexcited by anything new in social media. Of course, I love the immediateness o...
1 week ago
A Dad First...

Sammy’s Project, Part 1… - We started this project at the beginning of the year as a way to learn about the history, customs, and geography of the countries of the world. You can rea...
1 week ago
SnafflesMummy

The Holy Grail Of Sleep - After 10 months and 1 week we finally had our first night of what I can begin to call sleeping through. The hardest part of having a baby is without a doub...
1 week ago
BussolaScuola

Un nuovo modo di valutare gli alunni: è possibile? - *Un nuovo modo di valutare gli alunni: è possibile? - 2012 - Education 2.0* ** www.educationduepuntozero.it Community: La media matematica per calcolare ...
1 week ago
London City Mum

Kevin and OH - Actually, this post should more be more aptly entitled "Why OH* will never be invited to join Kevin." Or even better, "How many times can you eat pasta in o...
1 week ago
"Bella Baita View"

Farro Tajarin Pasta with Artichokes and Leeks - There are days when pasta is the only thing I crave. I don't know about you, but for me pasta is a comfort food that is so easy to dress up or down. We...
2 weeks ago
Learning to speak 'merican

Forthcoming events - I’m about to hit the road and I’m looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones in London, Munich, Stuttgart, Berlin, Prague, Bratislava, Edin...
2 weeks ago
Note From Lapland

Northern Lights Pictures - This winter has seen some of the brightest and most incredible displays of northern lights in over 20 years. And typically, I missed it all when I was back...
2 weeks ago
Strange Pilgram

dark closet - Stuffed with wool coats It's quiet and dark A safe little space For big dreamers to park Ships sailing seas Across wide stretches of blue Far foreign faces ...
2 weeks ago
Debbie's resource cupboard - saving you time

Blogging event on the 29th Feb - I found this article on TES and found it very interesting. A blog will be opened on 29th Feb and people from all over the world will be able to write on ...
2 weeks ago
Have Dogs, Will Travel

Pen & Wash Sketches - Fishermen's cottages beneath the headland at Patonga. I had a little surprise when I started to add water to my pen sketch prior to painting with waterc...
2 weeks ago
The TEFL Tradesman

Revolutionary Tefler Needed... - Pissed off you missed out on the Spanish Civil War by a few decades? Fancy Syria instead? Well, Inlingua can help you!Jobs in Syriainlingua Aleppo offers Eng...
2 weeks ago
A Pretty How Town

Gluten free me - Last year about this time I was eating lots of cheese. The problem is and was ... I'm dreadfully allergic to it. I've been sure of my dairy allergy for at ...
2 weeks ago
Home Office Mum

A rolling stone gathers no moss - I can't promise I'm back in the blogosphere for long but I felt an update was long overdue. If you have followed my blog for some time, you will know that ...
3 weeks ago
Halushki

Parent Volunteering: FAQs and Phobias - If you have kids, chances are you’ve already been asked to Volunteer. And if you haven’t been asked to Volunteer yet, chances are you will be. Should you?...
3 weeks ago
An American in Padua

Pedrocchi Cafè Carnival - Mardi Gras just hit Caffè Pedrocchi and the elegant lions have shed their gentlemanly faces today. After an afternoon of non-stop kids doing up carnival, t...
3 weeks ago
Christine's Chatter

The Blessing of the Animals in Rabat, Malta - Once a year the animals are brought to the church of St Augustine, in Rabat on the feast of St Anthony, to be blessed. They don't go into the church, inste...
3 weeks ago
pixie's ponderings

Altered Row houses - I am playing along in a row house swap with some arty friends. What to do, what to do? Drawing on a recent bit of inspiration, I crafted these little house...
3 weeks ago
The Shock of the Old

Little fairy - Pata as a fairy Tomorrow is Carnevale, which means, as far as I can tell, lasagne, confetti (called coriandoli here,) and several days of little boys weari...
3 weeks ago
I Heart Rome?

Love at first sight - While scouring the internet for a gift for a relative's birthday, I happened to come across these beauties and it was love at first sight... Belts (and acc...
3 weeks ago
Brit Gal in the USA

Happy belated New Year!! - Yes* *I'm still knocking around out here in the wilds of Okieland, it's just been a period of transition and blogging dropped off my 'to do' list for awhil...
4 weeks ago
Bacon Is My Lover

Yeah Yeah, I Know, I'm A Heartless Bitch. - As you know, my dad has been dealing with cancer for a number of months now. I haven't written much about it, because it's been difficult for me to deal wi...
4 weeks ago
Four Down, Mum to Go?

Three is a magic number - Looking back over this blog which takes me from my first skirmishes with twin motherhood I can hardly believe how fast I seem to have reached a point of re...
4 weeks ago
Mum's the word

Are you fed up with the results you are getting? - What has been occupying my mind a great deal over the last few months is how to define success and what it means. The amazing thing is that I have receiv...
4 weeks ago
Where going havo?

Adventures in Geography - My daughter loves maps. Probably not surprising for a child who has traveled as much as she has. She likes to pore over atlases and draw her own maps to gu...
4 weeks ago
2 Baci in a Pinon Tree

Mo' Basta! - That's a great phrase I learned when I moved to the south. You might remember 'mo' from my Five Regional Words list. I'd never heard it while living in Asc...
4 weeks ago
Amanda + Don

Shatter! - Have you tried OPI's new Shatter polishes? They are so much fun! Last night, I put the silver one over hot pink polish :) It's a bit funkier than my usual ...
4 weeks ago
Paradise Lost In Translation

The Flip Side of the NHS Coin - I think I will draw a veil over the day after the operation, when my daughter was hobbling around with her catheter & bag, like a little old lady with a ba...
5 weeks ago
Mr Teacher UK

Fascination Awards: The Results - The results are in and Mr Teacher UK is now officially the 52nd Best Teaching Blog of 2011. Thank you to everyone who voted for me.
5 weeks ago
Bump2Basics: Random Musings From an American Mom in London

I've Moved to www.bump2basics.com - This blog has a new home - going forward I hope you will join me atwww.bump2basics.com .
5 weeks ago
Intrepidly Bilingual

Raising Bilingual Kids Carnival - Here we are again, just in the nick of time - another edition of the Blogging on Bilingualism Carnival has gone live. This time over at Multilingual Mama -...
1 month ago
Figs and Lemons

pizza lessons - A little video of my first pizza lesson!
1 month ago
Diary of a Mad Bathroom

Time to Say Goodbye - Hey there everyone, it's your old pal Diary here to admit defeat. Over the past few months I haven't posted much, read many blogs or tweeted worth a shit....
1 month ago
Mike Riley's Blog

Muhammad Ali, Abe Lincoln and Alex Ferguson Lessons in Leadership - Here is a link to the talk I gave at the International House DoS Conference in January. Leadership tips from Muhammad ALi, Abraham Lincoln and Sir Alex Fer...
1 month ago
Life, Lavoro and Luca

Back in action - ...so, I stumbled on my own poor, neglected blog whilst looking for something else and since by some miracle I even remembered my password... Well, here I ...
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