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Very Bored in Catalunya

Late 30's stay at home mum to Joseph aged 3 and wife to t'husband. Plodding my way through my Catalan life, waywardly straddling three langages, 2...
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Why Britmums Will Make or Break My Blog

Very Bored in Catalunya ― I've decided that the forthcoming Britmums blogging conference next month will either be the straw that broke the camel donkey's back or it will be my saviour.Regular readers out there may have noticed that once again I have been slacking in the... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted 9 days ago
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Spain V England - Battle of the Weird Traditions

Very Bored in Catalunya ― Every Friday evening I attempt to teach a 10 year old boy how to speak English, whilst the hour makes me very aware of the fact that my calling in life doesn’t lie in teaching, I am thankful that this boy is not the 3 or 4 year old I foolishly... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted 27 days ago
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Humour or Humor?

Humour or Humor?

Very Bored in Catalunya ― My recent experience with flaming and trolls (more about that in another post) threw up a side issue; namely that perhaps my sense of humour doesn't travel particularly well across the Atlantic.I realise that my sense of humour is very typically... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Apr 26th, 2012
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Guest Expat Bloggers - Bibsey Mama

Guest Expat Bloggers - Bibsey Mama

Very Bored in Catalunya ― It is time again for me to invite another fellow expatter to write a guest post for my blog, today we have Bibsey Mama who is a fellow Brit in Spain, residing somewhere up a mountain in Andalucia. Bibsey Mama has decided to kill two birds with one... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Apr 18th, 2012
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Insecure by Michael Shevlin - A Review and an Interview

Insecure by Michael Shevlin - A Review and an Interview

Very Bored in Catalunya ― As part of my I Love My Kindle series I've decided to read some of the books published to Kindle by other fellow bloggers, The very witty Mr Shev (he of the Donkey badge fame) has written a book called 'Insecure', which is kind of middle class Lock,... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Apr 16th, 2012
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Amber Tweets

Amber Tweets

Very Bored in Catalunya ― This isn't some code for medium alert tweets, although it could be as "shit, no wine in the house!" and "Forest have lost again" could be considered code Amber!No, I thought I'd take part in the "My Week in Tweets" thingy going around at the moment... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Apr 12th, 2012
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Prostitution in Spain

Prostitution in Spain

Very Bored in Catalunya ― At what point does a man who pays for sex with a young woman half his age stop and question both his and her motives? At what point during his arousal, ejaculation and post-coital cigarette does he consider that maybe, just fucking maybe, the last... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Apr 7th, 2012
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Post-Natal Sex

Very Bored in Catalunya ― Don't worry this isn't going tobe a post about that fruit bat Gina Ford telling womenfolk if they want to keep their man they need to spread their legsbefore their stitches have healed... When a couple have had a baby they will, at some point, want... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Mar 27th, 2012
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Introducing the New Donkey(s)

Introducing the New Donkey(s)

Very Bored in Catalunya ― You know how I was banging on the other week about feeling bad about bastardising the Catalan donkey... well a couple of people in the online world leapt to my aid and came up with some fantastic replacements.Which leaves me with a small dilemma,... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Mar 23rd, 2012
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Guest Post - Bavarian Sojourn

Guest Post - Bavarian Sojourn

Very Bored in Catalunya ― Welcome back to another one of my Guest Posts introducing a fellow expat and their take on what being an expat means. I'd always thought that once you'd been an expat then moving countries again would be less fraught, stressful yes, but at least you... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Mar 21st, 2012
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Motherhood

Motherhood

Very Bored in Catalunya ― It was Mother's Day yesterday in the UK and there was a nice little meme floating around to celebrate the fact. I got tagged by fellow babe-in-arms mum Being a Mummy.My views on Motherhood:Describe motherhood in three words :Fun, Knackering,... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Mar 19th, 2012
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Things About Blogging I Care About

Things About Blogging I Care About

Very Bored in Catalunya ― Following a bizarre week in blogging which started with a tale of a blogger who was offered some shoes to review, all's good in the hood she thought until she read further down the email to discover that, due to financial circumstances, they could... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Mar 16th, 2012
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Guest Post - On the Threshold of Africa

Guest Post - On the Threshold of Africa

Very Bored in Catalunya ― One of the reasons I decided to set up this guest post slot for other expats is because I am genuinely fascinated at other expats stories, how they came to be in whatever far flung country they reside in, whether their experience is a good one or bad... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Mar 7th, 2012
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Rebranding - Losing the Donkey!

Rebranding - Losing the Donkey!

Very Bored in Catalunya ― I need to rebrand (yeah, I do think I'm Victoria Beckham, what of it?), I feel a fraud, a fake, a charlatan, a ... oh you get the picture.You see, the stripy donkey is stolen, he/she/it was never mine to use and become associated with. To be fair to... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Mar 5th, 2012
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KFC can fuck right off!

Very Bored in Catalunya ― I don't often write feminist posts, mainly because there are so many better bloggers out there doing a damn fine job of such issues, but from time to time something will get my goat so much I am forced to put virtual pen to virtual paper.I have... (more)
 Very Bored Catalunya ― Posted on Feb 29th, 2012