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Glowstars.net

Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box - Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, They slither while they pass they slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are...
3 hours ago
A Mothers Ramblings

Half Term Lunches (W/C 25/5) - I love half term weeks and this week coming is, for us half term. This means that lunches may be swapped around depending on what we are doing and where we...
5 hours ago
A Nut in a Nutshell

Saturday Giveaway Parade 5/25 - [image: giveaway_parade_thumb]Weekly giveaway linky. Saturday Giveaway Parade 5/25 was written by Liz and appeared first on A Nut in a Nutshell. Copyright ...
6 hours ago
Learning to speak 'merican

Want to be an ELT writer? (part two) - Here’s part two of my interview with Karen White of ELT Teacher 2 Writer. Click here if you missed part one.
8 hours ago
Homeschooling a Texas Tornado & a Preschooler !!

Bad Credit Loans - How to Make Them Work for You - Thought it was impossible for people with bad credit to get loans that work for them? Think again! We'll forgive you for thinking the only loans availabl...
8 hours ago
Handbags & Handguns

Rod Stewart, Time - I was recently given a free copy of Rod Stewart's new album to review. *Time *, Rod's first album in almost twenty years, was released on May 7. The CD has ...
10 hours ago
In a bun dance

144/365 Book group and the classics we hated... - (AKA The post in which I reveal myself to be an utter lightweight with no respect for proper Literature.) It was book group last night. And the very lov...
13 hours ago
Sicily Scene

SAPORE DI SALE - Italians don't go in for food crazes in the way that the British do, and especially not in Sicily, where people still tend to eat seasonal food and are con...
13 hours ago
BussolaScuola

Noi raccontiamo la scuola. Raccontando 2013. - [image: raccontiamo] Noi raccontiamo la scuola Gli alunni delle classi I A e I B del plesso Maiuri hanno partecipato all'edizione 2013 del Concorso "Rac...
16 hours ago
Why Homeschool

Life Humor 1.I - From the Henry Cate Life Humor collection: ---------- Two students are piloting a plane, when they discover that they must make an emergency landing. Luc...
17 hours ago
The Lazy Girl's Guide to Life

Don't Let Your Man Turn DIY Into a DI-Don't! * - It's a Bank Holiday and many men will be going to their shed, dusting off their tools, and heading to their local DIY store to complete those must finish (...
17 hours ago
The American Resident

Would you take a caravanning holiday? - The American Resident Caravans. I sigh and shoulder slump on discovering that a caravan leads the long, slow queue of traffic. We’ll be a while. Grumbl...
17 hours ago
Laughing At Chaos

Attack of the First World Problems! - Despite how I may grumble about this/that/the other thing, I really do know that 99% of it all falls under First World Problems. Doesn’t make it any more f...
18 hours ago
Metropolitan Mum

Work it, baby! - [image: Mum and Baby Reformer Pilates]Getting back on the workout track after having a baby can be difficult for many reasons: the English summer (makes ...
18 hours ago
Rachel Cotterill

Bangkok Thai Garden, Ottawa - [image: Ottawa] It doesn't look like much from the outside, but the Bangkok Thai Garden was just across the road from our hotel, and advertised a special-...
19 hours ago
MomspectiveMomspective

Take A Chance On Meme - I’m actually writing this on Thursday because Ryan is taking Friday off to spend some time by the pool with me. The poor guy hasn’t even had a chance to u...
20 hours ago
It's a Dog's Life

Just call me Her Eminence - *snort* Love, M click on image for full brochure.
20 hours ago
Free Technology for Teachers

Every Stock Photo - A Search Engine for Free Images - The next time that you need to find some high resolution images for a slideshow skip the Google Image search and head over to Every Stock Photo. Every St...
21 hours ago
Perfectly Happy Mum

Are you ready to make your blog beautiful? - This is it! I am putting together my passion for design and all things beautiful with my love of technology and I will be, very soon, offering a new onli...
22 hours ago
A Rose Beyond the Thames

Friday - Eifel tower cheese grater, because it's Friday and it made me smile a huge smile when I walked past Octoupus on Carnaby Street this morning. There is al...
1 day ago
TheMadHouse

Connect with your children at mealtimes - However, I really encourage chatting and communication. When the boys were younger we had a news style roundup from each of us, where we "reported" our new...
1 day ago
Osmosi delle Idee

Griglia di correzione Invalsi, secondaria di secondo grado 2013 - Lo scorso 16 maggio 2013 gli studenti delle seconde classi superiori hanno affrontato le prove Invalsi di Italiano e Matematica. Riteniamo utile ricordare ...
1 day ago
Family affairs and other matters

