I love books, love the whole process of falling into a book, have lots countless nights when I couldn’t bear to sleep before I’d finished a book and like nothing more than to lose myself in someone else’s world. I’m
Tired
Today I am tired. To my deepest core, tired. Even raising a smile feels like an effort and all I really want to do is curl up like a toddler and hope that someone airlifts me to my bed.
And the award for most over-expectant parent goes to….
I wish I’d written down all of the things I swore I’d never do. It would be hysterical to look back on it now and muse on how high my expectations were. I’d like to interview my former self and
Not In My Back Yard…
Nimbyism is a great thing isn’t it? Here in dear old middle England we positively excel at it: “We’re drowning in rubbish, we need a new landfill site…” “WHAT?! Not in my back yard…!!” “There’s a housing crisis, we’re looking
Ears burning? That’ll be the head lice….
*Update* It’s now 2018 and this is still one of my most well-read posts. That being the case, the older and wiser me is going to share some wisdom. Ditch the lotion and get yourself a long and close-toothed metal
Fishy Pie
I’ve been away for a week, on the rather gorgeous and pretty remote Isle of Raasay (Western Isles, Scotland for any geographobes out there). Obviously I’ve returned with a camera full of images and a head full of thoughts but
I never did learn to….
More years ago than I care to remember I was seized by the impulse to buy a pair of roller boots. Inline skates were just emerging as the new big thing, but I wasn’t impressed – I wanted something more
Pareto and other loosely held economic beliefs….
Ok, so bear with me here. My A level economics result was lamentable at best, but I did take the odd thing from it. I was always drawn to Pareto’s principle – that roughly 80% of effects come from 20%
Cybernutters….?
So here we have it, the obligatory Cybermummy post. For anyone bored to tears with the whole thing, please feel free to move on – I’m not armed with google analytics – I have no way of monitoring your activity
What kind of a parent are you?!
Do have a parenting ‘style’? Does everything have to follow the same regimented rule book or did you throw away the handbooks within the first week and adopt a libertarian attitude? Maybe you’re a new parent, wondering which box to