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The Big word of the week is WORK - Brain dump - Help needed?!?

I know I said I'd not be looking for work until 2017, but have been talking to friends who are just going back to work etc. There's the age old question: What do I want to work? Do I want to go back into admin/pensions/secretarial work, or do I want a career change? At my age, would a change in career be an option? Or should I just trudge back into a "desk jockey job" that I don't like? How many people are actually LOVING their job or have the job only because it's good pay and makes ends meet? And works around kids etc? My main thoughts right now are: I would like a term-time job that works around the girls' school hours. We've been through a hellish time for 5 years to actually HAVE them, so I'd like to be able to spend as much time with them as I can. And yes, I actually would like to go back to work, just for my own sanity and to regain my own personality again, not being "mum/mummy/mami" or "K&M's mum". That...

Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt 2016 - Final Roundup

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I'm DONE!!   Rinda's scavenger hunt   ... and I managed all photos! :D Despite late start.  A "wild heart" - a naturally occurring heart  A footprint or paw print (enough paw prints on Cramond Beach!) A skeleton, bone or X-ray A book or magazine read during 2016 A porch or deck (taken Wednesday during my ventures into town. It's the "porch" of the Royal College of Physicians - LOVE it!) A camper (caravan) A family gathering A drawing, art project, artistic photograph, scrapbook page, greeting card or art journal page created by you Someone playing with, in, or around water A bicycle (going for a ride on the Cramond Beach Promenade) Fresh produce (fresh produce at "our" Aldi, and Blueberries I picked today in our garden) A window The Moon A buffet of food A team logo (added a new one ... ticket delivery for the NFL International Series 2016... ;) Not for us unfortunately, the tickets are going to friends or people who took them ...

Photo Scavenger Hunt Summer 2016 - Update (NEARLY THERE!!)

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Took the girls to Cramond beach after school, they had their lunch there. Weather was nice enough, the sun was out and despite quite a bit of wind the girls wanted to play on the beach and go on their bikes.  We met up with one of their P1 friends on the promenade and had lots of fun!  Managed to add 4 more photos to Rinda's scavenger hunt (3 of which from today). I'm confident I will manage all the items this summer!! :) And that despite a very late start.  A "wild heart" - a naturally occurring heart  A footprint or paw print (enough paw prints on Cramond Beach!) A skeleton, bone or X-ray A book or magazine read during 2016 A porch or deck (taken Wednesday during my ventures into town. It's the "porch" of the Royal College of Physicians - LOVE it!) A camper (caravan) A family gathering A drawing, art project, artistic photograph, scrapbook page, greeting card or art journal page created by you Someone playing with, in, or around wa...