In November and December we celebrate three out of four birthdays in our little family and I’m not sure why (suspect it’s my fault), but they always seem to bleed over at least a week or more, so it’s busy! […]
I thought I’d do a quick Family Affairs update, for the record, before we get into the business of November (many birthdays) and December (many parties). I officially now have VERY old children…my daughter turned TWENTY EIGHT this week – […]
I haven’t done a “life” update for a while. To be honest, it’s all been a bit of a shit show of late. A number of family dramas that are all too sensitive to talk about and I’m single again […]
Little did we know that half of us in the UK were going to end up with lockdown birthdays this year. How depressing. It’s not particularly easy to make it fun for our children when all they want to do […]
Another few weeks have passed and there is absolutely nothing to report. We haven’t yet ventured very far away from home, but a number of my friends have made it to Italy, France, Spain, Greece….everything seems to be moving quite […]
So we’ve all had another good week with two birthday celebrations thrown in…everything feels a little bit more normal as we meet up with out loved ones. However, it looks like we are pretty much on track to be getting […]
I feel a little rung out. It’s been a busy few months, filled with birthdays and operations. Mostly we’re all trying to help my mother move back home and live independently after three months in hospital. She’s doing OK with […]
This year is a total disaster for parties – LOADS of big ones. So far, I’ve got through my mother’s 70th and my son’s first teenage year. I am now bracing myself for Grandmother’s 100th (not much need to brace), […]
I sent a text a few days ago to my ex-husband asking him if he wanted to have the children to stay on Tuesday night. It’s his birthday the next day. Which is a good thing because they will […]
