Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Dec 6, 2009, 8:07 am
I'm just waiting for something to cook on the stove, so I thought I'd come and add the photos from yesterday. First, here is what was in those parcels: (just crappy pictures from the...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Dec 5, 2009, 4:50 pm
I'm so excited you'll have to excuse me if there are lots of exclamation marks in this post!  This morning we were all up early - the boyf off to his course, me to the hospital to help with t...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Dec 4, 2009, 9:02 am
Just a quick entry as I'm VEEEEERY busy with the typing job at the hospital. Unfortunately I've had awful toothache this week and the diagnosis of a dying root in a treated tooth means I'm...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Dec 1, 2009, 2:39 pm
"Pinch, punch, first of the month!". That's what I heard the kids at the bus stop shrieking at each other this morning, excited about the excuse for a bit of fisticuffs. That's was the most fu...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 28, 2009, 5:48 pm
So I managed to upload the pictures to my flickr account, finally. Here is the gorgeous stretch of beach that says "home" to me. After days of torrential rain, our last day dawned bright and clear. Go...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 26, 2009, 4:38 pm
I will be off to bed shortly but I just wanted to recount what happened here while we were away. First off, well, the journey yesterday went smoothly but oh it was a long day! I like to get the later...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 24, 2009, 3:23 pm
I keep thinking of things I need to remember so as I'm away from home, I'm using the blog as a pense-bête: - organise myself for the Christmas swap I'm signed up to (yay - shopping trip!...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 24, 2009, 10:50 am
Just another photo from this week, so I can test the Typepad app. My sister, mum and daughter at the beach the other day. Before the storm blew in, obv!
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 23, 2009, 12:36 pm
We are having a wonderful time here. The journey over was uneventful and we spent a couple of nights at my sister's place in Paris. We did the tourist thing for a bit and had dinner with my brothe...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 16, 2009, 5:33 pm
Sorry I'm not around much - I'm on an induction course to do temp work at the hospital. Today's was an introduction to the Trust, which was slightly redundant as I worked there for nearly ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 14, 2009, 5:02 am
Phew, thank goodness it's the weekend!  I've been terribly busy this week but I'm not complaining - it's all good.  I have been getting up before everyone in the mornings, and enjoyi...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 8, 2009, 4:59 pm
Well there's a turn-up for the books: I spent today doing digi scrapping :)   I have done all the pages of my Countdown to Christmas book. It should be a breeze keeping up this year because I'...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 7, 2009, 12:55 pm
Yep, it's official: Bonfire night is out of the way, so is Halloween. The next celebration on our calendar is Christmas.  Today we went to the shopping centre and it was really beginning to bustl...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 7, 2009, 4:33 am
We are officially in business. I mean, when you have the cards, that makes you a pro, right?   We got them from moo dot com and I think they are brilliant.  On the back, mine are red and the boyf&...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 6, 2009, 6:40 pm
My, my, we've been busy this week!  I can't believe it's Friday again. Well, Saturday actually - as it's already half past midnight.  I've been trying to install some anti-virus ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 3, 2009, 5:13 pm
This afternoon Claire and I went off to London to wander around the King's Road before going to a meeting in Bloomsbury. First we went to Muji then stopped off at the Crocs outlet store where I ga...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Nov 2, 2009, 4:47 am
We had great fun on Saturday, carving our pumpkin. The light in the dining room was amazing for once - so Claire took the pictures when I was using the sharp knife (I'm the mommy after all...!) an...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 30, 2009, 5:19 am
It's Friday and there's a lot to do, but first I'll reply to my sis who commented that she didn't get what the Cath Kidston fuss was all about.  The woman (Cath, not my sister!) h...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 29, 2009, 10:41 am
Well, after yesterday's post I looked at Claire's pictures and there might be one I'd consider posting here... but I have to upload it first.  What's the weather like where you a...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 28, 2009, 11:55 am
This morning was so cool!!! I was feeling slightly apprehensive before we started but when they all started arriving I just went into Positively MAD mode. I had three observers, including an official ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 27, 2009, 5:33 pm
Well I think we're ready.... tomorrow is our first "gig" with the Goal Mapping. We've got the room at the community centre and 7 lucky, lucky kids who are getting to spend 2.5 hours of their ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 24, 2009, 1:27 pm
This week has gone so quickly. I've been busy every day doing stuff for the business, and on Friday the OH and I went out for a breakfast meeting in our new PositivelyMAD polo shirts, which never ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 18, 2009, 5:09 pm
I was sooo looking forward to seeing Whitney Houston's return to our screens, so we sat down in front of the X Factor tonight. It was awful :(  So sad to see such a beautiful and talented woman i...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 17, 2009, 6:53 pm
I do try to remain optimistic in the face of adversity. In fact that's what my koi carp tattoo is all about. Yet still sometimes it's easy to let life's little hassles get in the way of se...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 12, 2009, 6:46 pm
Forgive me if the blog is a little "flowery" at the moment - I've been experimenting with putting backgrounds on, and I found this link to C Kidston backgrounds that you can get for free. Unfortun...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 9, 2009, 5:09 pm
