Will we make it to the all-time summer of love this year? It won’t be the same without Glastonbury, but the mood is definitely in the air. Boris and Carrie have managed to have theirs. Here’s one of my favourite […]
I’m home from a lovely relaxing few weeks in the Dordogne and now have to self isolate for two weeks. TWO WEEKS when they’ve only had one confirmed case in the local area where I was staying. What a blow […]
I’ve been home alone for over a week now and I’ve been having terrible FOMO. My children are all on holiday with their dad, step family and partners and I’m missing them. You’d think it would have disappeared by now, […]
When the sun has left the building on a decidedly autumnal and blustery UK, there is no better tonic (preferably with gin) than a quick trip to Spain. Civil war looming aside, Marbella in October has possibly the best climate […]
Where to go on holiday as a single parent in 2017 To be honest, I am finding it increasingly difficult to decide where to go on holiday as a single parent with my children this year. I LOVE travelling with […]
This “Empty Nest Syndrome” that we dread when children go off to university is short-lived if you live in London these days. I’m not sure it’s even a thing these days, what with sky high degree debt, astronomical rents and […]
HELLOOOOO….long time no blog. Home again. I hope you’ve all had a lovely summer. We’ve been away again, just arrived back today to the most revolting house ever. Why I ever thought I could leave my son in charge I […]
This week, having asked my son (who has moved back home) to include other people’s washing when he put on a wash that generally consists of two pairs of underpants, two pairs of socks and one T-shirt, I bitterly regretted […]
To be honest, I am really not feeling the “Joy of Parenting” at the moment. More the “Deep Stress of Parenting”. Or if I’m really honest, the “Fuck This, I’ve had enough of parenting”. For a start, I seem to […]
FAMILY AFFAIRS I have been at home all week without my children and consequently I have barely slept at all. Fitful, hot, cold, toss, turn, up, down sleep that leaves me feeling exhausted every morning. Apparently I am also going […]
I am home alone and marginally depressed. It is Bank Holiday Monday and it hasn’t stopped pouring with rain all day. My children left this morning to go on holiday to Greece with their father and his new family. I […]
Sometimes (not often), I long for my children to be small and helpless again so that I am responsible for them and can look after them and do everything in my power to keep them safe. This is especially true […]
