Home building and the single Mum

There is some stuff you never imagine you will ever do.
Let me put it another way.
There is some stuff you never imagine you will ever have to do, as you always imagine your other half will do it.
When I was with Mr B he became responsible for certain jobs – they just sort of fell [...]

The best games this Christmas

It’s Christmas Eve and so begins the season to be jolly.
It’s a time for being with the people you love.  A time for sharing special moments, spending proper time together – as opposed to time in the same room but not necessarily giving each other your full attention because David Tennant is on the telly [...]

E and M perform Cinderella for your delight and entertainment

Miss E and M do a little panto for Barnardo’s. Apologies for the scary make-up; we’ve been doing a Toys R Us review and it included face paints. Here they are displayed at the slightly crusty stage.
Enjoy.

Hope you’re not too traumatised.  If you enjoyed that then please donate if you can, and if [...]

An Apology

Last month we were asked if we might like a box of ingredients so we could get cooking and help launch the Tesco Great Christmas Cupcake decorating competition.  It arrived and sat on the table in the dining room eyeing me disapprovingly, piling on the guilt.

But you see
Misses E and M have been poorly
and then [...]

Silent Sunday – busy…

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And the winner is…

Drum roll please (or just a bread roll of you have no drums)

The winner of my Christmas Competition is the truly lovely Sandy Calico at BabyBaby

Thanks so much for all your entries you fab lot.  Sandy’s name was picked from a pink Meccano construction box by myself, as E and M were in bed. [...]

Lovely gorgeous prizes

I owe so many people a big thank you for standing by me over the past year or two and even more for nominating me in the BMB Brilliance in Blogging Awards.  What with health issues and learning to live as a single parent I’ve had very little time to read and keep up with [...]

My kids are officially crafty

Just over a week ago, we were snowed in.  It was snowy.  There was snow.

For a week we went no further than our local shop where we procured important supplies such as milk, bread, spaghetti-hoops and chocolate.  School was closed, our car was buried and it was so cold we had to bubble-wrap our kitchen [...]

To help the little animals

It’s not every day you get the chance to make a difference to the life of a small fluffy animal.
I mean, unless you live in a zoo or are the sole provider of dental care for Lesser Spotted Tripe Hounds, it’s unlikely you feel that warm flush of well-being that comes from doing something good [...]

Message To My Mum

Dear Mum
I feel there is something I need to share.  Although you are normally very careful in what you tell your grandchildren, and almost owl like in your wisdom, never, no NEVER inform Miss M that you know somebody who has a wooden leg, wears a wig or is part chipmonk.
It can only lead to [...]