I can't imagine where the time goes!  Today I didn't get half what I wanted to do done. This morning I was over at the hospital helping out with some admin, and then after lunch Claire wanted...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 9, 2009, 2:01 pm
This is just to say that Claire has had some very shiny, great quality prints made of a few of her photos, and you'll be able to buy them on her etsy very soon. This one has come out particularly ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 8, 2009, 5:02 pm
Ahhh, I do love being able to listen to the radio via the internet. Isn't it fab?  I'm sitting here, nice and quiet after a hard day's work, listening to Classicfm.com while I catch up on...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 7, 2009, 4:37 pm
This week is going by quickly!  I can't even remember what happened yesterday, which is ever so slightly disturbing... I must be getting old.   Today, though, was a good day because we had our f...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Oct 5, 2009, 9:00 am
At 3pm tooday I will finalise some paperwork that closes a chapter of my life... and then I can finally concentrate on the new business! I'm sorry I've been a bit mysterious, but sometimes yo...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 30, 2009, 11:19 am
Right, it seems like we've turned a corner here. I'll tell you about it hopefully end of this week... Meanwhile, back at the ranch, there is also a change of heart. Claire has decided not to ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 27, 2009, 1:02 pm
Phew, it's been a long two days.  Yesterday we got up early because we had to be just outside Oxford by 8am; luckily it turns out it's literally dead on one hour's drive from here, and we...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 25, 2009, 3:05 pm
We have news! Claire has been contacted by the Au Pair agency, and been put in touch with a family. A real-live family. The mother called last night to have a chat, and she has decreed that Claire pas...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 24, 2009, 6:28 am
via www.flickr.com A little corner of England. Claire took this outside our church last weekend. Love everything about it - the pillarbox, the colour, the depth of field.
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 23, 2009, 2:09 pm
Well, with all the excitement of the "ink" I didn't tell you how I got on at the hospital. First, I dropped by my old office because one of the girls still had a leaving present for me. As she had...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 22, 2009, 8:04 am
Well, I did it. I did something I've been thinking about for oh, 17 years or so... I got my first tattoo!  'Scuse the picture quality but these are just iPhone pics. Claire took some other on...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 20, 2009, 5:16 pm
Yesterday, the boyf and I went to a presentation about a course we have signed up to. I had been to the previous one in August, and I was invited by one of the organisers to come back with the OH to t...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 18, 2009, 10:58 am
It's a funny old time at the moment. We're in limbo re home and possibly not moving after all (I know, I know!); limbo while Claire waits to get placed as an Au Pair; limbo while I wait to go ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 15, 2009, 3:52 am
Guess what happened last night at Slimming World?  Well, last week we were asked to vote for our group's Woman of the Year - it didn't have to be the person who had lost the most weight, but ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 12, 2009, 10:16 am
Yesterday I had a photo shoot at a friend's house. She has a 2 1/2 yr old and a 5 month old. The 2 1/2 yr old, once he'd decided I was ok, was running around like quicksilver, and the 5 month ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 9, 2009, 4:18 pm
Adjective (esp. of children) easily upset and angered, often due to tiredness Yes that was me earlier today, folks. This house-hunting lark got to me a bit, and I'm afraid I might have snapped at ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 5, 2009, 4:57 am
Thursday night my old friend Noel had a gig in London to announce his latest album launch. I was going to go with the boyf but he had stuff to do at the last minute so I went on my own as I'd arra...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 3, 2009, 4:31 am
Just a quickie to share this artist's blog illustrating the day to day transition from a baby chick into a (nearly) fully-fledged adult chicken. What amazing detail!  Here is day 1....
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Sep 2, 2009, 5:34 pm
You think you have everything planned, and then things happen, and it's back to square one.  The latest news is that for various reasons we are moving!  Long story short, it's time to cut ba...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Aug 30, 2009, 5:02 pm
Sunday night comes round, and I'm feeling nice and relaxed. We had a lovely evening yesterday with my brother and his wife, who had come over to the UK again on business. I really love the fact th...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Aug 26, 2009, 12:56 pm
.. to add this picture of Lyle I took this afternoon. After he'd spent a while cuddled up with Claire in bed, they both came back downstairs - Claire is in the background playing on, wait for it, ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Aug 26, 2009, 8:14 am
This picture is too funny - I was so excited to see her, and I was holding up a "welcome home" sign as per her instructions (lol), so I quickly snapped this with the iPhone, one handed, hence the blur...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Aug 25, 2009, 3:52 pm
Trust Jane (Brods) to burst my bubble!! (see her comment on the previous entry). Cheeky! Changing the subject totally, I haven't watched a film for ages and today I saw Will Smith on Oprah talkin...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Aug 25, 2009, 7:02 am
I just made myself some lunch and the cat was looking interested.   I remember once seeing a dog trainer train a dog to sit by holding the treat above the dog's nose but quite far back so that ...
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Jen R. posted an article on wagwaan - Aug 24, 2009, 12:40 pm
Counting the days till Claire comes home... Anyway, today I thought I'd hang the pictures in the hall. Quite a feat without a spirit level - I can't think where ours is. Probably in the baseme...
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