PENGUIN UNDER A CHAIR - Just thought I’d show you the photo my friend in Australia sent me the other day. As she sat down for her coffee near the beach in Melbourne she found a li...
1 day ago
www.equazioni.org/

Antispecismo: riflessioni sul libro Restiamo Umani - Come reagite di fronte alle immagini o alle notizie dei bambini lavoratori sfruttati in cina, dei bambini soldato in africa o delle baby prostitute thailan...
1 day ago
Bringing up Baby Bilingual

cheap and easy in the target language: Go Fish - If your kids are anything like my five-year-old son, you can get them to do almost anything if you turn it into a game--the Getting Dressed Race (first one t...
1 day ago
Stacy Uncorked

Country Stars Shine Bright: Friday Fragments - Hallelujah for Friday! Princess Nagger’s especially happy since it’s a three-day weekend for her, and next week is her last week of school. This year se...
1 day ago
Good Day, Regular People

Things I'll Miss About My Life When Summer Vacation Begins - School will be out within a few weeks. Aaaaaaaaaall the children will be home. Having them with me, around me, walking around in the mornings with their ...
1 day ago
cesarean debate

Prolapse surgery unsuccessful for almost one third of women - A *new study* from the University of Utah School of Medicine (lead author Ingrid Nygaard, M.D), which followed the experiences of 215 women following recon...
1 day ago
Home Learning Family Going Sane

Sync YA Literature Program Returns May 30th! - *What is SYNC?* SYNC is a program that gives away two complete audiobook downloads–a current Young Adult title paired thematically with a Classic or Requir...
1 day ago
Gutsy Writer

Paris, Musée du Parfum and Luxury Shopping - Galleries Lafayette Department Store Everything in Paris is a mixture of style, luxury, perfume, great food and cigarette smokers. There is of course histo...
1 day ago
English Teacher X

Teaser - The bad news is there won't be any updates this week about my return to Vodkaberg. The good news is I'm in Greece, at the moment, doing things that are go...
1 day ago
Globetrotting in Heels

Avoiding overpacking and rolling with the punches - I don’t consider myself extremely high-maintenance, but I do like to have options. Which is probably why I have a slight tendency to overpack, when I trave...
1 day ago
On a quirky quest with Lady Fi

The golden - Come sit with us a while – You don’t need to speak – It’s enough to let our hearts swell With golden joy. For more golden moments, please visit: Skywatch.
1 day ago
BareNakedMummy

Super Mom strikes again - Yes so superhero day landed in school and so this mummy blogger tried her best, dug deep and managed it (just about!) BNM
1 day ago
SnafflesMummy

How to Make Story Stones - I recently saw some Story Stones on Pinterest and loved how cute they looked as well as encouraging story telling and writing. One wet weekend came, w...
2 days ago
Il Terrazzo Italiano

Giornata di Ecologia - *Ecology Day in our village dawned warm and clear from the park*Diana and I wanted to be involved in the community and approached the tourism development g...
2 days ago
The Archers at The Larches

Show Jumping at The Larches - Thanks to our naughtiest lamb, Cocoa, [owner: the 10yo] Bracken, one of our alpacas, leapt the fence to her paddock and ended up in our neighbour's field. ...
2 days ago
coffee-stained clarity

[De]Constructing Art - There are the destroyers— the rejection letter the pregnant pause the allegiance to duty the comparative streak the checking of stats the boxing-in of styl...
2 days ago
ribollita reboiled

One Life to Love: Blog Highlight - My beautiful sister in law's beautiful sister (got that?) has been living as a missionary in India for, gosh....over a year now? Or maybe longer? (I shou...
2 days ago
A Journey in TEFL

“The Great Gatsby” Class Resources - There is a buzz going on about The great Gatsby. It’s of course because of the new Gatsby movie. I’ve seen so many links and resources on...
2 days ago
Note From Lapland

The Wreck My Dress Experience – Manchester - I’ve just got back from the press day at Wreck My Dress in Worsley. Oh my goodness, the place was gorgeous! And the photos and films they produce are incre...
2 days ago
Expat Mum

Thrift shopping - Sorry, sorry. Where was I? Ah yes - recovering. Last weekend was the annual mahoo-sive garage/rummage/jumble sale at my kids'school. I am one of five paren...
2 days ago
Single Parent Dad

