Blog, Listen, when I tell you that I’ve missed our exchanges…….or rather non-exchanges as it’s one way (thank goodness computers can’t answer you back……YET!). Radio 4. The Archers. Omnibus. They used my favourite poem for Jolene and Kenton’s marriage ceremony!!!!!!!!! I found this quite shocking. I don’t think it has the same resonance? sense? feeling?…

Hey Blog, How has your day been? Up and down? Too many exclamation points giving you a headache? Now, My family are well and truly onto me. Not the family I have haphazardly produced…..no, the original of My Family. The mob who created, molded, fashioned the person that I am today. Which means, I molded,…

Dear blog, In my case, things drown out of sight, fade in the shadow of closer people……ie my family. Just to say IVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU. I have forgotten lots of other things but not you , dearest blog. Since I last blogged we’ve had more dramas than the Archers Omnibus. Now, as I’ve finally…

Hello Blog, Just a quick one in between the kids coming home from school and me having to go and pick up the Prodigal (an hour plus trip) because he has spent his bus fare….. It’s hot. 33 degrees. No more to be said about that. I’ve recreated my childhood. Absolutely, totally recreated my childhood…

It is in fact 45 steps. 45 steps!!!!!!!!!!!! I counted them the 6 times I ran between the kitchen and the oven. over and out.

Dear Blog, I know. I can’t give you any decent excuses for why I’ve neglected you for 5 days. All I can say is, I’ve let things get on top of me  but I promise to try harder next time (this is, by the way, also the same thing I say to my French teacher…

Blog! How are you? Not so good? Well, everyone has days like that. Tomorrow it will be different……….maybe not better…..maybe worse in fact….but different. Parenting tip no. 1: I’ve shared these wise words (above) with the kids countless times. I can tell that they take real comfort in them  (although I have noticed that they…

Dear Blog, GOOD MORNING!!! Did you sleep well? Having just gone over Day 5 of blog – I can safely say that yesterday’s blog was a bit rubbish. I should have made a transitional (blog) entry. I apologise. Will try harder for blog 6. And remember – Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast (Oscar Wilde).…

Good evening, Blog, How are you doing? Nice to hear that. Right – now back to ME. Topics to be pondered on this evening: -can you get food poisoning from a dirty chip pan? -does the full moon make people (and other species) crazy? -How difficult is it to have a good night’s sleep? -The…