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Stacy Uncorked

Talking Dumpsters and Crap and Whacked Elbows in a Random Tuesday Thoughts Rebel kinda way. - Time keeps slipping away and I keep blinking. At least my cold seems to finally be on its way out – now if the weather would cooperate and not be so annoy...
1 hour ago
Good Day, Regular People

He's Back, But I Don't Know For How Long - The mood has struck him, and Baby E, who is now 11 (!!!) has asked to do a post. It's 10 PM and it's summer vacation. The windows are open and it's a bea...
1 hour ago
Why Homeschool

I'm glad we can homeschool in the United States - I was reflecting today at just how glad I am we can homeschool in the United States. The public schools are so broken. They will arrest a young children ...
4 hours ago
Free Technology for Teachers

FlowReader Makes It Easy to Transfer Google Reader Subscriptions - Google Reader users have 13 days left to figure out how they are going to subscribe to and read their favorite blogs after Google Reader shuts down. Flow...
7 hours ago
Sicily Scene

EAVESDROPPING IN CATANIA - There are days when I wonder, "What on earth can I write about tonight?" but I have learnt that, if I pay attention to the detail of everyday life and am q...
7 hours ago
In a bun dance

168/365 what happens when you unplug everything? - That's my lovely Twitter hashtag mug, a secret Santa pressie from a secret Facebook group. It's the picture of the day because I'm still recovering from ...
7 hours ago
grit's day

Only a little fortitude required - Had to have a little cry today. No, really, it was just that, a few trickly tears falling at my temples and into my hair while I was lying flat out on the ...
8 hours ago
The Un Mom

Patio - I finally bit the bullet and just paid somebody to put in our patio. Because, otherwise, it'd be Labor Day before we managed to do it ourselves, and that...
10 hours ago
Perfectly Happy Mum

Watercolour - Little beauties I have found while browsing Pinterest… By Snoogs & Wilde, showcased on www.iamthelab.com and pinned by Nordic Bliss From Antonia and Fa...
12 hours ago
BussolaScuola

Prove INVALSI 2013 terza media - *YouMath.it* ?@YouMath36m #INVALSI: finalmente è #tuttofinito. Non resta che dare un'occhiata alle soluzioni >> http://www.youmath.it/prove-invalsi-matemat...
12 hours ago
Glowstars.net

Counting cards was the best job he ever had - Don ’t call it a fight when you know it ’s a war. With nothing but your t-shirt on. And go sit on the bed ’cause I know that you want to. You got pretty ey...
12 hours ago
Rachel Cotterill

Peppermint Mocha Cupcakes (Vegan) - [image: Peppermint Mocha Cupcakes] It started with JoJo's Cupcakes in St Michael's, Maryland, where I first encountered the idea of a peppermint mocha cup...
12 hours ago
MomspectiveMomspective

Cook, Clean, Swim, Clean, Cook, Clean - I slept eleven hours and I am exhausted. I don’t know how I’m going to handle Tuesday and Wednesday when I have to take Jake to summer school (not really ...
13 hours ago
Being a Mummy

Duvet Days - my duvet Duvet Days are one of those rare luxuries that I have never indulged in. When I was at work without kids I always felt far too guilty to have a ...
14 hours ago
Handbags & Handguns

The Talk of Tinseltown; Baby Girl Tatum & Superman - Erin Brady, Miss Connecticut, is Miss USA 2013. Brady, 25, will become a spokeswoman for breast and ovarian cancer awareness. I used to watch the pageant a...
14 hours ago
Il Terrazzo Italiano

Sweet Days of Summer with Jasmine in Bloom - *It finally got too hot to sunbathe on the Terrace--and the sea is enticing with its clear-day colors*Di's been singing *Summertime* (and the Living is Eas...
15 hours ago
On a quirky quest with Lady Fi

Field of wishes - As I lay on my stomach trying to photograph The lovely way the dandelions catch the evening light, I thought to myself: What do you see? A weed – Or wishes...
15 hours ago
English Teacher X

Return to Vodkaberg, Part Five: Little Valya - She always smells so nice, Little Valya. That's the main thing I remember about her; she always smelled, and smells, nice and fresh and clean and sort of ...
16 hours ago
Gutsy Writer

“My Gutsy Story®” Penelope James - What Do You Do when the Good Times End? My advertising career started in London and ended in Mexico City in 1990 when my boss persuaded me to ...
16 hours ago
Almost Unschoolers

Summer Fun Day 23 - Ice Cream Cone Piñata - I made this piñata for a summer birthday, but it would also work nicely for National Ice Cream Month in July, or National Ice Cream Day, which according ...
16 hours ago
Note From Lapland

Feeling Broody - One week ago I didn’t want another child, Ever. I was done. No more babies waking me in the nights. No more potty training. None of it. I was over it. Read...
16 hours ago
WAHM-BAM!

