I'm off to see my mw today for the first time since booking in, in October. I'm not looking forward to it. Mind you, with all this snow, she may not make it to the local doc's. I will phone and see in a bit.

I have made a start on Aimie's dolly pram (a 1965 silver cross "super rose"

The pram when we first bought it, a gorgeous racing green coachbuilt dolls pram that I bought for £45! the tires need replacing and there is a big dent in the body that the previous owner painted over in the wrong colour so I will be sanding down the body and chassis to the original silver metal and re painting it in purple. the hood and apron need to be replaced because they are very faded and worn with holes ...

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I should have got photos. My first (and last) attempt at making play dough for the kids was a disaster!

2 cups flour
2 cups water
1 cup salt
mix. mix. mix. mix.

Easy right? wroooooooong! The resultant mess is now in my food bin awaiting the recycling men on Thursday! AND I added some vanilla essence for a yummy smell. OOps. I am sucking up the cost of buying the stuff...

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got a muttaquin taday!
and a shorties and t-shirt set from the nappy garden

We had great fun. I was on Roxy again (i love that mare) and my friend being taller than me was on Benson who is bigger than Roxy. They are very good horses though and we loved it. I cantered again and had fun. My friends horse was just meant to trot and he started to canter but my friend sat really well on him and she enjoyed it too. It was her first lesson back in the saddle in about 7 years so we have booked again for next week! ...

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