Words for Wednesday…

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Now I’ve written that heading, now all I can hear is the theme tune from Monk that me and the Mister used to watch eating Saturday lunch way back before we had the boys. Ahhh, lunchtimes when my bottom remained seated for more than three minutes… Anyway, this weekend we bit the bullet and decided…
This Doormat Designs post is compensated by Wayfair as part of their Home Experts Panel Our doorway is the place in our home which is used the most and cared for the least. We’ve been in the same home for 18 years now [even Yotie asks when we’re moving and can he have a goldfish…
When I think back to holidays as a child, there were three kinds. Camping, caravanning and holidays abroad. The first time I sat on an airplane it 1986, I was 10, and we were on a 747 destined for my happy place. I’d never seen an airplane other than the ones that my Granny used…
Before I was a parent, I had time to myself. Quite honestly, since my boys arrived, taking care of myself has become a permanent backseat priority. I used to have nice hair, make up and nails – and now I have a ponytail or plait, I’m fresh faced and my nails are bare. I’m a…
Beans had his first day of pre-school today, after two settling-in-with-mommy sessions. He’s been allocated five afternoons as we’re entitled to 15 hours of pre-school fun, but we’re seeing which afternoons suit him best. As as he’s a summer birthday, our poor little Beaner is going to be wiped out for one, and secondly I’m…
Lately the weather here has made me wonder whether I need to be building an arc. Our garden is a mud pit, and going anywhere in the car means battling with Baby Dragon not to nap…because if he does, we’re up until midnight trying to wear him out. So, we’ve largely been housebound with cabin…