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10 Nov, 2009

The weekend that wasn’t

Posted by andrea tomkins in: Misc. life

Due to technical problems with my server the most recent copy of my site was lost – which included the final copy of this post as well as the comments.

Oh my pretties, these last days have slipped away in a blur. Mark and I have been caring for two sickies here. The girls went down like a couple of dominoes. Sarah went down on Saturday, while we were away at my mother’s for the The Annual Raking of the Forest:

The Annual Raking of the Forest

The Annual Raking of the Forest

And Emma went down on Sunday.

I am not in top form either, and am struggling to pull my crap together right now. My blog and email were down all weekend. Suffice it to say that without email I felt like a flounder in a fishmarket… anxious and out of my element!

I have photos from two sessions to edit and a pile ‘o other stuff not including a kitchen to tidy and the usual extra large pile of laundry. I don’t know where it comes from, but I do know that I don’t have any matching socks.


2 Responses to "The weekend that wasn’t"

1 | Stefania (formerly The Veg Next Door)

November 11th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

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I wondered what happened. I was wondering what ever became of your basement renos.

Hope your girls get better soon and your server problems come to an end.

2 | vanessa

November 13th, 2009 at 11:34 am

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‘the colour of autumn leaves !’- have you ever seen the machines that round leaves up by blowing them in to piles ? i’m sure a rake is just as effective & does less damage to the environment this has always looked like a fruitlesss task , what happens if a big gust of wind comes along ?presumably the annual raking of the forest results in nice bonfires with the familiar smell of smoke caught in the light projected thru the trees ………..

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