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Back to work on Monday after an exhausting IKEA weekend: long trip to the mainland on Saturday, then six hours shuffling round the blue and yellow megabox, sustained only by Swedish meatballs and a family-size bag of Daims; Sunday busy with the allen keys, baffled by pictogram instructions simplified for our 23-language community. What Continue reading Blue and yellow Our plan last night was to put up shelves in our wardrobe and further reduce the chaos of our living conditions, which seems to involve shifting boxes from one room to another, until it becomes unmanageable, then redistributing the boxes to other rooms. Every few days we generate enough garbage to fill the bus and Continue reading The truckers were the real heroes In 2009 we have lived in five different short-term rentals, beginning in Dakar and ending on a small Dutch island in the North Sea. Each time we never fully unpacked our bags, and the kids got used to surviving with a Nintendo DS rather than setting out their Lego cities and Playmobile schools. I hope Continue reading The winter evening settles down As technology evolves, so do the arguments between siblings. Until recently, we heard outraged voices shrieking “Mama! She broke my Wookie!” or “Don’t touch my My Little Pony stud farm!” Things grew quieter when they started squatting in front of our laptops and watching Youtube and playing online games (with obligatory headphones). Two days ago, Continue reading Sibling rivalry 2.0 It’s odd coming back to this place that was once so familiar and now seems so … neglected and … quite frankly, dowdy. I reckon this blog could do with a makeover, a little nipping and tucking in the layout, minor facelift-like. Since I stopped blogging regularly, I have maintained my presence in the Continue reading Squeeze me baby, till I lose control |
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