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    <title><![CDATA[Time to say goodbye]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[So this is the final posting on rae of sunshine blog, I have been getting increasingly frustrated with the constraints of canal blog and have decided to change my host provider and move the blog. This blog will remain on line but no further postings.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What a month]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[What a month - blessed am I to have so many wonderful things and people in my life! October - what a month ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Happy Halloween]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A Halloween party to attend - I can make some fancy dress costumes I thought. I found old fleece dressinggowns at the second hand store in grey, brown and white - I like fleece as there is no hemming to do! So I askedthe kids what they wanted to be and... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Upstairs we venture....]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[OK, OK I confess we have a pancake addiction - every morning for the last I don't know how long I make pancakes for breakfast. It started off a treat but now the kids always reply with 'pancakes' when I ask them what they want for breakfast. We have 3... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lunch and laughter]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[There were 10 for lunch - a sunny day greeted us as we baked cake, made salad, fed the animals and left sandwiches in the fridge for the boys (all labelled up). Getting together with friends is always such a joy and something that I will always make time... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Work progressing]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[So the upstairs is progressing nicely, the top coati s now being applied - this top coat differs from the base coat that has already been applied - a finer hemp, some vermiculite and slightly different sand and lime amounts plusthe inclusion of oak chippings... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Momentious day]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA["Morning daddy, yup, yup, pancakes, chocolate, yes, right, bye' (Ben was at work). In the veg garden I planted some potatoes in March and had not actually got around to digging them up, I thought that they would need to be thrown away, but the wondrous... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Circus is in town....]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Yesterday was the last day of school before half term and as we drove there in the morning we were greeted by many of the circus goats roaming across the road. The kids were excited about seeing the different types of animals and asked to go to the circus….... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Autumn fun]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The pumpkins have been sitting in the greenhouse for some time now to profit from the warm sunshine to harden the skins and finish the ripening process, with the nights getting colder I keep telling myself that I must get them into the barn so that we... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Granddad number 3 in town]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:06:41 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Boys had a little lie in today (8.30am) and the girls were up early, Ruby wanted her scissors which we bought last week - proper sharp ones and the first day she had them last week she promptly chopped the tail off one of herlittle ponies and hid the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Starting to look like a house]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Upstairs is really starting to come together, after several years of work going on behind the scenes - insulation, electrics, sub flooring and so on it is now that slowly upstairs is starting to look like a habitable space. Last week Gavin (our eco builder)... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sandcastles and shells]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[So you ask how did it go sleeping with two kids in the hotel room – well Ruby wanted to start sleeping up above us in the bunk bed – and she was adamant about it so I decided to let her as I knew she was capable of climbing down and I had bought the night... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ahh the seaside]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[For a while now I have had this burning desire to go to the beach, it has been far too long since I heard the sound of the ocean and smelt the saltiness of the sea – the last time we were on the beach was at Dogs Bay in Ireland and we all had winter coats... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A Family afternoon]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Both kids 'having a day off' today - I kept Ruby off school as family were coming round this afternoon and so we all enjoyed a lazy day! Murray and Maggie (Ben's cousins) were over this week and we have not seen them since we arrived here in France so... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Masks]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Sometimes when I do arty crafty things with the kids I have quite a clear vision in my mind what the finished product or item should look like. Over the years I have come to realise that this is pointless as what the kids want to create is miles away... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[They freak me out]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Creepy crawlies in the house is something which I prefer not to have - I tolerate the spiders as they don't really do any harm and providing they do not drop on me while I am sleeping they are good at catching the flies - they canstay. Flies must die... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Autumn knocking on the door]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Suddenly Autumn has started knocking on our door, who would have believed that earlier this week the kids were stripped off and paddling in the lake, today it had a real feel of a change is on the way. The nights have got colder and it is getting darker... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[After the rain comes the sun]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Déjà vu? How many years ago was it that Ben was up on the roof fixing it with our friend - ohh about 4 yearsand today he was up there again filling in the chimney with lime and vermiculite mix - the fireplace is well underway and looking great so the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Miss Piggy to the rescue]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Miss Piggy to the rescue - this lady is a champion bargain finder and knows that we have been looking for a bike for Rivan for some time now; they have been looking at car boot sales in the UK for us as the second hand kid’sbike market here is silly,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Their job is to deliver right!!!???]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Errands to run today for the house project – to collect a register plate for the fire and then go and collect some paint that was delivered from Wickes to a company that ship items over here to a nearby collection point. Kids were in good form and we... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[All that a girl could want - a new wardrobe!]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://raeofsunshine.canalblog.com/archives/2011/10/03/22227169.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[D-day has arrived and the start of rapid movement upstairs. Ben has worked so hard getting everything ready for today - working long days and well into the evening doing everything from electrics to taking apart the fire, making modifications to enhance... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bathing on the 1st October!!!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Who would have believed itif I had told them that on the 1st October it was up in the high 20's and wewere all swimming (alright not quite swimming for us mum's) in a nearby lake. Ben was working on our wood burner, ready forthe start of the work next... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Visit too short!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Wednesday and no school, pancakes for breakfast and we made sure that there was some batter left to make granddad a couple for his breakfast. 9 o clock came and went, so did 10 o clock - the kids were itching to see granddad and so we took a wander over... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[One granddad leaves another arrives]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[What does hemp look like? Before I knew I thought that it would be green chopped up stalks, so was quite surprised to see that in fact it looked just like finely chopped straw. As the days pass (too quickly for Ben's liking) Ben is trying to get everything... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Party in the sunshine]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A busy weekend so far, mum and her husband arrived on Friday night - just in time to say goodnight to Ruby - Rivan already in bed after a hard day at crèche playing with all his mates. Ruby so very excited to see Granny and gave her a great big hug and... ]]></description>
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