I don’t get angry much so this is allowed

What is it that makes some people think they can go into another person’s house and take?
What makes them think it is ok to do that? To walk down someone’s drive, someone they know nothing about, break into their home and take their pick of their possessions?
And how can they think it’s ok to [...]

Robinhood and his merry pen

On Wednesday I got myself a bargain.
A several hundred year old bargain.
And it cost me?

Yes, that is three pounds and ninety five pence. Hell I would have paid four pounds for it it’s that cool.
As you can see on the packaging, this pen is medieval, and as I got it from Sherwood Forest Visitor’s [...]

this Post May Induce Vomiting

WARNING
If you dislike posts of a slightly sweet and soppy nature then it might be best to avoid this one, but I couldn’t help it, ok?
Good.
On the last day of our little holiday with Holly, Queen of Hearts and the Thrower, we rounded up Rosie and IJ and headed to White Post Farm.
It is called [...]

Junk Emails and Junk Food

Don’t you just love it when you get junk email that seems amazingly tailored just for you?
I mean, it makes you feel all special doesn’t it?
Sighhhh.

To be honest I don’t think I know this Clay Skaggs person, but they already sound lovely don’t they?
I mean, the name Clay Skaggs just conjures up an image of [...]

Happy times

Help.
Holly just sent me the following text.
‘Lort’.
I could be wrong, but I think that means LOST.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
If she isn’t here, or at least is no longer lost by the time I hit publish I will send out a search party of trained woodlice I have primed and ready for any such event.
I know, I know she’s [...]

Fun Monday Holiday Heaven

Lovely Alison, RDH Mom is our fabulous host this week. Go and see her and read her adoption series, it’s fab, nsightful, exciting, heart breaking and wonderful. And check out all the other gorgeous participants while you’re there. You know you want to.
Alison says:
“Vacations (that’s holidays if you’re a Brit like [...]

Hit me with your rhythm stick

Tonight Mr B and I are going to watch The Golden Compass.   I am excited, but not as excited as I am about tomorrow and the next day and the day after that.
You see tomorrow,  ‘The Blockheads’, as in , ‘Ian Drury and the Blockheads’, are playing  in the market square in Nottingham, along with [...]

My mum is cooler than your mum

Don’t you just love it when you see admiration in your kid’s eyes?
When you can tell they are soooooo impressed with something you can do, something they think is cool, something they hope that one day they will be able to do too?
That happened to me today with Miss E and it made me smile.
You [...]

Umbrellas in the mist

Never, NEVER complain to Miss M if you are outside in the rain.
She will react in a way you will not expect, and I don’t mean do a cute little dance, an impression of a mongoose or run off with your handbag.
If you are outside with Miss M and you feel that first little splatter [...]

Dinner smells yummy

Talk about coming down with a bump. Having had the best most wonderful blogiversary in the world ever, Miss M once more drags me back into the realms of normality.
Today it is the majestic, cute and extremely clever Queen of Hearts 9th Birthday. We’ll be celebrating in person next week when [...]