My school run is a 28 mile round trip and takes me about an hour twice a day. So I do a lot of driving and also witness a lot of other drivers. Today I followed a van that really took the biscuit. It started when he overtook me on a straight piece of road, thereby exceeding the speed limit and then causing me to brake as he needed to
Welcome to MummyBarrow. I am a slightly bonkers mum of three, wife to one. Never really sitting still as there is always so much to do! This is my bit of the web to get things out of my head and where I hope to make you laugh or think. I don't really talk about my children too much as they can Google themselves but I do talk about family life. And juggling. Oh and food and drink. I talk about those a lot. So do pull up a chair, grab a biscuit and have a rummage.
Musings
Tuesday Chuckle — Week 2
This is another one of “my stories” and the one from my time living in Saudi Arabia that makes Mr B chuckle. I spent six years living in Saudi Arabia in the early 90s, living on a compound with other western ex-pats who all worked for the same “Principal”. For principal, read member of the Royal Family. That was our way of referring to Him within the office. One
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Musings
Workplace Rituals
Chances are you work in an office. Most people do. I do too, I suppose, but mine is at home. Normally in the “front room” on the desktop. Or if there is something I have cheekily recorded on the Sky planner that needs watching and deleting before Mr B gets home, on the laptop in the lounge. Working from home is a lonely old business. The benefits for me
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Musings
“…but it’s free”
If something is free does that mean that we have to put up with shoddy service when something goes wrong? No, I don’t believe it does. A rival blogging site: Blogger, has been “down” for a couple of days now. Anything posted on it since Wednesday has been removed. Hopefully to be restored. A number of people on Twitter have been saying “well it is free, what do you expect”.
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Musings
Useful things for a picnic
As my blog evolves I am thinking of what to do with it. I don’t really want it to have one particluar slant such as just me as a mum / property / food / reviewing stuff etc. I love things I have seen on other blogs such as “Silent Sunday” where you just post a picture that sums up your week, no words. Just a picture. I will definitely
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Musings
Should it be possible to obtain a super injunction?
You cannot read a newspaper, hear a news bulletin or read very far on your Twitter timeline without there being mention of an injunction or super injunction at the moment. Should being able to obtain a super injunction be allowed, though? I don’t think it should. Whilst I agree that everybody is entitled to a private life, celebrities and the wealthy included and that their every movement should not be
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Musings
Mr B — My Love Story
My Love Story I was challenged to write down my “love story” which is actually not that straight forward as it isn’t your typical “we met, we fell in love and got married” kinda story. Added to which my “love” reads my blog. As do my children. And parents. Plus I really don’t want to embarrass anybody or make anyone vomit. So here goes. I had recently become a single mum
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Exploring
It’s good to be back. Or is it?
Don’t get me wrong, I love travelling. I have been lucky enough to have done alot of it over the past 40 years, from campsites in France to amazing business trips to ski holidays to Caribbean beach holidays. I am priveleged to have seen an awful lot of the world. Indeed I lived in Saudi Arabia for six years (going out initially on a three month contract two weeks after
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Exploring
Paris is just … well…. dirty.
People talk about Paris being the city of romance. Of love. Of wandering couples arm in arm, gazing adoringly at each other or sitting in the park sharing vin et pain. Certainly there was some of that. Today, though, two other things struck me. The first was that the so called Red Light district is right in the middle of the main route from the tourist attractions in the
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Musings
Some of the many reasons I love Twitter….
If you know me at all you will know I am a Twitter addict. My Tweets are rapidly approaching 16,000 and I think about 8 of those have been of any importance. Mr B quickly realised that if he didnt join Twitter too he would never be able to communicate with me at all and so signed up. One of the first people he followed was @stephenfry. Everybody follows him.
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Exploring
How men and women prepare for a weekend away
A weekend away recently made me ponder how men and women prepare for a weekend away completely differently. For Christmas my parents gave us an all expenses trip to France and an offer of looking after the children and the dog. So as soon as we heard April 29th was to be a bank holiday we booked our weekend away to make the most of that “free day”. That
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Musings
So this is it….. I am now a blogger
So this is it then, I am now a blogger I cannot believe I am actually doing this. Blogging. Ooh get me. The very idea that anybody would want to read what I have to say on a regular basis. Well, I suppose several hundred Twitter followers cannot be wrong. Robots? What you mean some of those might not be actual real people? Right, so this is going to