There are some ads on telly that have me rushing for the off-switch (not that I can ever find the remote when I need it) but there is one, at the moment, that always raises a smile. It’s the Boots ‘here come the girls’ campaign. It’s partly the great, and incredibly catchy, song, and partly …
We were in the kitchen yesterday, shovelling down breakfast as quickly as possible before the school run, when Child Two piped up. ‘What would you do if someone asked you to marry them, but you didn’t like the ring?’ Instantly three spoons went down as the females pondered this dreadful question. Eeek! Wouldn’t that be …
We were a little late for the Build-a-Bear Workshop bloggers meet-up in Covent Garden last week. In the case of Child One, we were about five years late. As she is now all of 15, a shop full of screaming, over-excited bear fans (and that was just the mummy bloggers, boom boom) was a little …
I’ve been slightly dreading Christmas this year. For one thing, it only seems like ten seconds since I was burning the mulled wine last year. For another, arrrrrgghhhh! Just arggggggghhhh! Plus it’s only the first week of November, for goodness’ sake. There’s a faint possibility that Christmas won’t even arrive this time. Ok, fine, I’ve …
Yay! I have another photo for Tara’s gallery! This week her theme is Show Me The Funny. The picture she’s used on her own blog is funny ha-harrrrgh, from our Halloween trip last year to Port Aventura when the barman presented Erica with a sachet of Nesquik to make her own hot chocolate. If a picture …
FINALLY I have fought my way back to my blog through the mounds of paperwork accrued during the girls’ two weeks of half term holiday – that’s right, two weeks. And yesterday was, you’ve guessed it, an inset day. Because they just don’t get enough time off. So anyway, at long last, here’s my roundup …
Phew, what a day yesterday at Britain’s Next Top Model Live 2010! I must admit that I have never watched a single episode of BNTM or the American version, but a lot of friends are diehard addicts and I knew both Child One and Child Two would LOVE it. We were lucky enough to be invited …
I’m indebted to my lovely friend E for today’s thought …… A Real Man A real man is a woman’s best friend. He will never stand her up and never let her down. He will reassure her when she feels insecure and comfort her after a bad day. He will …
I had a Bad Mother Moment last week. In fact, I feel so bad about it that it’s taken me all this time to bring myself to write about it. We were at an end-of-term party for one of the girls’ activities. There was loud music playing. There were a lot of mummies chatting. …
As the inquest has just opened on the victims of the terrible 7/7 bombings here in London in 2005, it seems the right moment to have a look at the new film, London River, based on that awful day and its aftermath. The film, which stars the supremely talented Brenda Blethyn and Sotigui Kouyate, is a tale …