Don’t touch your what?

It’s just before 10am and we’re on our way to Rosie’s house for Misses E and M to play with Ingenious Junior, and for me to play have witty and intelligent conversation and numerous cups of tea and coffee with Rosie.
As we stroll down a quiet sun filled street a middle aged man crosses the road [...]

Sweet Dreams

It’s 3am and Miss M is crying.
I lie in bed listening, waiting to see if it will remain the habitual cry of a small child who wakes in the dark momentarily, then closes her eyes and heads off back to dreamland, or whether it will grow and build and become one of fear and need [...]

Mug shots

Migraine.
It hurts.
It could be something to do with the weather, it could be something to do with the late night at my mates last night. (I wasn’t drinking, I drove so it was definitely not alcohol induced.)
Or it could just be that today it was my turn for a throbbing head, tired eyes [...]

Tell me more

The lovely Lisa is hosting this week’s Fun Monday and she was kind enough to give us two choices for our Fun Monday subject.
The first is ‘What is the one thing you would like to ask your readers? Come up with a question to pose to your visitors and throw it out there.’
The second [...]

Just a moment

Mr B and I don’t often get time alone together. He works all day and after we’ve had dinner and put the two little monkeys to bed there are just a few hours of awake time left, many of which I spend on the pc in our kitchen, blogging and writing and reading, [...]

Sometimes stuff is just so wrong it’s right

I love my kids.
No honestly, I really do.
So why do I find this so satisfying?

Mwah ha ha haaaaaaaaa

Oh and I nearly forgot to lovely Dumdad reminded me.
Remember when I posted about a local girls Olympic success earlier this week??

Well, Mansfield lass Rebecca Adlington got her second Gold Medal today along with her second World [...]

Goodbyes

This morning at 9am my sister-in-law Helen’s grandad died.
He was the most charming and lovely man. Over the 15 or so years I have known him he has been a warm presence, always smiling, wonderful with Misses E and M and his own great grand children cousins ME and baby J, and a [...]

Sometimes parents are so dim

Story over and Miss M snuggles down under her soft pink duvet. On the verge of sleep but not quite ready to surrender, I see a look of concentration on her face, her lips firm, eyes frowning and head cocked to the right, deep in thought.
Then a small hand rests gently on my [...]

Unmentionables and booty

I wasn’t going to mention the Beijing Olympics.
As most of you know I’m not a political blogger.
No really. I know my site is often full of , environmental opinion, historical insight and world news…but I see myself more as the voice of a British woman overwhelmed by the amount of times the word ‘poo’ [...]

Miss E’s dream room and a birthday

Apparently this is where Miss E hoped we’ll be staying for the last week or so.

Well this is her dream room anyway, and I can’t help being kind of pleased because we’re on the way there. I mean, she has a wardrobe, a bed, walls, a ceiling, and a clock, as well as book [...]