Arg! Why is it that disasters happen when I’d much rather not deal with them? They never come when I’m feeling fighting fit and at the top of my game. It’s always when I’m already a bag of whingey snot (I know, I know, but it’s true and I’m honest to a fault – I’d …
I’m not really a very demanding person. I just want a lovely, comfortable home, at exactly the right temperature (not too hot, not too cold), well-behaved, quiet and studious children, delicious meals (preferably not ALL prepared by me) and a life of uneventful, untroubled ease. It’s not much to ask, is it? I’m not cut out …
Here I am, bloodied but unbowed by another holiday ….. and realising that, as far as Child One goes, I don’t have all that many more to stagger through. Gone are the days when she was attached to my leg, screaming for things to cut and stick together very gloopily. Nowadays, she’s up in her …
We were lucky enough to get two lovely movie-related treats this holiday. First, a gorgeous package from Alvin and his friends, the Chipmunks. This included their latest DVD, Chipwrecked, and some exquisitely beautiful biscuits, baked and hand-painted by the Biscuiteers. I have long dreamed of getting my paws on an offering from the Biscuiteers. Admittedly, …
Sponsored post I probably shouldn’t admit this, but one of my most favourite ever TV shows was the Life Laundry. If I were ever offered the chance between seeing a brand new episode of, say, the brilliant, tense, taughtly-plotted Homeland, or an old episode of the Life Laundry, I’d go for LL every time. Yes, …
I find Easter a bit of a tricky one. Christmas, now, that’s easy to celebrate. Everyone can get behind the idea of the birth of a baby being Good News, and if it’s a baby that’s going to save the world, then yay, tinsel and crackers all round. But Easter …. is that really a …
I have a nasty feeling I may have wasted a bit of money. No, actually, a lot of money. I’ve spent my life – well, since my teens anyway – looking for the perfect skin routine. From the Nivea cleansing milk which I accidentally tipped down the sink, having spent every penny of my pocket …
Sponsored Post A while ago I told you about the Channel 4 show, Home of the Future, which is co-funded by gas and power provider E.ON, as part of its E.ON Innovation crowdsourcing project. Though the show has finished, it produced some brilliant ideas from the public, from the practical – like an insulated kettle – to the …
Sponsored post I used to be quite a good driver back in Brussels. I could park on a postage stamp (you had to – parking there is a blood sport), I could nip and tuck through the traffic with surgical precision, and I scarcely ever got a scratch on my car. But here in Blighty …
Sponsored post I was going to do a serious post today about the UK’s impending petrol strike, involving jerry cans and jerrymandering and all that kind of stuff ….. but luckily I came across this little video instead. I used to dread long car journeys with Child One as she was quite prone to screaming …