The Meat is On!

30/08/2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Picture the scene. Me, Mr C & the kid are out having a nice family meal. We’ve ordered the carvery. It looks & smells delicious. We having a good natter as you do and then for some reason we get onto talking about the menu, in particular the Nut Loaf, which was the vegetarian option […]

Three Weeks Off!

09/08/2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

Today is my last day in work for 3 weeks! Three glorious weeks I don’t have to set my alarm. Three weeks I don’t have to rush around in the morning getting ready to leave the house, to get the kid to where she needs to be and to get me to work on time. I […]

Dear Spots

07/08/2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Dear Spots, I’m not sure if it has escaped your attention but I am no longer an adolescent girl. I am now a much more mature *ahem* lady. I cannot understand why you are so fond of my face! You are actually like me more now than when I was a teenager going through that […]

Turf

26/07/2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Dear Turf, I have changed. Never before did I think I would be so excited to see you. Yesterday I stood, in my almost complete garden, and did a full on happy dance. Much to the amusement, possibly dismay, of Mr C, who for some reason would not join in my leaping, wiggling, clapping, cheering […]