Category Archives: It’s where it is

When the toddler is quiet, be afraid. Be very afraid. Baby lotion will remove almost everything from most surfaces, including biro from toddler faces. (See rule 1.) Your 12 year old daughter might not think she can get sunburnt in … Continue reading →

You may have noticed that recently I had a baby. Which means that I’ve been given lots of lovely new baby gifts, and also received a few to review. So here’s the first in a series of posts about baby … Continue reading →

I’ve never managed to be one of these bloggers who writes beautiful meaningful posts to her children every month or every year. As a result I’m not entirely sure which child did what when. But as this is our last … Continue reading →

You’d think, four children down the line, that I wouldn’t still be making rookie mistakes. First time around, I babyproofed the house. We had baby gates. We had locks in the video drawer, which itself was in a locked cabinet, … Continue reading →

{reading} Terry Pratchett, wee free men. Excellent, forgot how good Pratchett is with language. {plotting} money raising ideas, more on that soon. {feeding} endlessly it seems. {cooking} roast chicken, roast potatoes {thinking} days are short with small children. {feeling} tired. … Continue reading →

Tigerboy is 7 weeks old. He now weighs 9lb 2, a whole 12oz more than he did 11 days ago. (actually he could weigh anything from 4.10kg to 4.19, he wouldn’t lie still and the scales were really struggling!) He’s … Continue reading →

It’s St George’s day. My nephew’s birthday. I sent him birthday wishes through Facebook, and thought about his mother. It’s also world book night. Last year I signed up as a giver, and walked the streets trying to give books … Continue reading →

I don’t know any more. If I ever did. My self image has been bound up for too long in external imposed ideas and now that I have what I think I wanted, I’ve rather lost site of what that … Continue reading →

Recently two sets of friends of ours have downsized from houses, got rid of all their belongings and set out to live in vans. And a third set are working their way through everything, aiming for a similar journey next … Continue reading →

Recently I was given a Lovely Blog award by Anne-Marie at Child Led Chaos. (Great blog name. Fabulous.) And tomorrow the nomination phase of the MADs blog of the year awards 2012 closes. So I decided I would kill two … Continue reading →

long time readers of this blog will know of our chequered history with household appliances. There was the tesco toaster. The kettle saga. And of course, the incident of the cat in the toaster. Sadly, this week, the toaster in … Continue reading →