I’m really proud that my kids are so unassuming. We’ve always lived within our means – which were meagre when I was a full-time blogger – and they seem to have learned from that. They don’t take much for granted and have never been particularly materialistic. Long may this continue. There’s a strange flipside, however. …
We went on our first proper family day trip in two years at the weekend. We’ve had the odd afternoon out locally, of course, but this was the first time we’d been on a full day out since before the pandemic. As the nine-year-old is about to become the ten-year-old and nobody has had a …
I’ve been back in the world of employment for just over a week and am finding my feet, getting to know my colleagues and starting to get my head round what I’ve been brought in to do. It’s all good. Well almost. You see, with the return of work comes the return of my nemesis. …
“Why you no book online?” asks an idiotically contrived poster on my morning train. I’m sadly familiar with it. It’s positioned above the door I’m always stood next to due to there never being an empty seat. The character on the poster is clearly inspired by Nacho Libre. Cape, spandex, dodgy facial hair, the lot. …
This is the first post in a new weekly thingy dreamt up by Sarah at Hello Wall… If you’re not already reading her stuff, you should. Only please come back here too. Anyway, she’s encouraging other bloggy folk to have a roundup of their respective weeks so far. Sounds like a good idea to me, …