Month: September 2009

Listing

Child one was at a sleepover last night. Sigh. Sleepovers are so different, now, from days of yore. Then, it was all Barbie nightdresses, watching Postman Pat and all in bed by a, gosh, it’s so late, 9.30, with a giggling outbreak of ‘midnight’ sweetie eating at about 10, followed by loud snores until breakfast, …

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Happy Families

Well, my dearest ones, I am back. The holiday tally: Mosquito bites on my face, causing me to swell up like a pekingese, two; Enormous fillings which fell out while eating a chip which I lovingly cooked myself (don’t you just adore self catering?), one; Rows with stepchildren, one (but a vicious one and the …

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