Every family should Go Canoeing - Do you like making a splash? I think it would be very normal to assume that if you were going to go canoeing that you would end up getting wet. When I th...
2 days ago
SueAnn's Journey

Abstract Wednesday ~ Basking in the Sun! - I have missed this meme! After being away from the computer...taking care of my sweet mom.....I am back and boy did I have fun with this. I took a reco...
3 days ago
Being a Mummy

Gardening with Kids - ** One of the things we love doing is growing our own food and flowers. Organic gardening has become one of my passions in life. Several years ago I ...
3 days ago
Driving Like a Maniac

L’Infiorata di Noto redux - It’s a bit hectic around here at the moment, what with teaching and writing for other publications and what-have-you. Not to mention the very important bus...
3 days ago
Dim Sum, Bagels, and Crawfish

Tuesday Snippet - Barefeet. Dinners on the screened porch. Humid-frizzy hair*. Summer is quickly approaching. *My hair, not Camille's. I am jealous of her beautiful, silky-...
3 days ago
Diary of a Mad Bathroom

Lawn-Guy-Land - Part of the joy of living on Long Island is proximity. Proximity to New York City, proximity to miles and miles of sandy ocean shoreline and proximity to ...
3 days ago
Istanbul's Stranger

The Fucking Mix - So for this week, I decided to make a mix about doing it. By "doing it," I mean Doing It. I pared down a lot of of songs about doing it because of course...
4 days ago
This Life Is Mine

More Autocorrect - Autocorrects from my friend Rachelle's phone. This series of conversation happened in one day, within a matter of hours...it had me giggling pretty hard co...
4 days ago
A Welshie in Italy

Nerys's Guide to Italian Music - Giorgia - Giorgia Todrani was born in Rome on the 26th of April 1971. She's one of the most popular artists of recent years, selling over 6 million albums since her ...
4 days ago
Homeschool Math Blog

Course: How to Learn Math - Jo Boaler has kindly asked me to spread the word about her free, upcoming course How to Learn Math. It sounds intriguing; in fact, I signed up and hope t...
4 days ago
News From Nowhere

Scanning Malt And Bluebells - As many of you already know, I am addicted to scanning. I find it difficult to contemplate life without a scanner and my first thought on encountering ...
5 days ago
More Than Just a Mother

Heading to Chez Castillon - A few weeks ago I saw a competition on Jane Wenham-Jones' blog, in celebration of the launch of her extremely funny (and slightly daft) book 100 Ways to Fi...
5 days ago
Make do mum

You only chazz twice - I'm sure every second-hand hunter has experienced 'the one that got away'. It happened to me at a boot sale just a couple of week's ago; I saw a man walkin...
5 days ago
Dulwich Divorcee

All Bran 5 day challenge - Sponsored post Warning: the following post contains a lot of sniggering bathroom references. I’m afraid that, despite my best efforts, I’ve been powerless...
5 days ago
francesca frames

Partecipatory culture - In questo video una interessante conversazione con Henry Jenkins, che parla di coem gli educatori possono utilizzare le abilità e gli interessi degli stude...
5 days ago
Janet's Abruzzo Edublog

6th Virtual Round Table E-Conference. Read All About It! - A link to my Slideshare presentation below. I do hope you enjoy it. The process of creating each new slide was very therapeutic. * * A link to all t...
5 days ago
Just another perfect day...

Aaaaaaannnndddd, Heeeeeerrrrrreeeee's Summer! - We might have had Spring. Maybe. For a week in March. You know, before winter came back with a vengeance. The snow's finally gone (at least for us, there...
5 days ago
Burnt by the Tuscan Sun

Ferrero's NO NUTELLA DAY: Eating Chocolate-Covered Crow - When I was growing up in the food-friendly, marketing savvy USA, field trips weren't always made to cultural sites [*although, the Henry Ford Museum & **...
5 days ago
Young & Younger

20/52 - ‘A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2013′ Inspired by the 52 Project at Che and Fidel Fonz: Wheezy boy waiting patiently for his turn...
5 days ago
Working mum on the verge

Foodies Festival Fun - Yes, I did ignore my hubsand's ridiculous comment about the cost of tickets to the Foodies Festival, went ahead and ordered them and yesterday we wrapped u...
5 days ago
Empty Nest Expat

Getting Ready for Global Minds Book Club - *A perfect day on my patio* Yesterday was a spectacular sunny day in Istanbul. Not a cloud in the sky with total Chamber-of-Commerce weather. What a fun ...
6 days ago
Debbie's resource cupboard - saving you time

