I know the day is coming when I will have to *shudder* welcome teenage boys to Divorce Towers. Much as I would like my darling girls to continue playing with their My Little Ponies into old age, I do accept that time has moved on. For one thing, they just don’t spend as much time combing out …
This month I’ve really been spoiled rotten. Darlings, you shouldn’t have – but I’m so glad you did. First it was the lovely Green & Black’s, sending me a box of chocolate bars, including my utter favourite, Butterscotch. Well, Butterscotch, I’m sorry but you now have a rival for my affections, the rich, smooth and delectable …
I fear I must report a heinous crime. One of my window boxes has been stolen. I realise that, in the grand scheme of things, this is not a serious matter. Far, far worse stuff happens all the time, often to me. But somehow, in a weekend of shocks, betrayals, reversals and disillusionments (yes, we’ve been …
I have spent the morning wrestling with a moral dilemma. Someone new has joined my pilates class. Someone *gasp* famous. Someone, moreover, who appears in my absolute favourite TV series ever. I mean, ever. Ever. I have watched it a million times. I have forced my children to watch it. It has inspired a host of …
Sponsored post Is it just me, or is this a really pricey time of year? Every time I go near the girls’ school bags, bills seem to fly out and stick themselves to me. They’re either from the music teachers, who are all clearly eager to build swimming pools behind the lovely second homes they …
If, like me, you are a tragic victim of the global recession and find yourself unexpectedly ejected from the cut-and-thrust of office life (well, I had a lovely part-time job that finished), then my little guide to maximum productivity while working from home could be just the thing. 1. Do not, on any account, join Twitter …
Sponsored post I must admit I have a slight horror of kitchen gadgets. I well remember the smoothie maker that Child One was desperate to have for her birthday. It has wonderful, sleek, art deco lines – and is as big as New York’s Chrysler building. And then there’s the chocolate fountain, not much smaller than …
I love Tara’s gallery but I can’t often enter. My pictures are always rubbish, you see, and I never put photos of my children on my blog. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great when other people post photos of their families and I absolutely love to see them, but it just doesn’t feel right for …
TL and I took all the children to a screening of Universal’s new cartoon Despicable Me at the Vue Cinema in Leicester Square. Just as the lights dimmed, he produced a newspaper. ‘Just in case,’ he smiled. I tutted. ‘Imagine if this film were as good as the Jungle Book and we were the first …
Sponsored Post I’ve been asked what was the best value free family entertainment at Divorce Towers over the summer. Well, no contest. It was going to Dulwich Park. This has been quite a novelty. I’ve loved the park since we arrived here four years ago. I walk round it twice a week with a …