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Authors: Aimee Horton

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June 6,
2009 at 19:00

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
is trying to ignore the fact that
each room in her house seems to have exploded into a big pile of
tidying up.
June 9,
2009 at 11:05

1 person likes
this

 

Dottie
Harris
wishes she could find the jelly
that The Monster threw across the room during a tantrum at teatime
:(
June
10, 2009 at 17:12

9 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
can't believe Zac Morris is
back!
June
10, 2009 at 20:25

3 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is very proud that both she and The
Monster made it through his first morning at nursery
unscathed!
June
16, 2009 at 17:27

6 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is wondering if she can trade her
son in for an Alfa Romeo Mito in black?
June
17, 2009 at 17:09

2 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is mega excited to see the results
of the carpet cleaner she's just put on in the
lounge!

June 18, 2009 at
13:35

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Dottie
Harris
doesn't think the carpet cleaner worked. She also
can’t quite believe she used the phrase “mega excited”.

June 18, 2009 at
16:18

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Dottie
Harris
thinks there should be a Drive-thru
Starbucks.

June 23, 2009 at
7:36

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Dottie
Harris
is watching The Monster eat the hose pipe. Would it
be wrong to turn it on?

June 24, 2009 at
13:09

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Dottie
Harris
thinks it's time for another cup of tea!

June 25, 2009 at
8:06

2 people like
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Dottie
Harris
is missing her boy more than she thought she
would!

June 25, 2009 at
11:18

7 people like
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Dottie
Harris
feels a bit thick. She just fell off her chair. Thank
God nobody else was here to see!

June 25, 2009 at
16:08

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Dottie
Harris
is excited as she has a bottle of pink gin on the
counter waiting for tonight!

June 26, 2009 at
15:46

2 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is attempting to make a homemade iced
coffee

June 30, 2009 at
8:59

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
failed with the iced coffee so is hitting the (pink)
gin instead x

June 30, 2009 at
18:10

2 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
thinks the child on the Glade Touch’n Fresh advert
makes her more angry than a child should!

July 6, 2009 at
15:07

3 people like
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Dottie
Harris
is wondering why the young lads in JLS (yes young)
insist on touching their "area" in their new music video. Kids
today!

July 7, 2009 at
7:33

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Dottie
Harris
thinks that the baby food diet that all the stars are
on about doesn't necessarily mean finishing off fishcake, mash and
beans.

July 8, 2009 at
11:51

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
is wondering if it's worth gluing the blind shut so
The Monster stops opening it at nap time.

July 9, 2009 at
9:59

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Dottie
Harris
is feeling quite holy. Instead of throwing herself at
the mercy of Pizza Hut as she walked past it, she settled for a
Caramel Light Frappachino from Starbucks.

July 12, 2009 at
12:49

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Dottie
Harris
is looking forward to The Monster being in bed so she
can indulge in a pink gin and some trashy television :-)

July 12, 2009 at
17:45

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Dottie
Harris
loves Tim Gunn.

July 13, 2009 at
11:03

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
is wondering why she bothers mopping the floor when
she has a husband and son.

July 15, 2009 at
12:44

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
thinks drinking during the day may be the only way to
go.

July 15, 2009 at
15:55

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
is slightly concerned that the scales are going in
the wrong direction.

July 18, 2009 at
7:59

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Dottie
Harris
has tried to hide the ironing behind the chair in the
lounge. It doesn’t bode well that the pile is poking out of the
top.

July 19, 2009 at
9:25

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Dottie
Harris
thinks that the narrator from In The Night Garden is
just out to cause trouble!

July 19, 2009 at
17:09

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
is getting ready to go SHOPPING!

July 20, 2009 at
9:39

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
wonders if she went to sleep in July and woke up in
October?! SO COLD!

July 21, 2009 at
18:33

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
has just caught her son about to fish breadsticks out
of the bin! Thank goodness he didn’t get to eat them!

July 22, 2009 at
16:11

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
is opening the wine.

July 22, 2009 at
19:13

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
is tackling a mound of clothes. She WILL have a
capsule wardrobe!

July 23, 2009 at
14:12

3 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is covered in amoxicillin, baby snot, and baby phlegm
:(

July 24, 2009 at
17:38

5 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is thinking she shouldn't have cut tea out of her
diet this weekend.

July 25, 2009 at
9:17

3 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is enjoying the freedom of having all of the
stairgates open!

July 28, 2009 at
7:29

5 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is no longer enjoying her son’s game of crawling up
to her and yanking her jeans down!

July 28, 2009 at
16:48

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
is having a test run with The Monster's birthday
cake. She is now sitting and watching her oven for 23
minutes.

July 30, 2009 at
15:09

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Dottie
Harris
thinks that it's not gone well.

July 30, 2009 at
16:09

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
is dusting off her big wine glass, which means
TECHNICALLY she is only having one glass of red.

August 1, 2009 at
18:26

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Dottie
Harris
is witnessing a mega tantrum all because she wouldn't
let her son steal her pen.

August 3, 2009 at
17:25

3 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is cleaning before the potential cleaner shows
up.

August 4, 2009 at
8:46

7 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is thinking now would be a good time to instil “it's
the thought that counts” in her son. That or pop to M&S to buy
a cake and lie about it.

August 5, 2009 at
17:42

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Dottie
Harris
has a one year old! Happy 1st birthday to my boy!
x

August 7, 2009 at
7:26

26 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
thinks she may have over celebrated at The Monster's
birthday party and is now paying the price :(

August 9, 2009 at
6:37

4 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
has just had to give all of her quiche to her son.
How many times: Dottie DOESN'T SHARE FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

August 10, 2009 at
12:36

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Dottie
Harris
thinks her son is on a fine line!

August 10, 2009 at
17:14

3 people like
this

Dottie
Harris
has overslept. Never rely on child as alarm
clock!

August 11, 2009 at
7:33

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
really wishes she hadn't eaten so many Oreos
today.

August 11, 2009 at
14:56

1 person likes
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is ready for a gin and tonic and a hot
bath!

August 12, 2009 at
16:58

3 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
has another Monster free day, and is looking forward
to visiting NEXT without the risk of chocolate milk being flicked
at the clothes.

August 13, 2009 at
7:50

5 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is having trouble understanding how her cupboards are
full yet there is NO FOOD IN THERE!

August 13, 2009 at
11:27

3 people like
this

Dottie
Harris
is looking at the sky thinking it's going to rain on
her newly put out laundry. :(

August 14, 2009 at
9:07

2 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is thinking her next car should be a BMW X3.
Apparently then you own the road and can drive like a
knob.

August 15, 2009 at
18:16

8 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is wondering whether after closing her eyes and
counting to 10 all the ironing will be done?!

August 17, 2009 at
12:05

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
has a small child for sale.

August 17, 2009 at
14:54

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
is on the train (the first one. Two more to go until
she reaches her destination).

August 19, 2009 at
6:54

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this

 

Dottie
Harris
is on her way home! x

August 19, 2009 at
17:57

3 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
has just been told there is wine, curry, pops &
naan at home waiting for her!

August 19, 2009 at
18:18

6 people like
this

 

Dottie
Harris
is thinking that this rain is going to ruin her hair!
:(

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