Super resource site - I just found this site with loads of free resources. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
6 days ago
Gigi's Ramblings

You could say I'm persistent....or maybe just stubborn. One of those. - The guys headed out to Asheville this morning. As soon as they left, I donned my painting clothes and pulled out my gear. It's not that I *wanted* to spen...
6 days ago
lathophobic aphasia

Bryan Fischer - David Pakman (the thinking daddy's crumpet) reports here on an interesting interview with dick-headed, bat-shit insane homophobe whack-job wing-nut scum...
6 days ago
Mr Teacher UK

We can see right through you, Mr Gove - What does Michael Gove think he looks like in his new glasses? I suspect he thinks he looks more intelligent and at the same time more appealing to the man...
6 days ago
A Dad First...

A Little Feature of Copy’s Online Backup and Sharing… - If you haven’t heard of Copy from Barracuda Networks yet, well, you have now. They offer an alternative to Dropbox and Box.com for online storage and file ...
6 days ago
Moments from Suburbia

The Black Dog - Today I am alone, self imposed loneliness. I thought I'd try it. I have work to do but am distracted by remnants of a past life, several past lives . I ha...
6 days ago
The Un Mom

Teal - One morning a few weeks ago, I put on a new sweater-type top that I had picked up at Sears Clearance Centre for 6 dollars. Because it was such a bargain,...
1 week ago
FAB AT ANY AGE

Holiday Essentials - Kaftan Chic - Forget the denim shorts and vest tops you have been taking on holiday for the last two years or so as your swimsuit cover-up, yes they serve a purpose and ...
1 week ago
Strange Pilgram

piazza - The Italian piazza is pure genius. Why this model of city planning was lost in American culture is beyond me. It's almost indescribably joyful to live near...
1 week ago
My Sweet Monkey

Party for 2! - Since Carlotta was born 3 days after Betty's first birthday, I decided to wait until April and have Valentina's and Betty's party on the same day. It just ma...
1 week ago
Scuola e dintorni

Autismo online - Ci siamo. Il 21 giugno appuntamento online e in streaming (in diretta) per il corso che terrò sull'autismo. La richiesta di formazione è partita da alcuni do...
1 week ago
Elisa...creating memories

Baby tomato plants in egg shells - Looks like winter weather is finally over ( *I hope*) and today should be very warm and the perfect day to work on my balcony garden. A few weeks ago I...
1 week ago
grit's day

Photoblog Newport Pagnell - Trek round Newport Pagnell with a Blue Badge trained guide. Into this two-hour street pounding we squeeze an indepth tour of brick walls to plaques to wind...
1 week ago
Blogging On Bilingualism

We love: Ça m’enerve by Pascal Peroteau - Ça m’enerve by Pascal Peroteau (My English translation of the title: That Really Bugs Me) Category: Music Language: French Summary: This is music for kids,...
1 week ago
Lost Persons Homeschool

Week 34 - Oh wow. Just *writing* "Week 34" gets me excited. Why? Because we do 36 weeks of school ... and we're on Week 34! Yippee! I must admit that the closer we...
1 week ago
Help! I live with my Italian mother in law!

Paradiso…can we stay forever? - Sunday proved to be a beautiful Spring day and everyone was happy! My husband is building a new fence and one day soon we should be able to wake up Continu...
1 week ago
Life in a Suitcase

Review: Hear the Wind Sing - [image: Hear the Wind Sing] Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami My rating: 3 of 5 stars I read/heard/made up in a dream that Murakami would prefer no ...
1 week ago
London City Mum

Another case for new hips - They say that time heals everything. It has also been been stated that your memory fades as you get older. On a similar note, we all know that history repe...
1 week ago
Noble Savage

Death and rebirth of a dream - I stopped writing two years ago. Just like that, I stopped. After six years of solid blogging across several websites, working hard to grow my audience and...
2 weeks ago
Miss Grace's Disgrace

BECAUSE CAR RATS - Yesterday morning, as I was driving to work, I felt something sort of....plop. Onto my lap. And I reached down to feel what it was and I squished something...
2 weeks ago
lost in sicilia

Funny faces - If you keep your eyes open on your walk around Catania you're bound to see some funny faces,
2 weeks ago
Very Bored in Catalunya

Bad Blogger - So once again I have been a rather shite blogger. My A-Z blogging challenge only got as far as letter 'H' before stalling and grinding to a screeching hal...
2 weeks ago
Home Education Heretic

Home education and abuse; the last post for a while - I am so busy with writing lately, that I really cannot spare any time for this blog; at least for a few months. Before I go, I must answer a point made...
2 weeks ago
"Bella Baita View"

Spring fling with Asparagus - Spring has finally not only sprung, but is well underway here in the Alps. It has gotten a cool and very soggy start. I think many of our normal bloom...
2 weeks ago
Bleeding Espresso

Finish What You Start — Or Don’t. That’s Cool Too. - "If it's important you'll find way. If not, you'll find an excuse."
2 weeks ago
Where going havo?