From work at home mum to office mum - I’m not going to change the blog title, because that would feel a bit weird, and also lots of people never actually recognised that the WAHM stood for Work...
17 hours ago
SueAnn's Journey

Magpie Tales ~ Heart Shadow.... - This painting is from Marc Chagall and is going to be quite a challenge today. Visit The Mag and see what others have done in word and phrase with this...
17 hours ago
Dulwich Divorcee

Showstopper - The thing I love best about the Globe Theatre is the way the people who work there smile all the time. They are courteous and helpful with the endless tour...
18 hours ago
www.equazioni.org/

Hic et nunc - C’è chi taglia e c’è chi cuce…. !
20 hours ago
More Than Just a Mother

I had thought my children were too old to be embarrassing. I was wrong. - Now that the children are older, they are significantly less embarrassing. It has been really quite a while since any of the children deposited a poo in ...
20 hours ago
A Nut in a Nutshell

The Blue Umbrella #MonstersUEvent - [image: The Blue Umbrella]You’re going to be blown away when you see the animation in The Blue Umbrella, the short animated film appearing before Monsters ...
21 hours ago
TheMadHouse

Colouring in for all ages - One such activity, which is perfect for all the family is colouring on fabric. The fabric is from Ikea (TIDNY)and is only £7 per meter and the fabric pens ...
21 hours ago
supponiamoche

Croissant con la macchina del pane - Finalmente ci sono riuscita, ho fatto i croissant, quelli classici, croccanti fuori, morbidi dentro! Il tutto, utilizzando la macchina del pane, al posto d...
21 hours ago
Just another perfect day...

Dang it! - Today, as we were getting ready to go out on our trail ride Washoe let his Wonder Idiot side take control and was being a jerk for Digger. I was at the mou...
1 day ago
Family affairs and other matters

CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP 2013 - What an amazing afternoon I’ve had. I was lucky enough to be invited as a plus one by a friend to the Cartier Queen’s cup polo. I have been Celebrity spott...
1 day ago
Mummy do that!

Down at the Mela - Every year, as part of the Glasgow West End Festival, the Mela transforms Kelvingrove Park into something rather special. We love the Kawa Circus (I'm a bi...
1 day ago
SnafflesMummy

Would You Speak Out? - Today, via a friend I was shown the shocking pictures of Nigella being strangled by her husband in a very public place. Reports are that Nigella was strang...
1 day ago
Help! I live with my Italian mother in law!

Termites be gone! - Geez, I spent all day covering every wooden surface in the house and then returned after a three day lockdown Continue reading →
1 day ago
Working mum on the verge

Enter the Dragon - It's been the usual busy, busy, busy recently, but nothing really worth blogging about. Until today. Hubby has just finished a hectic few weeks of work, ...
1 day ago
ribollita reboiled

Aspiration Part II - Palais d'Isles in Annecy, a commune in the French Alps*This post is continued from Aspiration Part I:* ** *Moving to Italy reminded us that the finish is wor...
1 day ago
A Welshie in Italy

Sunday Classic - On this day 25 years ago Jovanotti was No.1 with his second single *Gimme Five*. 25 years down the line and he's in the middle of a stadium tour, this week...
1 day ago
Single Parent Dad

Happy Father's Day from LEGO - I love LEGO. I love Star Wars. But what I love most of all is: Being a dad. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
1 day ago
Homeschooling a Texas Tornado & a Preschooler !!

Bad Credit Loans Available to Ease Financial Burdens - There are millions of good people with bad credit. You may be one of them. Perhaps your credit file reflects some past mistakes that you made when you we...
1 day ago
A Dad First...

Father’s Day… - So here it is, the eve of Father’s Day 2013. As I’ve thought about it over the years, and in particular the past handful, I’m left in a state of not really...
2 days ago
Laughing At Chaos

Band camp gross - If you’ve ever done band camp, you know band camp gross. If you’ve ever done band camp in the midwest, you really know band camp gross. And if you marched ...
2 days ago
cesarean debate

Australian Royal Birth debate this month - I'm not keen on the title of this debate (it's not for anyone to say how a woman "should" give birth), but in the context of talking about the risks and ...
2 days ago
francesca frames

SOLE Self Organized Learning Enivronments - Sul palco al TED2013, Sugata Mitra esprime il suo audace desiderio da Premio TED Prize: aiutatemi a progettare la School in the Cloud, un laboratorio di ...
2 days ago
A Mothers Ramblings

Lunch Plans (W/C 15/06) - It's funny how not eating twice a week (well if you're an adult in this house) suddenly has you appreciating food more. The meals I'm planning on making su...
2 days ago
Home Learning Family Going Sane

