I heard bumping and thumping at my front door the other night. A hard knock at the door followed. My body was frozen with exhaustion and I thought-if it is a friend in need they will really bang at the door and if it is someone to murder me- well then at least I won't have to get up to … [Read more...]
girl vs boy pumpkins
I bought 11 little pumpkins and some black sharpies for decorating and I asked all the kids to do self portraits on the pumpkinsthe girls followed the instructions and made the beautiful centrepiecesThe boys did not follow the instructions but took the pumpkins outside and used them for … [Read more...]
525,600 minutes
Five Hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes. Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred moments so dear. How do you measure a year?In daylights, in sunset, in midnights, in cups of coffee; in inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife? How do you measure a year in the life? How about … [Read more...]
nowhere to sit-piss me off part 2
As I said in a previous post, I am a cheerful girl but can only take so much. My house resembles a set for The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It is under construction.Don't come over for tea, a glass of wine or a cup of coffee because there is nowhere to sit. Here are the choicesbut wait there … [Read more...]
hey, weight up!
This post is likely going to cause some conflict. I want to talk about weight. Actually I have much better things to talk about and so do you but everyone I have seen the month of September has wanted to discuss it.Summer is a killer. It can feel too hot to move as quickly as we do the other … [Read more...]
growing up
When you are a parent of young children and your kids are anywhere in a crowd they shine out to you. Top of the class, front of the line, star of the show. You look around and think "why is no one looking at my miracle, my darling my joy?" Then you realize everyone is looking at their own, thinking … [Read more...]
Magellan, Shakleton and Joe Blow
David Duchovny and Tea Leoni named their child Kyd. Smoking crack and baby naming should not be paired.Michael Jackson named his first child Prince and his second child Prince Michael II. Later when this was no longer strange enough for Peter Pan, he nicknamed II, Blanket.As sibling rivalry goes … [Read more...]
piss me off
Every now and then even the most cheerfull of us has to vent. I am going to create a series of touching tales I will call "piss me off". With any luck I won't have too much material.Last week I picked out 5 coffee cups and three poo poo bags out of my garden waste bin just to find more … [Read more...]
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