Fitting It All In: Reading and Time Management - Evenings are hectic around here, as I imagine they are in most homes. We usually have only 1-2 hours, sometimes less, between the Slovak getting home from ...
2 weeks ago
Classroom Free

How was your bank holiday weekend? - Mine was utterly fabulous thank you for asking. The weather was just truly glorious and we were able to potter around the garden getting various chores do...
2 weeks ago
An American in Padua

Cittadella Inaugurates the Full Wall Walkabout - In Italian, Cittadella's medieval wall walkabout is called* Camminamento di Ronda delle Mura*. After twenty years of slow-and-steady restoration, the ful...
2 weeks ago
Mummy do that!

A fair deal for both Stay at Home Parents and Working Parents - The other day I signed a petition asking for a fair deal for stay at home parents. Without question, the recent changes and proposed changes are all in som...
3 weeks ago
supponiamoche

Spiedini di tacchino - Prima di postare la ricetta, rispondo al test che mi ha lanciato Mariantonietta di givesomethingtoconstructand: - Come ti chiami? Emanuela - Che lavoro svo...
3 weeks ago
the lives of teachers

death by PLN – does the internet matter? -
3 weeks ago
I Heart Rome?

Prima di... - Have you ever seen this TED video about Candy Chang's project "Before I die I want to..."? If not, watch it... then come to Piazza San Cosimato from May 5t...
3 weeks ago
Figs and Lemons

- So we've done it...we've moved into the new house! The porters arrived the other day at about 0715am and took our bed and the sofa...they had to practicall...
3 weeks ago
Dr Mike's Math Games for Kids

Clock Reading Worksheets - Need worksheets to practice Telling the Time? Follow the link here and you'll find a clock reading worksheet generator. Each worksheet has solutions provid...
4 weeks ago
Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino

Pasta con le fave ~ Pasta with fava beans - I love this season, it brings with it sunshine, allergies and all my favorite vegetables. Every Wednesday, my CSA delivers a box with bushels of asparagus,...
4 weeks ago
We Are Here

april in one post - How do I squeeze a whole months worth of work and play into one blog post, without it being so long that my fingers drop off from too much typing? (I wish ...
4 weeks ago
web 2.0 and something else

RESISTENZA - *Partigiani garibaldini in piazza San Marco a Venezia nell'aprile 1945* Oggi è il giorno dedicato alla *Festa della Liberazione* per ricordare il 25 april...
4 weeks ago
Primary Nuggets

Childnet Resources - Childnet‘s new website, includes an interactive resource matrix http://www.childnet.com/resources which makes it much easier to find the wide range of e-sa...
5 weeks ago
Have Dogs, Will Travel

Sketching in Rome - From our room with a view Largo di Torre Argentina We recently had the good fortune to spend three days in Rome staying in a delightful suite ove...
5 weeks ago
Almost Unschoolers

Composite Head Collages - Art for Children - Arcimboldo - * * * * * * *Materials:* - Different colors of construction paper - Glue sticks - Scissors (child safe if appropriate) - Magazines or catalog...
5 weeks ago
Christine's Chatter

Ceragem massage beds - Have you been lucky enough to try out a Ceragem automatic massage bed? I have suffered with back problems for years, but these wonderful, heated massage b...
1 month ago
News from Italy

Moving On A New Chapter - *Last year in readiness for the next chapter in our life adventure we put the house on the market to sell. Since moving to Italy we have done up and sol...
1 month ago
pixie's ponderings

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! - I haved two blog winners to announce. Holly of Damita's Pretty Wrap and Carla of Dancing Moon! Congrats to you both!
1 month ago
La scuola dei genitori

Superbimba insegna a me come comportarmi!!! - Superbimba mi ha mostrato un disegno dove rappresentava una festa di compleanno, la sua. Nel disegno indossava un guanto gigante e ha così commentato: "Anch...
1 month ago
The TEFL Tradesman

Fancy a Missionary Position? - Well, tough shit - you missed it! The deadline for applying for this prime Tefl post was March 22, but I still feel it's worth a gag or two! According to bl...
1 month ago
WAHM-BAM!

