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Jack’s Mum (my podcast)- Keeping a toddler busy over a rainy British summer term
- Mommy hood and toddler days
- Happy New Year! It’s time to start preschool.
- Episode 12: Getting a toddler ready for Christmas
- Episode 11: After Covid we're getting on with things
- Episode 10: Covid Is Still Ruining My Plans after Freedom Day
- Episode 9: How Covid Can Still Ruin Your Plans
- Episode 8: Swimming, nursery, sickness, and Covid testing
- Episode 7: Taking a Toddler Out and About
- Episode 6: Self-Care
- Medium
- I’m starting off by saying that Mia Tui bags are very well-liked and very popular, so my opinion…
- Goal-getting and all that
- Finding motivation on your commute through podcasts
- Reflections on my first year as an Avon Representative
- I’m obsessed with Build-A-Bear and I need help
- Making plans after a couple of uncertain years
- One of many posts about The Beastie Boys
- Do I Really Have a Book Inside of Me?
- On losing our last Golden Girl
- Don’t Look Up – a dark comedy with so much more
Category Archives: School
September 2023 update
Well, it’s that time when we start getting ready to head back over the pond to visit my folks. As usual, I’m super excited but think what a pain it will be to get everything ready. But, alas, the excitement … Continue reading
The Picks in The Wirral, the beginning of summer, and blogging more often
It’s with a heavy heart that I write this post. We lost my mother-in-law, the head of the Pick family, last week. We saw her over Easter and she wasn’t well, then soon after, she was diagnosed with terminal liver … Continue reading
Posted in #Year42, All About Me, blogging, family, Library, Publishing, School, Travel, Writing
Tagged apprenticeship, blogging, family, library, management, publishing, The Wirral
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An update for September
There’s been a lot going on over here at Pick Manor, so I wanted to post a quick update about our crazy goings-on. Yesterday was our 4th anniversary. This is the first time we’ve spent it at home, so it … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Books, School, Teaching, Travel, Writing
Tagged anniversary, birthday, Disney, Florida
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My thoughts on my high school reunion and why I write what I write.
This year marks 20 years after my high school class graduated. There’s a whole reunion and everything. And, no, I’m not going. Aside from the fact that I’m all the way across the pond, I’m really not interested. Granted, I … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, School, Teaching, Travel, Writing
Tagged Florida, graduation, high school
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Catch up before summer break
Things I’ve done lately: Watched the director’s cut of Alien at the Tyneside. Kept up with World Cup semi-finals. Watched Kasabian, Metallica, Jack White, and Dolly Parton at Glastonbury. (Lana Del Ray was so boring live.) Baked cupcakes for 4th … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Books, Employment, Exercise, Gaming, Movies, Music, School, Teaching, Television, Travel, Writing
Tagged creative writing, NERG, Teaching Assistant
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The Tales of Missus P. 
Thanks great blog ppost