Month: August 2012
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Menerbes
In July we went away to France. We’d booked it back in January. We were in paradise. Beautiful pool. Divine interior. Walled garden. Happy children. Parents who could relax. Ah. Le Sigh.
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Dinner
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Still going strong
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The juice fast – day 7
Can’t think of another suitable name yet, so it’s still the juice fast. Which includes smoothies. I used to eat very little when I was a teenager. I weighed 50kg. I also used to fast, and I’d find it very easy and I always felt brilliant after a little fast. I think the longest was…
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Angfurten trip
Back when it was Jubilee weekend I took the family to see my old (host) family in the countryside in Germany. It was hot. And the countryside was beautiful. And of course it was brilliant to introduce everyone to everyone (host family meet family). We sat outside in the late evening sunshine. Norbert and Ingo…
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Tuna and Leek Tart (or how I put on 5kg in France)
In France you can buy pre-rolled organic pastry (already shaped in a circle for flans and tarts) for 1 euro at the supermarket. And in the house we stayed at in France there were loads of flan dishes and they had an amazing hot, fast oven. We ate tuna and leek tart one day, Alsace…
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Juice fast day 6
Now I’ve had soup and a smoothie I’m not technically fasting. What I’m doing is creating my own version of the Cambridge Diet. A friend lost 40kgs on it and I was going to go on it but I’m happy making up my own diet and using lovely fresh fruit and vegetables, and once the…
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Getting organised
After our holiday in France when we were back at home I was infused with a desire to clear the house out. Followed by a desire to clear my computer and organise my files. Then I cleaned all the drains in the house with bicarb of soda and vinegar. With the influx of Raw food…
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Sometimes, I should listen to Kevin
For example yesterday. Yesterday I woke up at 6.38am with an earache that told me I had to go straight to A&E. I think I might have got some water in it through medical misadventure. I hopped in the car and drove up to South End Green. It was the most stunningly beautiful morning. The…
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Handstands
On the weekend I realised the last time I’d managed to do a proper handstand was when I was 25, just before I left Auckland to move to London. I’d do them against the door at Otis’ place in Grafton Road. That was before we got married and he raced off to the UK, leaving…
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Little Miss Minnels Pinnels
Once upon a time there was a young lady called Little Miss Minnels Pinnels. And Little Miss Minnels Pinnels used to stamp her feet and pout her lip when she didn’t get her own way. She would often not get her own way and Little Miss Minnels Pinnels did indeed stamp her feet quite a…