Feeling hot, hot, hot
As my daughter lay on the floor moaning, ‘It’s too hot! It should be raining!’, it dawned on me. She has never known a proper…
As my daughter lay on the floor moaning, ‘It’s too hot! It should be raining!’, it dawned on me. She has never known a proper…
Here’s a few random bits and pieces about our recent trip to Barcelona. I’ll write about the places we visited in a separate post. Weather…
This beautiful Next patchwork dress is a proper summer dress. It’s a foreign holiday summer dress. It’s not a 17 degrees and thick cloud British…
Did you sing that as Freddie Mercury? I really hope you did. Anyway, when it comes to packing, I am a ‘take the kitchen sink’…
This photo was taken a year ago, in May half term last year. You know, at the start of summer. Summer in the wettest year…
Ever since she was tiny, my daughter has had the ability to adapt her clothes to make them suitable for the changing seasons – a…
My husband’s gloves of choice are expensive (well, 30 quid, sounds expensive to me), thick, waterproof ones, kind of like ski gloves. He has these…
We have a small problem in our house. The toilet is situated directly below the bathroom cabinet. What is the problem with that, I hear…
When my car needs to go to the garage, my husband takes it. It’s just what he does. Now I’m all for gender equality, but…
Like most mums, my life is a constant work-life battle. I don’t work that many hours a week, but on the days I do work,…
So we’re heading for the coldest May in 100 years? Looking out of the window or, God forbid, going OUTSIDE in this late April deluge,…
Last Christmas has gone down in family history and will always be remembered as the Christmas when my 4 year old daughter, at the end…