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It was during the aftermath of the Asian Tsunami in 2004 that I first became acutely aware of rolling news. That constant rolling news footage beamed live into our living rooms from the disaster zone. I am sure it happened for Princess Diana’s death and funeral but I was living in Saudi Arabia then and things were a bit different. The Tsunami was something I had an
We have had Cyber Monday, Black Friday, Mad Friday, which presumably was followed by Hangover Saturday, and also Panic Saturday and now I am introducing Oh bloody hell this is really happening and I have done bugger nothing Monday”. Or I was really organised and ordered it all on line weeks ago but now thanks to useless delivery companies I have no idea where any of the stuff is and
Exhausting isn’t it? This holiday season. That and the shorter days. And the end of term. And it feeling like forever since you had a holiday. Or even a proper day off. And all you can see ahead of you is a chasing your tail with getting ready for Christmas with present buying and food organising. One thing you won’t be doing, I am sure, is making sure
So you are stumped. You need to buy a Christmas present for a teenage girl and you have no idea what to buy. I know this because I have two of them. Teenagers, that is, not presents. The teenagers themselves are no use, you ask them and they just say “money”. Buying for younger kids is so much easier, they either give you a list of items
It was during Abigail’s Party recently that it happened. Not an actual party at Abigail’s, I don’t know anyone called Abigail. Let alone Lawrence. And don’t get me started on olives. Now you see if you haven’t seen that film, that last paragraph makes no sense to you. As the references to “frozen sausage” didn’t when people on Twitter then started talking to me about Rita, Sue and
When you open the curtains and see frost on the ground The sun just poking through the trees that have yet to lose the last of their leaves. White tops along the hedge Hearing frost melting off trees and dripping onto the grass Seeing your own breath when you breathe out. Knowing you have no plans for the whole weekend and intend to go nowhere
Well actually it doesn’t begin now, some of it starts in January. “Done my Christmas shopping in the January sales. Saved loads of money” Oh give over. I can’t even begin to discuss that one. The rest of it starts in about August as the bigger shops clear away all the summer furniture the Christmas displays start. Things start creeping into the house. Lists get written.
Am I allowed to say “Back by popular demand”? Since people have said “Oohhh… Ranty Friday is back, I loved it” when I did one last week I have decided to bring it back again. So here goes. This is probably going to be a controversial one this week and I might regret this but here goes. All week, on Twitter, #CameronMustGo has been trending. Well it might
A month ago today I shared that I was taking part in a stranger swap. Well obviously it is not about swapping an actual stranger, that would be a logistical nightmare. But this was something organised by Oh Comely magazine and involved signing up, saying a little bit about yourself and then waiting for the bods at Oh Comely to match you with another participant. My first blog
It’s back Baby. Ranty Friday has been brought back for a couple of weeks. I actually planned to bring it back this week as I saw something in the paper last weekend that made me rage. And then, as often happens, something else came along to supercede it and so the original idea is parked. A few people have also told me they missed my Ranty Fridays so
Another great theme for The Gallery this week and one that will no doubt be filled with lots of shots of book bags, dinners and really cute children. Or parents freezing on rugby touchlines on a Sunday morning. Sadly none of those scenarios really feature on my parenting radar these days. Driving round the M25 to an event that includes the teens though, well that does. Increasingly
The older I get the more I realise it is the small things that really make me happiest. No longer is it the grand gestures or events that have taken months to organise. Nope. It is the little every day things that make my heart sing. This was really brought home to me this weekend when I bought the little milk bottle above. An insignificant little thing, that cost