<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247442658142994579</id><updated>2024-11-01T04:42:14.341-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Diary &amp;amp; Thoughts of a Thirty Something Mum</title><subtitle type='html'>I&#39;m a Mum and I&#39;m thirty-something....</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://athirtysomethingmum.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8247442658142994579/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://athirtysomethingmum.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>A Thirty Something Mum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06092027546383029152</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247442658142994579.post-1662407837240776248</id><published>2011-07-25T11:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-25T11:42:37.373-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ouch!</title><summary type="text">Oh dear.

Our usually placid Daddy, bellowed and I came running in from the kitchen to find him doubled over a holding out baby girl for me to grab.

Our usually happy and fairly well behaved boy was torn between laughing &amp;amp; looking sheepish.

It appears he&#39;d gotten rather over excited during an episode of Peppa Pig, ran around like a maniac and thrown himself at Daddy. As he&#39;s now about head </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8247442658142994579/posts/default/1662407837240776248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8247442658142994579/posts/default/1662407837240776248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://athirtysomethingmum.blogspot.com/2011/07/ouch.html' title='Ouch!'/><author><name>A Thirty Something Mum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06092027546383029152</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247442658142994579.post-274487603656850749</id><published>2011-07-23T06:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T06:04:27.914-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Out of the Mouths of Babes....</title><summary type="text">We&#39;ve all got a funny story or two to share about the funny things our little ones have said and this one had us in stitches recently....

We were at the christening&amp;nbsp;of a friends&amp;nbsp;baby and all was quiet in the church as the priest read his sermon. Until our own little man piped up quite clearly &#39;.....hmmm, Mummy? It&#39;s all nice a quiet in here except for him.&#39; Cue pointing directly at the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8247442658142994579/posts/default/274487603656850749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8247442658142994579/posts/default/274487603656850749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://athirtysomethingmum.blogspot.com/2011/07/out-of-mouths-of-babes.html' title='Out of the Mouths of Babes....'/><author><name>A Thirty Something Mum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06092027546383029152</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247442658142994579.post-8949476774342494858</id><published>2011-07-21T01:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-21T01:26:28.854-07:00</updated><title type='text'>There is such a thing as a free lunch!</title><summary type="text">Stereotypical I know, but the British are known for their stiff upper lip and&amp;nbsp;formal manner&amp;nbsp;and not for a knack of complaining. When I say &#39;knack&#39;, I mean it. It really is a skill and I have learnt from the master (my mother). 

I don&#39;t mean complaining for the sake of it and there is nothing worse than the attitude you sometimes encounter,&amp;nbsp;of a patron snapping their fingers at a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8247442658142994579/posts/default/8949476774342494858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8247442658142994579/posts/default/8949476774342494858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://athirtysomethingmum.blogspot.com/2011/07/there-is-such-thing-as-free-lunch.html' title='There is such a thing as a free lunch!'/><author><name>A Thirty Something Mum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06092027546383029152</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247442658142994579.post-1278443495561413108</id><published>2011-07-18T01:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T01:01:36.250-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How Times Have Changed</title><summary type="text">Life has changed (for the better I might add)......

Question of the day so far: &#39;Mummy, what&#39;s a donkey actor?&#39;

Quite a different start to the old days of getting up, off to the office, work&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; adult conversation. Still working on just how to answer this one!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://athirtysomethingmum.blogspot.com/feeds/1278443495561413108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://athirtysomethingmum.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-times-have-changed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8247442658142994579/posts/default/1278443495561413108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8247442658142994579/posts/default/1278443495561413108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://athirtysomethingmum.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-times-have-changed.html' title='How Times Have Changed'/><author><name>A Thirty Something Mum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06092027546383029152</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247442658142994579.post-7645015775090975363</id><published>2011-07-18T00:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T00:33:29.027-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">My first ever post/blog or whatever I&#39;m supposed to call it, is born not out of a delightful incident with the babies (sorry children), but righteous indignation.

I don&#39;t often have the chance to sit down and read a magazine or good book these days, but yesterday I had a bath and actually took an afternoon nap after a particularly horrendous night due to teething tears and an toy-induced </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://athirtysomethingmum.blogspot.com/feeds/7645015775090975363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://athirtysomethingmum.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-first-ever-postblog-or-whatever-im.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8247442658142994579/posts/default/7645015775090975363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8247442658142994579/posts/default/7645015775090975363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://athirtysomethingmum.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-first-ever-postblog-or-whatever-im.html' title=''/><author><name>A Thirty Something Mum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06092027546383029152</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>