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Tag Archives: children
Family life: a cure for obesity (Rousse)
AD had shrunk into a neat tweed suit worn under a brown overcoat, with the whole outfit topped off by a forest green felt hat. When we found him on Darlington Road he thanked us for the offer of a … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, children, Darlington Road, diet, driving, hat, overcoat, Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees, suit, tweed, weight, wife
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Kevin McCloud advises Rousse on housing law
Kevin McCloud wandered into my Edinburgh flat just at the right moment. His knowledge of housing law would deal with the squatting Spaniards. I had never heard of this strange ancient tradition that, they claimed, gave them the right to … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, bedroom, Birmingham, chicken, children, death, Dorset, dream, flat, hospital, Kevin McCloud, kitchen, Life on Mars, lunch, Manor House, mice, mouse, paper, party, pen, rescue, Sam Tyler, seaside, Second Life, sofa, Spaniards, Spanish, table, teeth, University of Birmingham, wasp
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A stone age date with Ruaridh Aldridge (Rousse)
I spent the eve of my stone age adventure in Reading. MP and his wife A hosted my visit in their large, modern house. No longer a family home, it was still littered with evidence of the departed children. I … Continue reading
Feather shift mini-dresses on trend for Spring 2011 (Rousse)
My university friend JS excitedly told me all about her new boyfriend Alan. Occasionally she would forget a detail. Fortunately he was just a little further up Dundas Street, so whenever she needed any additional information JS simply ran the … Continue reading
Belle is disturbed by the mini-Salvation Army
Tired and hungover, my attempts to sleep in were thwarted by the children playing in the carport under my bedroom window. I begged them to be quieter but it is difficult to muffle Salvation Army musical instruments, junior size or … Continue reading
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Tagged children, dollars, drugs, money, pillowcase, Salvation Army, tambourine
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Great-grandmother returns from the dead in Lancashire, and a once secret lottery win (Rousse)
I found my great-grandmother running a busy household in Lancashire. With her beautiful long silver hair, smooth skin and a perfect set of teeth, she looked great for someone who had died in 1967. I never expected to meet her … Continue reading
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Tagged antiques, babies, baby, brother, children, cousin, driving, driving test, great-grandmother, hair, Lancashire, lottery, pictures, skin, teenager, teeth, wall
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Legacy of Lord of the Rings: will Gollum make adulthood unscathed? (Rousse)
CS and I wandered the campus at night, arm in arm, devising plots to make a fortune from the delivery of social media master classes. We were not alone: JK was also hard at work in his office, and we … Continue reading
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Tagged blond, book, children, corridor, film, Gollum, house, Lord of the Rings, office, social media, twins
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Cakes, a cute puppy, and unwelcome careers advice (Rousse)
We all squeezed into LC’s new car and headed to the airport, stopping off on the way so that LC and KT could raid cake shops. I waited in the car park, looking after the children. Fitness trainer KB’s dog … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, cake, car, car park, children, dog, fitness trainer, gym, PhD, puppies, squirrel, table
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Rousse the stowaway to star in Channel 4 reality show
£12 was an absolute bargain for two freshly landed salmon, especially when the fishmonger offered to gut them free of charge. On the way home we picked up the frozen peas that I had left in the pub car park … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, camper van, Channel 4, children, cleaner, dune, Faking it, fish, fishmonger, freezer, Hebrides, iPhone, Isle of Mull, mountains, party, peas, reality TV, salmon, sand, sand dune, sea, shops, smoking, stowaway, television, TPR, vegetables, Wife swap
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Collie dog lies, fashion for red-heads, and a sad trip to Australia (Rousse)
Nobody knew why the couple took the tablets, but we inherited both children and the two dogs. We would go out for a walk to take our minds off the double suicide. Unused to herding kids and pets, within minutes … Continue reading