I Heart Bedtime by Clara Vulliamy - Our review (with very long video) of I Heart Bedtime by Clara Vulliamy
1 month ago
A View from Carmine Superiore

Early Easter - In Carmine this year, Easter has come early. The chicks are hatching and the ewe is heavy, the daffodils are dancing and the camellias are dropping. Happ...
1 month ago
A Pretty How Town

Happiness is.... - To clelebrate Spring a little blog post about my happy spots these days. Yeah I know it's been awhile since I've popped in here. I've just been cooped up...
1 month ago
Kickbutt's Crazy Lapbooks

I hate AT&T - So, I've had the same email addy for about 10 years. Over that time I've signed up for numerous newsletter, info rings, not to mention my extensive contact...
1 month ago
The Amazing Trips

the count down - We're leaving tomorrow on a big road trip. [image: DSC_0006] The kids are incredibly excited, as evidenced by the calendar that Elizabeth created and has ...
2 months ago
Fun, Feisty & Fabulous...

unexpected MOT - yesterday was one of those days, it was completely out of my control! I had been at work an hour when suddenly out of nowhere, a searing red pain halted me...
2 months ago
Monday Mayhem

Friday Friend and Follow 3/8 - [image: friendandfollow] <img src="http://poshonabudget.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/friend-150x150.jpg" alt="fri...
2 months ago
Four Down, Mum to Go?

The perils of tearjerking TV - I used to be quite heartless. Before giving birth gave me a core of mush in more ways than one, I would scoff when my mother burst into tears over some he...
2 months ago
mamma e mimma

- FLASH MOB CONTRO LA VIOLENZA SULLE DONNE 14 02 2013 A LUCCA!
2 months ago
The apple tree

Finalmente ! - Dopo piu' di due mesi di assenza, eccomi qui. Questo blog e' stato chiuso e messo da parte per 10 lunghe settimane. A volte questa finestra che noi apriam...
2 months ago
Older mums are fun - unless they forget to take their HRT!! Then SCRAM!!

How to Get a Girl to Like You - Common Mistakes You Must Avoid - We've all had that special woman in our lives. You know... the one with the sweet personality, the really nice hair and a perfect face. She dates the more "a...
3 months ago
poum!

ahem - Ahem tap tap testing testing
3 months ago
Babyrambles

Best Express Bus - Every season, around now - since the end of Nov - show bus company will start recognizing bookings for bus passes to areas and places in Malaysia to journe...
3 months ago
Brit Gal in the USA

Blue-eyed Sukie RIP - The Hubster & I are heartbroken tonight after we had to let our eldest and sweetest tempered kitty go to a better place early this morning. She sta...
3 months ago
Babies who brunch... on tour

The End of the World, or How Not to Do Petra with Kids - The sign said, 'The end of the world'; as did the look on my three-year-old's face. Below us, the dusky pink desert canyons and dimpled, rocky mountain...
3 months ago
Do you speak Polish?

Big brother in Turkmenistan - Turkmenistan at night - Taken close to the Oguzkent hotel Immediately upon my arrival in Turkmenistan, colleagues began to give me advice on the vario...
4 months ago
Hot Cross Mum

A Grand Adventure - Where would you go and what would you do if you could have a grand adventure anywhere in the world? This is what the people at MoneySupermarket.com are ...
4 months ago
English spelling

The Spelling of English - **Most languages have around *40* sounds and spell them with an average of *50 *graphemes (single letters or combinations like *ee* or *sh)*. Finnish spell...
4 months ago
The Thought Bubble

Emergency Post - …Because I’ve spent the last two hours trying to get my computer to work! A quick plea to you to think of me tomorrow. I have a meeting with the SENCo an...
4 months ago
3 Bedroom Bungalow to Let in Crazytown

Old School - We've all seen it. We've probably all been there. Let me set the scene. Child- "Mom, can I have this. I will absolutely die without it and little Johnny...
4 months ago
Mind Of A Mad Woman

I'm Back...Sort Of! - I have no idea if anyone even checks here anymore. Probably not. I decided it might be time to start blogging again. But not here. The time for Mind of a M...
4 months ago
2 Baci in a Pinon Tree

Help Save the Teatro Valle! - I love grassroots efforts. The effects of normal people pitching in to help others or spearhead a good cause always makes me feel good. My friend Valerio, ...
4 months ago
Lory's blog

