The interview
The night before the interview I discover the trousers I am planning to wear the next day are:- a) a little on the snug side, and b) almost threadbare. Not really the interview look I am aiming for....
View ArticleTongue in cheek
With Julia -, the mighty fine host of the wonder that is the "100 word challenge" - on her travels in New York, this weeks (5 word) prompt is rather fitting:-"LIBERTY EMPIRE APPLE YELLOW ENORMOUS"I...
View ArticleText conversation #1
Me: "I've just been doing some decorating with The Baby strapped to me in the Baby Bjorn carrier :) "The Husband: "By decorating you mean moving a vase of flowers and some small pictures don't you?!...
View ArticleGrief. It can take you by surprise.
Most of the time I'm more of a 'glass half full type o'gal' than 'a glass half empty' sort. Occasionally though, something happens that just seems to pull the rug from beneath your feet and makes you...
View ArticleSnippets of everyday conversation #15
Me and The Eight Year Old recently baked cup-cakes for 'Bun Day' (yes really, a 'bun day' every week, be jealous, I am!!) at school...Me: "So then, what toppings are you going for? Chocolate...
View ArticleBusy
You may have noticed that posting on this blog is a liitle thinner on the ground of late than it has been in previous times. Life is picking up speed and feeling busier right now, mainly in a good...
View ArticleSecret
I'm sharing this with those of you who have been privy to my thoughts and concerns about returning to work to a job I haven't done before - long story...should you wish to, you could read about it...
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The time is now
Well. Continuing on from the post entitled 'Busy' I'm finally writing about some more of the busy stuff that is going on at the moment.Not content with my return to 'the day job' next week, we - 'we'...
View ArticleI have survived!
I have completed my first week at work.'Work' being the day job that I returned to on Monday marking the end of my year's maternity leave. It's been ok. It's gone well. Better than expected. And if...
View ArticleVery sad news
Hello lovely people. It's been a while hasn't it? Life is very busy right now. Mainly in a good and fulfilling way. Sometimes in a bit of a manic way. Always is a mildly chaotic way. And very...
View ArticleLetter to The Baby on his first birthday
Hello Baby,Today is your first birthday. Wow. A whole year since you arrived safely into this world. Before that day, when you were growing inside me, I made you a promise. I promised you that no...
View ArticleSnippets of everyday conversation #16
Me to The Eight Year Old: "So, if a a friend of yours at school was about to become a big brother or sister what would you say to them about what it's like to be a big brother to a one year old?"The...
View ArticleSummer
Ok. Time to own up. Who stole Summer?I'm not even making reference to the less than tropical weather conditions of the last few months. No. I'm talking about time. Where have the last few weeks...
View ArticleSnippets of everyday conversation #17
Bank Holiday Monday...The Husband: "Ok, so now we've sold the (huge, reclaimed oak, gorgeous, heavy, cumbersome) dining table we could sort out the (chipped, scuffed, scruffy) painted floor before we...
View ArticleSnippets of everyday conversation #18
The parents (aka my Mum and Dad) are round dropping our two boys home after kindly looking after them for the day. We've all been sat together chatting and drinking tea for about half an hour....
View ArticleRant
I don't know if it's because I'm feeling a bit low on energy, and as a result, grumpy (in general, not about anything specifically), but it's making me more than a little annoyed about stuff. Stuff...
View ArticleSnippets of everyday conversation #19
It is Sunday morning and the four of us are squished into the one bed for weekend snuggles. The Husband has just finished telling us about a dream he had the night before which featured the ER...
View ArticleThe Inbetweeners
"I'm at that inbetween stage" ...texted The Husband from upstairs (yes, ridiculous to be texting each other from within the same house, I completely blame modern technology) where he is rearranging our...
View ArticleGoodbye 2012, hello 2013!
New Years Eve 2012... it all went a bit like this...10am - me and The Husband talk about how we may spend this particular New Year's Eve and come up with a BOLD PLAN.12noon - we collect The (now) Nine...
View ArticleNew Year, new start?
It's that time of year isn't it. The time when we are encouraged to make resolutions for improvement over the next twelve months.Whilst I do feel a sense of reflection on the year that has passed and...
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