Aha, I thought, when I got an invitation to go and check out a mystery cooking ingredient with Michelin starred chef Paul Rankin, they’re not taking any chances. They’re hosting the event in the Hospital Club in Covent Garden. In these days of pigs’ trotter icecream and snail porridge, you can’t be too careful. I’d …
I don’t know who keeps sending me the House of Bruar clothing catalogue, but I would just like to say a very big thank you. No matter how grey the day, no matter how the hormones may rage at Divorce Towers (and boy, do they rage, with me, two teenage girls and a highly-strung cat …
The school run took a bit longer than usual today. About three hours longer. The first sign of something amiss was a lot of rattling in the car as we set off. Then everything seemed a bit bumpy – but then our road is full of lumps and bumps, thanks to snow-induced pot holes. The car still …
I often fondly imagine that I’ve escaped the pitfalls of my upbringing, and emerged into adulthood as my own person. All right, that makes everything that has gone awry no-one’s fault but my own, but it still makes me feel independent and proud. And then something happens that makes you realise how much your parents’ …
Freedom is a tricky issue. Once upon a time, with a toddler attached to each leg, the question was, ‘how do I get five minutes to myself?’ Nowadays, it’s the girls running away from me, as fast as their sickeningly long and gorgeous teenage legs can carry them. I completely understand that teenagers need freedom. But how much …
I sometimes feel I have a bit too much in common with Baldrick, of Blackadder fame. Not the personal hygiene problem (or at least no one has mentioned it ….) but the propensity for coming up with cunning plans. Which don’t always pan out. Take, for instance, the issue of cat food for the lovely …
Ten things I have said since school started: 1. The first day is always the worst. You’ll be back in the swing of things tomorrow. 2. The second day is always the worst. You’ll be back in the swing of things tomorrow. 3. The first week is always the worst. Well, by that I mean …
Sponsored post The lovely chappies at VoucherHub have asked me to have a peek at their site and, as I’ve already come clean about having a little bit of a voucher habit this week, I’ve said a breezy ‘why not?’ My voucher addiction started a couple of years ago, when I noticed that, during internet shopping, you get to …
I’m so grateful to the lovely C this morning. He’s sent me this brilliant clip, which shouldn’t be hilarious – but it really is. Watch it if, like me, you’re having a bit of a grey Wednesday morning: http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=14161 I’m sad because I’ve just heard that my former next-door neighbour in Belgium has been very …
Day Two of school and I feel as though they’ve been back a hundred years. I was merrily tweeting to a friend that I’d beaten my own personal best record of 48 hours before bending the school secretary’s ear – I was on the phone literally the minute we got out of the car after pick-up yesterday – …