I have never doubted that I am a deeply privileged person, but my trip to the 1930’s certainly reminded me of that. You may have seen around the blogosphere that a whole host of bloggers (Marisworld, Mid30′slife, and meandmyshadow to name but three) have been trying to spend the day as a 1930’s housewife, [...]
It’s week 50 in The Gallery and for the life of me I cannot believe that a year has gone by since it began, not that I started trying to keep up until recently. It has become such an institution in the section of the Blogosphere I feel most comfortable in that [...]
Primarily because I unceasingly fail to toss them successfully, I always told people that I couldn’t make pancakes. I couldn’t bear the humiliation of scraping blobs of semi-cooked batter from ceilings, walls and pans.
Then God gave me children.
My children lack what seems to be the generally assumed love of the White Stuff [...]
1. That the jump from one child to two is sooo much more significant that the jump from nought to one.2. That you can fall asleep whilst standing up.3. That if it means you will get to the Pocket Dictator’s singing class on time you will leave the house in your pyjamas.4. That you [...]
Last year I hosted a Tupperware party, which went down a storm , if only for all the wrong reasons. The Tupperware lady was, to be blunt, a complete nutter and I found myself kicking her out at 11.30pm because she just didn’t want to leave. That said the Tupperware shape-sorter (whose design [...]