Stop arguing!
From the moment they get up until sometime after they were supposed to have gone to bed, this house (and my head) rings with the sound of my kids arguing. I say ‘my kids’, but it’s only two of my kids. And it’s DRIVING ME INSANE.It takes the same form every single day. My eldest taunts my daughter – says something mean or insulting to her or does something he knows she finds irritating. Then she shouts at...
Saturday is goth caption day!
I’m still trawling through my priceless little album of photos from 1990. Really every single one of them would make a SatCap. It’s incredible how fashions have changed in that time. And so I present to you two of my friends from back in the day. Yes, they were goths. Can you tell? Hit me with your captions for the Sisters of Mercy here. (Note – they’re not the ACTUAL Sisters of Mercy, it’s just a fairly...
Nemesis by Jo Nesbo
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a book review on here – too long! I’ve been reading longer books and they take a long time to get through before I can post a review.Nemesis is one of Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole novels. Hole is your typical flawed, alcoholic fictional detective and, I think, a great character. I’ve read a number of Harry Hole books before and I’ve read them all out of order. This...
The Gallery: Faces
When my daughter was 10 weeks old, I realised something about my three children. They all had the same face. It was this photo that made me realise. Three of them lying on Mummy and Daddy’s bed – my eldest nearly 5, my younger son 2 and a half and my baby girl 10 weeks old. I love this photo, but I’ve never shared it before – because my kids are in varying states of undress. My daughter is preserving her baby...