Le mie letture 2012 - Eccoci di nuovo all'appuntamento con le mie letture del 2012. Per chi volesse vedere anche ciò che è stato letto negli anni scorsi vi indico i link relativi...
4 months ago
French Leave

And Out Went the Light... - Fresh from having his seventy five per cent tax on incomes over one million euros thrown out by the (Sarkozy appointed) Constitutional Council, Preside...
4 months ago
From Australia to Italy

Goodbye - The alarm was set for 6:20am. We were going to drive to Paola to get the super fast *freccia argento *train. It would only take 3 and a half hours to reach...
5 months ago
omegamom.com

Ten years ago… - We were handed a tiny, solemn, scared little 10-month-old in a Chinese Affairs office in Nanning. I still remember feeling, later that night, as we were si...
5 months ago
My Cleaning Lady Drives a Land Rover

A Tissue Lament - Oh Mr. Kleenex! Why did you stop selling your designer tissues? Why, instead of this elegant, subdued, and I-dare-say-oh-so-slighly-exotic tissue box,...
5 months ago
Purposeful Parenting

Reduce Procrastination In Simple Steps - [image: motivation by tiny steps] You want to spur your children into action. There's something that needs to be done. You've offered incentives, made enco...
6 months ago
Leave it to the Beavers

Personal Progress: Good Works #2 - Food planning and prep (yeah, that is what this one is all about) Ok, so as a teenager this experience would have been the death of me. Now, it's just part ...
6 months ago
SURVIVE FRANCE

Taxing Times - With the recent furore about possible changes to the AE system, there has been a lot of debate on SFN about the cost of taxation in France and this has got...
7 months ago
Homemade Love

Last post - Dear Readers, please subscribe yourselves to our new blog http://italianhomemadelove.wordpress.com Due to privacy reasons *(our names and unprotected photos)...
7 months ago
Paradise Lost In Translation

One Down, Three to Go - Woohoo, I have my Albanian police check! One down, three to go. My former director (of the school I taught in) took my scanned passport & parents full name...
8 months ago
Confessions From A Work-At-Home Mom

Going, Going, Gone (for a while) - Hey all - So here's the deal: I've been writing this blog for over three years now... but for the last several months, my heart really hasn't been in it. I...
8 months ago
Bibs, Babs, Bobs in Amman

My last sunrise. - Goodbye 'Amman
11 months ago
Home Office Mum

Moving on - I have a new blog. Please read - Breaking News! I have a new blog. To all the lovely people who stop by Home Office Mum - or HOM HOM HOM as it's latterly been known, please can I ask you...
11 months ago
Kalinago English

Mobile Assisted Language Learning - English TeachingApps (1) - This is the first in a series of posts on MALL (mobile assisted language learning) apps currently available via GooglePlay. The *infographic *was created ...
1 year ago
Mum's the word

What does a Rapunzel cake and a potter's work have in common? - Wow so far May has been quite a ride! How's it been for you? Those who are into the meaning of eclipses did say that the one we have just experienced wo...
1 year ago
Maths-Whizz-The Whizz

Maths-Whizz Summer Camps in Dubai - Hi, this is my first blog so a quick introduction I am Sonja and I am the UAE Country Manager. I have been working with Whizz Education in Dubai for 7 mont...
1 year ago
Chocolate Brick

chocolatebrick -
1 year ago
The Shock of the Old

Veduta* - Lights, Pasquetta 2012 *veduta s.f. 1 Vista 2 Panorama 3 Rappresentazione, spec. pittorica o fotografica, di un paesagio o un ambiente 4 al pl. Complesso d...
1 year ago
Amanda + Don

On The Edge Of Your Seat... - I bet you have no idea when I'm going to write next...because I sure don't know! I've become a bit of a stranger to Blogger, but...maybe that adds to my ...
1 year ago
Mad Manic Mamas

Hindsight - Re reading my post of 13 October 2011 I am amazed at how fast time moves, no surprises really there eh? And it occurs to me that time does h...
1 year ago
Mike Riley's Blog

IATEFL - Here’s a link to a reduced version of my slides from last Friday’s IATEFL talk. Thanks to Pedro and MacMillan for giving me the opportunity to speak at the...
1 year 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 year 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?...
1 year 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 .
1 year 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 year 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 ...
1 year ago
Pond Parleys

Draining the Pond - Oh, hell-o. Yes, you caught us. We were just taking down the bunting, folding up the chairs and putting the tables away. The tea and coffee-making area ...
1 year ago
Miss Independent in Sicily

