YoungestGirl had her two-year development check today. Second time around I’m a lot more laid back that she can’t walk up or down the stairs by herself yet, nor retrieve a raisin dropped into a bottle. (To be fair, she did retrieve the raisin, but not by tipping the bottle upside down like she was supposed to … [Read more…]
We all have conversational tics. We had a university lecturer who said, “um”, so much that we used to take bets at the start of the lecture if he would crack 200. They are one of those things that most people just don’t notice, unless it’s pointed out. We all “um”, “ah” and “er” our … [Read more…]
That’s a bit of an over-dramatic headline. I would like to think that our marriage would indeed survive without these five things. But here are five things that really do just minimise resentment and/or googling divorce lawyers make our lives that little bit better. 1. A cleaner This isn’t a luxury that everyone can afford … [Read more…]
I bloody love Lakeland. This is not a sponsored post. Lakeland have absolutely no need to pay me to make me throw twenty pound notes in their general direction, shouting, “TAKE IT ALL! JUST GIVE ME YOUR LOVELY THINGS!” My most recent purchase was a cake pan set, which came free with a Wilton food … [Read more…]
YoungestGirl turns two today. Entering the world with much less drama than her elder sister (planned C-section, opposed to Big Red Emergency Button, massive team of medical experts and all types of emergency), YoungestGirl quickly looked to rectify this and in her first ten days in the world: She refused to wake up on day … [Read more…]
One of the things I miss most about living in London is easy access to the theatre. When I first moved to the city, I used to go to the theatre incredibly regularly – often a couple of times a week, taking advantage of standby tickets at discounted rates. I lived a 15-minute tube ride … [Read more…]
Halloween is big where we live. Not the sort of big where you lackadaisically put out a half-hearted pumpkin and bung a few sweets in the direction of trick-or-treaters, but the sort of big where people have robot butlers, smoke machines, ten-foot inflatable pumpkins and giant projections onto the sides of their house. Of course, … [Read more…]