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Now she is Five
… nearly six actually. Now that she is five she is at school from 9am until 4pm everyday. She has had her first solo playdate in the pueblo with a boy from school. She tells me that they fight “but not hitting”. OK, great. They mostly play Barbies.
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Glamp Lamp
Looks gorgeous, right? Butter wouldn’t melt? Wrong. She has just handed me the biggest bogie ever to have graced this house, wearing exactly this expression. Stay alert, people. And beware 5 year olds bearing gifts.
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Bella Vista
The view from Bibsey Towers
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On motherhood
All my glorious triumphs in motherhood and some minor hiccups...
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Home Alone II

February 12, 2013 by bibsey mama 8 Comments

As I sit here, writing to you, I am home alone and streaming with cold. I would look well at the Ugly Bug Ball. My lips are dry (last night I managed to smother them in crushed chili via the medium of Nivea) and my right eye (the real streamer of the pair) is red … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Domestic Wannabe, Life, the universe etc, Motherhood Tagged: cava, home alone, sick

Ever decreasing circles of glamour

October 26, 2012 by bibsey mama 7 Comments

I won’t lie to you. Life has been less than glamorous of late. On my recent visit to the UK I found myself alone and in the Tesco coffee shop actually undoing my top button and zip before embarking on an enormous scone with clotted cream and jam. The scone wasn’t even that great, but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Arse posts, Body, Expat files, Life, the universe etc Tagged: anti-glamour, cava, jeans shopping, magic moments, Perry Como, Ryanair, scones, supermodels, Tesco

Laughed ’til I cried

July 25, 2012 by bibsey mama 4 Comments

I spent an evening with a good friend recently and it ended in tears. Tears of laughter I am happy to add. I only bother to write a post about it because I cannot remember the last time that I laughed like this. And you don’t need me to tell you that it feels good. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada Tagged: cava, friend, laughter

Bibsey’s 7 Word Challenge ~ La Tristeza and the Seven Deadly Sins

July 13, 2012 by bibsey mama 2 Comments

This week’s challenge started out a little introspective, because that is how I am feeling. Recently I have been suffering from a severe case of expatitis, which, if you check in the Spanish/English Family Medical Encyclopedia, is an inflamation of the internal homing device otherwise known as the heart. ¡Vale ya! Bastante lástima de mi … [Read more…]

Posted in: 7 Word Challenge, Expat files, Life, the universe etc, Spanish Tagged: banoffee pie, cava, Dante, Schopenhauer, Seven Deadly Sins, Wikipedia whore

Lazy

April 13, 2012 by bibsey mama 13 Comments

L is for lazy. I may have spoken about my lazy streak before here and there. And today I find that in my alphabetic desperation it is time to invoke my inner slattern once more. If given the chance, left to my own devices, I would lie in bed, not get dressed, just eat cereal out of … [Read more…]

Posted in: A-Z Challenge 2012, Apropos of nada, Domestic Wannabe, Occasional confessional Tagged: A-Z of Blogging, cava, lazy
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