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 […]
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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'M REALLY SORRY, BUT I'M STILL SHOWING OFF ABOUT MOTHER'S DAY and revelling in my Queen Bee status as single mother who rules the roost......
LOOK at what my 20 year old university son sent me - a card that he actually thought about several days before the event - which is massively impressive given how all his plans are generally only made three minutes before anything actually happens. HE ACTUALLY PRE-ordered it online AND NOT BOUGHT AT A PETROL STATION!!!:-
Here is his card, with a gorgeous "thanks for everything you've done for me, I couldn't do anything without you" message...set against a backdrop of beautiful flowers bought by my daughter.
Happy happy HAPPEEEEEE mother:- 
Well, I guess that ultimately it’s my fault – what was I thinking producing my firstborn child four days before Xmas? (although he was three weeks late to be fair to me….and I was desperately uncomfortable by then as he […]
Even I am disappointed with my Christmas decorations this year, which means they must be REALLY bad because I am generally completely rubbish at making an effort with decorations and my standards are very very low. The thought of receiving […]
Sigh. Christmas and the single parent. It is very very hard and ridiculously complicated. Thankfully my children will wake up on Christmas morning at my house. But then, after our pressie-fest, they have to leave. It is still painful. I […]
I am thinking about hiring out my house to scientists who are interested in growing mould in petri dishes. I have rooms in my house that are virtually uninhabitable – my teenage son has been back two weeks and has […]
Hope all you lovely mothers out there have had a really lovely day with or without your children or your mothers..... We are clearly a popular bunch as restaurants around the country were fully booked and what I loved was seeing teenagers - especially the boys wandering around with bunches of flowers, cards and boxes of chocolates. Yes, I know that we shouldn't all need a "special day" in which to force our nearest and dearest to spoil and acknowledge us, but still....rather like Valentine's Day, why not have a day allocated to make a fuss? What's wrong with that? Commercialism or otherwise.
I didn't have my children today but with a bit of a spin on how it might be good to spend the day sans enfant, I found myself thoroughly enjoying my day. The kids came back at 7pm - my daughter with flowers:- 
and a homemade voucher to take me to The Wolseley for coffee which has become an annual event that I love (trying not to criticise the spelling):- 
and my 11 year old promptly got on with cooking us a three course meal! Spectacular. ALL BY HIMSELF. I believe he even got all the ingredients himself. So for a starter he made a tomato and mozzarella salad:- 
Followed by chicken in a spicy sauce with rice and then HOMEMADE chocolate mousse:- 
Very impressive. One male friend of mine was gobsmacked. He said if it had been his son who is the same age preparing a meal it would have been Rice Krispies followed by Cornflakes followed by yoghurt or possibly chocolate mousse if already made and in a pot.
I'm very lucky.
Oh and firstborn son sent me a text at 7am this morning:-
"Hi mum! Can you please send the lead for the camera and get me that new sim card i've lost? Also maybe a memory stick or hard drive so I don't lose anything?"
I replied and quietly mentioned that it was Mother's day btw.....
"I looked it up and it says Mother's day is 25th of March???? But if it is today then Happy Mother's Day!"
Rubbish.
