{"id":325,"date":"2014-07-05T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/07\/glorious-getaway.html\/"},"modified":"2014-07-05T10:26:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T10:26:00","slug":"glorious-getaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2014\/07\/05\/glorious-getaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Glorious Getaway!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Bangkok here we come!<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I had an e-mail from a friend who said at the start of June&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u201c<i>you\u2019re not doing much for Aussie tourism,&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>by bemoaning the fact&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>that you are in Australia all month!\u201d&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Oopsie! &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t love Australia&#8230;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It\u2019s just that I love to travel!&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;I get cabin fever if I stay put for too long\u2026<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-R2qv81BfoDY\/U7dEJyaUvzI\/AAAAAAAADcg\/boZ0gsOdsSA\/s1600\/Quotes.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-R2qv81BfoDY\/U7dEJyaUvzI\/AAAAAAAADcg\/boZ0gsOdsSA\/s1600\/Quotes.jpg?resize=468%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Have you ever done any of those psychometric tests&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">before a big job interview?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">You know the ones that ask all manner&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">of weird and wonderful questions?&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Well I&#8217;m off the scale in terms of new ideas,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and happiness with change,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">but my completer &#8211; finisher profile is poor!!&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I get bored and move on.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Literally.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Luckily I\u2019ve had a husband whose global job&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">required frequent moves.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Well actually&#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ve always said, he is lucky to have me!&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0GXOHgo89Tw\/U7dFyuJ44nI\/AAAAAAAADcs\/RUcQlkEgpH4\/s1600\/Bangkok1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0GXOHgo89Tw\/U7dFyuJ44nI\/AAAAAAAADcs\/RUcQlkEgpH4\/s1600\/Bangkok1.jpg?resize=490%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"490\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Because glamorous as it sounds,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">not many partners would put up with it\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">When we left Belgium the first time<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">our neighbours had gone skiing.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The job was accepted,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">everything is always frightfully confidential,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>\u2018Mum&#8217;s the word*\u2019&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">you know,&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">until things are announced&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We\u2019d packed up,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>AND<\/i> moved continents,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">before our neighbours had even attempted their first black run.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I often wonder what must they think&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">of us;&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">those rude British neighbours&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">who never said &#8216;au revoir&#8217;!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-f1zHTFnVjwk\/U7dIZDQK0qI\/AAAAAAAADc4\/_Gxw1es5fQ4\/s1600\/Bangkok2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-f1zHTFnVjwk\/U7dIZDQK0qI\/AAAAAAAADc4\/_Gxw1es5fQ4\/s1600\/Bangkok2.jpg?resize=482%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"482\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s only the Crazy Poodle who hates it when we travel.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">As soon as the suitcases are out, he knows.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We leave to the sound of his wails,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">his little black nose pushed through the bars of the gate.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">He can really turn it on&#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>&#8216;Quick! Get the dog a pigs ear.&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I yell at daughter No 2,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">staying behind for soccer and household duties&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-URLObxbEYYA\/U7X28dq0WKI\/AAAAAAAADcE\/YCZAwZYpuMU\/s1600\/suitcase2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-URLObxbEYYA\/U7X28dq0WKI\/AAAAAAAADcE\/YCZAwZYpuMU\/s1600\/suitcase2.jpg?resize=584%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"584\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">With Mutt momentarily, but easily distracted,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">we&#8217;re off to the airport for a quick break to Bangkok.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It is so good to get away&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;d set myself some crazy challenges for June<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">given that it was a month &#8216;locked-in&#8217; Down Under.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Do you want to guess how I got on?!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Yes you&#8217;re right<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Pretty dismally&#8230;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I must work on my completer-finisher skills!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The first one to fall by the wayside,<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;with medical approval, I might add,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">was the <b>30 day Abs <\/b>challenge.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">So much for looking good in my bikini!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-u55IpQht4j8\/U7c_jf98_KI\/AAAAAAAADcY\/VK7IAxrgppA\/s1600\/Thailand.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-u55IpQht4j8\/U7c_jf98_KI\/AAAAAAAADcY\/VK7IAxrgppA\/s1600\/Thailand.jpg?resize=640%2C396\" height=\"396\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">My second challenge was to <b>blog everyday&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">about my Aussie life,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">linking with <b>thirty different memes<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I completed twenty-five posts in June<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">If I count the one that went through at 12.01am on July 1st&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Woo hoo!!!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I heard all that activity nearly put Blogger into meltdown,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Or maybe it was just me that nearly went into meltdown?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Anyway not quite the thirty posts I&#8217;d promised myself&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and a hectic writing schedule,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">but I did meet some lovely new Bloggers,&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">at some interesting new memes.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">June certainly whizzed by&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0094tomkVM4\/U7df15JxtuI\/AAAAAAAADdI\/J00zf5LZ6Xk\/s1600\/Bangkok3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0094tomkVM4\/U7df15JxtuI\/AAAAAAAADdI\/J00zf5LZ6Xk\/s1600\/Bangkok3.jpg?resize=484%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"484\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The final and hardest one was my <b>30 Day minimalist challenge.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Which involved throwing out a whopping 465 items over the month,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;m happy I did achieve this<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">although it was not without it&#8217;s dramas &amp;&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I will tell you some more on my return.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">So here we are after a hectic term,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Our son<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">&nbsp;is on a school trip for ten days to Darwin,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and we&#8217;re off to have a few days away.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-JjsvOfLLNpg\/U7iDGpxSRhI\/AAAAAAAADdc\/z1sYDr1vVCw\/s1600\/bangkok7.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-JjsvOfLLNpg\/U7iDGpxSRhI\/AAAAAAAADdc\/z1sYDr1vVCw\/s1600\/bangkok7.jpg?resize=502%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"502\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Yes, I know,&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">there&#8217;s a military coup in Bangkok at the moment&#8230;&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Yes I know,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">it&#8217;s summer, and the humidity is over ninety percent&#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Ok,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">so it&#8217;s the rainy season&#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Don&#8217;t you just love to get away?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6D55Ey3MfIE\/U7Xx9YOd2oI\/AAAAAAAADbk\/IFkEeYCfpWc\/s1600\/lww_2.png\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6D55Ey3MfIE\/U7Xx9YOd2oI\/AAAAAAAADbk\/IFkEeYCfpWc\/s1600\/lww_2.png?resize=400%2C132\" height=\"132\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">* Mum&#8217;s the word.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\">&nbsp; (<\/span><i style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\">informal<\/i><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\">)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 1cm; text-align: center;\">something that you say which means something should be kept secret.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 1cm;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Linking with <a href=\"http:\/\/jennymatlock.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/alphabe-thursday-letter-g.html\">Alphabe Thursday<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Thanks to Jenny Matlock<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z4iWwvAbv9w\/U7XzPxcoQDI\/AAAAAAAADbw\/kLus0L4nvDY\/s1600\/jennysidebar_button_THURS-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; 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