Will we need wellies?

Can’t stop.
Packing and sweating, packing and sweating.
Yeah I know, ‘ladies don’t sweat they perspire’, but it’s so close here that even the girls are sleepy and wet headed in their beds. I think we’re going to be in for a storm, which is fine tonight, I love storms, but I don’t want to [...]

Medieval Mayhem

They had not expected to meet a dragon when they set out that morning to visit the land of Chesterfield.

Minstrels and players, yes. Jesters and tumblers, yes. Jugglers on stilts, fairy tale princesses, men battling for the hand of a fair maiden or a free cup of mead, maybe a mad monk or [...]

Monkey Magic

The lovely Berthddu Suit tagged me for the “6 random things meme”, but I’ve already done it so I decided to put a little Beaufoix Spin on it and tell you 6 random things about spider monkeys.
1. Spider monkeys are not actually spiders or monkeys, but are in fact large hairy space lizards.
2. [...]

So this is what really happened

So how were the kids at the wedding?
Truly?
Honestly?
They were amazing, in fact it’s quite possible they had been replaced by extremely realistic robots who behaved perfectly and had no toileting issues or need to cough, burp or fart at the wrong moment..
Miss E and baby J led the bridal party up the aisle with Miss [...]

Party Shock

Once upon a time there was a large red tomato. Now this was no ordinary tomato as it had a penchant for disco dancing and tended to do ‘the shuffle’ at any given opportunity. By doing a regular shimmy he rarely got picked by the shoppers at Schmesco as most people [...]

I can’t take my eyes off of you

It’s 10.15pm and I’ve just settled Miss M.
Miss E is at a sleepover at her friends where we barbecued tonight, and the post wedding lunch at my mum and dad’s was lovely.
As for the wedding, it was perfect.
No really, it was.
The kids were amazing, the bride and groom gorgeous and smiling and the people really, [...]

The Wedding

Today my little brother Steve and my lovely SIL Sarah are getting married.

These are the bridesmaids…

Oh my Bob.

Erm..

Mr B sits on the settee. A large cup of steaming tea rests beside him atop a small coaster on which his sweet 7 year old’s innocent little face is emblazoned.
As he turns a page of his book he raises the mug to his lips and takes a deep satisfying drink. [...]

You rock, and I don’t mean you’re like a pebble ok?

Just wanted to say an enormous THANK YOU to everyone who has commented and acted on my post about my friend Marie and Pulmonary Haemosiderosis. You have given us some brilliant ideas and definitely some hope. I will be passing all this on to my fab friend, as well as researching a lot [...]

Grandad tries something new

The thing is, if we hadn’t stopped him he’d probably have forced it down, even though it was obvious his tastebuds were on the verge of revolt.
So what disgusting unusual sandwich fillings do you all like? Come on, make me have to use this…