Glass Lab Musical - MIT Museum Free Second Fridays - This month's FREE Second Friday at the MIT Museum was -*Through the Listening Glass: A Concert by the MIT Glass Band - *Immerse yourself in a tapestry of ...
3 days ago
Debbie's resource cupboard - saving you time

Letter to Mr Gove - Dear friends, I just signed the petition "Say no to removal of Teaching Assistants." and wanted to ask if you could add your name too. This campaign means ...
3 days ago
coffee-stained clarity

Teenage Rebel in an Apron - I march up the hill from the post office, where I have just waited 67 minutes for a stamp to put on an envelope addressed to the IRS. Smoke is wisping from...
3 days ago
lathophobic aphasia

Rant and a Recipe - It’s an uncertain business these days, English Language Teaching: famine or feast. Allowing for the fact that there’s many a slip, etc., for this year at l...
3 days ago
BareNakedMummy

My recent reads and some totty! - I love reading and I love a huge range of books but since getting the kindle app on my tablet I have read loads and so I thought I'd share with you the rec...
3 days ago
Learning to speak 'merican

Saturday June 15th - Are you free? Do hope so because we have a splendid day ahead tomorrow. It’s IATEFL BESIG’s first online conference. They’ve got lots of great presenters, ...
3 days ago
Where going havo?

Conversations: Do YOU like making small people happy? - Earlier this week at park: "Mommy, that's my new friend Nemonika (not-Monika)." "Monika?" "No, Nemonika." "I just heard her mom call her Domi, so I'm pretty...
3 days ago
News from Italy

News From Italy Blog Dedication - The best part of the last ten years has been spent with my husband David living a dream life in Northern Lazio, Italy. Sadly his recent death has meant th...
3 days ago
Diary of a Mad Bathroom

How to Alienate the High School Faculty - Those of you that are parents of teenagers know that every time your kid walks out the door your breath catches in your throat and you say a little silen...
4 days ago
Gigi's Ramblings

The tree that could have been.... - Today we had some freakish thunderstorms roll in out of nowhere. In fact, in the space of an hour I received no less than three severe weather alerts on m...
4 days ago
Globetrotting in Heels

How to travel with little globetrotters: family travel tips - I am always surprised when I hear people say that they want to wait to have kids so they can travel. Those two things are by no means mutually exclusive! T...
4 days ago
Dim Sum, Bagels, and Crawfish

First Of The Season - Two nights ago: the first of the cherry tomatoes (both sungold and sweet 100). One night ago: the first fireflies of the season. Yesterday afternoon the firs...
4 days ago
Bringing up Baby Bilingual

for when you're not leaving on a jet plane - When told to put a couple of toys for the plane in his carry-on bag, Griffin, age 3, filled his suitcase with stuffed animals. French playgroup always empti...
5 days ago
A Journey in TEFL

Vocabulary learning, revising solutions - image credit: #eltpics @senicko This is what I’ll give to my students with their record cards on Friday
5 days ago
Expat Mum

Things I love about being in England - OK, so I've been here for two whole days, but already I'm smiling. *The weather* is co-operating. (There, just jinxed it.) We've had sunny, cool and windy ...
5 days ago
It's a Dog's Life

My cardio workout - a pie chart - I thought that I'd give you a little look see into my cardio workout. I subject do this workout every other day. Because I hate myself want to get into shape...
5 days ago
Driving Like a Maniac

36 hours in Cefalù - The theme for this month’s Italy Blogging Roundtable is ‘Grab Bag’. Or, for UK readers: Lucky Dip. In a happy coincidence, this described my recent weekend...
5 days ago
The American Resident

Where I Live: Junk Food - The American Resident I am a foodie. I love all kinds of food: I love slimline salads that look Pinterest perfect. I love Michelin starred fancy food wit...
6 days ago
Istanbul's Stranger

The Beautiful West: You're Doing It Wrong - Nope, not working. Like most countries, Turkey's relationship with the West, and the US in particular, is very fraught. I don't mean officially, as in the ...
1 week ago
Life in a Suitcase

Review: Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid - [image: Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid] Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid by Samantha Nutt My rating: 4 of 5 stars Moving, if n...
1 week ago
Young & Younger

23/52 - ‘A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2013′ Inspired by the 52 Project at Che and Fidel Ez: Sharing a joke with friends over dinner aft...
1 week ago
Lost Persons Homeschool

Time4Writing - mid-course review - A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Time4Writing with the opportunity to have my daughter try a course in return for a candid review. I elected to have ...
1 week ago
Metropolitan Mum

Time to put on that bathing suit - [image: speedo sculpture parade to the pool1]Did the above headline fill you with dread? The good news is, you are not alone. According to new research, ...
1 week ago
London City Mum

Kevin and the BOOBIL posse - Never do things in halves, 'tis what I say. Or something to that effect. So, another year, another triathlon. Blenheim again. Glorious setting, masses of p...
1 week ago
Osmosi delle Idee

