Seven years ago today, I wrote my first ever blog post. It was short, to the point and without any pictures. It was also the most uncomfortable thing I’ve ever written. Not because I was putting myself out there, you understand. I was a journalist back then, so was already familiar with that. It was …
I’ve never understood people who enjoy shopping. There’s a reason Dawn of the Dead was set in a shopping centre. It was an easy way of depicting hell on earth. As well as a suitable location for the zombies who serve as metaphors for mass consumerism, of course. I was going to leave the geeky zombie …
Being a parent of three, it can sometimes be difficult remembering exactly when each child achieved certain landmarks. Even with this permanent digital record at my disposal! Until last week, however, there was one thing that I knew was still on Amelie’s to do list. It’s a strange rite of passage, I know, but one …
For this month’s Deeper Sleeper challenge, Sealy asked me to try offline activities rather than using my phone before bed to see if its absence improved my sleep. They sent me a colouring book for adults, a pack of colouring pencils and a £20 book voucher. It was going to be a tough challenge for …
Today is a proud landmark for me – this is my 500th post! So much has changed since I wrote my first one, but I think I’ve stayed true to the roots that it established by writing in the same voice, talking about family life and sporadically mentioning zombies! In the time that I’ve been writing …
I write this post while taking part in the boss battle that is the end of a really nasty virus. I haven’t felt so ill in ages. My energy has been completely sapped, my limbs have ached, my voice has been replaced by a largely inarticulate groaning sound and my brain hurts. To all intents and …
I wasn’t really livid as such, but if you’ve been reading this blog for a little while you’ll know I can’t resist sneaking zombie puns in when I can. The feeling is certainly a lot stronger than being slightly miffed, but stops well short of furious anger too. It’s a strange fusion of feelings really. Disappointment, …
This blog is two years old today. I’m not quite sure how that happened, but it definitely has. Yep, two years, 100 odd posts and thousands of words about my family, me and other guff of assorted note have found their way into my permanent digital footprint. It wasn’t even going to be a blog …
We love In the Night Garden in our house; it has become the staple of Dylan’s bedtime routine. I don’t know what its creators were on when they came up with the idea, but it is stellar stuff that seems to hypnotise our little monkey, convincing him in the process that going to sleep would …
I’ve always loved zombie films; there’s nothing quite like the chaos that ensues when a group of mismatched survivors hide away from an ever-increasing army of the undead and, one by one, succumb to the inevitable in the name of entertainment. The thing I like most in these films is not the clunky plot and …