My Christmas Message

It’s not been the best year. I started 2010 housebound, trapped inside by snow, pregnancy and SPD. I was in unbearable pain, resenting the baby I was carrying, frustrated with myself for feeling such resentment and self-pity. Even when Dimples arrived, the pain didn’t stop, the resentment didn’t go away, the frustration lingered. And so [...]

Perfect Brussel Sprouts

When is a Ferrero Rocher not a Ferrero Rocher?

 When you take Regal Ice and a few hours of your life to turn it into the tastiest Brussel Sprout you will ever eat. Take a small blob of light green and squash onto the chocolate. This is the centre of your sprout. [...]

Love and Loss: The Gallery

There were so many photos I was going to post, so many things I was going to write about Love today. But my Gran, a grand old Dame, died at 1.50pm this afternoon after a short battle with cancer. [...]

Christmas starts here: how not to drive in snow.

It’s been snowing on the Kent Coast, though not to the extent that it has in other parts of the country. The DH and I have decided that a journey back to the Big Smoke is not necessary, particularly when The Little Darlings (aka PD and Dimples) have dreadful colds which keep them, and [...]

Silent Sunday: Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful

Pop over to Mocha Beanie Mummy to see other entries for Silent Sunday and, while you’re at it, say hello to Karin and the other Christmas Challengers. [...]

Forever Nigella: Mulled Cranberry Sauce

There’s nothing like a bitterly cold day to make you glad that you are inside. And I do love being inside when it smells as fabulous as it does when I am making Cranberry Sauce. It’s very easy to do, even for a beginner, and you’ve still got a week to go, so why [...]

Toddler Law

Toddle-Law Number Four, which states that: the smaller the nose, the greater the  snot.