Dear Green & Blacks
Dear Green & Blacks, it’s not me, it’s you. You don’t know me, of course, and you certainly don’t care about me. But I’ve been…
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Expensive advent calendars – what’s that all about?!
Now you may be forgiven for thinking I’m an old Scrooge. I am a bit. I do actually like Christmas. I like the break from…
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The Topman coat
I hadn’t intended to buy my son a new winter coat in February. But he’s had a growth spurt recently and, although still very slim,…
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Don’t park on the zigzags!
In life there are confrontational people and there are people who hate confrontation. People who will back away from an argument, find themselves pretending to…
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Up in the air
Right now our house move is up in the air. And it’s not a good feeling. I know these things happen. They become a good…
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Booking the swimming lessons
I’ve mentioned this in passing a couple of times before, but I think it warrants its own post. THE SYSTEM FOR BOOKING SWIMMING LESSONS ROUND…
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Room 101
I’ve been asked by the awesome Trouble Doubled to consider what I would put in Room 101. I used to live in Room 101. Seriously….
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The fence
That’s our trampoline. Yes, it needs a bit of maintenance. Yes, we will do it one day. But the kids aren’t using it right now….
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New sunglasses (the power of social media)
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the difficulties of getting getting reasonably priced prescription sunglasses for my 9 year old son. Apparently you can…
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‘Free sunglasses’
A certain high street optician (OK, it was Specsavers) has recently been advertising free sunglasses for kids. Great. I have a kid (in fact, two) who…
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No one likes a skinny, sober bitch
Checking out Facebook on new year’s day, I found this little gem on one of those ‘amusing’ pictures people like to post: My New Year’s…
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The early-ization of Christmas
I am resisting the early-ization of Christmas. (Yes, I did make that word up. I couldn’t think of the proper one and I didn’t even…
