Lately, the children have been very critical of my underwear. In the early-morning madness, I’m often flying up and down the stairs half-dressed and somehow, they find time to comment. Yesterday Belle...
Stop the press. It seems the most effective form of contraception for the next generation may not be birth control pills or condoms, but instead, subjecting them to episodes of Call the Midwife.
I di...
Just a few weeks until the end of term and I am clinging on for dear life. September started out so well. I was laying out uniforms the night before, diligently supervising homework, packing prize-win...
A few days ago I made a video for Facebook with two kids (mine) and a dog (not mine). It was all about the Family Sugar Detox challenge that we have coming up.
It’s based on the premise that we would...
Last week I made the mother of all shipping errors. I completely, totally, ballsed it up.
I’d become worried about electromagnetic radiation (EMR) exposure from wi-fi and my mobile phone. So, after a...
Last week, as I was reading Chloe a story, Belle pottered off to get a bedtime snack. She usually gets an apple or goat cheese (posh!), so I thought nothing of it.
Once they were both tucked in I wen...
This weekend my LH and a group of friends and colleagues will be cycling the XL Catlin Bermuda End-to-End dressed as Santa and his elves.
Previously, they have done the same dressed as ballerinas, ch...
It’s week ten of Beat the Couch and we’re rapidly approaching race day on Sunday. It’s an exciting few days, with shirts arriving, medals landing and the couch-on-wheels making its way out of storage....
So this one is all about saving money, which the LH thinks is hysterical.
Finances have never been my strong point.
Most of my student debt was due to inappropriate outfits, ‘real food’ and cocktail...
We’re cutting down on screen time after the holidays and my children gave me the full-on stink-eye tonight. The irony is, after a mad day at work, there is nothing I would like more than to switch on ...
