It’s been a tricky last few weeks. During a “good” week our lives tend to be fairly crazy anyway what with 4 kids, the cat and a hubby who generally works shifts, sometimes nights away from home and no immediate family support here. Add in a few uncontrollable elements (not just uncontrollable children) and something… Continue reading When life gives you lemons……

I think it only fair to warn you that the following post may invoke the use of SHOUTY CAPITALS quite a lot….read on if you can bear it. Recent events have driven me to the conclusion that I am officially OLD. It’s been a creeping realisation for a while. Once I started rejecting going into… Continue reading Da’ ya want fries with that?

Before I start this post in earnest, I want to make it clear that this is not a pity party, nor a woe is me, attempt to curry favour or sympathy; rather it’s a jumble of thoughts that have gone through my head in the last week and I suppose a sort of “vent” which… Continue reading Killing me softly…….

Sat lazily on the sofa having imbibed too much wine and port, gluttened over the cheeses, crackers and celery (am I the only one who always finds this an issue – I always end up with either too much cheese on my plate so have to reach for another cracker or have too much cracker… Continue reading Are we there yet?!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,100 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 35 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the… Continue reading 2014 in review… Ooh this is quite exciting for a “virgin” blogette… My stats! New post is brewing…

Hello readers, Apologies for the deafening silence from the blog world. It’s been a tricky few weeks as my little Minx has had an extended and unplanned hospital stay. But I think I’m emerging from the coal face and ready to pounce with a shiny, sparkly new blogette…..I’ve felt this one brewing over the past… Continue reading What to expect……when you don’t know what to expect……

I’ll come clean straight off here – I’m not entirely sure why I am sat on the lap top here blogging or quite what will spill forth once I have started writing because at this very moment, I’m fudging, filling, procrastinating…call it what you will but anything right now to take my mind off the… Continue reading The dastardly Disney store….

This week has been loooooonnngggg and my patience isn’t just worn thin but actually run ragged at the seams. Oh goody, I can hear you cry, this is bound to be a cheery post! I am battle worn. Endless phone calls to medical peeps, countless trips to Boots (*other pharmacies are available) and poorly kids… Continue reading Scoop that poop…..a delightful new game

In the style of C&C music factory (WHO???? I hear you young whipper-snappers ask, google it, it was a great song!) I’m having one of those weeks, well month’s really…things that make me go hmmmnnnn…. The Minx has been suffering with stomach issues for a while now – more than her “normal” ones. She can… Continue reading Things that make you go hmmmnnnnnnn……

Hello Campers, How are you holding up this fine weekend? I hope you have been basking in the lovely sunshiney day…apologies if you are actually somewhere overcast, gloomy, drizzly and grey but we are having a good day here and I have learned that “ooop north,” 50 Shades of Grey has much more to do… Continue reading Did Someone Say the “F” Word?!