There must be a good bunch of people actively manifesting heatwaves in London, because we’re getting another one this week. This time we’re staying on the right side of 40°C,…
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Category: Personal
We went on a family outing to Canary Wharf on the weekend, to check out The Docklands Museum. It ranks in the Top 3 of Worst Family Outings ever. A…
The baby started nursery this week, but so far it’s mostly an honourary position, seeing as he immediately fell ill and has been home for two days recuperating. Still, the…
Both boys are now in nursery. Phew. I’m hoping this will mean we will all be a bit more pleased to see each other in the evenings – ‘absence makes…
This time last year I bought a 5-year-diary on a whim. I thought it was good timing – the baby was about to be born, so if I kept it up I would have a record of the first five years of his or her life, as well as the toddler’s early years.
I like that quote so frequently repeated by productivity gurus: The moment one definitely commits oneself, Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do,…
We’ve had such a slew of bad nights again – without my posts from last week the memory of good nights would already have faded from my frazzled mind. I…
Years ago, in my fundamentalist Christian days, I wanted to try fasting for a meaningful length of time. I think I did five days of just water and chewing gum.…
It wasn’t the heat that stole my sleep last night, but the baby’s stomach bug! Life finds a way. This morning I found the foam cover of an earbud in…
This week brings an unwanted gift of hot air (literal hot air) from the continent. I’m confident that the days will be just about bearable, but have a lot of…