Tag Archive | "Skiing"
THE RETURN OF THE KIDS
My children are home. Hooray! With a few more war wounds than when they left. My daughter’s elbow is very badly bruised and clearly very painful. My son not only has a broken tooth (could have been worse – apparently, when the dentist glued it back on he accidentally dropped [...]
Continue reading...ANOTHER ONE BITES THE SNOW
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
A text arrived from my ex this afternoon in response to one I’d sent earlier asking how both children were – one with a damaged arm and one with a missing tooth:- “Tooth been glued back on but won’t work and you will have to take him to dentist when we get back. Have been [...]
Continue reading...YET ANOTHER "SKIING" ACCIDENT
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
I am actually feeling quite sorry for my ex husband as well as my daughter. Not only has he had to spend day 1 of the skiing holiday in the hospital sorting out my daughter’s damaged elbow, he has spent the first part of day 2 shopping, instead of skiing to amuse injured daughter and [...]
Continue reading...PANCAKE FEST
Monday, February 4, 2008
There was something unsettling about my very quiet mornings whilst I was away skiing with other adults and no children. Nobody spoke. I presume that it was because they didn’t need to. It made me feel as if I had to talk rubbish if necessary to fill the gaps (not difficult, I [...]
Continue reading...BODE MILLER IN CHAMONIX
Sunday, February 3, 2008
My “I’m so pleased to be home and I’m never going to shout at the children again” attitude to life has lasted a pathetically short time. I went away because I felt I needed to do some thinking – away from everybody else after a very busy Christmas and New Year (a luxury to be able [...]
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
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