As a little New Year’s treat to myself, I popped over to Josie’s writing workshop – what a brilliant idea – and was slightly horrified to find that the first suggestion on her list chimes with one of my guiltiest secrets. What do you seem unable to learn or remember, no matter how hard you …
Lovely Linda from You’ve Got Your Hands Full and Have a Lovely Time has tagged me and asked me to write about my five best bits of 2009. It can be complicated for me to write much about my girls, Mr X or True Love, as they have no right of reply (unless they start …
Just in case you’ve been on Mars over the New Year – it’s been snowing. It’s not just children who regard snow with wonder and awe in the UK. It’s absolutely everyone, from innocent (ahem) divorcees like me to, apparently, the Mayor of London, all gritters and salt-spreaders, train drivers, coach drivers and bus drivers. Heaven forfend anyone …
The fiendish (but very lovely) Tara of Sticky Fingers fame has decided to make everyone’s brains work overtime this New Year by setting a near-impossible meme – choose your favourite photo and say why. Sounds easy enough, doesn’t it? But try doing it. Once upon a time, I would have picked a wedding photo – …
I’ve made a resolution …….not to make any resolutions. The girls have been asking me for some time now what my resolutions will be. Theirs are: Child One – to eat less chocolate (which worries me as she has suddenly become quite weight-conscious. She has finally realised there is a connection between eating large amounts …