Come verificare un’equazione di terza media - Un nostro lettore ci ha chiesto come si può verificare che l’equazione: ha come soluzione: Cerchiamo di dare una risposta con un video. Se avete qualche d...
1 week ago
pixie's ponderings

Into the Great Wide Open.... - So last week, on Saturday, we had a BIG adventure. And our lives may never be the same. We hauled our cookies all the way to London to see a band we had al...
1 week ago
The Lazy Girl's Guide to Life

Is It Just Me: Who Thinks It's Time to Leave the Jackson Kids the Hell Alone? - I must start by saying I was a fan of Michael's music. I found his behavior a bit stranger with every year that went by, but you can't argue with how talen...
1 week ago
Empty Nest Expat

Gezi Park Turkish Protests: Where is a "Range of Opinion?" - *Protesters doing yoga in Gezi Park* What a fascinating week in Turkey as my friends have risen up and demanded their Turkish democracy be inclusive of the...
1 week ago
Home Office Mum

This is a test post - this is a test post
1 week ago
I Heart Rome?

Win-lose - I use rely on public transportation to get around Rome, so when I first heard about the plan to extend the 8 tram to Piazza Venezia I was one of the few ...
1 week ago
FAB AT ANY AGE

Obsessed Much - I may be a year late with my latest wish list item but please bear with me. On our last Tuesday evening in Marbella, whilst sipping a Cosmopolitan on the ...
1 week ago
Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino

Hot Cities Hot Chefs on TV - I was recently invited to guest appear on a new TV show called Hot Chefs, Hot Cities, the production called me as cucina romana consultant for the episode ...
1 week ago
A Rose Beyond the Thames

Irish Moss scented candle from Bog Standard - I have been burning this Irish Moss candle from bog standard in our flat since early January, when the nights were dark and there was snow on the ground...
1 week ago
News From Nowhere

Above The Blue And Windy Sea - The excellent photograph is by Hao$ and comes courtesy of Flickr Many years ago I promised The Lad that if ever he became a doctor,he and I would go to Sa...
1 week ago
Make do mum

Groundhog Day - I'm stuck in a rut; caught up in some kind of motherly Groundhog Day. I don't have time to do the things I usually enjoy (like writing here) and I know tha...
1 week ago
Classroom Free

Pondering changes... - I really should be known as Queen Procrastinator. I am absolutely awful at managing my time. I know that at 37 years of age you would think that I could ma...
1 week ago
Blogging On Bilingualism

We love: Mouk - Le Tour du Monde de MOUK by Marc Boutavant (English translation: Around the World with Mouk) Category: Book (and spin off TV series) Language: French (orig...
2 weeks ago
Burnt by the Tuscan Sun

Eating out in Italy: Diner Dash - While scanning TripAdvisor for some restaurant recommendations in Rome (I was cross-referencing places on a link I posted on my *Travel Trips page *to glut...
2 weeks ago
Mr Teacher UK

I don't like Mondays - Pre-work Sunday evening again, already. Ouch.
2 weeks ago
Janet's Abruzzo Edublog

Connecting Online for Instruction and Learning: International Perspectives - I am absolutely delighted to announce the recent publication of a printed book called *Connecting Online for Instruction and Learning: International Pers...
2 weeks ago
Homeschool Math Blog

This girl loves Mathy the mammoth! - I just found this new review of Math Mammoth grade 1 curriculum, and was tickled to find how much this girl loved Mathy my mascot! My girls liked finding o...
2 weeks ago
A Pretty How Town

Emotional coaster - I pretty much knew these last few days would be zingers and I wasn't wrong. Whenever you walk into your old life and look around and walk back out it's al...
2 weeks ago
My Sweet Monkey

30 Things- Because they need to know... - I've been wanting to do this for sometime but life gets busy and things fall behind. I'm trying really hard to get caught up on things. (ya know.. like laun...
3 weeks 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. ...
3 weeks 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 weeks 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...
4 weeks 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...
4 weeks 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...
4 weeks 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...
4 weeks 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...
5 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...
5 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,
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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."
5 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...
1 month ago
The TEFL Tradesman

Sandy's Nutty Tefl Mayday Offering! - Oops - Forgot to post this one!
1 month ago
the lives of teachers

death by PLN – does the internet matter? -
1 month 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...
1 month 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...
1 month 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 ...
1 month 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...
1 month 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...
1 month 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 months ago
mamma e mimma

- FLASH MOB CONTRO LA VIOLENZA SULLE DONNE 14 02 2013 A LUCCA!
3 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...
3 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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, ...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
6 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,...
6 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...
7 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 ...
7 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...
8 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)...
8 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...
9 months ago
Bibs, Babs, Bobs in Amman

My last sunrise. - Goodbye 'Amman
1 year 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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