The stain game

I am being genuine when I say I love ironing. Once upon a time it was the element of getting something perfectly flat and smooth and beautifully folded or hung that I loved, along with the smell of freshly ironed things. Now I love the illicit TV watching, by which I mean utter crap I [...]

Surgical Support

Peggy at  A Mother’s Secrets is compiling stories about pregnancy lows, so I thought I’d share mine:

I hated DH, who wasn’t DH at that point (by which I mean he wasn’t my husband rather than he wasn’t my darling) for making me learn to drive. I hated the lessons, though he found me [...]

Big Brown response

I recently wrote about the Reciprocal Childcare Agreement that had hit the news after Ofsted, in their infinite wisdom, decided it was illegal and asked you to sign an online petition. The government have posted a response to the petition, stating:

The Childcare Act 2006 requires anyone providing ‘childcare for reward’ to register with Ofsted, [...]

Thought for a Thursday

That Friday feeling

DH had taken the day off and we are heading out ‘en famille’ to the Kent Coast for the weekend. Walks on the beach with the Wonder Hound and al fresco lunches are on the cards (albeit swathed in fleecey fabrics) for we three and the Pocket Dictator. DH is riding high after a work-related [...]