A New Role
One of the biggest changes I have noticed since quitting my job to spend more time at home, is how much more there is to do around the house. For example, despite emptying the laundry…
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Learning to Ride a Bike
A bike, especially your first ever bike, is something you will remember forever. It represents a coming of age; a right of passage; and signifies the moment you stop being a baby and become a…
School Run-ning
Before, when I heard of people talking about the school ‘run’, I did not think they literally meant RUN. I assumed that the ‘run’ part signified the travel to school, not the actual mode used…
Giveaway: Walt Disney World Home Dining Kit
One of the things I love most about being at home during the day, is having more time to spend preparing a family meal for us to enjoy together in the evenings. Although, I admit…
The MAD Blog Awards
I have been lucky enough to attend the MAD Blog Awards as a finalist for 2-years now, which both amazes and humbles me in equal measure. This year, the ceremony was held at the Royal…
The Only Way is North Devon
We managed to get away to Devon for the last few days of Summer before school started. My parents have a holiday cottage in a little village called Combe Martin that we could use, which…
The One With the Birthday Surprise
The day after Zachy was born, I celebrated my 36th birthday. Only with all the excitement of a new baby in the family and as I was still recovering in hospital following an emergency C-section,…
New Starts
They say that life begins at 40, and I guess in a way this does ring true for me. I turned 40 two-weeks ago. The week before this momentous ocassion, I left my job of…
Paris
I do not often get invited for lunch in Paris (NEVER), and it is less often that the person inviting me to a little rendezvous is one of my oldest friends, who I have not…
A Lady Who Lunches
This is my second week at home after stepping off the hamster wheel. I had all sorts of ideas for how I would fill the time. I’d finally get round to sorting out the spare…
The First Day of August
The first day of August, the month in which I will turn 40. Well, that has crept up on me rather quickly I have to say. I wanted to make a list of all the…
A FAB Summer
I am not one to complain about the weather – unless it is too cold, too hot, or too wet. I have yearned for a long hot summer since the last one, back in 2006.…
