Neglect. As in My blog has fallen into a state of neglect. I haven’t written anything. It has accumulated spam comments (now deleted, I hope). There are real comments, including some from Reluctant Memsahib, one of my favourite reads, and I haven’t responded. I’ve been busy. I’ve been away. I have lots of excuses. I [...]
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Neglect, n.
Published August 26th, 2009 in Blogging, Boys, Diving, Family, Friends, Health, Highers, Housekeeping, NHS, School, Scotland, Standard Grades, Travel, Wales, Working at home and teenagers. 8 CommentsDreams of paradise
Published January 12th, 2009 in Blogging, Out & about, Travel and Working at home. 3 CommentsCould this be me?
Postscript:
It’s me, it’s most definitely me. Does anyone fancy helping me make the application video?
Post postscript:
Seriously, now - yes, I’m being serious - is there a class anywhere in East Lothian that could take time out of the curriculum between now and the end of February to make a 60 second video [...]
Why do so many mums write blogs? And such entertaining ones at that. Anyhow, I’m joining in the fun over at Part Mummy Part Me. Head on over there to find some bloggers you may not have encountered before. Read. Enjoy. Vote.
And while you’re here, try this link, courtesy of Blethers, for yet another form of [...]
A bloggy good idea
Published October 10th, 2008 in Blogging, Marine biology, Scotland and Working at home. 4 CommentsI don’t often post about the work I do, having been jumped on from an enormously great height early on in my blogging career. Yesterday I was in Inverness presenting some work I’ve been involved in to the relevant SNH staff; this post isn’t about that work, before anyone gets excited, but is about some discussions [...]
Apologies if you’ve made a comment recently and it hasn’t appeared. There are 12 waiting for moderation that I can’t access for some reason. Of course, all 12 may be offering Viagra and may not be anything intelligent at all. But at least one of them is one of my own comments and, whilst it [...]
Protective? Or overprotective?
Published June 11th, 2008 in Blogging, Boys, Communication, Family, Internet and School. 10 Comments“You’re an overprotective mum. ”
“No I’m not, I’m just interested. Do you know all the people on your contact lists?”
“Of course I do. Do you think I’m stupid?”
“Well, anyone can see those pictures you’ve put on.”
“No they can’t. It’s private. And I haven’t put my surname, or my [...]
Spring Bling
Published February 28th, 2008 in BMW K series, Blogging, Cars, Family, Lambretta 150ld and Peugeot coupe. 3 CommentsI seem to have been on a Blog-battical for the last few weeks. Life getting in the way. But now the writers’ strike is over, there’s really no excuse is there? No picket lines to cross. Oh, you mean I don’t get paid for this, never mind royalties? Still, we creative types have to stick together, [...]
A half way witter
Published January 30th, 2008 in Blogging, Holidays, Swimming club, broken ankle and ovarian cancer. 10 CommentsIt’s been very quiet in this corner for some time now. I have no real excuse, just a jumble of reasons. It’s partly been a form of writer’s block - how pretentious! But I’ve had several posts in draft for some time and don’t seem to have been able to find the words to finish, [...]
High days and Holy days
Published January 9th, 2008 in Blogging, Celebrations, Family, Holidays, Out & about, School, Standard Grades and ovarian cancer. 13 CommentsThis is going to be a very selfish, mean-spirited, churlish, curmudgeonly, whingeing and Grumpy Old Woman sort of post. There. You’ve been warned. For more enlightened, friendly, positive, cheerful reading you could try some of the links on my blogroll instead. Iota’s started posting again about life in the States and she’s always entertaining and currently much more [...]
It’s official! My CA125 level - the blood marker for ovarian tumours - is already back to normal and there was absolutely nothing of interest on the CT scan. So I really am in remission - what a great Christmas present! I feel like I’m starting to see daylight again. Round 3 of the chemo [...]
Life goes on
Published December 12th, 2007 in Blogging, Boys, Miscellaneous stuff, Out & about, School, Working at home, ovarian cancer and sport. 9 CommentsIn fact, it goes on at such a pace there doesn’t seem to be time to write blog posts. And that’s with no significant work to do for a week or so. Bliss! Christmas shopping and meeting fellow bloggers without feeling that there’s something else I should be doing. Make the most of it. It won’t [...]
Time for coffee?
Published December 4th, 2007 in Blogging, Miscellaneous stuff and Out & about. 3 CommentsI know everyone else is working, or living somewhere more exotic than Edinburgh, but my desk is clear for the first time in years. So Mother at Large and I are meeting for coffee tomorrow at the Cafe Grande in Bruntsfield. 1030 if anyone else can organise a skive. I’m hoping we’ll be able to wander up [...]
Should I stay or should I go?
Published November 5th, 2007 in Blogging, Boys, Communication, East Lothian, NHS and ovarian cancer. 9 CommentsMy blog is fast approaching its first anniversary and I find myself in a place I couldn’t have dreamt of a year ago. As a family, we seem to have experienced a Series of Unfortunate Events this year, starting with the death of my father-in-law in January (we all hated those books, by the way). On [...]
It’s good to talk - Part 1
Published November 2nd, 2007 in Blogging, Communication, NHS, Working at home and ovarian cancer. 4 CommentsI’m not sure how I ever had time to work. After the excavation of my insides, the physio said “You’ll need at least 6 weeks off work. Maybe 12.” My comment: “So that’ll be 2 weeks then. I’m self-employed.” I could in fact have started work again last week (make that 1 week) but I’ve [...]
Bed blogs
Published October 24th, 2007 in Blogging, Communication, Hospital, Internet, NHS, School and ovarian cancer. 0 CommentsPatientline is the communication system that is installed at each patient’s bedside in the ERI. It provides a personal telephone number, television, radio - and internet! Woo hoo! It took me a day or so to discover the internet function and a little longer to get onto Edubuzz (I like the new look, by the way!) [...]
Thank you
Published October 21st, 2007 in Blogging, Family, Hospital, NHS and ovarian cancer. 8 CommentsHome again, and recovering, I’m the owner of a line of body piercings that a punk would be proud of or a Goth would die for. I knew I was on the mend once I started composing blogposts in my bed instead of trying to work out which body part hurt least and so could be [...]
Mother at Large is becoming a book! As an older mother myself, I’m well impressed. And on that note (the older mother one) I’m contemplating running a sweepstake on the number of people who comment on my grandchildren when the boys come to visit me in hospital this week. Always assuming they come to visit, of [...]
I passed my HSE diving medical today. I thought I’d share that nugget with the world in general. It occurred to me that perhaps I should adopt an annual injury ploy as the doctor didn’t make me do the dreaded step-up-on-the-chair-to-see-if-you’re-fit test, on account of my unfortunate ankle. But on second thoughts… On a related theme, those wonderful people [...]
A secret handshake?
Published August 9th, 2007 in Blogging, Boys, Edinburgh, Islands and broken ankle. 6 CommentsLittlemummy, Mother at Large and Guineapigmum met up for coffee today at Victor Hugo’s. Perhaps there should be a special handshake for the secret - or very public - world of bloggers. It was fun to meet the faces behind some of the blogs I read and yes, we do have names as do our [...]
I’ve just been having a chat with Mother at Large over on her blog, where she suggested a Bloggers Fest to add to all the Fringe fun. This is not so much a bloggers’ fest, nor even an Edinburgh Coffee Morning, more a blogging mums’ coffee break. The Guineapiglets are playing tennis at The Meadows [...]
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