I was interested to learn recently that parents in the USA seem to be as sick of Peppa Pig as a lot of us over here are. Their gripes are quite different to mine though. To be fair, most people will differ from me, as I have a complete manifesto against the anthropomorphic pig. I …
Our house has been on the market for a while but, with January out of the way, there are signs that things may pick up soon. We’ve started getting calls from our estate agent again and other properties are being sold locally, so there’s cause for optimism. As a result, we’ve been tidying like there’s …
I’ve never been a fan of snow and events this week have only served to reaffirm this. As is always the case with me and minor annoyances, there are a few reasons. It starts with the threat of snow and the resultant behaviour of people. The most sensible and rational of folk suddenly become giddy …
I’ve just celebrated ten years on Twitter. Well, I say I celebrated, I didn’t actually realise until yesterday when it prompted me to share a tweet to mark the occasion. I love Twitter. It’s definitely my favourite social media platform and is the one that has served me best as a blogger. I’ve made some …
One of the best things about being my own boss is that I can wear what I like. Jeans and hoodies are the order of the day, along with T-shirts. That said, a fair few of those in my T-shirt drawer are older than all three of my children. Sad but true! So, when the people …
Youngest’s latest obsession is a contender to be the most annoying one yet. She’s constantly talking about presents. Now, I’ll preface this by pointing out that she’s not a greedy child at all. Nor is she spoilt. It’s simply down to the way things have panned out in the last few months. It started in …
Big news. The three-year-old finally gave up her dummy recently. The plan was for her to ditch it before she turned three, but we’re only a month and a half behind schedule. As the carnival surrounding Christmas happened in the intervening period I’m happy with that. So another parenting battle has been won but at …
If you’re anything like me, you worry about your home while you’re out. More specifically, I worry about the damage that my nemesis – our cat – can do to ours. She loves knocking things over, sleeping where she shouldn’t and scratching furniture when we’re not there to stop her. To be fair on her, …
Last year I wrote a post about learning to let my kids make mistakes so they can learn from them. It’s a learning curve that I’m very much still on and it’s far from easy. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to debate a related topic on national radio. If you follow BBC Radio 5 Live’s …
There’s nothing quite like completing your tax return to remind you of your duties as a self-employed person! I did mine last week and, before doing so, have to admit that I’d got a little comfortable working both for myself and from home. I usually wait until January to do mine as it’s a useful …