I’m sitting in a freezing cold house. My boiler has broken down – on the coldest day of the last 10 years. Bloody typical. Weirdly, its issues like this that slightly tip me over the edge of my usual just-about-can-do-it-all-single-mother-coping-mechanisms. […]
The anagram of OMICRON = NO CRIMBO was the funny little meme being sent around a couple of weeks ago when we weren’t quite aware that it was going to be true. It won’t be “No Christmas” of course, but […]
So how was your Tier 4 Christmas? The one thing that saddens me about my ancient blog is that I no longer receive comments….I’d love to know how everyone got on? Things would have no doubt been very different from […]
So we do at least get to spend Christmas with our nearest and dearest which is good news for everyone (I think?). My mother is desperate to get out to join us all for Christmas, I just hope it doesn’t […]
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 […]
OMG it’s nearly December and Christmas is looming again. I’m at the stage where I can’t be arsed to get all the decorations out of the loft or buy a tree, let alone order a turkey and think about presents. […]
You would think I’d be an expert on how to survive Christmas when you’re divorced by now. But I’m not. Because each year comes with different complications and issues. Tolstoy’s famous quote about families springs to mind and can relate […]
FAMILY is the answer, whatever the question and this is to remain my focus for 2018. What a month. It’s been mad. Not only did we have Christmas and New Year to contend with, but my son’s birthday and a […]
December review How fast did that month sashay by? It was so steeped in a mulled wine blurry haze, full of sparkle, bubbles and laughter that I feel the need to do a December Review in order to commit the […]
We are betwixt and between Christmas and the New Year and this morning on our lovely frosty walk we decided “Twixtmas” was the best term to describe the 5 languid days between our two major festivities. It does now seem […]
I feel like the Grinch of Christmas right now. It doesn’t feel “A Lot Like Christmas”….it doesn’t even feel a bit like Christmas, it feels more like “A Shit Load Of Stress and Hassle”. I don’t recall actually ever feeling […]
