HAPPY CHURN’S DAY FOR TOMORROW!! I made that day up. It’s a combination of Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Burn’s Day which both happen to fall on the same day – that won’t happen again for another 74 years […]
YES, I KNOW “BLEW MONDAY” DOESN’T ACTUALLY WORK AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO “BLUE MONDAY” BUT I’M TRYING TO CHEER EVERYONE UP. I know it doesn’t make sense, but I”M TRYING MY BEST. This is in an attempt to stop “Blue […]
Are you missing your children and feeling a little empty nest-ish? My youngest has gone back to university and the house is quiet as a mouse for the first time in a month. It is also clean and tidy. Towels […]
Is the Gambling Commission fit for purpose I wonder? Banning the use of credit cards to fund gambling will only touch the sides of the problem as gambling addicts will simply find other debit cards to use. The Commission has […]
On the mornings I head into town for work I usually leave for the train at the same time that all the teeny weeny primary school children are being walked up to to our local school. These days my morning […]
I’m still trying to work out whether my children completely and utterly hoodwinked me this year on my birthday. They had all been wanting to go and see The Lion King musical at the Lyceum Theatre for ages – collectively […]
Chinese New Year is very early this year and we are about to move into the Year Of The Rat. Looking forward to heading up to Chinatown to celebrate with my children, as we do every year:- So what do […]
The first Monday in January is known for being “Divorce Day”, the day you are most likely to search for a lawyer after getting through the heightened emotions of the festive period. The stress of trying to create the perfect […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR! A WHOLE NEW DECADE! What a rollercoaster time we’ve had of late – I’ve just seen a tweet from Jemima Khan that says “I have a 20 year old child who has lived in 4 decades, 2 […]
Aaah….and breathe. A new decade in parenting begins but first there is just one more hurdle to get over tonight before we can all collapse in a heap. We more than survived Christmas this year, we all had a lot […]
I have written about this subject before and so this year I was asked by Family Action to write a blog post for their website about how we have managed to survive Christmas. It’s been a long old journey and […]
Well as predicted, so far I think I’ve seen my youngest son for 20 minutes in total since he got back from uni. He has been out late catching up with friends and watching fights on TV which now means […]
