Blog Action Day Sorts Out Christmas

Yes it’s arrived again, but although this year’s subject is Climate Change, I’ve decided to not write about Climate Change itself, but more about how you can begin taking steps towards combatting climate change…wait for it…by shopping.

Yes I said shopping.
You see, while I looked into this post, and read the horror stories of species soon to [...]

Love At First Sight

I never really believed in love at first sight before…

Lust – yes.
Like – yes.
I mean, aside from that basic physical attraction,  I think it is possible to pick up a vibe, a feeling.  You know, a twinkle in the eye, a certain character about the face, the way the hair sticks up wildly in a [...]

Black Shoes, Red Face

I learnt something about Miss M today.
I learnt that she has maturity beyond her years, or at least a certain degree of self preservation.
Because when she noticed this…

She chose to tell no one.
She kept it to herself all day.  But as soon as she met me at the gates she said gleefully, “Mummy, look!”
That’ll teach [...]

Weird Beards and other Beautiful Things

You won’t believe it.
No, really, you won’t.
Except of course you will because I never lie.
Well almost never…cough.
THE BEER FESTIVAL RAN OUT OF BEER
Would you like me to repeat that?
THE
BEER
FESTIVAL
RAN
OUT
OF
BEER
Thanks CAMRA.  Next year you must bring more booze.  Tsk.  (But you did give us a full refund so thanks for that too.)
What this means also is [...]

Beer Festival

I was going to do a mixed bag post today but I have run out of time so it’s  bullet points ‘kay?

I am going to a Beer Festival in Nottingham tonight
A band playing there is called Tree Beard – I am not sure if they are trees that have beards, or if they are some [...]

I want to be in that number

As some of you might know my daughters go to a church school.  It’s the school my brothers went to, the school my Mum taught at, and the school attached to the church in which I was confirmed and married.  (Confirmed as a Catholic, not, you know as a human being, or a pigeon or [...]

Making Mummy Feel Special…

Miss M: “Mummy, Muuuuummeeeeeeee.”
I open my eyes to a dazzling blue glare. My alarm clock is just inches away from my nose, held precariously in the hands of my 4 year old. I squeeze my eyes shut as pain spikes through them then flashes away, fireworks fading to nothing behind my eyelids.
Miss [...]

Mistress of the Mattress

Tonight when I go to bed I will feel like a Queen.
Not in the ‘Lordy I’m rather rich and have a few servants, a couple of corgis and a plum in my mouth’ kind of way, but in the, ‘oh my giddy Aunt, my mattress is the most comfortable and fabulous and wonderful of all [...]

New looks, building mountains and UNICEF

Firstly, my usual email address, jo@jobeaufoix.com seems to be having some issues, so if anyone is trying to get hold of me please email me at:  jobeaufoix@googlemail.com
It’s just a quickie post tonight as I’m frankly zonked after a fab but busy day in which I have been enjoying playing with my new blog design courtesy [...]

Sunday Funday?

What could be more fun on a Sunday afternoon…
On a Sunday afternoon with a hangover…
On a Sunday afternoon with a hangover and two lively kids…
What could be more fun on a Sunday afternoon with a hangover and two lively kids than to face a mountainous task head on?
To pull your weak and aching body from [...]