Why is it that every year I get to this point in the "festive - not-really-festive-at-all-now" season and I get so depressed?  I almost dread Boxing Day because I know it's coming: that dreary nothingness that follows Christmas.  I mean, how lucky am I?  I don't work (because looking after children is of course, not work .....), I have two lovely ( Read more... )

Well firstly, there's my birthday which always signals the start of much boozing and awful hangovers (they get worse EVERY year I swear).  I had a great birthday - spent it with family and friends and my lovely MILF mate Cheryl

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No - Billie's not quite succumbed to my girl-like charms - YET.  No this dear people is referring to the wonderful news that one of my favourite bands of all time THAT PETROL EMOTION are to re-form for a tour next Spring!!!!!  Grapevines are wonderful things - I actually heard the rumour via YouTube believe it or not.  I googled the name of the ( Read more... )

It was Lori's 6th birthday yesterday; it didn't start well and I woke up feeling dreadful with some kind of chill or whatever, anyway - she had a lovely day, got lots of lovely presents, had a fantastic birthday party and went to bed at 8.30 pm thoroughly birthdayed out.

What I find perplexing and quite upsetting is how little time she spends with ( Read more... )

Yep we went to Wales for a few days over the October half-term with our friend Nicky and her little boy Danny.  It was spectacular and so quiet I feel in love with the Land of Sheep.  The sheep were fairly convivial too which was nice......  No tourists (other than us), mild, sunny weather, kids in wellies on the beach - idyllic really - all I ( Read more... )

I have no reason to have these raging hormones but I am not myself this week.  It's freaking me out.  I'm a teenager ALL over again; the tears, the fantasies, dreams, restlessness - my head is as permanently as two kids allow, in the clouds.

I want to be someone else.

I'm so excited because I've fallen in love with the Foo Fighters all over again - it's a great feeling.  I wasn't honestly expecting much from tne new release - don't get me wrong I've not exactly "hated"  the last offering, but it was a little bit to "rawk" for me.  The new album is just so beautiful, touching, amazing, melodic - it gives me the ( Read more... )

1st October, it's pissing down with rain and it's that horrible "got my coat on because it's raining but I'm so warm I think I'll pass out" time of year.  Things are a-changing, Connie's off to nursery for the first time this afternoon - I'm anxious and excited - a bit like her I think.  Before you k now it it will be Lori's birthday, then mine, ( Read more... )

I've had a very strange week:  It was supposed to be all about getting back to normal after the summer holidays - Dave going back to work, Lori going back to school - and maybe a few quietish weekends y'know (not to sound like Billie but ....) any hoo what actually happened was that after two days of school Lori came home with chicken pox.  She'd ( Read more... )

I decided to send Bob Mould an email today; I miss the guy and when I learned that he'd broken his ankle I just had to make sure he was OK, dear man.  I asked him to remember to come back to Bristol on his next tour in October - I hope he does.

So I've been busy with the kids and Dave - OK all three kids.  We've been day-tripping; Longleat Safari ( Read more... )