Month: May 2020

One, Two, Three

Lets rewind a bit, it’s 2011, we’ve just bought our first house after spending years and years renting. We manage to save for a deposit, we didn’t go on holiday – EVER, we didn’t go […]

When I grow up

When I grow up I want to be an astronaut or a race car driver. When I grow up I want to do something that makes lots of money, but it needs to be one […]

The ‘things to look forward to’ jar

Today my son’s teacher suggested the children might like to do an inspirational excise and create a ‘things to look forward to’ jar. Being keen on any work where the girl can also be involved […]

The Twilight Zone

It was a random Monday morning. The worst blinds ever bought by anyone in the world hadn’t by some miracle lost their grip in the night and whooshed up, so the room was still in […]

Fun Mum

Sometimes I feel like I can’t relax. I feel like I have to be sensible and organised, at home, at work, in life generally. I’m the responsible one, I worry about money and I make […]

Roots and Eyebrows

During the lock down we have already seen the husband force/convince (whatever you’d call it) the first born to shave his head. This experience ended with the husband also sporting the stubbly bald look, basically […]