Despite the -esque in the blog title, many, many people seem to be of the opinion that I am a whizz in the kitchen. Oh, my friends, how little you know. Now ordinarily I would be more than happy to bolster this impression relentlessly so that I can console myself with every monumental hiccup (or other -up) that I am 'believed to be a Goddess by many', but the Tots100 is looking for Morphy Richards Innovators and I am a woman who actually … [Read more...]
Extremely close
How close is close? It's sleeping with a spine pressed against yours. It's someone else filling your bladder, dictating what you eat, deciding when you should sleep. Carrying a baby will redefine how close you are to another person; not only because of the daily experience of bonding you have with your unborn child, but also because you will share many things that were not in your wedding vows: backache, swollen ankles and haemorrhoids. Close is … [Read more...]
Number One: they were. Can I be?
I've been tangoed tagged, by The Award-Nominee Great British Housewife, to tell you what was Number One the day my babies were born. I had to look it up. You think it would be the kind of stuff you'd never forget, but it turns out I have not the first clue what has been Number One since the late 1990's. I blame Radio 4. On 18th May 2008, the day I became a Mamma, Neil Diamond went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Home Before Dark', also a … [Read more...]
Project 366 Week Twelve
The week began the best way it possibly could have: woken by LBG, I was ordered to get back into my own bed as Daddy was making me breakfast. Twenty minutes later, I sat feeding my breakfast to The Girls whilst DH and I smiled at each other across the bed. There were presents, handmade cards, walks on the beach, All-Day-Breakfasts … [Read more...]
How to make an Olympic-Style Torch
Originally posted on my Facebook page, I wanted to share my super-dooper torch with you, so you can get in some practice before the relay starts! This is How to make a fake Olympic-Style Torch. ..................................................................................................................................................... Did anyone else look at the London 2012 Olympic Torch and think that it looks like a giant cheese … [Read more...]
World Poetry Day
Once upon a time, a teen struggled to be a teenager and found solace in poetry. She read Wilfred Owen, Seamus Heaney, Joyce Grenfell, William Shakespeare. She wrote ditties and haiku, sonnets and poems inspired by Purple Ronnie. Her mother still has it all stored away somewhere. One piece won the school Literature Award, which spurred her on to study English at University. Then she grew up to be me, wrestling dogs, cleaning up wee and sharing … [Read more...]
Rainbow Themed Birthday Party
A few weeks ago The Dimpled Assassin turned two. I don't mind telling you that there were points when I didn't think she was going to make it that long: she's a little kamikaze round the edges. But make it she did and to mark the occasion I threw an all-singing all-dancing Rainbow themed Birthday party I've been meaning to wrote about it for a while. Then Tara, Our Lady of Sticky-Fingers, declared this week to be Colour Week in The Gallery, and I … [Read more...]
