How many times have you heard that? People say it to me all the time, generally accompanied with a sympathetic look that says “You’re a bit of a geek.” So I try, again, to explain what it’s all about, and
Dear Mona,
(Many) years ago, after leaving University, one of my first jobs was working in Clinton Cards. Hardly what I imagined when I donned the gown and hat thing and collected my scrolled certificate, but there we are. Not just any
A change in fortune at hopeless house…
Usually, when things go wrong in hopeless house we turn to ‘other people’ for help. If we’re lucky this might mean that my dad is in the vicinity and able to lug a well-stocked tool box in to solve the
Calling all Domestic Goddesses!
Any chance you could grab your marigolds and race over here for a cuppa and er, a major clean of my house? My list to output ratio is looking pathetically unbalanced, and I simply cannot get it all done. I
A Modern Addiction
We spent the last weekend holed up with lovely friends in the remotest of remote cottages in wet, west Wales. This was it: Sure enough it was purdy, we were close to some of the UK’s best beaches, the children
Step aside Gwyneth…
Look!!!! I’ve won an award! It’s my first and I’ve come over all Gwyneth…. *sob*. This lovely award comes courtesy of Solveig over at Little Pong and Make Do Mum… two nominations, I am completely beside myself *swaps for an
Things that go bump in the day….
I’m such a wuss: not only am I scared of the dark, I’m scared of the imaginary things that pop out of a 7 year old’s head during the day. Why is this? It’s hardly grounded in fact…. otherwordly encounters
breaking the rules….
My seven-year-old son could rival Louis Walsh with his obsession with the rule book. Every one of his made-up games requires a minimum of 10 minutes pre-play explanation of ‘the rules’ before play can commence. Anyone who dares to contravene