Party time

We attended yet another kids birthday party today.
The record is five in one weekend and Mr B and I needed sedation on that Sunday night, or maybe the kids needed sedation so that we could have a rest…
Anyway, today Miss E’s friends K and W had their first birthday party since moving to England from [...]

Cheered up by News 24?

Having just been to our lovely neighbours’s funeral I was feeling a little low and wondering what to write about that might lift my spirits a little.
So I decided to check out the news.

I know, I know, it’s not the usual place to find fun, light hearted, drive away your cares stuff,
but look …
Go on, look [...]

More slugs

Arghhhh
I’m being stalked, harrassed and terrorised by slugs.
First there was the one in the washer, and you all know what happened to that one.
Next there’s one watching Mr B and I as we sit watching ‘Wire in the Blood’ in our living room. It peers in the window with its little slug eyes [...]

Welcome to the Ozzies

Ok, pull up a chair, put on your best dress/suit and without further ado I’ll introduce you to your host for the evening, the inedible Jo Beaufoix. (That’s me.)
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Yuck and Yum

I wasn’t sure what I’d write about today as I didn’t want to bring on the sads, but Mr B gave me some blog fodder last night with a small gift.
It was an unusual present.
In actual fact it nearly made me lose my dinner.
I was minding my own business emptying the washing into the tumble [...]

From the mouths of babes

Yesterday our neigbour died.
He was 68, a warm and friendly man, who gave his time generously and always wore a smile.
He was one of those people who thought very carefully about what he said, who had vast amounts of life experience that would just come up unceremoniously in conversation every now and then and blow [...]

One of those difficult subjects again

 Remember when Miss E aged 6 asked Mr B one of those questions?
 Well last night I had a similar experience…
Mr B, as some of you may have gathered, is actually called Graham.  I often call him Grae.
I sometimes call him other names too, sometimes deliberately, sometimes by mistake.
Well last night I called him ‘Gay’.
Miss E aged 6 was [...]

Munchy meme

I have been tagged by the lovely Ingenious Rose, who was tagged by the fabulous Mother at Large to do the following:
To write about 5 of your favourite restaurants/eating places. (I’ve gone with Mother at Large’s rule changes as I have kids, so restaurant visits are rare and wonderful things.)
Other rules include:
*Link to the person [...]

What a day…

This morning started off as ‘one of those days’ in the making…
You know, toddler up most of the night and still gets up at 6.30am.
Miss E doesn’t want to go to school as her arm hurts (she bumped it doing handstands on her bed…)
It’s raining outside and I’m dodging a migraine but it gets a [...]

Missing widgets

A quick word from my blog…
It’s so good to be back.
I have been primped and styled and beautified by the fantastically talented trumpet player Ashley Morgan of Big Arena Records, site designer extraordinaire and friend.
The massage was great, and I don’t think I’ve ever looked so buff.
My missing widgets will arrive later all sparkly [...]