Busy times, being Mammy and some book and blog updates
Woah. Stop the world. And let me off. Only joking. Faster faster! Things are going so well at the minute. I’m sure I’ll look back on this period in my life as very positive. And […]
Life
One week without your mobile phone – could you survive?
Have you ever gone without your phone for a week? Either by choice as a detox, on holiday when you forgot the charger or post music festival when you arrive home in a confused blaze […]
UncommonGoods.com – 11 gifts you need in your life #spon
I was fishing around in my junk email folder last week – as you do, you’ll find some crackers in there – and I came across an email about writing a post for UncommonGoods.com. Hmmm, […]
Snapshot – a window into our life right now
If you read blogs you might have come across linkys before. These are posts, where there’s a theme and bloggers can join in to add their own. I’m joining in with Snapshot, a lovely linky, […]
What would you invent for your home to make life easier? | Ad
If you could invent one device for your house – something that would make your life easier, safer and in general better, what would it be? And don’t say Ipad to let your kids watch […]
How to get out of your Three phone contract – legally
It had been coming a while. The break up. Love had been lost a long time ago. Probably during the first pregnancy actually, when I was holed up in a hospital prison for five days […]
Eight ways the spammers try to GET YOU
We’re all familiar with spam. If you’re of a vintage like myself you would have started receiving it in the 90s to your yahoo or hotmail account. (Remember those!?) Before that, the closest we would […]
Falling in love with Leonardo di Caprio – I saw him first
I love Leonardo di Caprio. I love him like a first crush. I own him like a first crush. I mean, I saw him first. When I was 12. At the cinema. We spotted him […]
Safe driving and the lack of old mattress viewing
What’s your favourite thing about driving? For me, it used to be about jumping in, zooming off and having the freedom to go wherever and whenever I liked. I blogged before about my long history […]
Ten ways Peppa Pig brings sunshine to my days
I’m aware that all my blog posts lately have either been about writing or TV. That’s because when I’m not writing, I’m watching television. With the child. If I had a choice I wouldn’t be […]
When the walls are closing in – coping with clutter
Right now I’m sitting in front of Paw Patrol in a room that used to resemble my sitting room. There are piles of toys in the corner and across the floor, the contents of my […]
Did you keep the receipt? The guilt of Christmas gifts
Obviously the best thing about Christmas is the presents. Sure, we’ll mumble on about family, and Christmas cheer and get togethers and you know, the baby Jesus, but in the cold light of January, when […]
Five ways Paw Patrol is sucking the life out my eyeballs
There was a time when I didn’t know what Paw Patrol was. Sure, I’d heard it mentioned. Pointed out in blog posts. I thought it was a boys programme, something that might never come into […]
10 books that changed my childhood
I’m can’t help but balk at my refusal to read when I was a kid. I’m still like that today. Stubborn. I don’t like trying new things. No, I’ll say, shaking my head, grimacing, I […]