Preparing for Christmas and New Year's Eve! - Jeszcze niecale dwa tygodnie i beda Swieta. Czekam i ciesze sie strasznie. U nas pogoda iscie wiosenna, dzis jest 20°C i cudowne slonce! Ale, nie przeszkad...
1 year ago
Educational Escapades

Hello & Goodbye - So yes, I am still alive :-) I've been putting this 'final post' off for ages, as it feels a bit sad, but I think the time has come. I did think I would c...
1 year ago
Lost in translation

Could it be? - It seems we nearly have a government. I hope they haven't hurried through the negotiations too much - it's only been 540 days. You know, maybe they shouldn...
1 year ago
Sugo and Sunshine...

Headaches -
1 year ago
Romancing Italy

Life and Times of an Old Italy - Once upon a time it wasn't just letters that were deliverd to your door. Pane = bread
1 year ago
The World As I See It

GFC - As you all know I moved to Wordpress a few weeks ago and I just noticed that my blog feed is not updating so if you could please go and like my page again ...
1 year ago
Milanese Masala

Pumpkins and devils and Poncherello! Oh my!! - Ciao Bloggisti! Just got back from a party with 20 preschoolers inside a cramped pub. And yes, that was the SCARIEST Hallowe’en I’ve ever had! But at lea...
1 year ago
Hackette in Colchester

Books on the loose - I signed up for the Bookcrossing site back in 2003, excited by the idea that you could release books into the wild and track their journey as people picked...
1 year ago
Think On It

Thrashing about - Someone has hacked the site. Technicians are working on it right now, so I hope it will be ready for new articles soon. I hope you didn’t receive any mass...
1 year ago
Fighting Monsters

Goodbye - For reasons that I can’t go into, I am having to close this site for a while. I want to allow people to take and copy information that they might want or n...
1 year ago
Anything Fits a Naked Man

"We Didn't Know..." - Shortly after moving to our new home here in Nashville, TN, Alan and I were thrilled to find our new church home. The only problem was that the existing p...
1 year ago
Ramblings of an ER Zombie Nurse

Tomorrow is the last day of my blog - If I haven't added you please re-email me. I will be closing this tomorrow. if you need my new site please contact me at my email. livingdeadnurse@liv...
1 year ago
Madam Salami

In the Garden - We now have a garden, with vegetable patch!! Hooray!! (Well, it's been done for a few weeks now to be honest!) And the fruit and vegetables we planted are a...
1 year ago
Strange & Beautiful

A Poem For My Twin - *By Mya, Aged 8* You are the smell of a rose that tickles my senses every day You are the energetic labrador that loves to play. You are the bouncy cast...
1 year ago
The Truth As I See It

Job Times - This guest post from Lenny Mcknight Is it bad that I chose a job based on being able to go in after 9 a.m.? I’m sorry- but I’m just not a morning person and...
1 year ago
Brighton Mum-Teenage Angst

Hairy Bikers 'Mums know Best' DVD review - I was asked if I would review the Hairy Bikers 'Mums know best' DVD, which is released today, 14th February (Oh yes, Happy Valentines Day!). This is to c...
2 years ago
Chic Mama

Get Santa-A Review - I know…I am a terrible blogger at the moment. Very selfishly I am using this space to vent yet I haven’t reciprocated or helped anyone since my last post…....
2 years ago
Muddling Along Mummy

Want to keep reading, can you update your feed? - I've switched from Blogger to Wordpress and my RSS feed has changed - if you'd like to carry on reading, could you please re-subscribe using the feed feed:...
2 years ago
Being mum, being me.

Knock knock it's 2am and other such things - Jaded this evening. My 4 year old chose 2am as a special time for sharing her new repertoire of knock knock and other jokes. Whilst it was utterly sweet an...
2 years ago
A Few Choice Words

The Kaleidoscope that Wouldn't Go Away - I was contacted a week or two ago by the owners of a blog called Quilt Inspiration, asking if they could feature one of my quilts on their site. I said yes...
2 years ago
CASA HICE

Avery Meets Antoine - Avery, Antoine, Aton, and Camera dude I guess you know you've made it big when you get to hang out with Antoine Dodson. Who's Antoine Dodson, you ask? ...
2 years ago
Bacon Is My Lover

Blogroll - ... For A Different Kind Of Girl 3 Bedroom Bungalow To Let In Crazytown 100 Pounds In A Year 2010 Year of Miracles A Day in the Life of a Surferwife Adoptio...
5 years ago

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