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music to watch chavs go by

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

heh – was just reading the wikipedia entry for “chav” (here) when I followed the link to the bbc article about playing music to keep kids away. We recently did a piece about a supermarket in our region which played Frank Sinatra on loudspeakers outside to keep the teenagers from “hanging out” [...]

caffeine and more about gas

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

I thought I’d just advance my opinion on de-caff. We have filter coffee every morning, and have found a de-caff version which isn’t too bad, thought I find it leaves my mouth very dry. There was less success with tea though, the decaff version tastes very powdery, and I’ve not been tempted to [...]

last 2 months..

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Well, it’s only 2 months to go, bt still seems a very long way away. I’m starting to feel a little less well now, things are starting to get a bit painful, and fatigue and lethargy are constantly tugging at me.

I think we’ve got nearly everything we need except some vests, a pram/pushchair, oh [...]

gas - soup of stars and bringer of pain!

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

Gas. Yesterday I was in lots of pain – bad enough to make me sweat. And I think it was only gas! I can only put it down to the fact that things are a bit squashed in there and the bowel motion is much slower than usual, which is why I [...]

slowing down…

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

A mixture of ups and downs to report. I’ll start with the worries…

I think I did read somewhere that this is normal, but the baby doesn’t seem to be kicking as hard anymore. If I did read this, I think it was qualified by the fact that the space is becoming more cramped, [...]

Waiting for Gonzo…

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

Well, I’ve just about got used to the uncomfortable aspects of weighing a lot more, and the feeling of being too small on the outside and big on the inside!

I had a bit of a flap last night, reading “The Rough Guide to Pregnancy” where she talks about just how rough you feel in [...]