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Ex Pat Mamma: Scotland for the Security Council!
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Saturday, May 05, 2007. Scotland for the Security Council! The campaign starts here! Ok, let's start with some admissions:. 1) The SNP picked up about a third of the vote; this does not independence make. 2) Loads of SNP votes were "anti-labour" rather than pro-independence; likely more than were the votes for other parties of people who would vote for independence. 3) The argument that follows is on the shoogliest of pegs. But let's hypothesise, go with me, have fun. All Scots can have the choice of whe...
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Ex Pat Mamma: May 2005
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Sunday, May 29, 2005. Once upon a time. I was sexy. No, really, I was. When I met hubby, I was 20, and perhaps a tad too skinny (I'd just trained as a lifeguard and had taken up "popmo" aerobics). Legs up to my armpits. Narrow waist. The flattest of stomachs. Hot wardrobe, including THE pink strappy dress. Jelly shoes as many old Reithers will recall :). This is not just hindsight, I really had a great figure. Today I wake up with. A WHOLE LINE OF STRETCH MARKS under my belly. I want to be all things to ...
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Ex Pat Mamma: June 2005
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Thursday, June 30, 2005. After a week of increasing backache, a sore hip and random pains low down I thought, SURELY pupo is on his way down. Still not engaged. Lazy sod. It could well be August at this rate. hubby and his gran were both born on the 3rd of August, so it would be a good date - but I'm not sure I want to hang on quite that long. Posted by ex pat @ 6:22 PM. Monday, June 27, 2005. Woah, what a boring blog. Just NOTHING of interest to report. Tired, grumpy, friends have left, sore to ...Order...
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Ex Pat Mamma: I should have said...
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Sunday, May 11, 2008. I should have said. Lorenzo Kiljan is here! He arrived on 1st May, a good child of socialism. Here's the story. This was about 7pm; I already measured 10cm by this time. So no epidural! Started pushing at 1915, screaming and begging for the mw just to TAKE IT OUT and praying for every push to be the last one. Lorenzo popped out at 1932, 4145g, 53cm long, with a 37cm head. That's 9 lbs and 2.2 oz according to my trusty internet convertor. He's asking for extra cuddles, of course, but...
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Ex Pat Mamma: July 2005
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Sunday, July 31, 2005. No more pagan baby. So, the christening is today at 3pm. Judging by pupo's eating habits of the day, despite my best efforts, I suspect he will wake at approximately 3.05pm absolutely starving. This could be fun. All in the Icelandic tradition, of course. We saw the pastor on Friday and arranged it all for today. That would be, we arranged it just hours before pupo got sick and now he is covered in heat spots just in time for all his photos. Ah well, not a beauty contest. Quick pos...
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Ex Pat Mamma: Yes, I'm still pregnant!
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Yes, I'm still pregnant! So you can stop phoning every effing night to ask! I will CALL YOU WHEN IT COMES, OK? Now eff off and leave me to be pissed off in private. Posted by ex pat @ 4:11 AM. View my complete profile. So why are you here, anyway? Still pregnant; still trying to write. Perhaps I underestimate toddlers. This is what happens when you neglect your toddler. Yeah, so I dont blog much. So WHY have I been so quiet? On our way again. The Shape Of The Pear.
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Ex Pat Mamma: Still pregnant; still trying to write
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Still pregnant; still trying to write. Well, it is my own fault that I am this bored and impatient. With er pupo, I wisely covinced myself he would be late: first babies are "always" late (which really begs the question as to what is normal; I mean, if they are all late, they aren't really late, are they? 38 weeks pregnant = never happy. Posted by ex pat @ 11:50 AM. View my complete profile. Perhaps I underestimate toddlers. This is what happens when you neglect your toddler.
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Ex Pat Mamma: So why are you here, anyway?
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Sunday, April 27, 2008. So why are you here, anyway? My blog has a funny thing attached that tells me from what site people came to visit my blog. And it never ceases to amaze me just how often a google search for "naughty mummy". Is the culprit. How disappointed you folks must be to reach my self-indulgent pregnancy and parenting meanderings with the rare diversion into ponderings of Scotland's place in the United Nations. Naughty mummy, naughty mummy, naughty mummy. Posted by ex pat @ 7:27 PM.
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Ex Pat Mamma: April 2005
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Wednesday, April 27, 2005. Or am I overreacting? Well, to start, the good news: the cot is finally here! Meanwhile, here is the "thing." Perhaps I am overreacting. I went to an afternoon tea party on Saturday, as one does when one is a raging socialite like myself. There was a little girl, who I thought was just shy. Not till much later do I mention her to my friend who has a daughter a similar age and my friend says: "oh, but she has chicken pox." What? I mean, really, who? Or am I overreacting? I also ...
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Ex Pat Mamma: December 2004
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Thursday, December 30, 2004. If there is one feeling in early pregnancy stronger and more consistent than all others, then it is worry. There is, of course, a happiness that cannot be described and a delight in the ever changing body; there is frustration when the physical symptoms lose their novel appeal, but through it all, there is the constant fear of "what if? So one worries constantly. What if? What if this pregnancy fails? What if I lose this baby? At this early stage of pregnancy, I don't have th...
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