Christmas is a busy time for everybody - so much to sort and plan. Presents to buy, wrap and send, Christmas cards galore, parties and activities at school, it's all happening at this time of year. We unknowingly added to this mayhem by getting married on the 21st...
Have you ever stopped to think about a moment in your life that changed everything? Whether it changed you as a person, the course of your life or those around you, that one moment was such a significant one that you will never forget it. This is what I thought about...
I grew up in a small town near Leeds and back then, the Capital city of England seemed like a million miles away. The first time I ever visited London was on a school trip at the age of fifteen, when we went to the Houses of Parliament and the Science Museum. It was...
I love my blog and despite recent doubts about whether I should bother at all, I feel I am actually getting a lot out of it at the moment. These doubts made me examine why I write a blog in the first place. It started as a way to record significant moments in our...
A new school year means a fresh start. It is a chance to do things differently, make changes or set yourself challenges for the coming year. A break from the routine has done us all good, but we are now ready to get back to it. I've been reflecting on a few things...
I just spent a week in a beautiful part of the UK - the New Forest. This was our fourth visit to the same holiday park. We love it. It's peaceful, idyllic, picture postcard perfect. It's three years since we were last in the area, however. On this particular occasion,...
I read a post recently called 'Blogging, a Full Time Job'. It highlights just how much work you have to put in to achieve blogging success. But is it worth it? That's a question I have asked myself lately. I have been blogging seriously since January. I've posted...
I recently signed up for National Trust membership after months of deliberation. I figured that the children are now old enough to start appreciating the places that are run by the NT. We are lucky enough to have many beautiful places to visit right on our doorstep,...
The crazy boy has been up to his funny antics again. We were in Rome last week and he was fascinated by the Coliseum. The funny thing about this place is that around the outside you find numerous 'Roman Soldiers' eager to have their photos taken with the tourists and...
My middle daughter took her first ballet and tap exams last week. The children had been practising their routines for a few weeks and were well prepared and the build up had been kept as low key as possible. But this didn't stop my daughter from worrying about them. A...
The weather is being typically British at the moment, having lured us in to a false sense of security by letting us think that summer may just have arrived, only to blow our hopes a week later. It's our own fault for daring to put away our winter clothes and start to...
We were out in the garden enjoying the sunshine the other day when my sister asked, could I still do a cartwheel. I laughed as I recalled the last time I had tried to do one. It was a few years ago and my elder daughter, who was around five at the time, had asked if I...
On Monday my daughter, niece and nephew took part in the Hildenborough Races 2014. All three of them did the 1 mile race for under 11's, which my nephew won and the girls both came in the top twenty out of 170 children overall. Immediately following the presentation...
I don't think about my dad in the negative sense so much anymore. He died eleven years ago, so I have reached the stage where I can recall the good times and smile and joke about some of the funny things he used to get up to (which are plentiful). The only time I...
This is me, as seen through my seven year old daughter's eyes: My Mum She's a: Vacuum cleaner Potato peeler A dish cleaner A bedtime reader A hard worker cleaner A hugler A cuddler A school taker A cool maker My Super Mum Apparently I do a lot of cleaning. Don't know...
What happens when you cross pre menstrual syndrome with driving a car and running late to pick up from school? You get a lady with a cloudy brain, who almost crashes the car, then leaves it unlocked, with the engine still running whilst she goes to collect her kids....
As I walked down the aisle, I was shaking and I felt sick with nerves. Was I doing the right thing? Was it right to be going ahead with it, considering everything that had happened? Should I be putting him through all this? Was it all a bit too much? I wasn't thinking...
Yesterday I found out I had been nominated for the Liebster Blog Award by Andrea, from Verbose, Morose & Comotose. Typical, sceptical me didn't jump around the room with happiness, but rather I felt suspicious. Was this some kind of set-up? Is it an elaborate...
'You're so organised' people often say to me. 'Am I?' I tend to reply. Wondering just how they have come to this conclusion. For the most part I am the way I am because otherwise I would never survive running around after three children and trying to work in between...
When my youngest son started school in September last year, I had a big shock. It turns out that the school day isn't actually very long at all. It certainly didn't give me the time that I thought it would. As a result, I'm busy everyday and before I know it, three...