Alone With A Beer
Our eldest is away at a Guide camp, the younger kids are asleep on their bedroom floor (don’t asktheir version of “camping” I think), and W is at her friend’...
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Playground Skirmishes Raise An Interesting Dilemma
Over the last few years I have written the story of our adventures as a family, and our children in a blog. I’ve shared countless stories, observations and i...
Late Night In Monaco
After washing the dinner things, tidying the kitchen up, putting the kids to bed (W was out), and checking email last night, I finally made it into the loung...
Dancing Girls And Unexpected Credit
Over the past few weeks my better half has been working on a secret project - at times our lounge has been carpeted with penguin headpieces, and at other tim...
Car Crashes Running And Boobs
While exiting the relative safety of the quiet country estate roads while cycling home last night on my mountain bike, something rather entertaining happened...
The Day After The Night Before
I’m rapidly discovering that burning the candle at both ends doesn’t really work. It probably doesn’t help that I’m not so much burning both ends, as throwin...
Tuesday Morning Parcel Club
It’s Tuesday morning after the bank holiday, and I’m sat at home, watching the minutes tick by. Apparently a parcel is “on the road” en-route to me via the H...
When Did She Start Growing Up
Miss Eleven is changing in front of our eyes. Somebody seems to have taken the happy go lucky young girl, and replaced her with a demanding, lazy, resistive,...
Thoughts About The Failure Of Tumblr
I have been a member of Tumblr since it started. I have walked away and returned many times - each time drawn back by the relationships forged with people al...
Perhaps A Quiet Saturday Might Be Good
It’s heading towards half past one on Saturday afternoon. The younger children are in the park in front of our house playing, the eldest is writing something...